AZCOM vs KHSC-KansasCOM

[jaecee4]

Hey everyone! I am very thankful to have just been accepted off a waitlist at AZCOM while having an A at KansasCOM. AZCOM is much closer to home (Nevada) and much more established as while I am currently open to many specialties, I have been eyeing some competitive ones.

AZCOM

Pros:

• More established
• Proven clinical rotations
• Good match history

Cons:

• 20k per year more expensive
• Traditional letter grading system / GPA

KansasCOM

Pros:

• Based on my interactions with faculty, school seemed very student focused
• P/F grading system
• 80k total cheaper

Cons:

• Curriculum not as cemented
• Unsure of the quality of the rotations
• New school, third class, no match data

Overall I was getting ready to move to Wichita here in a couple of weeks, but things quickly changed. I did really like the prospect of the future of KansasCOM, but being in an urban area close to home has my attention now! Although I did just sign a lease, would just find a way to transfer or terminate it early, of course. I guess I am trying to ask if the extra 80k would be worth it. Would really be happy at either place.

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[vietlove]

I'm kind of in the same boat except I may never get off the waitlist at AZCOM. I'd be happy to go to Kansas COM though because the school has brand new state-of-the-art facilities and a lot of potential. It is also located in downtown Wichita with many places to live, eat, and entertain. It is not located in the middle of nowhere like many other DO schools. However, the methodologies keep changing due to student feedback and there are no established research program, no anatomy wetlabs, no alumni network or established reputation with the residencies director. I don't know what this would mean if you want to be in a competitive specialty such as surgery or the ease of getting good residency. But it is $20k cheaper per year and the cost of living there is also cheaper than AZ. Many people would go with a more established program but a DO is a DO.

 

[m1redsox]

If the difference is within $100k, I would go to the more established program. New DO schools, especially with their variable/unstable clinical rotations, are a crazy roll of the dice.