Baylor vs Northwestern?

[Hopefullylucky1]

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Any thoughts? I am trying to choose between them and am struggling a bit.

 

[drizzt3117]

Two very good schools. I believe Feinberg will be substantially more expensive than Baylor, so that might play into your decision. Feinberg is pretty heavily PBL, so if you like that style of teaching, you might consider that. IMMSMC Feinberg is pure P/F as opposed to Baylor being H/HP/P/MP/F.

 

[NickNaylor]

Go Baylor!

(Don't actually listen to that)

 

[TexasPhysician]

You can not beat the Baylor education for the price. For the money, it is the best medical education in the nation in my opinion.....and I don't go there.

 

[Leejwwc]

You can not beat the Baylor education for the price. For the money, it is the best medical education in the nation in my opinion.....and I don't go there.

qft...looking at msar stats, average indebtedness at bcm is only ~$80K, at Feinberg it is ~$170K! 😱

 

[GoSpursGo]

You can not beat the Baylor education for the price. For the money, it is the best medical education in the nation in my opinion.....and I don't go there.

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Also, I'm really loving the idea of the condensed pre-clinical curriculum 🙂 And I'll take Houston summers over Chicago winters any day!

 

[DrYoda]

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Also, I'm really loving the idea of the condensed pre-clinical curriculum 🙂 And I'll take Houston summers over Chicago winters any day!

Chicago>Houston

Baylor's price>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Northwestern's

 

[pianola]

Haha, I like where this advice is going.

OP are you OOS for Baylor or IS?

 

[Jolie South]

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Also, I'm really loving the idea of the condensed pre-clinical curriculum 🙂 And I'll take Houston summers over Chicago winters any day!

most def. i also imagine there is abysmal Mexican food in Chicago.

 

[riceman04]

most def. i also imagine there is abysmal Mexican food in Chicago.

Actually Jolie Chicago has a really large Mexican population and, therefore, some really really awesome mexican food. The best mole sauce I've had outside in Cali was in Chicago

But no mexican food in the states will be as authentic as what you find in Cali ....All that Tex Mex has done nothing but screw up the true authenticity of Mexican food. You guys can have Taco Cabana , Chuy's (although i do like their salsa and chicken tortilla soup), and that place over on Richmond (can't think of the name)

 

[Hopefullylucky1]

I'm OOS (but from the West Coast) so Houston is a bit closer to home but my undergrad was East, so my friends are distributed (a few in Chicago). I would probably buy in Texas to gain residency status after the first year and the tuition is significantly cheaper anyways. Still, I'm not sure the significance of P/F vs H/HP/P/MP/F, the locations of either school, or the class sizes, and if those factors should sway my decision over the money.

 

[Jolie South]

I'm OOS (but from the West Coast) so Houston is a bit closer to home but my undergrad was East, so my friends are distributed (a few in Chicago). I would probably buy in Texas to gain residency status after the first year and the tuition is significantly cheaper anyways. Still, I'm not sure the significance of P/F vs H/HP/P/MP/F, the locations of either school, or the class sizes, and if those factors should sway my decision over the money.

I should note that while Baylor has a grading scale, there is no curve. If everyone honors, everyone honors. You know what the cutoffs are going in to a test and they don't change.

 

[RoadRunner17]

most def. i also imagine there is abysmal Mexican food in Chicago.

Actually Jolie Chicago has a really large Mexican population and, therefore, some really really awesome mexican food. The best mole sauce I've had outside in Cali was in Chicago

But no mexican food in the states will be as authentic as what you find in Cali ....All that Tex Mex has done nothing but screw up the true authenticity of Mexican food. You guys can have Taco Cabana , Chuy's (although i do like their salsa and chicken tortilla soup), and that place over on Richmond (can't think of the name)

Just wanted to add, when I was running Chicago last year, one of the neighborhoods that the course took us through was "Little Village" near the lower west side. There's definitely a BIG mexican/latino presence in Chicago, though I can't personally comment on the food itself.