DGSOM vs Perelman

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Looking forward to learning your opinions! Thank you!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Congratulations.

The COA is comparable? Financial aid?

What do you want to do when you graduate? What's your purpose? Your list highlights this as a critical point (curriculum, entrepreneurship).

You can find a life away from medical school in Philadelphia.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thank you!

COA at Perelman is higher. Have to do some more calculations and waiting to hear about financial aid still but I think the price difference will be about 50k

Speciality wise I have a very open mind (currently interested in PM&R, ortho, and plastics).

One thing I am much more certain on is that, in my future career, I want to be a physician and be involved in something that involves business and/or entrepreneurship. I can see myself feeling really personally and intellectually satisfied pursuing that sort of mixed career.

I apologize for being slightly unspecific, but I hope that answers your questions at least in part. Thank you again! 🙂

Thanks.

Then definitely I'd affirm that Penn feels like a better choice. Being a successful physician entrepreneur also relies on networking and coaching (that's also Ivy culture), and if you are successful, the price difference will be made up, assuming the loan interest rates work in your favor (not sure with near 10%).

DGSOM may have some opportunities in physician entrepreneurship and innovation, so ask around about that. Los Angeles has its fair share of v-cap and tech bros. UCLA has its own alumni network. Anderson is a solid business school too (disclosure: family connection).

Medical School | Entrepreneurship Annual Reflection | UCLA Medical School

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[DoneDone3451]

Penn for sure. Go with your gut, you say you like Penn more, they are an IVY LEAGUE medical school and one of the top Ivy med schools at that.

 

[johnr42700]

I would say UCLA. It's a fantastic school with top residencies, cheaper, a better location for you, and next to your family.

It never ceases to amaze me what premeds and premed advisors say here.

 

[thefirerisen]

I would say UCLA. It's a fantastic school with top residencies, cheaper, a better location for you, and next to your family.

It never ceases to amaze me what premeds and premed advisors say here.

Yeah this was a no-brainer UCLA pick for me. I don't get the people obsessing over "iVy league medical school". The prestige of those schools is not really a thing in medicine (take a look at Dartmouth SOM). UCLA is a peer and seems like you'd like to go to Los Angeles more. It'll depend on how much you want to do the health tech side of things and whether UCLA could match those opportunities but even then, California leads the world in that type of thing.

 

[newkungfukenny]

I'd say within medicine prestige isn't something to scoff at about either school. UCLA is well known nationwide for its prestige. However, I will say Penn will do more for you in the entrepreneurship/health tech realm than UCLA. Wharton is a powerhouse and the connections/network you'd build there is where UCLA can't keep up

 

[TonysJourney]

Penn for sure. Go with your gut, you say you like Penn more, they are an IVY LEAGUE medical school and one of the top Ivy med schools at that.

Just wanted to say this is the exact type of thinking you should avoid. The idea of basing a decision on name or (laymen) prestige is laughable. And ironically, UCLA has been rated as high as 6 in the past few years. But more importantly, people who are name-obsessed are often miserable. Don't become one of those.

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[jvquarterback]

Medical education it's a wash. I work in California and I’d take a UCLA grad over a Penn grad though. Just for their network among other physicians.

If you’re going for an MBA and not doing medicine Penn would be great but UCLA isn’t far behind for an MBA. You could certainly make it work there.

Tough choice. Congratulations.