purpletulipsss
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hi everyone! i'm really appreciative to have gotten offers from both schools. i wanted to thank everyone for their advice in the last thread and see what people thought of these two schools.
Cooper
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UArizona Phoenix
Pros
Cooper
Pros
- loved the students and the vibe here! really warm and inviting atmosphere, felt like the faculty really cared
- great match day - 100% match rate in 2019
- hospital is right next to the school, most clerkship rotations are there
- emphasis on community service, which i really resonate with
- foundations of medical practice throughout yr1-2, i feel like i'd just be really prepared to interact with patients w/their curriculum
- tuition more expensive at 66k/year
- farther from family + SO (california), though there is some chance of SO moving out to live with me
- camden is not the safest, but students have said the immediate vicinity of the school is safe
- research not as established/well-funded
UArizona Phoenix
Pros
- tuition cheaper at 55k/year
- has pcp scholarship for psychiatry, which is a field that i'm really interested in
- closer to home (california) and SO, better opportunities to visit them and vice versa
- great weather, and i like arizona as a city. i was pretty excited to come here!
- students are pretty chill
- great research opportunities
- unranked compared to cooper? not sure how important that is
- will have to rotate out to different sites in 3rd/4th year, would need a car
- did not get the same vibe here as i did at cooper, but that wasn't to say the students were unkind, they were just chill + laidback
