Creighton (Phoenix) vs Quinnipiac Netter

[12345678999]

hi! need to make a decision within few days and interested in competitive specs like derm

Creighton (phx)
Pros
- top choice out of the 4 places I interviewed at
- students seemed superrrr supportive, great community
- have a lease lined up in phx, was all set to go there
- close to home (colorado)
- matches in co/ca where I'm thinking of ending up in

cons
- newer school
- more debt (would cost around 80k more total)
- less match history of phx campus
- would have to outsource for research

Netter (north haven, CT)
pros
- just received acceptance and scholarship 3 days ago (20k/yr)
- decent match list (good programs in northeast and ca)


cons
- do not want to live in ct
- small class size (96 students)
- no affiliated hospital (clinical rotations can be a far drive)
- unsure if there's a strong community there esp since rotations are so spread out
- would also have to outsource for research

basically I want to go to creighton but is the scholarship from netter worth it to go there? it does make loans more than 80k less. thx!

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[bstomd2024]

went to netter accepted students day, i ended up not going

-The small class size doesn’t seem like too much of a con since everyone knows each other & loves each other, the community seems SUPER strong
-i am from the northeast but not New England, and sometimes felt out of place so i can imagine colorado to Connecticut might take some time to adjust to
-the students say that learning at different hospitals & teaching styles, doctors, charting systems, etc is a pro that preps you for residency but they also admit it’s annoying
-research seems fairly easy to find but you do have to compete with Yale

Edit: match list seemed incredibly impressive for netter

 

[Putkernerinthehall]

I'd go to Quinnipiac. Lower cost, solid match list. Might consider where you'd like to live since they are very different places.

 

[LunaOri]

Don’t overthink this. You were accepted to your top choice—go there!

 

[m1redsox]

I don’t think the cost difference is significant enough to justify moving across the country to go to a school that you don’t want to attend. I’d go with Creighton-PHX.

 

[12345678999]

went to netter accepted students day, i ended up not going

-The small class size doesn’t seem like too much of a con since everyone knows each other & loves each other, the community seems SUPER strong
-i am from the northeast but not New England, and sometimes felt out of place so i can imagine colorado to Connecticut might take some time to adjust to
-the students say that learning at different hospitals & teaching styles, doctors, charting systems, etc is a pro that preps you for residency but they also admit it’s annoying
-research seems fairly easy to find but you do have to compete with Yale

Edit: match list seemed incredibly impressive for netter

tysm!! was there anything in particular that deterred you from going?

 

[bstomd2024]

tysm!! was there anything in particular that deterred you from going?

I think the biggest thing was feeling more at home at another school, not because they weren’t friendly or inclusive, but more because of the regional geography thing