Creighton vs. Michigan (OOS)

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Hey everybody! Like the title says, I was fortunate enough to receive multiple acceptance offers and I am having a challenging time choosing between Creighton University and University of Michigan. At this point in the game I'd like to specialize someday, but I also want to graduate from school having a strong clinical foundation.

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School 1: Creighton University
* OOS
Pros:

• Strong sense of community and camaraderie
• Very service oriented
• Dental students can place implants
• Cool D4 electives (forensic odontology and veterinary dentistry)
• Early clinical exposure and vertical integration
• Beautiful brand new building, facilities, and technology
• No specialties

Cons:

• No specialties
• Omaha: cold, grey weather and maybe not as much to do compared to other cities (could be wrong, please weigh in)

School 2: University of Michigan
* OOS
Pros:

• Outstanding reputation
• Exposure to specialties
• High match rate
• School spirit (Go Blue! haha)
• Ann Arbor: I got great vibes when I visited, it seems like a cool city and a very well educated city
• Early clinical exposure and vertical integration
• Plethora of research opportunities
• Externship opportunities

Cons:

• Research heavy
• Construction until 2023 (but new student clinic should be open before my third year when I would have patients of my own)
• I was told that there isn't a student affairs office so there's not really any formal academic support from the school (for example, many of the other schools I interviewed at had an office that helped students find upperclassmen tutors and stuff like that)
• I think there might be a potential for competition and gunners given the school's reputation
• Slightly harder to get to the airport and get home
• Ann Arbor: cold, grey weather

Summary: I think I'm leaning towards Creighton, but the more I think about it the more conflicted I become. I feel like it would be foolish to turn down an offer from a top school like Michigan. A sense of community is really important to me. I'm looking forward to making lifelong friends and creating some awesome memories, so I want to go to a school where students support one another and genuinely care about each other. I'd also like to be at a school where there is academic support from the school. It would be nice to have faculty members to turn to if I find that I need some extra help.

TLDR: Creighton is very similar to the school I did undergrad at, so it might feel like a more natural transition (and I love my undergrad institution, so I would probably love Creighton). However, I'm also very excited about potentially experiencing a Big Ten school; as they say, you grow more when you put yourself out of your comfort zone and I can see myself growing a lot as a student at UMich.

To complicate matters, I was waitlisted at Marquette and Marquette and Creighton are so similar in many ways that being accepted to Marquette would further add to the challenge of deciding where to go.

Thanks in advance for reading all of this and sharing your input!

 

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I would suggest Michigan, it's a great school and while it can be competitive I heard it's mainly a class by class basis. The only negative is maybe the weather but I got used to it.

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