•••quote:••• well, what do you want to do career wise? If you're simply looking for primary care or
something in Atlanta, then MCG is a good way to go (and how do calculate MCG costing 80K
total, even with housing, over 4 years? Is it that expensive to live in Augusta (Cant imagine
living expenses would be more than 6K, I live in Atlanta and probably dont spend 10K in living
expenses).
Not to say you couldn't at MCG, but Duke could open so many doors for you. If you want to go
into something high profile, surgery, dermatology, research, Duke's the way to go. That first
year must be a killer, but you pretty much get a "do whatever you want" card during M2, so you
can do something extraordinary to help secure the residency of choice later on. So, it depends
on what you want. ••••DLC,
I used to work over at IMMAG at MCG and lived in Augusta until very recently. One of my friends living in Augusta made the decision to go to Duke even after he got a large scholarship from MCG. Why? His mom and dad are both docs working at MCG or affiliates. Both received their MD's from Duke. And even though my friend and his family are real close, I think both parents of them wanted their son to get the best education possible, irregardless of what residency decision you make later. And their son agreed.
On the face of it, I think the primary care training you'd find at Duke is better than MCG's [even peds and emergency medicine, which are good at MCG], and I definitely think almost all of the speciality training is better at Duke.
Yours,
Jason
