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P/F pre-clinical and having a younger sibling (I assume you two get along well) close by sounds pretty nice. It is up to how much you’d like a change of scenery for 2 years. It comes with the caveat you have to move to a city you don’t like as much for the last 2 years. Residency match is up to you, usually people match in the Northeast because they want to stay in the region. Seems like they’ve had students match at far away places before. Small sample and don’t know their situation, but an ophthalmology match to OHSU.
If you go to USF, you still have Northeast ties for having grown up in the area and attended undergrad there.
If you go to USF, you still have Northeast ties for having grown up in the area and attended undergrad there.
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Isn’t Tampa General a much better hospital than Leigh Valley? This should probably factor into your decision. One of the benefits of going to a higher ranked school is the connections made during clinicals. If you’re losing those (iirc Tampa general is ranked in a bunch of categories), it’s not worth going to the higher ranked school
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How do you know you won't hate Tampa ? Do you know why you want to leave NY / Long Island? If it were my choice, I'd choose Stony Brook. I wouldn't like the idea of picking up stakes and moving to Allentown. SB is a solid medical school. If you look at their match lists they match pretty well. Number of Northeast matches likely due to student preferences.
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I don't understand! If they are shipping you off to Allentown after two years, what benefit do you get from Tampa, regional ties to FL, Tampa General, etc.?
You are just doing preclinical in Tampa and then doing all rotations, etc. in the Lehigh Valley. How does that give you a home residency match advantage in Tampa? What does the SELECT match list look like? A lot of matches back to FL, if that's what you want?
No, you don't lose lifetime ties to a region by going to school outside of it. Many people go to nationally ranked schools all over the country, and then return home to practice. In this case, your ties will be to NY, where you grew up, and Allentown, where you will be doing rotations and research during your final two years. I'm not exactly sure how it will work, but I do not understand what match advantage you will have in Tampa if you are not doing any rotations there.
You are just doing preclinical in Tampa and then doing all rotations, etc. in the Lehigh Valley. How does that give you a home residency match advantage in Tampa? What does the SELECT match list look like? A lot of matches back to FL, if that's what you want?
No, you don't lose lifetime ties to a region by going to school outside of it. Many people go to nationally ranked schools all over the country, and then return home to practice. In this case, your ties will be to NY, where you grew up, and Allentown, where you will be doing rotations and research during your final two years. I'm not exactly sure how it will work, but I do not understand what match advantage you will have in Tampa if you are not doing any rotations there.
I think my biggest concern is that during interview season repeatedly the issue of if I was willing to leave NY came up. I thought I conveyed that I have no issue with leaving, but my waitlists are OOS schools while my acceptances are mostly NY schools.
I fear that applying to residency it’ll be even more of a problem if it looks like I intentionally chose to stay within the same 50 mile radius for my entire life. I don’t know where I want to match yet, but I definitely want to keep options open. (especially if I stick with ophtho I will go literally wherever I can match haha). I may be wrong, but I imagine just showing a willingness to move offers some value.
I know stony definitely can and does match people all over the country, but I imagine many of those people either grew up, attended college, or spent gap years elsewhere. I realize my concerns could be completely unfounded, that's why I posted to get other peoples opinions
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Your answer to why you want to attend their school may have not met their expectations.
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Okay, but it's a legitimate concern for them. As you can see, you successfully overcame it and got the A. No reason to think you wouldn't be able to do the same with residencies.
A bigger question for you will be, assuming you are pigeonholed to a region, would you rather it be the NYC metro area, or the Lehigh Valley? It's not going to be Tampa if you only spend 2 years there pre-clinical before migrating to Allentown.
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