ATSU-KCOM vs KCU-Jopin

[goose1912]

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ATSU-KCOM
Pros:
- very well establish
- marginally closer to home
- dirt cheap COL
- ultrasound certification
- good match historically
- lots of research on-campus
- lots of community outreach
- optional lectures with no dress code
Cons:
- letter grades
- more expensive (~65k)
- board-style finals that are 8 hours (honestly this is a mix of a pro but also a con)

KCU-Joplin
Pros
- also established despite being satellite location
- good match historically
- Joplin is bigger than Kirksville
- Freeman teaching hospitals w/ in-house residency programs and rotations
- Score 1 program
- cheaper tuition
Cons
-campus is literally one building
-no established labs on campus and seemingly less availabe research
-rotation sites seem more variable and none in my hometowen area of MO

 

[goose1912]

thank you to those who voted, I chose ATSU- KCOM!!