Albany Medical College + Cost of living +Hospital is in the same building that the students learn in + Many people can walk to campus (or live very close to campus) + Really get to know about medical ethics and administration +Not many distractions + Getting involved in research is easy and promoted by the school + Dr. Bob (A physician that set up free clinics for the area) - Most students go there because it was the only school they were accepted to - old building - Not highly ranked - Not in a major urban center - Cold winters - Expensive
Baylor + The TMC! + Great research + Condensed pre-clinical curriculum + Flexible curriculum (research track, care of the underserved track, ethics track, etc) + Fun/friendly, approachable faculty + Cheaper tuition by private standards, especially in state + Cost of living - Break from Methodist - Controversy with president - HOT/humid - Houston traffic
Boston University + Boston Medical Center
+ Philosophy of care
+ Much thought put into Curriculum
+ Pass/Fail grading
+ Location (Urban area, South Boston) - Buildings aren't that nice - Expensive tuition and housing
Creighton + Very friendly and supportive staff and students + Philosophy of how medicine should be practiced + Very Clean/New looking campus + Omaha! ( actually has lots of culture) + Cost of living (dirt cheap for everything) + Outreach programs + Primary care (if that is what you are after) -/+ It is religious (Bad or good, but they don't care if you are religious) - Omaha (In the middle of the country, no large body of water) - The cold
George Washington + Beautiful campus and hospital + In DC + Student and faculty diversity + Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center is an amazing resource + Opportunity to select a "track" if interested in focusing on particular field of study - Private hospital; more hands-off experience - Very expensive - Relatively traditional curriculum -Currently on probation with LCME; though they plan to turn this over within 1 year
Georgetown + Beautiful campus and surrounding undergrad campus + In DC + In Gerogetown! + >45% of their graduates match into top 25 residency programs + Committed to their philosophy of cura personalis + First of its kind in DC student run clinic called the Hoya Clinic + Georgetown Basketball! - Buildings nicer on outside than inside - Big class size, you have to compete with SMP students - Expensive housing
- Grading system
Mayo + The Mayo Clinic
+ 13 week research requirement
+ Scholarships
+ Curriculum, Grading (Pass/Fail), Selectives
+ Philosophy
+ Beautiful facilities, remodeled student center
+ Rotation blocks can be in Florida & Arizona
+ Travel stipend
+ Close enough to Minneapolis
+/- Small class size
+/- Rochester
+/- No undergrad - The climate
Mount Sinai +Cheap and incredible housing with full size beds! +Location in NYC! +anatomy labs have some of the most beautiful views of NYC ever. +pass/fail first 2 years +hospital right on campus - super convenient for the rotations you do there.
New York University +Cheap housing +Location in NYC, downtown as opposed to mssm, columbia, or even cornell! +Creates lots of academic physicians +Bellevue Hospital -Housing not so nice..
Northwestern +Location within Chicago +Pass/Fail +Diverse patient population +Don't need my car. -Expensive -Very cold winter
Penn State +On campus housing +/- required research component +/- Rather rural location + Nice facilities and construction on going -expensive
Rosalind Franklin University +Close enough to Chicago to go there on the weekends, but far enough that it's quiet and peaceful +Not many distractions around -Expensive -Cold -Not much nightlife and entertainment -Tiny gym -Traditional curriculum
SUNY Upstate +Friendly Students +Has a good hospital +Opportunities to do Rural Health, if interested +Across the street from SU, if you like Football +Can get instate tuition after 1 year +Weiskotten Hall facade -Middle of nowhere (6 hrs from NYC) -Cold winters -Old Buildings
SLU +Has a good focus on hepatology if you are interested +Step 1 scores around 226(correct me!) -Expensive -In St. Louis -Dangerous -Not the nicest looking Campus
Texas Tech-El Paso (Paul Foster) + Small class size + Caring faculty that are obviously personally invested in the success of their first class + Chance to make a curriculum based on what you want + AIDS researchers from Harvard - It's in El Paso - Uncertainty of new school - Really only one "name" lab for research
Tulane University +New Orleans is a cultural mecca +Lots of opportunities to help rebuild after Katrina +New Murphy Oil Building -City still not 100% back to pre-Katrina splendor
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) + Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) + Great clinical research opportunities + Cost of living + BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... + Nice cadaver labs + Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) + near Toronto + Golf course across the street + Easy to go into primary care or specialize - It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) - Step scores are only average - Med school is not really near anything or in the city - VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) + Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) + Great clinical research opportunities + Cost of living + BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... + Nice cadaver labs + Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) + near Toronto + Golf course across the street + Easy to go into primary care or specialize - It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) - Step scores are only average - Med school is not really near anything or in the city - VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University of Iowa (Carver) + Great Reputation, Residencies + Research and Service Distinction Tracks + Beautiful facilities + Excellent Research Reputation + Ranked in Research and Primary Care + Close to undergrad campus (Iowa football!) +/- Iowa City is fun, but its no LA - Competitive grading system - Traditional Curriculum
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) + Great for trauma + Cost (In state) + Downtown Chicago - Literally + Largest class size in the country (good for finding people to study with) + Access to almost any hospital in Chicagoland area for clinical years - Cost (Out of state) - Large class (not so great on small group work) - Very slow administration office - Cold winters
UMDNJ-NJMS + Near NYC and Hoboken + More hands-on clinical experience in first 2 years than some private schools give in 4 + Jubilee curriculum; focus on small group learning over lectures + Potential for clerkships at HUMC (amazing hospital) + Lots of resources, stores, transportation, etc nearby - Newark - Students seemed bland - Step 1 at the national average
UTMB-Galveston +PBL +Friendly students +Community health involvement +Friendly and approachable Faculty +Step 1 230/231 this year +Avg Jan high/low is 62/50 -Post-Ike state unknown -Hospital's been seriously damaged -Galveston seems kind of boring -Humid+big mosquitos haha
UTHSC San Antonio +Friendly students +Program to do clerkships in super-south Texas, where you get to do more hands-on stuff than you would otherwise +Near Austin -Not much stood out
UT Southwestern +Step 1 scores around 232 (correct me!) +Parkland is awesome +3rd years have call/go on call +Super-smart and awesome faculty +High-powered research -Scared of the grading system (rumored to be changing to pass/fail though) -Rumors of competitiveness -Rumors of pretentious students and faculty
University of Maryland + Awesome Hospital +Students Really Friendly +Institute of Virology= +Beautiful, New Campus +In Baltimore, close to NYC, Philly, DC -In Baltimore (not sure that the person who posted "Baltimore" as a + has been there) -Kind of expensive if OOS -Inferiority Complex b/c Hopkins is down the road
University of Sothern California (Keck) + Good step scores (Step 1: 233) + Many M3/M4 students get some scholarships + The weather + Video lectures, Nice labs, great lecture halls + New Hospital about a block from campus + Bad area of LA (this could produce more interesting cases) + Students get their own desks on campus + Pass/Fail -Exspensive tuition -Cost of living (hard to find an appartment for under $1,000/month) -Almost all students are forced to drive 20+ minutes to campus -Bad area of LA (safety)
Vanderbilt +Beautiful campus +P/F +Nashville is a fun city! +Awesome anatomy lab +Warm(er) weather +high STEP1 scores +small class size (~100) +Emphasis project +good financial aid -expensive tuition
Wake Forest +Excellent clinical preparation +Balanced curriculum of traditional lectures integrated with a couple of PBL sessions per week. +Excellent hospital complex (+/-medical school is RIGHT IN the hospital) +Happy students, smaller class size +Exceptoinal anatomy lab, extremely well ventilated, great technology (CT/MRI scans of YOUR cadaver) +Technologically savvy school (laptop provided 1st year, PDA provided third) -Winston-Salem does not fit the tastes of many -private = expensive (but seemingly decent financial aid) - students perform "near the mean" for Step 1 and 2
Wright State +New medical school building (with a very nice anatomy lab, downward suction of air) +Is associated with 7 unique hospitals (diverse clinical oppurtunities) +small class size (~100) +school and dayton have a homey feel +awesome preparation for step 1 +primary care focused +great in-state tuition -Cold winters -dayton -don't bother if you're OOS
Albany Medical College + Cost of living +Hospital is in the same building that the students learn in + Many people can walk to campus (or live very close to campus) + Really get to know about medical ethics and administration +Not many distractions + Getting involved in research is easy and promoted by the school + Dr. Bob (A physician that set up free clinics for the area) - Most students go there because it was the only school they were accepted to - old building - Not highly ranked - Not in a major urban center - Cold winters - Expensive
Baylor + The TMC! + Great research + Condensed pre-clinical curriculum + Flexible curriculum (research track, care of the underserved track, ethics track, etc) + Fun/friendly, approachable faculty + Cheaper tuition by private standards, especially in state + Cost of living - Break from Methodist - Controversy with president - HOT/humid - Houston traffic
Boston University + Boston Medical Center
+ Philosophy of care
+ Much thought put into Curriculum
+ Pass/Fail grading
+ Location (Urban area, South Boston) - Buildings aren't that nice - Expensive tuition and housing
Creighton + Very friendly and supportive staff and students + Philosophy of how medicine should be practiced + Very Clean/New looking campus + Omaha! ( actually has lots of culture) + Cost of living (dirt cheap for everything) + Outreach programs + Primary care (if that is what you are after) -/+ It is religious (Bad or good, but they don't care if you are religious) - Omaha (In the middle of the country, no large body of water) - The cold
George Washington + Beautiful campus and hospital + In DC + Student and faculty diversity + Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center is an amazing resource + Opportunity to select a "track" if interested in focusing on particular field of study - Private hospital; more hands-off experience - Very expensive - Relatively traditional curriculum -Currently on probation with LCME; though they plan to turn this over within 1 year
Georgetown + Beautiful campus and surrounding undergrad campus + In DC + In Gerogetown! + >45% of their graduates match into top 25 residency programs + Committed to their philosophy of cura personalis + First of its kind in DC student run clinic called the Hoya Clinic + Georgetown Basketball! - Buildings nicer on outside than inside - Big class size, you have to compete with SMP students - Expensive housing
- Grading system
Mayo + The Mayo Clinic
+ 13 week research requirement
+ Scholarships
+ Curriculum, Grading (Pass/Fail), Selectives
+ Philosophy
+ Beautiful facilities, remodeled student center
+ Rotation blocks can be in Florida & Arizona
+ Travel stipend
+ Close enough to Minneapolis
+/- Small class size
+/- Rochester
+/- No undergrad - The climate
Mount Sinai +Cheap and incredible housing with full size beds! +Location in NYC! +anatomy labs have some of the most beautiful views of NYC ever. +pass/fail first 2 years +hospital right on campus - super convenient for the rotations you do there.
New York University +Cheap housing +Location in NYC, downtown as opposed to mssm, columbia, or even cornell! +Creates lots of academic physicians +Bellevue Hospital -Housing not so nice..
Northwestern +Location within Chicago +Pass/Fail +Diverse patient population +Don't need my car. -Expensive -Very cold winter
Penn State +On campus housing +/- required research component +/- Rather rural location + Nice facilities and construction on going -expensive
Rosalind Franklin University +Close enough to Chicago to go there on the weekends, but far enough that it's quiet and peaceful +Not many distractions around -Expensive -Cold -Not much nightlife and entertainment -Tiny gym -Traditional curriculum
SUNY Upstate +Friendly Students +Has a good hospital +Opportunities to do Rural Health, if interested +Across the street from SU, if you like Football +Can get instate tuition after 1 year +Weiskotten Hall facade -Middle of nowhere (6 hrs from NYC) -Cold winters -Old Buildings
SLU +Has a good focus on hepatology if you are interested +Step 1 scores around 226(correct me!) -Expensive -In St. Louis -Dangerous -Not the nicest looking Campus
Texas Tech-El Paso (Paul Foster) + Small class size + Caring faculty that are obviously personally invested in the success of their first class + Chance to make a curriculum based on what you want + AIDS researchers from Harvard - It's in El Paso - Uncertainty of new school - Really only one "name" lab for research
Tulane University +New Orleans is a cultural mecca +Lots of opportunities to help rebuild after Katrina +New Murphy Oil Building -City still not 100% back to pre-Katrina splendor
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) + Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) + Great clinical research opportunities + Cost of living + BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... + Nice cadaver labs + Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) + near Toronto + Golf course across the street + Easy to go into primary care or specialize - It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) - Step scores are only average - Med school is not really near anything or in the city - VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) + Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) + Great clinical research opportunities + Cost of living + BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... + Nice cadaver labs + Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) + near Toronto + Golf course across the street + Easy to go into primary care or specialize - It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) - Step scores are only average - Med school is not really near anything or in the city - VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University of Iowa (Carver) + Great Reputation, Residencies + Research and Service Distinction Tracks + Beautiful facilities + Excellent Research Reputation + Ranked in Research and Primary Care + Close to undergrad campus (Iowa football!) +/- Iowa City is fun, but its no LA - Competitive grading system - Traditional Curriculum
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) + Great for trauma + Cost (In state) + Downtown Chicago - Literally + Largest class size in the country (good for finding people to study with) + Access to almost any hospital in Chicagoland area for clinical years - Cost (Out of state) - Large class (not so great on small group work) - Very slow administration office - Cold winters
UMDNJ-NJMS + Near NYC and Hoboken + More hands-on clinical experience in first 2 years than some private schools give in 4 + Jubilee curriculum; focus on small group learning over lectures + Potential for clerkships at HUMC (amazing hospital) + Lots of resources, stores, transportation, etc nearby - Newark - Students seemed bland - Step 1 at the national average
UTMB-Galveston +PBL +Friendly students +Community health involvement +Friendly and approachable Faculty +Step 1 230/231 this year +Avg Jan high/low is 62/50 -Post-Ike state unknown -Hospital's been seriously damaged -Galveston seems kind of boring -Humid+big mosquitos haha
UTHSC San Antonio +Friendly students +Program to do clerkships in super-south Texas, where you get to do more hands-on stuff than you would otherwise +Near Austin -Not much stood out
UT Southwestern +Step 1 scores around 232 (correct me!) +Parkland is awesome +3rd years have call/go on call +Super-smart and awesome faculty +High-powered research -Scared of the grading system (rumored to be changing to pass/fail though) -Rumors of competitiveness -Rumors of pretentious students and faculty
University of Maryland + Awesome Hospital +Students Really Friendly +Institute of Virology= +Beautiful, New Campus +In Baltimore, close to NYC, Philly, DC -In Baltimore (not sure that the person who posted "Baltimore" as a + has been there) -Kind of expensive if OOS -Inferiority Complex b/c Hopkins is down the road
University of Sothern California (Keck) + Good step scores (Step 1: 233) + Many M3/M4 students get some scholarships + The weather + Video lectures, Nice labs, great lecture halls + New Hospital about a block from campus + Bad area of LA (this could produce more interesting cases) + Students get their own desks on campus + Pass/Fail -Exspensive tuition -Cost of living (hard to find an appartment for under $1,000/month) -Almost all students are forced to drive 20+ minutes to campus -Bad area of LA (safety)
University of Virginia + Wonderful campus + Some of the happiest students + Short class time (8-1) + P/F + If IS, low tuition because it's a public school + Good USMLE scores + Cost of living + Early third year start = more exposure - Charlottesville is very rural = less exposure - No organized researched assignment (like that of Vandy, Pitt, Duke, etc.) - Not very diverse - Because a public inst., good luck getting great scholarships
Vanderbilt +Beautiful campus +P/F +Nashville is a fun city! +Awesome anatomy lab +Warm(er) weather +high STEP1 scores +small class size (~100) +Emphasis project +good financial aid -expensive tuition
Wake Forest +Excellent clinical preparation +Balanced curriculum of traditional lectures integrated with a couple of PBL sessions per week. +Excellent hospital complex (+/-medical school is RIGHT IN the hospital) +Happy students, smaller class size +Exceptoinal anatomy lab, extremely well ventilated, great technology (CT/MRI scans of YOUR cadaver) +Technologically savvy school (laptop provided 1st year, PDA provided third) -Winston-Salem does not fit the tastes of many -private = expensive (but seemingly decent financial aid) - students perform "near the mean" for Step 1 and 2
Wright State +New medical school building (with a very nice anatomy lab, downward suction of air) +Is associated with 7 unique hospitals (diverse clinical oppurtunities) +small class size (~100) +school and dayton have a homey feel +awesome preparation for step 1 +primary care focused +great in-state tuition -Cold winters -dayton -don't bother if you're OOS
Albany Medical College +Cost of living +Hospital is in the same building that the students learn in +Many people can walk to campus (or live very close to campus) +Really get to know about medical ethics and administration +Not many distractions +Getting involved in research is easy and promoted by the school +Dr. Bob (A physician that set up free clinics for the area) -Most students go there because it was the only school they were accepted to -old building -Not highly ranked -Not in a major urban center -Cold winters -Expensive
Baylor +The TMC! +Great research +Condensed pre-clinical curriculum +Flexible curriculum (research track, care of the underserved track, ethics track, etc) +Fun/friendly, approachable faculty +Cheaper tuition by private standards, especially in state +Cost of living -Break from Methodist -Controversy with president -HOT/humid -Houston traffic
Boston University +Boston Medical Center
+Philosophy of care
+Much thought put into Curriculum
+Pass/Fail grading
+Location (Urban area, South Boston) -Buildings aren't that nice -Expensive tuition and housing
Columbia +P&S Club - very active and diverse extracurriculars +Philosophy of humanism in medicine +Student body is diverse and multi-talented +Diverse patient population - good training for working with Hispanic patients +NY-Presbyterian Hospital +/-Location - in NYC but quite a distance from midtown -High tuition (but possibility of financial aid since they have a lot of money -First year dorms (Bard Hall)
Creighton +Very friendly and supportive staff and students +Philosophy of how medicine should be practiced +Very Clean/New looking campus +Omaha! (actually has lots of culture) +Cost of living (dirt cheap for everything) +Outreach programs +Primary care (if that is what you are after) -/+It is religious (Bad or good, but they don't care if you are religious) -Omaha (In the middle of the country, no large body of water) -The cold
George Washington +Beautiful campus and hospital +In DC +Student and faculty diversity +Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center is an amazing resource +Opportunity to select a "track" if interested in focusing on particular field of study -Private hospital; more hands-off experience -Very expensive -Relatively traditional curriculum -Currently on probation with LCME; though they plan to turn this over within 1 year
Georgetown +Beautiful campus and surrounding undergrad campus +In DC +In Gerogetown! +>45% of their graduates match into top 25 residency programs +Committed to their philosophy of cura personalis +First of its kind in DC student run clinic called the Hoya Clinic +Georgetown Basketball! -Buildings nicer on outside than inside -Big class size, you have to compete with SMP students -Expensive housing
-Grading system
Mayo +The Mayo Clinic
+13 week research requirement
+Scholarships
+Curriculum, Grading (Pass/Fail), Selectives
+Philosophy
+Beautiful facilities, remodeled student center
+Rotation blocks can be in Florida & Arizona
+Travel stipend
+Close enough to Minneapolis +/-Small class size
+/-Rochester
+/-No undergrad -The climate
Mount Sinai +Cheap and incredible housing with full size beds! +Location in NYC! +anatomy labs have some of the most beautiful views of NYC ever. +pass/fail first 2 years +hospital right on campus - super convenient for the rotations you do there.
New York University +Cheap housing +Location in NYC, downtown as opposed to mssm, columbia, or even cornell! +Creates lots of academic physicians +Bellevue Hospital -Housing not so nice..
Northwestern +Location within Chicago +Pass/Fail +Diverse patient population +Don't need my car. -Expensive -Very cold winter
Penn State +On campus housing +/- required research component +/- Rather rural location + Nice facilities and construction on going -expensive
Rosalind Franklin University +Close enough to Chicago to go there on the weekends, but far enough that it's quiet and peaceful +Not many distractions around -Expensive -Cold -Not much nightlife and entertainment -Tiny gym -Traditional curriculum
SUNY Upstate +Friendly Students +Has a good hospital +Opportunities to do Rural Health, if interested +Across the street from SU, if you like Football +Can get instate tuition after 1 year +Weiskotten Hall facade -Middle of nowhere (6 hrs from NYC) -Cold winters -Old Buildings
SLU +Has a good focus on hepatology if you are interested +Step 1 scores around 226(correct me!) -Expensive -In St. Louis -Dangerous -Not the nicest looking Campus
Texas Tech-El Paso (Paul Foster) +Small class size +Caring faculty that are obviously personally invested in the success of their first class +Chance to make a curriculum based on what you want +AIDS researchers from Harvard -It's in El Paso -Uncertainty of new school -Really only one "name" lab for research
Tulane University +New Orleans is a cultural mecca +Lots of opportunities to help rebuild after Katrina +New Murphy Oil Building -City still not 100% back to pre-Katrina splendor
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University of Iowa (Carver) +Great Reputation, Residencies +Research and Service Distinction Tracks +Beautiful facilities +Excellent Research Reputation +Ranked in Research and Primary Care +Close to undergrad campus (Iowa football!) +/-Iowa City is fun, but its no LA -Competitive grading system -Traditional Curriculum
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) +Great for trauma +Cost (In state) +Downtown Chicago - Literally +Largest class size in the country (good for finding people to study with) +Access to almost any hospital in Chicagoland area for clinical years -Cost (Out of state) -Large class (not so great on small group work) -Very slow administration office -Cold winters
UMDNJ-NJMS +Near NYC and Hoboken +More hands-on clinical experience in first 2 years than some private schools give in 4 +Jubilee curriculum; focus on small group learning over lectures +Potential for clerkships at HUMC (amazing hospital) +Lots of resources, stores, transportation, etc nearby -Newark -Students seemed bland -Step 1 at the national average
UTMB-Galveston +PBL +Friendly students +Community health involvement +Friendly and approachable Faculty +Step 1 230/231 this year +Avg Jan high/low is 62/50 -Post-Ike state unknown -Hospital's been seriously damaged -Galveston seems kind of boring -Humid+big mosquitos haha
UTHSC San Antonio +Friendly students +Program to do clerkships in super-south Texas, where you get to do more hands-on stuff than you would otherwise +Near Austin -Not much stood out
UT Southwestern +Step 1 scores around 232 (correct me!) +Parkland is awesome +3rd years have call/go on call +Super-smart and awesome faculty +High-powered research -Scared of the grading system (rumored to be changing to pass/fail though) -Rumors of competitiveness -Rumors of pretentious students and faculty
University of Maryland + Awesome Hospital +Students Really Friendly +Institute of Virology= +Beautiful, New Campus +In Baltimore, close to NYC, Philly, DC -In Baltimore (not sure that the person who posted "Baltimore" as a + has been there) -Kind of expensive if OOS -Inferiority Complex b/c Hopkins is down the road
University of Sothern California (Keck) +Good step scores (Step 1: 233) +Many M3/M4 students get some scholarships +The weather +Video lectures, Nice labs, great lecture halls +New Hospital about a block from campus +Bad area of LA (this could produce more interesting cases) +Students get their own desks on campus +Pass/Fail -Exspensive tuition -Cost of living (hard to find an appartment for under $1,000/month) -Almost all students are forced to drive 20+ minutes to campus -Bad area of LA (safety)
Vanderbilt +Beautiful campus +P/F +Nashville is a fun city! +Awesome anatomy lab +Warm(er) weather +high STEP1 scores +small class size (~100) +Emphasis project +good financial aid -expensive tuition
Wake Forest +Excellent clinical preparation +Balanced curriculum of traditional lectures integrated with a couple of PBL sessions per week. +Excellent hospital complex (+/-medical school is RIGHT IN the hospital) +Happy students, smaller class size +Exceptoinal anatomy lab, extremely well ventilated, great technology (CT/MRI scans of YOUR cadaver) +Technologically savvy school (laptop provided 1st year, PDA provided third) -Winston-Salem does not fit the tastes of many -private = expensive (but seemingly decent financial aid) -students perform "near the mean" for Step 1 and 2
Wright State +New medical school building (with a very nice anatomy lab, downward suction of air) +Is associated with 7 unique hospitals (diverse clinical oppurtunities) +small class size (~100) +school and dayton have a homey feel +awesome preparation for step 1 +primary care focused +great in-state tuition -Cold winters -dayton -don't bother if you're OOS
Albany Medical College +Cost of living +Hospital is in the same building that the students learn in +Many people can walk to campus (or live very close to campus) +Really get to know about medical ethics and administration +Not many distractions +Getting involved in research is easy and promoted by the school +Dr. Bob (A physician that set up free clinics for the area) -Most students go there because it was the only school they were accepted to -old building -Not highly ranked -Not in a major urban center -Cold winters -Expensive
Baylor +The TMC! +Great research +Condensed pre-clinical curriculum +Flexible curriculum (research track, care of the underserved track, ethics track, etc) +Fun/friendly, approachable faculty +Cheaper tuition by private standards, especially in state +Cost of living -Break from Methodist -Controversy with president -HOT/humid -Houston traffic
Boston University +Boston Medical Center +Philosophy of care +Much thought put into Curriculum +Pass/Fail grading +Location (Urban area, South Boston) -Buildings aren't that nice -Expensive tuition and housing
Columbia +P&S Club - very active and diverse extracurriculars +Philosophy of humanism in medicine +Student body is diverse and multi-talented +Diverse patient population - good training for working with Hispanic patients +NY-Presbyterian Hospital +/-Location - in NYC but quite a distance from midtown -High tuition (but possibility of financial aid since they have a lot of money -First year dorms (Bard Hall)
Creighton +Very friendly and supportive staff and students +Philosophy of how medicine should be practiced +Very Clean/New looking campus +Omaha! (actually has lots of culture) +Cost of living (dirt cheap for everything) +Outreach programs +Primary care (if that is what you are after) -/+It is religious (Bad or good, but they don't care if you are religious) -Omaha (In the middle of the country, no large body of water) -The cold
George Washington +Beautiful campus and hospital +In DC +Student and faculty diversity +Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center is an amazing resource +Opportunity to select a "track" if interested in focusing on particular field of study -Private hospital; more hands-off experience -Very expensive -Relatively traditional curriculum -Currently on probation with LCME; though they plan to turn this over within 1 year
Georgetown +Beautiful campus and surrounding undergrad campus +In DC +In Gerogetown! +>45% of their graduates match into top 25 residency programs +Committed to their philosophy of cura personalis +First of its kind in DC student run clinic called the Hoya Clinic +Georgetown Basketball! -Buildings nicer on outside than inside -Big class size, you have to compete with SMP students -Expensive housing -Grading system
Mayo +The Mayo Clinic +13 week research requirement +Scholarships +Curriculum, Grading (Pass/Fail), Selectives +Philosophy +Beautiful facilities, remodeled student center +Rotation blocks can be in Florida & Arizona +Travel stipend +Close enough to Minneapolis +/-Small class size +/-Rochester +/-No undergrad -The climate
Mount Sinai +Cheap and incredible housing with full size beds! +Location in NYC! +anatomy labs have some of the most beautiful views of NYC ever. +pass/fail first 2 years +hospital right on campus - super convenient for the rotations you do there.
New York University +Cheap housing +Location in NYC, downtown as opposed to mssm, columbia, or even cornell! +Creates lots of academic physicians +Bellevue Hospital -Housing not so nice..
Northwestern +Location within Chicago +Pass/Fail +Diverse patient population +Don't need my car. -Expensive -Very cold winter
Penn State +On campus housing +/- required research component +/- Rather rural location + Nice facilities and construction on going -expensive
Rosalind Franklin University +Close enough to Chicago to go there on the weekends, but far enough that it's quiet and peaceful +Not many distractions around -Expensive -Cold -Not much nightlife and entertainment -Tiny gym -Traditional curriculum
SUNY Upstate +Friendly Students +Has a good hospital +Opportunities to do Rural Health, if interested +Across the street from SU, if you like Football +Can get instate tuition after 1 year +Weiskotten Hall facade -Middle of nowhere (6 hrs from NYC) -Cold winters -Old Buildings
SLU +Has a good focus on hepatology if you are interested +Step 1 scores around 226(correct me!) -Expensive -In St. Louis -Dangerous -Not the nicest looking Campus
Texas Tech-El Paso (Paul Foster) +Small class size +Caring faculty that are obviously personally invested in the success of their first class +Chance to make a curriculum based on what you want +AIDS researchers from Harvard -It's in El Paso -Uncertainty of new school -Really only one "name" lab for research
Tulane University +New Orleans is a cultural mecca +Lots of opportunities to help rebuild after Katrina +New Murphy Oil Building -City still not 100% back to pre-Katrina splendor
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University of Iowa (Carver) +Great Reputation, Residencies +Research and Service Distinction Tracks +Beautiful facilities +Excellent Research Reputation +Ranked in Research and Primary Care +Close to undergrad campus (Iowa football!) +/-Iowa City is fun, but its no LA -Competitive grading system -Traditional Curriculum
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) +Great for trauma +Cost (In state) +Downtown Chicago - Literally +Largest class size in the country (good for finding people to study with) +Access to almost any hospital in Chicagoland area for clinical years -Cost (Out of state) -Large class (not so great on small group work) -Very slow administration office -Cold winters
UMDNJ-NJMS +Near NYC and Hoboken +More hands-on clinical experience in first 2 years than some private schools give in 4 +Jubilee curriculum; focus on small group learning over lectures +Potential for clerkships at HUMC (amazing hospital) +Lots of resources, stores, transportation, etc nearby -Newark -Students seemed bland -Step 1 at the national average
UTMB-Galveston +PBL +Friendly students +Community health involvement +Friendly and approachable Faculty +Step 1 230/231 this year +Avg Jan high/low is 62/50 -Post-Ike state unknown -Hospital's been seriously damaged -Galveston seems kind of boring -Humid+big mosquitos haha
UTHSC San Antonio +Friendly students +Program to do clerkships in super-south Texas, where you get to do more hands-on stuff than you would otherwise +Near Austin -Not much stood out
UT Southwestern +Step 1 scores around 232 (correct me!) +Parkland is awesome +3rd years have call/go on call +Super-smart and awesome faculty +High-powered research -Scared of the grading system (rumored to be changing to pass/fail though) -Rumors of competitiveness -Rumors of pretentious students and faculty
University of Maryland + Awesome Hospital +Students Really Friendly +Institute of Virology= +Beautiful, New Campus +In Baltimore, close to NYC, Philly, DC -In Baltimore (not sure that the person who posted "Baltimore" as a + has been there) -Kind of expensive if OOS -Inferiority Complex b/c Hopkins is down the road
University of Sothern California (Keck) +Good step scores (Step 1: 233) +Many M3/M4 students get some scholarships +The weather +Video lectures, Nice labs, great lecture halls +New Hospital about a block from campus +Bad area of LA (this could produce more interesting cases) +Students get their own desks on campus +Pass/Fail -Exspensive tuition -Cost of living (hard to find an appartment for under $1,000/month) -Almost all students are forced to drive 20+ minutes to campus -Bad area of LA (safety)
University of Virginia + Wonderful campus + Some of the happiest students + Short class time (8-1) + P/F + If IS, low tuition because it's a public school + Good USMLE scores + Cost of living + Early third year start = more exposure - Charlottesville is very rural = less exposure - No organized researched assignment (like that of Vandy, Pitt, Duke, etc.) - Not very diverse - Because a public inst., good luck getting great scholarships
Vanderbilt +Beautiful campus +P/F +Nashville is a fun city! +Awesome anatomy lab +Warm(er) weather +high STEP1 scores +small class size (~100) +Emphasis project +good financial aid -expensive tuition
Wake Forest +Excellent clinical preparation +Balanced curriculum of traditional lectures integrated with a couple of PBL sessions per week. +Excellent hospital complex (+/-medical school is RIGHT IN the hospital) +Happy students, smaller class size +Exceptoinal anatomy lab, extremely well ventilated, great technology (CT/MRI scans of YOUR cadaver) +Technologically savvy school (laptop provided 1st year, PDA provided third) -Winston-Salem does not fit the tastes of many -private = expensive (but seemingly decent financial aid) -students perform "near the mean" for Step 1 and 2
Wright State +New medical school building (with a very nice anatomy lab, downward suction of air) +Is associated with 7 unique hospitals (diverse clinical oppurtunities) +small class size (~100) +school and dayton have a homey feel +awesome preparation for step 1 +primary care focused +great in-state tuition -Cold winters -dayton -don't bother if you're OOS
Albany Medical College +Cost of living +Hospital is in the same building that the students learn in +Many people can walk to campus (or live very close to campus) +Really get to know about medical ethics and administration +Not many distractions +Getting involved in research is easy and promoted by the school +Dr. Bob (A physician that set up free clinics for the area) -Most students go there because it was the only school they were accepted to -old building -Not highly ranked -Not in a major urban center -Cold winters -Expensive
Baylor +The TMC! +Great research +Condensed pre-clinical curriculum +Flexible curriculum (research track, care of the underserved track, ethics track, etc) +Fun/friendly, approachable faculty +Cheaper tuition by private standards, especially in state +Cost of living -Break from Methodist -Controversy with president -HOT/humid -Houston traffic
Boston University +Boston Medical Center +Philosophy of care +Much thought put into Curriculum +Pass/Fail grading +Location (Urban area, South Boston) -Buildings aren't that nice -Expensive tuition and housing
Columbia +P&S Club - very active and diverse extracurriculars +Philosophy of humanism in medicine +Student body is diverse and multi-talented +Diverse patient population - good training for working with Hispanic patients +NY-Presbyterian Hospital +/-Location - in NYC but quite a distance from midtown -High tuition (but possibility of financial aid since they have a lot of money -First year dorms (Bard Hall)
Creighton +Very friendly and supportive staff and students +Philosophy of how medicine should be practiced +Very Clean/New looking campus +Omaha! (actually has lots of culture) +Cost of living (dirt cheap for everything) +Outreach programs +Primary care (if that is what you are after) -/+It is religious (Bad or good, but they don't care if you are religious) -Omaha (In the middle of the country, no large body of water) -The cold
George Washington +Beautiful campus and hospital +In DC +Student and faculty diversity +Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center is an amazing resource +Opportunity to select a "track" if interested in focusing on particular field of study -Private hospital; more hands-off experience -Very expensive -Relatively traditional curriculum -Currently on probation with LCME; though they plan to turn this over within 1 year
Georgetown +Beautiful campus and surrounding undergrad campus +In DC +In Gerogetown! +>45% of their graduates match into top 25 residency programs +Committed to their philosophy of cura personalis +First of its kind in DC student run clinic called the Hoya Clinic +Georgetown Basketball! -Buildings nicer on outside than inside -Big class size, you have to compete with SMP students -Expensive housing -Grading system
Mayo +The Mayo Clinic +13 week research requirement +Scholarships +Curriculum, Grading (Pass/Fail), Selectives +Philosophy +Beautiful facilities, remodeled student center +Rotation blocks can be in Florida & Arizona +Travel stipend +Close enough to Minneapolis +/-Small class size +/-Rochester +/-No undergrad -The climate
Mount Sinai +Cheap and incredible housing with full size beds! +Location in NYC! +anatomy labs have some of the most beautiful views of NYC ever. +pass/fail first 2 years +hospital right on campus - super convenient for the rotations you do there.
New York University +Cheap housing +Location in NYC, downtown as opposed to mssm, columbia, or even cornell! +Creates lots of academic physicians +Bellevue Hospital -Housing not so nice..
Northwestern +Location within Chicago +Pass/Fail +Diverse patient population +Don't need my car. -Expensive -Very cold winter
Penn State +On campus housing +/- required research component +/- Rather rural location + Nice facilities and construction on going -expensive
Rosalind Franklin University +Close enough to Chicago to go there on the weekends, but far enough that it's quiet and peaceful +Not many distractions around -Expensive -Cold -Not much nightlife and entertainment -Tiny gym -Traditional curriculum
SUNY Upstate +Friendly Students +Has a good hospital +Opportunities to do Rural Health, if interested +Across the street from SU, if you like Football +Can get instate tuition after 1 year +Weiskotten Hall facade -Middle of nowhere (6 hrs from NYC) -Cold winters -Old Buildings
SLU +Has a good focus on hepatology if you are interested +Step 1 scores around 226(correct me!) -Expensive -In St. Louis -Dangerous -Not the nicest looking Campus
Texas Tech-El Paso (Paul Foster) +Small class size +Caring faculty that are obviously personally invested in the success of their first class +Chance to make a curriculum based on what you want +AIDS researchers from Harvard -It's in El Paso -Uncertainty of new school -Really only one "name" lab for research
Tulane University +New Orleans is a cultural mecca +Lots of opportunities to help rebuild after Katrina +New Murphy Oil Building -City still not 100% back to pre-Katrina splendor -New Orleans is a rundown, polluted, trashy city - was like this before Katrina
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University of Iowa (Carver) +Great Reputation, Residencies +Research and Service Distinction Tracks +Beautiful facilities +Excellent Research Reputation +Ranked in Research and Primary Care +Close to undergrad campus (Iowa football!) +/-Iowa City is fun, but its no LA -Competitive grading system -Traditional Curriculum
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) +Great for trauma +Cost (In state) +Downtown Chicago - Literally +Largest class size in the country (good for finding people to study with) +Access to almost any hospital in Chicagoland area for clinical years -Cost (Out of state) -Large class (not so great on small group work) -Very slow administration office -Cold winters
UMDNJ-NJMS +Near NYC and Hoboken +More hands-on clinical experience in first 2 years than some private schools give in 4 +Jubilee curriculum; focus on small group learning over lectures +Potential for clerkships at HUMC (amazing hospital) +Lots of resources, stores, transportation, etc nearby -Newark -Students seemed bland -Step 1 at the national average
UTMB-Galveston +PBL +Friendly students +Community health involvement +Friendly and approachable Faculty +Step 1 230/231 this year +Avg Jan high/low is 62/50 -Post-Ike state unknown -Hospital's been seriously damaged -Galveston seems kind of boring -Humid+big mosquitos haha
UTHSC San Antonio +Friendly students +Program to do clerkships in super-south Texas, where you get to do more hands-on stuff than you would otherwise +Near Austin -Not much stood out
UT Southwestern +Step 1 scores around 232 (correct me!) +Parkland is awesome +3rd years have call/go on call +Super-smart and awesome faculty +High-powered research -Scared of the grading system (rumored to be changing to pass/fail though) -Rumors of competitiveness -Rumors of pretentious students and faculty
University of Maryland + Awesome Hospital +Students Really Friendly +Institute of Virology= +Beautiful, New Campus +In Baltimore, close to NYC, Philly, DC -In Baltimore (not sure that the person who posted "Baltimore" as a + has been there) -Kind of expensive if OOS -Inferiority Complex b/c Hopkins is down the road
University of Sothern California (Keck) +Good step scores (Step 1: 233) +Many M3/M4 students get some scholarships +The weather +Video lectures, Nice labs, great lecture halls +New Hospital about a block from campus +Bad area of LA (this could produce more interesting cases) +Students get their own desks on campus +Pass/Fail -Exspensive tuition -Cost of living (hard to find an appartment for under $1,000/month) -Almost all students are forced to drive 20+ minutes to campus -Bad area of LA (safety)
University of Virginia + Wonderful campus + Some of the happiest students + Short class time (8-1) + P/F + If IS, low tuition because it's a public school + Good USMLE scores + Cost of living + Early third year start = more exposure - Charlottesville is very rural = less exposure - No organized researched assignment (like that of Vandy, Pitt, Duke, etc.) - Not very diverse - Because a public inst., good luck getting great scholarships
Vanderbilt +Beautiful campus +P/F +Nashville is a fun city! +Awesome anatomy lab +Warm(er) weather +high STEP1 scores +small class size (~100) +Emphasis project +good financial aid -expensive tuition
Wake Forest +Excellent clinical preparation +Balanced curriculum of traditional lectures integrated with a couple of PBL sessions per week. +Excellent hospital complex (+/-medical school is RIGHT IN the hospital) +Happy students, smaller class size +Exceptoinal anatomy lab, extremely well ventilated, great technology (CT/MRI scans of YOUR cadaver) +Technologically savvy school (laptop provided 1st year, PDA provided third) -Winston-Salem does not fit the tastes of many -private = expensive (but seemingly decent financial aid) -students perform "near the mean" for Step 1 and 2
Wright State +New medical school building (with a very nice anatomy lab, downward suction of air) +Is associated with 7 unique hospitals (diverse clinical oppurtunities) +small class size (~100) +school and dayton have a homey feel +awesome preparation for step 1 +primary care focused +great in-state tuition -Cold winters -dayton -don't bother if you're OOS
Albany Medical College +Cost of living +Hospital is in the same building that the students learn in +Many people can walk to campus (or live very close to campus) +Really get to know about medical ethics and administration +Not many distractions +Getting involved in research is easy and promoted by the school +Dr. Bob (A physician that set up free clinics for the area) -Most students go there because it was the only school they were accepted to -old building -Not highly ranked -Not in a major urban center -Cold winters -Expensive
Baylor +The TMC! +Great research +Condensed pre-clinical curriculum +Flexible curriculum (research track, care of the underserved track, ethics track, etc) +Fun/friendly, approachable faculty +Cheaper tuition by private standards, especially in state +Cost of living -Break from Methodist -Controversy with president -HOT/humid -Houston traffic
Boston University +Boston Medical Center +Philosophy of care +Much thought put into Curriculum +Pass/Fail grading +Location (Urban area, South Boston) -Buildings aren't that nice -Expensive tuition and housing
Columbia +P&S Club - very active and diverse extracurriculars +Philosophy of humanism in medicine +Student body is diverse and multi-talented +Diverse patient population - good training for working with Hispanic patients +NY-Presbyterian Hospital +/-Location - in NYC but quite a distance from midtown -High tuition (but possibility of financial aid since they have a lot of money -First year dorms (Bard Hall)
Creighton +Very friendly and supportive staff and students +Philosophy of how medicine should be practiced +Very Clean/New looking campus +Omaha! (actually has lots of culture) +Cost of living (dirt cheap for everything) +Outreach programs +Primary care (if that is what you are after) -/+It is religious (Bad or good, but they don't care if you are religious) -Omaha (In the middle of the country, no large body of water) -The cold
George Washington +Beautiful campus and hospital +In DC +Student and faculty diversity +Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center is an amazing resource +Opportunity to select a "track" if interested in focusing on particular field of study -Private hospital; more hands-off experience -Very expensive -Relatively traditional curriculum -Currently on probation with LCME; though they plan to turn this over within 1 year
Georgetown +Beautiful campus and surrounding undergrad campus +In DC +In Gerogetown! +>45% of their graduates match into top 25 residency programs +Committed to their philosophy of cura personalis +First of its kind in DC student run clinic called the Hoya Clinic +Georgetown Basketball! -Buildings nicer on outside than inside -Big class size, you have to compete with SMP students -Expensive housing -Grading system
Mayo +The Mayo Clinic +13 week research requirement +Scholarships +Curriculum, Grading (Pass/Fail), Selectives +Philosophy +Beautiful facilities, remodeled student center +Rotation blocks can be in Florida & Arizona +Travel stipend +Close enough to Minneapolis +/-Small class size +/-Rochester +/-No undergrad -The climate
Medical College of Wisconsin +Very friendly atmosphere +Medical community very concentrated in area +Has one of the nations top pediatric hospitals +Cheap cost of living +Research opportunities +Good looking medical school building -Tuition -No centralized housing -Winter weather
Mount Sinai +Cheap and incredible housing with full size beds! +Location in NYC! +anatomy labs have some of the most beautiful views of NYC ever. +pass/fail first 2 years +hospital right on campus - super convenient for the rotations you do there.
New York University +Cheap housing +Location in NYC, downtown as opposed to mssm, columbia, or even cornell! +Creates lots of academic physicians +Bellevue Hospital -Housing not so nice..
Northwestern +Location within Chicago +Pass/Fail +Diverse patient population +Don't need my car. -Expensive -Very cold winter
Penn State +On campus housing +/- required research component +/- Rather rural location + Nice facilities and construction on going -expensive
Rosalind Franklin University +Close enough to Chicago to go there on the weekends, but far enough that it's quiet and peaceful +Not many distractions around -Expensive -Cold -Not much nightlife and entertainment -Tiny gym -Traditional curriculum
SUNY Upstate +Friendly Students +Has a good hospital +Opportunities to do Rural Health, if interested +Across the street from SU, if you like Football +Can get instate tuition after 1 year +Weiskotten Hall facade -Middle of nowhere (6 hrs from NYC) -Cold winters -Old Buildings
SLU +Has a good focus on hepatology if you are interested +Step 1 scores around 226(correct me!) -Expensive -In St. Louis -Dangerous -Not the nicest looking Campus
Texas Tech-El Paso (Paul Foster) +Small class size +Caring faculty that are obviously personally invested in the success of their first class +Chance to make a curriculum based on what you want +AIDS researchers from Harvard -It's in El Paso -Uncertainty of new school -Really only one "name" lab for research
Tulane University +New Orleans is a cultural mecca +Lots of opportunities to help rebuild after Katrina +New Murphy Oil Building -City still not 100% back to pre-Katrina splendor -New Orleans is a rundown, polluted, trashy city - was like this before Katrina
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University of Iowa (Carver) +Great Reputation, Residencies +Research and Service Distinction Tracks +Beautiful facilities +Excellent Research Reputation +Ranked in Research and Primary Care +Close to undergrad campus (Iowa football!) +/-Iowa City is fun, but its no LA -Competitive grading system -Traditional Curriculum
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) +Great for trauma +Cost (In state) +Downtown Chicago - Literally +Largest class size in the country (good for finding people to study with) +Access to almost any hospital in Chicagoland area for clinical years -Cost (Out of state) -Large class (not so great on small group work) -Very slow administration office -Cold winters
UMDNJ-NJMS +Near NYC and Hoboken +More hands-on clinical experience in first 2 years than some private schools give in 4 +Jubilee curriculum; focus on small group learning over lectures +Potential for clerkships at HUMC (amazing hospital) +Lots of resources, stores, transportation, etc nearby -Newark -Students seemed bland -Step 1 at the national average
UTMB-Galveston +PBL +Friendly students +Community health involvement +Friendly and approachable Faculty +Step 1 230/231 this year +Avg Jan high/low is 62/50 -Post-Ike state unknown -Hospital's been seriously damaged -Galveston seems kind of boring -Humid+big mosquitos haha
UTHSC San Antonio +Friendly students +Program to do clerkships in super-south Texas, where you get to do more hands-on stuff than you would otherwise +Near Austin -Not much stood out
UT Southwestern +Step 1 scores around 232 (correct me!) +Parkland is awesome +3rd years have call/go on call +Super-smart and awesome faculty +High-powered research -Scared of the grading system (rumored to be changing to pass/fail though) -Rumors of competitiveness -Rumors of pretentious students and faculty
University of Maryland + Awesome Hospital +Students Really Friendly +Institute of Virology= +Beautiful, New Campus +In Baltimore, close to NYC, Philly, DC -In Baltimore (not sure that the person who posted "Baltimore" as a + has been there) -Kind of expensive if OOS -Inferiority Complex b/c Hopkins is down the road
University of Sothern California (Keck) +Good step scores (Step 1: 233) +Many M3/M4 students get some scholarships +The weather +Video lectures, Nice labs, great lecture halls +New Hospital about a block from campus +Bad area of LA (this could produce more interesting cases) +Students get their own desks on campus +Pass/Fail -Exspensive tuition -Cost of living (hard to find an appartment for under $1,000/month) -Almost all students are forced to drive 20+ minutes to campus -Bad area of LA (safety)
University of Virginia + Wonderful campus + Some of the happiest students + Short class time (8-1) + P/F + If IS, low tuition because it's a public school + Good USMLE scores + Cost of living + Early third year start = more exposure - Charlottesville is very rural = less exposure - No organized researched assignment (like that of Vandy, Pitt, Duke, etc.) - Not very diverse - Because a public inst., good luck getting great scholarships
Vanderbilt +Beautiful campus +P/F +Nashville is a fun city! +Awesome anatomy lab +Warm(er) weather +high STEP1 scores +small class size (~100) +Emphasis project +good financial aid -expensive tuition
Wake Forest +Excellent clinical preparation +Balanced curriculum of traditional lectures integrated with a couple of PBL sessions per week. +Excellent hospital complex (+/-medical school is RIGHT IN the hospital) +Happy students, smaller class size +Exceptoinal anatomy lab, extremely well ventilated, great technology (CT/MRI scans of YOUR cadaver) +Technologically savvy school (laptop provided 1st year, PDA provided third) -Winston-Salem does not fit the tastes of many -private = expensive (but seemingly decent financial aid) -students perform "near the mean" for Step 1 and 2
Wright State +New medical school building (with a very nice anatomy lab, downward suction of air) +Is associated with 7 unique hospitals (diverse clinical oppurtunities) +small class size (~100) +school and dayton have a homey feel +awesome preparation for step 1 +primary care focused +great in-state tuition -Cold winters -dayton -don't bother if you're OOS
Albany Medical College +Cost of living +Hospital is in the same building that the students learn in +Many people can walk to campus (or live very close to campus) +Really get to know about medical ethics and administration +Not many distractions +Getting involved in research is easy and promoted by the school +Dr. Bob (A physician that set up free clinics for the area) -Most students go there because it was the only school they were accepted to -old building -Not highly ranked -Not in a major urban center -Cold winters -Expensive
Baylor +The TMC! +Great research +Condensed pre-clinical curriculum +Flexible curriculum (research track, care of the underserved track, ethics track, etc) +Fun/friendly, approachable faculty +Cheaper tuition by private standards, especially in state +Cost of living -Break from Methodist -Controversy with president -HOT/humid -Houston traffic
Boston University +Boston Medical Center +Philosophy of care +Much thought put into Curriculum +Pass/Fail grading +Location (Urban area, South Boston) -Buildings aren't that nice -Expensive tuition and housing
Columbia +P&S Club - very active and diverse extracurriculars +Philosophy of humanism in medicine +Student body is diverse and multi-talented +Diverse patient population - good training for working with Hispanic patients +NY-Presbyterian Hospital +/-Location - in NYC but quite a distance from midtown -High tuition (but possibility of financial aid since they have a lot of money -First year dorms (Bard Hall)
Creighton +Very friendly and supportive staff and students +Philosophy of how medicine should be practiced +Very Clean/New looking campus +Omaha! (actually has lots of culture) +Cost of living (dirt cheap for everything) +Outreach programs +Primary care (if that is what you are after) -/+It is religious (Bad or good, but they don't care if you are religious) -Omaha (In the middle of the country, no large body of water) -The cold
George Washington +Beautiful campus and hospital +In DC +Student and faculty diversity +Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center is an amazing resource +Opportunity to select a "track" if interested in focusing on particular field of study -Private hospital; more hands-off experience -Very expensive -Relatively traditional curriculum -Currently on probation with LCME; though they plan to turn this over within 1 year
Georgetown +Beautiful campus and surrounding undergrad campus +In DC +In Gerogetown! +>45% of their graduates match into top 25 residency programs +Committed to their philosophy of cura personalis +First of its kind in DC student run clinic called the Hoya Clinic +Georgetown Basketball! -Buildings nicer on outside than inside -Big class size, you have to compete with SMP students -Expensive housing -Grading system
Mayo +The Mayo Clinic +13 week research requirement +Scholarships +Curriculum, Grading (Pass/Fail), Selectives +Philosophy +Beautiful facilities, remodeled student center +Rotation blocks can be in Florida & Arizona +Travel stipend +Close enough to Minneapolis +/-Small class size +/-Rochester +/-No undergrad -The climate
Medical College of Wisconsin +Very friendly atmosphere +Medical community very concentrated in area +Has one of the nations top pediatric hospitals +Cheap cost of living +Research opportunities +Good looking medical school building -Tuition -No centralized housing -Winter weather
Mount Sinai +Cheap and incredible housing with full size beds! +Location in NYC! +anatomy labs have some of the most beautiful views of NYC ever. +pass/fail first 2 years +hospital right on campus - super convenient for the rotations you do there.
New York University +Cheap housing +Location in NYC, downtown as opposed to mssm, columbia, or even cornell! +Creates lots of academic physicians +Bellevue Hospital -Housing not so nice..
Northwestern +Location within Chicago +Pass/Fail +Diverse patient population +Don't need my car. -Expensive -Very cold winter
Penn State +On campus housing +/- required research component +/- Rather rural location + Nice facilities and construction on going -expensive
Rosalind Franklin University +Close enough to Chicago to go there on the weekends, but far enough that it's quiet and peaceful +Not many distractions around -Expensive -Cold -Not much nightlife and entertainment -Tiny gym -Traditional curriculum
SUNY Upstate +Friendly Students +Has a good hospital +Opportunities to do Rural Health, if interested +Across the street from SU, if you like Football +Can get instate tuition after 1 year +Weiskotten Hall facade -Middle of nowhere (6 hrs from NYC) -Cold winters -Old Buildings
SLU +Has a good focus on hepatology if you are interested +Step 1 scores around 226(correct me!) -Expensive -In St. Louis -Dangerous -Not the nicest looking Campus
Texas Tech-El Paso (Paul Foster) +Small class size +Caring faculty that are obviously personally invested in the success of their first class +Chance to make a curriculum based on what you want +AIDS researchers from Harvard -It's in El Paso -Uncertainty of new school -Really only one "name" lab for research
Tulane University +New Orleans is a cultural mecca +Lots of opportunities to help rebuild after Katrina +New Murphy Oil Building -City still not 100% back to pre-Katrina splendor -New Orleans is a rundown, polluted, trashy city - was like this before Katrina
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University of Iowa (Carver) +Great Reputation, Residencies +Research and Service Distinction Tracks +Beautiful facilities +Excellent Research Reputation +Ranked in Research and Primary Care +Close to undergrad campus (Iowa football!) +/-Iowa City is fun, but its no LA -Competitive grading system -Traditional Curriculum
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) +Great for trauma +Cost (In state) +Downtown Chicago - Literally +Largest class size in the country (good for finding people to study with) +Access to almost any hospital in Chicagoland area for clinical years -Cost (Out of state) -Large class (not so great on small group work) -Very slow administration office -Cold winters
UMDNJ-NJMS +Near NYC and Hoboken +More hands-on clinical experience in first 2 years than some private schools give in 4 +Jubilee curriculum; focus on small group learning over lectures +Potential for clerkships at HUMC (amazing hospital) +Lots of resources, stores, transportation, etc nearby -Newark -Students seemed bland -Step 1 at the national average
UTMB-Galveston +PBL +Friendly students +Community health involvement +Friendly and approachable Faculty +Step 1 230/231 this year +Avg Jan high/low is 62/50 -Post-Ike state unknown -Hospital's been seriously damaged -Galveston seems kind of boring -Humid+big mosquitos haha
UTHSC San Antonio +Friendly students +Program to do clerkships in super-south Texas, where you get to do more hands-on stuff than you would otherwise +Near Austin -Not much stood out
UT Southwestern +Step 1 scores around 232 (correct me!) +Parkland is awesome +3rd years have call/go on call +Super-smart and awesome faculty +High-powered research -Scared of the grading system (rumored to be changing to pass/fail though) -Rumors of competitiveness -Rumors of pretentious students and faculty
University of Maryland + Awesome Hospital +Students Really Friendly +Institute of Virology= +Beautiful, New Campus +In Baltimore, close to NYC, Philly, DC -In Baltimore (not sure that the person who posted "Baltimore" as a + has been there) -Kind of expensive if OOS -Inferiority Complex b/c Hopkins is down the road
University of Sothern California (Keck) +Good step scores (Step 1: 233) +Many M3/M4 students get some scholarships +The weather +Video lectures, Nice labs, great lecture halls +New Hospital about a block from campus +Bad area of LA (this could produce more interesting cases) +Students get their own desks on campus +Pass/Fail -Exspensive tuition -Cost of living (hard to find an appartment for under $1,000/month) -Almost all students are forced to drive 20+ minutes to campus -Bad area of LA (safety)
University of Virginia + Wonderful campus + Some of the happiest students + Short class time (8-1) + P/F + If IS, low tuition because it's a public school + Good USMLE scores + Cost of living + New medical school to open 2010 - state of the art + Early third year start = more exposure - Charlottesville is very rural = less exposure - No organized researched assignment (like that of Vandy, Pitt, Duke, etc.) - Not very diverse - Because a public inst., good luck getting great scholarships
Vanderbilt +Beautiful campus +P/F +Nashville is a fun city! +Awesome anatomy lab +Warm(er) weather +high STEP1 scores +small class size (~100) +Emphasis project +good financial aid -expensive tuition
Wake Forest +Excellent clinical preparation +Balanced curriculum of traditional lectures integrated with a couple of PBL sessions per week. +Excellent hospital complex (+/-medical school is RIGHT IN the hospital) +Happy students, smaller class size +Exceptoinal anatomy lab, extremely well ventilated, great technology (CT/MRI scans of YOUR cadaver) +Technologically savvy school (laptop provided 1st year, PDA provided third) -Winston-Salem does not fit the tastes of many -private = expensive (but seemingly decent financial aid) -students perform "near the mean" for Step 1 and 2
Wright State +New medical school building (with a very nice anatomy lab, downward suction of air) +Is associated with 7 unique hospitals (diverse clinical oppurtunities) +small class size (~100) +school and dayton have a homey feel +awesome preparation for step 1 +primary care focused +great in-state tuition -Cold winters -dayton -don't bother if you're OOS
Albany Medical College +Cost of living +Hospital is in the same building that the students learn in +Many people can walk to campus (or live very close to campus) +Really get to know about medical ethics and administration +Not many distractions +Getting involved in research is easy and promoted by the school +Dr. Bob (A physician that set up free clinics for the area) -Most students go there because it was the only school they were accepted to -old building -Not highly ranked -Not in a major urban center -Cold winters -Expensive
Baylor +The TMC! +Great research +Condensed pre-clinical curriculum +Flexible curriculum (research track, care of the underserved track, ethics track, etc) +Fun/friendly, approachable faculty +Cheaper tuition by private standards, especially in state +Cost of living -Break from Methodist -Controversy with president -HOT/humid -Houston traffic
Boston University +Boston Medical Center +Philosophy of care +Much thought put into Curriculum +Pass/Fail grading +Location (Urban area, South Boston) -Buildings aren't that nice -Expensive tuition and housing
Columbia +P&S Club - very active and diverse extracurriculars +Philosophy of humanism in medicine +Student body is diverse and multi-talented +Diverse patient population - good training for working with Hispanic patients +NY-Presbyterian Hospital +/-Location - in NYC but quite a distance from midtown -High tuition (but possibility of financial aid since they have a lot of money -First year dorms (Bard Hall)
Creighton +Very friendly and supportive staff and students +Philosophy of how medicine should be practiced +Very Clean/New looking campus +Omaha! (actually has lots of culture) +Cost of living (dirt cheap for everything) +Outreach programs +Primary care (if that is what you are after) -/+It is religious (Bad or good, but they don't care if you are religious) -Omaha (In the middle of the country, no large body of water) -The cold
George Washington +Beautiful campus and hospital +In DC +Student and faculty diversity +Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center is an amazing resource +Opportunity to select a "track" if interested in focusing on particular field of study -Private hospital; more hands-off experience -Very expensive -Relatively traditional curriculum -Currently on probation with LCME; though they plan to turn this over within 1 year
Georgetown +Beautiful campus and surrounding undergrad campus +In DC +In Gerogetown! +>45% of their graduates match into top 25 residency programs +Committed to their philosophy of cura personalis +First of its kind in DC student run clinic called the Hoya Clinic +Georgetown Basketball! -Buildings nicer on outside than inside -Big class size, you have to compete with SMP students -Expensive housing -Grading system
Mayo +The Mayo Clinic +13 week research requirement +Scholarships +Curriculum, Grading (Pass/Fail), Selectives +Philosophy +Beautiful facilities, remodeled student center +Rotation blocks can be in Florida & Arizona +Travel stipend +Close enough to Minneapolis +/-Small class size +/-Rochester +/-No undergrad -The climate
Medical College of Wisconsin +Very friendly atmosphere +Medical community very concentrated in area +Has one of the nations top pediatric hospitals +Cheap cost of living +Research opportunities +Good looking medical school building -Tuition -No centralized housing -Winter weather
Mount Sinai +Cheap and incredible housing with full size beds! +Location in NYC! +anatomy labs have some of the most beautiful views of NYC ever. +pass/fail first 2 years +hospital right on campus - super convenient for the rotations you do there.
New York University +Cheap housing +Location in NYC, downtown as opposed to mssm, columbia, or even cornell! +Creates lots of academic physicians +Bellevue Hospital -Housing not so nice..
Northwestern +Location within Chicago +Pass/Fail +Diverse patient population +Don't need my car. -Expensive -Very cold winter
Penn State +On campus housing +/- required research component +/- Rather rural location + Nice facilities and construction on going -expensive
Rosalind Franklin University +Close enough to Chicago to go there on the weekends, but far enough that it's quiet and peaceful +Not many distractions around -Expensive -Cold -Not much nightlife and entertainment -Tiny gym -Traditional curriculum
SUNY Upstate +Friendly Students +Has a good hospital +Opportunities to do Rural Health, if interested +Across the street from SU, if you like Football +Can get instate tuition after 1 year +Weiskotten Hall facade -Middle of nowhere (6 hrs from NYC) -Cold winters -Old Buildings
SLU +Has a good focus on hepatology if you are interested +Step 1 scores around 226(correct me!) -Expensive -In St. Louis -Dangerous -Not the nicest looking Campus
Texas Tech-El Paso (Paul Foster) +Small class size +Caring faculty that are obviously personally invested in the success of their first class +Chance to make a curriculum based on what you want +AIDS researchers from Harvard -It's in El Paso -Uncertainty of new school -Really only one "name" lab for research
Tulane University +New Orleans is a cultural mecca +Lots of opportunities to help rebuild after Katrina +New Murphy Oil Building -City still not 100% back to pre-Katrina splendor -New Orleans is a rundown, polluted, trashy city - was like this before Katrina
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University at Buffalo (SUNY buffalo) +Very Cheap tuition (and OOS get residency after 1st year) +Great clinical research opportunities +Cost of living +BY FAR the best admissions office/staff/tour guide... +Nice cadaver labs +Big on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurology... (they even have a brain museum!!) +near Toronto +Golf course across the street +Easy to go into primary care or specialize -It is in Buffalo (a "dying" city) -Step scores are only average -Med school is not really near anything or in the city -VERY cold winters (might take the cake for the coldest medical school)
University of Iowa (Carver) +Great Reputation, Residencies +Research and Service Distinction Tracks +Beautiful facilities +Excellent Research Reputation +Ranked in Research and Primary Care +Close to undergrad campus (Iowa football!) +/-Iowa City is fun, but its no LA -Competitive grading system -Traditional Curriculum
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) +Great for trauma +Cost (In state) +Downtown Chicago - Literally +Largest class size in the country (good for finding people to study with) +Access to almost any hospital in Chicagoland area for clinical years -Cost (Out of state) -Large class (not so great on small group work) -Very slow administration office -Cold winters
UMDNJ-NJMS +Near NYC and Hoboken +More hands-on clinical experience in first 2 years than some private schools give in 4 +Jubilee curriculum; focus on small group learning over lectures +Potential for clerkships at HUMC (amazing hospital) +Lots of resources, stores, transportation, etc nearby -Newark -Students seemed bland -Step 1 at the national average
UTMB-Galveston +PBL +Friendly students +Community health involvement +Friendly and approachable Faculty +Step 1 230/231 this year +Avg Jan high/low is 62/50 -Post-Ike state unknown -Hospital's been seriously damaged -Galveston seems kind of boring -Humid+big mosquitos haha
UTHSC San Antonio +Friendly students +Program to do clerkships in super-south Texas, where you get to do more hands-on stuff than you would otherwise +Near Austin -Not much stood out
UT Southwestern +Step 1 scores around 232 (correct me!) +Parkland is awesome +3rd years have call/go on call +Super-smart and awesome faculty +High-powered research -Scared of the grading system (rumored to be changing to pass/fail though) -Rumors of competitiveness -Rumors of pretentious students and faculty
University of Maryland + Awesome Hospital +Students Really Friendly +Institute of Virology= +Beautiful, New Campus +In Baltimore, close to NYC, Philly, DC -In Baltimore (not sure that the person who posted "Baltimore" as a + has been there) -Kind of expensive if OOS -Inferiority Complex b/c Hopkins is down the road
University of North Carolina-Chapel HIll +one of the nicest hospitals Ive seen +They place students in every specialty all over the country, Many seem to go to top academic programs. + Many Opportunities for Research + P/F first year + Relatively low class time + Hot Undergrad Girls + Athletic Powerhouse + usually affordable housing with a free public transportation system + Very affordable for IS and OOSers can get IS tuition after the first year +/- Chapel Hill is the quintessential college town +/- Lots of construction going on now, but it should be nice when its done +/- In close proximity with the undergrad campus +/- You have to take some Medicine and society class - No video lectures (atleast to my knowledge) - Competitive for IS, but you better be an all star if you are OOS.
University of Sothern California (Keck) +Good step scores (Step 1: 233) +Many M3/M4 students get some scholarships +The weather +Video lectures, Nice labs, great lecture halls +New Hospital about a block from campus +Bad area of LA (this could produce more interesting cases) +Students get their own desks on campus +Pass/Fail -Exspensive tuition -Cost of living (hard to find an appartment for under $1,000/month) -Almost all students are forced to drive 20+ minutes to campus -Bad area of LA (safety)
University of Virginia + Wonderful campus + Some of the happiest students + Short class time (8-1) + P/F + If IS, low tuition because it's a public school + Good USMLE scores + Cost of living + New medical school to open 2010 - state of the art + Early third year start = more exposure - Charlottesville is very rural = less exposure - No organized researched assignment (like that of Vandy, Pitt, Duke, etc.) - Not very diverse - Because a public inst., good luck getting great scholarships
Vanderbilt +Beautiful campus +P/F +Nashville is a fun city! +Awesome anatomy lab +Warm(er) weather +high STEP1 scores +small class size (~100) +Emphasis project +good financial aid -expensive tuition
Wake Forest +Excellent clinical preparation +Balanced curriculum of traditional lectures integrated with a couple of PBL sessions per week. +Excellent hospital complex (+/-medical school is RIGHT IN the hospital) +Happy students, smaller class size +Exceptoinal anatomy lab, extremely well ventilated, great technology (CT/MRI scans of YOUR cadaver) +Technologically savvy school (laptop provided 1st year, PDA provided third) -Winston-Salem does not fit the tastes of many -private = expensive (but seemingly decent financial aid) -students perform "near the mean" for Step 1 and 2
Wright State +New medical school building (with a very nice anatomy lab, downward suction of air) +Is associated with 7 unique hospitals (diverse clinical oppurtunities) +small class size (~100) +school and dayton have a homey feel +awesome preparation for step 1 +primary care focused +great in-state tuition -Cold winters -dayton -don't bother if you're OOS
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