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Thank you in advance. I'm very excited to be accepted to both programs, it's been a long journey! Currently, I'm interested in emergency medicine / general surgery - potentially in academic medicine.
Both match-lists look impressive, for what they're worth. I guess I'm looking for bare-bones 1) best match-prep 2) best city for opportunity.
BUSM
+ big Step-prep focus in their curriculum, tests which may ultimately decide my fate
+ under-served focus and mission is fantastic
+ city of Boston hub of academic opportunity, may have a leg-up to match within the city?
- cost, I expect it will be more expensive (WCM reportedly has generous need-based aid)
WCM
+ beautiful facilities for edu, AOC is great
+ top notch affiliations for research and clinical training around NYC
+ friends in the city
+ better vibe with the students
- coming from a small-town, from a low income background, not sure if I'll fit the NYC personality (Boston seems saturated with students)
Thank you for your input! I'm also wait-listed at UCLA, but I won't consider that an option currently. (Although, you can throw that if you have an opinion. I loved their mission serve-all-populations-mission as well!)
Both match-lists look impressive, for what they're worth. I guess I'm looking for bare-bones 1) best match-prep 2) best city for opportunity.
BUSM
+ big Step-prep focus in their curriculum, tests which may ultimately decide my fate
+ under-served focus and mission is fantastic
+ city of Boston hub of academic opportunity, may have a leg-up to match within the city?
- cost, I expect it will be more expensive (WCM reportedly has generous need-based aid)
WCM
+ beautiful facilities for edu, AOC is great
+ top notch affiliations for research and clinical training around NYC
+ friends in the city
+ better vibe with the students
- coming from a small-town, from a low income background, not sure if I'll fit the NYC personality (Boston seems saturated with students)
Thank you for your input! I'm also wait-listed at UCLA, but I won't consider that an option currently. (Although, you can throw that if you have an opinion. I loved their mission serve-all-populations-mission as well!)