sorry to bump this old thread, but I haven't been around for a while.
I was accepted to both Case and Pritzker and will be attending Prtizker this fall.
As gel pointed out the main difference is the curriculums(curricula?). At Case you do a lot of PBL, they call it Case Based Learning (hahaha), and at Pritzker you have more lecutre time. I came into the process thinking either style would be fine by me, but with a lot self reflection on the classses I learned the best in as an undergraduate, I really felt like lecture time was the way to go. I like to HEAR the material presented not just read it from the book. Think about how you most want to learn.
I think these are very similiar schools in a lot of other respects. The students at both felt well taken care of by administration and said they had great relationships with profs/faculty members. Both schools gave me the impression that they are really there for their students.
If you pull out a set of prestige rankings (the usnews) you're gonna find case and pritzker just aout tied. I didn't really care about this, I think the only really valuable information that is related to 'prestige' is how well schoools match. I want to go into in academic medicine (which pritzker prides themselves on preparing people for) and Pritzker's match list reflects that. As many matches at the top hospitals as any of the other matchlists i'd seen; duke, hopkins, SF, stanford.
Case's match wasn't in the same league as far as academic medicine is concerned. However Case does have the Primary Care Track which I think would provide you with a lot more opportunities/experiences than Pritkzer if you are sure you want to go into primary care.
Aside from the schools themselves I was much more excited about the prospect of living in Chicago than in Cleveland. I think Cleveland was fine, and thuroughly livable, I just wouldn't say I was EXCITED about living there.
That's about how I broke down the schools. If I had different interestes/learning style I may well have picked case. I think it's a great school, just not quite the right fit for me. good luck with your enviable decision
