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
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
