Hey all, so my sister got into both and is needing some advice on making a decision. Any input is valuable! (assume that costs are comparable)
Brown vs. Yale Med?
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I wouldn't say "WAY" better. That's hyperbole to me. IMO both schools will adequately prepare you to be a physician.
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But the purpose of the thread wasn't "which of these two schools are accredited".
That wasn't my point either. Clearly, all things being equal, the subject should attend Yale. However what I wanted to refute was the idea that the MD program at Yale is "WAY" better than Brown's. I am not even sure the MD curriculum/program at Yale is even "better" (a vague and personalized statement) than that of Brown. Does Yale have a better reputation? Sure. But will going to Yale make you a better physician than if you went to Brown? I strongly doubt that.
I would attend Yale for the overall reputation and having its name on my CV, not because it's a "better" medical school.
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You should tell you sister that Yale just dropped in the rankings. Who would want to go there? Eww
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US NEWS RANKINGS MEDICAL SCHOOLS - RECENTLY RELEASED 2013
Research -
Yale # 7
Brown # 35
Primary Care -
Brown # 24
Yale # 74 (shameful for an ivy, really)
Average for
Brown - 29.5
Yale - 40.5
Brown beats Yale. However, the Yale system rocks....although New Haven really, really sucks..
Congrats to your sister!
Research -
Yale # 7
Brown # 35
Primary Care -
Brown # 24
Yale # 74 (shameful for an ivy, really)
Average for
Brown - 29.5
Yale - 40.5
Brown beats Yale. However, the Yale system rocks....although New Haven really, really sucks..
Congrats to your sister!
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Primary Care rankings are even worse than research rankings
They are both great schools. I liked Yale>Brown, but RI>CT. It depends on your unique situation.
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Primary Care rankings mean jack. When people refer to a top 5, top 25, etc. school they go by the research rankings. Yale is a top 10 school and Brown is a top 40 school.
Looking at the two schools' respective matchlists it is no contest; Yale blows Brown out of the water. Both schools gradated ~100 people last year but looking at the most competitive specialties, Yale beat Brown
5-1 in Derm
5-2 in Plastics
4-2 in Radonc
5-3 in Ophtho
4-1 in Neurosurgery
1-0 in ENT
4-1 in Rads
3-1 in Gas
and the schools tied 4-4 in Ortho
http://brown.edu/academics/medical/about/match
http://medstation.yale.edu/enrollment/www/2011matchspec.pdf
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forgot to link urology and ortho!
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I said 4-4 in ortho.
Brown did beat Yale 1-0 in Urology but come on who really wants to fondle balls all day long 😛
As a person deciding between Pitt and Yale, I was wondering about Yale's primary care rankings. What do primary care rankings even really represent? Pitt is top 20 for both but Yale is top 10 and top 100. Should that even matter? If so, how would you compare these two schools?
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missed your ortho post.
In that case Brown >> yale.
Dude you'd love urology (I love it). Its a hidden treasure...
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Depends what she's looking for. Got into both Brown/Yale for undergrad. Went to Brown and absolutely have no regrets. 😍 Providence is somewhat small town but I adore it.
Now going to Yale med and didn't apply to Brown. Mainly wanted to try out a new city while I'm still young.
Gotta go with gut feeling and definitely check out both second looks. Ranking doesn't matter as much as happiness. That's my Brown talking. 😀 Let me know if you have any PVD related questions.
Edit: Not originally an east coaster.
Now going to Yale med and didn't apply to Brown. Mainly wanted to try out a new city while I'm still young.
Gotta go with gut feeling and definitely check out both second looks. Ranking doesn't matter as much as happiness. That's my Brown talking. 😀 Let me know if you have any PVD related questions.
Edit: Not originally an east coaster.
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I haven't checked he methodology for this year, but in the past the rankings for primary care were determined heavily by the number of people that go into primary care at a given school. This is a very poor indicator of the quality of pc related care, and some might argue that if Nything it suggests that students can't match into more competitive specialties (such as flat earths post)
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Harvard matched 43% of their class into "primary care" this past year, University of Washington matched almost 2/3 last year into primary care. It has nothing to do with whether they couldn't have matched into something else, but simply reflects preference.
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Those are two outlier examples (try making the same argument with, say, MSU DO school), but I'm not arguing that it is true that people who go into PC can't do "better", I am merely stating that just because a lot of people go into it doesn't make it necessarily better for going into it.
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