I didn't take the comment as a slight against me so much as just a frustrating example of what occurs on here far to frequently. People sharing what they want to share and not what the poster requested.
Your second sentence was relevant if overly obvious. Your 1st sentence did not answer the question asked and it added nothing I didn't already know. My question and there was only one "Does anyone out there see any advantage to attending ICOM?" very clearly requests advantages of ICOM over BCOM, (where does the 'over BCOM' part come from? Context in the first 2 sentences). And even if the question was unclear, it does not request you to find and point out negative aspects shared by both schools. Period, end, so clear it's really not up for debate, you can argue that but you'll just look like an idiot if you do. You shared an unrequested elitist/snobbish comment that did nothing to answer the question actually asked. I intentionally phrased my comment for the very purpose of avoiding having people tell me the obvious that I already know, that both schools are new and don't have proven board scores and rotation sites. Geez man you think anyone with acceptances at these schools doesn't already know that? Now your second comment consists entirely of obvious, unrequested shared negatives and nothing that could be construed as a reason to attend ICOM over BCOM. I think you should change your name here to "captain obvious" due to your propensity to share the most obvious facts possible. I fear to ask what you scored on CARS.
Here let me provide some possible examples that actually answer the question.
1. I know professor X who taught at school B, she does an excellent job preparing you for your boards!
2. Based on the lack of competition, ICOM is likely to have better clinical sites.
3. The area around ICOM has a higher demand for physicians, so if you don't mind staying, jobs will be easy to come by and probably offer better pay.
4. ICOM's curriculum is based on school X's curriculum while BCOM's curriculum is most similar to school Y's. School X has has the higher COMLEX pass rate, and it could be due to the curriculum meaning ICOM could have the advantage.
Do you see how these hypotheticals actually answer the question asked and how they provide objective facts for someone to weigh and consider. See Blakeb_212's post as an example if you are still confused.
We do need to be more "professional" on this forum and that doesn't just mean professional in a polite way. It also includes our writing and logic. Read the question asked, answer just the question asked and only if you have relevant and reliable knowledge. There is no need to state the blatantly obvious. Give subjective opinion only if requested. Ask yourself, is this going to be helpful to the poster and only add if you can say yes. In short, stop just throwing up on here.
