deb1258
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Hi friends!
I've been fortunate enough to be accepted at both ACOM and ARCOM. I need to put down a deposit soon but I can't decide between the two schools. Would you guys please help me decide? If you have insights between these two schools, please help me out!
ARCOM
Pros:
ACOM
Pros:
Summary: I am kinda leaning towards ARCOM just because I was able to go to the school and got the feel of the staff and location. The only thing holds me back is no data due to being new. I would love to hear what you guys think.
Thanks so much in advance!
I've been fortunate enough to be accepted at both ACOM and ARCOM. I need to put down a deposit soon but I can't decide between the two schools. Would you guys please help me decide? If you have insights between these two schools, please help me out!
ARCOM
Pros:
- Really community focused.
- People are really nice at the school when I visited. The student seems to be happy with the school. During my interview day, the students just randomly stops by and encouraged us, which was nice.
- Really nice facility with new technology
- Good rotation sites set up.
- Cheap COL ($500-700 rent/ month) and tuition ($43k)
- Brand new research building so I'm sure plenty of research opportunities here.
- Helix curriculum. 3 pass over the materials. (I'm not sure if they recycle old board questions for exams or not?)
- Private and non-profit
- Good wellness program
- New school. Have not graduate a class yet but will graduate in 2021. So, I think full accreditation won't be an issue
- No data about match... so kinda nervous about this.
- Ok Complex score but not the greatest. But new school so I'm sure they're working out the kinks in the curriculum
- Mandatory lecture if you fall below 80%
- Mandatory dress code
ACOM
Pros:
- Close in proximity to a large teaching hospital
- Staff seems pro students
- Cheap COL
- Decent amount of people match to different specialties other than primary care
- Also have research opportunities here
- More established than ARCOM
- Decent board passing rate. but Level 2 PE dropped a lot this year (85%).. not sure why?
- $10k more expensive than ARCOM. So, over 4 years, $40k more than ARCOM.
- Not really sure about the environment at the school b/c I didn't get the chance to visit
- Large class size (200+) vs ARCOM with (150) - I don't think it will make a big difference tho
- Mandatory lecture and dress code
Summary: I am kinda leaning towards ARCOM just because I was able to go to the school and got the feel of the staff and location. The only thing holds me back is no data due to being new. I would love to hear what you guys think.
Thanks so much in advance!