Decided!

[tryingtogetin123]

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Creighton (Phoenix)
pros:
- supportive environment / students are nice
- preclinicals / clinical H/P/F

cons:
- less research opportunities (not my biggest priority)
- newer campus = less partnerships?
- far from home

VCU
pros:
- closer to home
- more established campus
- preclinical is P/F

cons:
- clinical is H/HP/P/F

it would be nice to stay in the east coast, closer to home. in terms of specialty, i am not sure yet, but i do not want to close myself off from the more competitive specialties until i get a better idea. any more pro/cons about either school would be helpful, but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[m1redsox]

VCU. Better school, closer to home, lower cost of living.

Not to mention the only con for VCU could be a pro. If you miss H by a smidge on a rotation at Creighton, you drop to P, but at VCU, there’s a HP level to distinguish you.

H/P/F preclinical at Creighton is a con.

 

[chilly_md]

Yeah you would have needed to be from AZ or some part of the western US to give Creighton Phoenix much of a distinct pro. No reason to choose them over VCU if it isn’t substantially cheaper.

 

[tryingtogetin123]

thank you so much!!!