Deferred Acceptance at Western vs KCU This Year

[Dr Tony T. Chopper]

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[TheBoneDoctah]

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If it wasn't for family I would never move back haha


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[Goro]

For the barbecue alone, KCU. And I love my Western-trained personal doctor too!

Hello,

I have recently interviewed at the end of March at Western-COMP, and was given a deferred acceptance because their class was full by the time they reviewed my application. I also have an acceptance from KCUMB for this year, and I'm also on the high alternate list at Touro-CA. Western said that if a spot opens up in their current class, they will admit the people from the deferred acceptance list before pulling the alternates.

Right now, I'm really conflicted as to what I should do. I want to stay in CA for school and residency, so I think in that aspect, I like Western-COMP a lot more than I like KCU. I can see myself at KCU, but I want to maximize my chances of landing a residency in CA.

Another thing is that I have already taken a gap year, so if I take a deferred acceptance, I would be taking two gap years.

1. If I were to find something meaningful to do in this year (research, work...), would it be worth it to wait a year for Western? Also, if I do research during my gap year, can that be used in my residency application?

2. If I can't find something to do during another gap year, should I attend KCU this year?

3. Does anyone know how the waitlist movement at Western is? Because they offer seats people from the deferred acceptance first before offering it to the alternates, would I have a good chance that I might start this year at Western?

Good thing is that I don't have any deposits due from KCU, or Western until July, so I do have some time to decide on this. Thanks!

 

[yanks26dmb]

I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that, rare occurrences aside, every day in California is pretty much the same. That's a comfort to some people. I describe it as living in a diorama, a fake version of real life where the only thing that changes is the temp and wind speed. The smog is disgusting. I was flying from Monterey to El Monte one day and couldn't see the airfield at 3,500 AGL and five miles with supposed 10 miles viz over the valley because of the smog and haze. Just nasty.

Smog? Not in sunny san diego.

Or del mar, or Carlsbad or Laguna, or newport or ventura or sb or santa cruz or pismo.... you get the drift. LA is a hell hole....the vast majorit of the other coastal California is heaven on earth.

 

[trev5150]

Smog? Not in sunny san diego.

Or del mar, or Carlsbad or Laguna, or newport or ventura or sb or santa cruz or pismo.... you get the drift. LA is a hell hole....the vast majorit of the other coastal California is heaven on earth.

As long as you like sitting in your car a lot. So basically everywhere that costs a million dollars per square foot to live at is real nice. The whole coastline to about a 1/2 mile inland. The rest is ****e. Not awesome for med students and residents. Oh please let me get a crap apartment in Chula Vista please.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

As long as you like sitting in your car a lot. So basically everywhere that costs a million dollars per square foot to live at is real nice. The whole coastline to about a 1/2 mile inland. The rest is ****e. Not awesome for med students and residents. Oh please let me get a crap apartment in Chula Vista please.

150% agree haha. People always think San Diego is super green and has palm trees all over. Huh? San Diego is a damn desert. The only places you will find palm trees are by the beach and it will cost you a cool mill to buy a shanty.

When I lived in San Diego, I paid $1700 a month for an apartment. Right now in Kansas City I am paying almost half that for a place 3x the size. San Diego is a ripoff and so is California.

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[TheBoneDoctah]

If ya don't believe me, here ya go haha

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[cassis_Cake]

It's supply and demand. If you're not buying it, someone else will. Not everything makes sense but it is what it is.

 

[IslandStyle808]

150% agree haha. People always think San Diego is super green and has palm trees all over. Huh? San Diego is a damn desert. The only places you will find palm trees are by the beach and it will cost you a cool mill to buy a shanty.

When I lived in San Diego, I paid $1700 a month for an apartment. Right now in Kansas City I am paying almost half that for a place 3x the size. San Diego is a ripoff and so is California.

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LOL The rent situation is the same here in Hawaii. Only difference is that some stuff you buy here is 1.5-2x more expensive than Cali.

 

[yanks26dmb]

As long as you like sitting in your car a lot. So basically everywhere that costs a million dollars per square foot to live at is real nice. The whole coastline to about a 1/2 mile inland. The rest is ****e. Not awesome for med students and residents. Oh please let me get a crap apartment in Chula Vista please.

I never really noticed much traffic in sd...can't say sitting in my car was ever noticeable. Most of the time I could bike to what I needed.

Sure it's expensive but it's comparable to any big city on the coasts. If you need a massive house, acres of land and a car to go anywhere, yeha it's for not you. For me I'd rather have the ocean, weather, and good vibes in my backyard.

But hey I'm not going to convince anyone why they should want to live here. Less people out here the better.

 

[yanks26dmb]

If ya don't believe me, here ya go hahaView attachment 203266


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That house is like 100 yards from the boardwalk /ocean. It's just about what you value. I'd much rather have that than some mcmansion in suburban wasteland.

 

[trev5150]

Yeah it's a ramshackle POS and its far enough away from the beach that it should not at all count as being near the beach. I would knock that postwar relic flat 15 minutes after closing and put something nice there. If I had a million dollars...

 

[CookiesNMilk]

After 5 years of undergrad in SoCal, I don't regret moving back to the Bay Area. It seemed like there was an endemic obsession of improving your aesthetic (working out, following the latest fashion trends) rather than character. You'd pick friends based on appearance, then keep them at an arm's length, not really building the strong networks that would boost your career.

Didn't know who to trust and wondered if I'd keep the same friends if acid was thrown at my face. Can anyone relate??? 🙁

 

[redhope]

After 5 years of undergrad in SoCal, I don't regret moving back to the Bay Area. It seemed like there was an endemic obsession of improving your aesthetic (working out, following the latest fashion trends) rather than character. You'd pick friends based on appearance, then keep them at an arm's length, not really building the strong networks that would boost your career.

Didn't know who to trust and wondered if I'd keep the same friends if acid was thrown at my face. Can anyone relate??? 🙁

lol come on man, people up in the Bay are the same way. You got the SF hipster/socialites who wouldn't share oxygen with you unless you are a person of means (some intellect/inventor/mogul). The difference is people up North are a lot wealthier as a whole, so you get that sense of entitlement spewing in multiple places(the city and suburbia). You only get that feeling from the boo-zhee down south places featured on reality tv shows. I hope that's something we can agree on.

 

[CookiesNMilk]

lol come on man, people up in the Bay are the same way. You got the SF hipster/socialites who wouldn't share oxygen with you unless you are a person of means (some intellect/inventor/mogul). The difference is people up North are a lot wealthier as a whole, so you get that sense of entitlement spewing in multiple places(the city and suburbia). You only get that feeling from the boo-zhee down south in places featured on reality tv shows. I hope that's something we can agree on.

Idk how that's the same though. I agree that techie hipsters in the Bay Area try to capitalize on people's skills to move up, but that SoCal chase for #aesthetic is hard to match anywhere... maybe Florida? It's not like SF is tank-top weather every single day like in the OC.

Can we both just agree that Californians (myself including) just have a general sense of entitlement?

 

[yanks26dmb]

Idk how that's the same though. I agree that techie hipsters in the Bay Area try to capitalize on people's skills to move up, but that SoCal chase for #aesthetic is hard to match anywhere... maybe Florida? It's not like SF is tank-top weather every single day like in the OC.

Can we both just agree that Californians (myself including) just have a general sense of entitlement?

News flash, good looking people tend to hang out in groups. Doesn't matter if you're LA, NYC, Chicago, or Miami. Perhaps there's just better looking people in socal (I'd agree there are) so it's more obvious.

I think it's silly to generalize the 25M or so people who live in California.

Are more people shallow, vain, and into appearances than say, people in Kansas City? Yeah probably. Doesn't mean I/you don't have real friends, no one cares about deeper things, etc. Lol that's a ridiculous assumption.