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Congrats! Let me know which one you choose.oh hey, I'm making this same decision rn!
Haha I'm actually making the same decision as well! It's tough but I think I am going to choose Case. It is very expensive so that's definitely on my mind, but I think it's the better school for me. I think I'm well-suited for the IQ learning style and like that there's so much free time to study on our own. I think the protected research time is a huge plus for me, since I am thinking about doing ortho or another surgical subspecialty and don't want to take a research year since I have already taken a gap year and don't want to take any more time off. I'm also considering academic medicine, so I think the prestige of Case is worth the additional cost personally. (Also I'd be out of state at Cinci the first year, so the difference in cost isn't quite as high).
However, if I were you, Cincinnati would be a much stronger draw. I think it's a huge plus that you can be closer to family and have that support. I think both are great schools and you'll be fine either way. I love both programs, and it's a hard decision for me as well!
It's such a difficult choice! I have changed my mind so many times already.I'm in a similar boat. I'm maybe interested in something like uro and in academic medicine, but I don't know how much to factor in the cost. Case, why so expensive??
This is really helpful. Thank you!Cincinnati in a heartbeat--- they're very good about letting students rank their reaches, but making sure they don't fall lower than a UC residency program if they don't match those.
Also, CCHMC and UCCOM are basically affiliated in every way but name, so if you were to take their funding into account UC's rank would jump way up.
There will be those that will be obsessive about their internal rank, but I wouldn't let that deter you. I think it's more important to compare what Case's examination format/in-block grading vs. UC's is--that's what's going to stress you out during preclinical years, not rank.