DMU vs CUSOM

[bananabread224]

DMU
Pros

• OG school
• New campus
• I'm from Des Moines so I would save money by living at home
• Seems to match well for academic IM in the midwest

Cons

• Not super excited particularly about moving back to my hometown and worried about having a social life while living at home (being removed from my peers)
• Unclear about how available research opportunities are
• Worried about lottery system rotations and the Central Iowa Cohort (which wouldn't be a huge problem money wise living at home)

CUSOM
Pros

• Seems to also match well academic IM but more in the East area
• Seems like there are more research opportunities with UNC, Duke, WF connections but unclear if I'm just looking at the wrong information
• Also seems to have more opportunities for global health

Cons

• Zero support system, 12 hours away from all friends and family
• Rural campus
• Newer school
• Would want to do clinical rotations in either Charolette or Raleigh but I think those spots are limited
• Monday exams (not sure what DMU is though)

Summary: my goal is to eventually sub-specialize in maybe heme/onc (also feeling very openminded, I love lots of areas of medicine so I could see this changing, but am definitely thinking internal medicine for sure). Want to match into an academic IM and I feel like research would be an important part of this. Costs of both schools are pretty comparable so that's not a huge issue.

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[chilly_md]

Stay close to home and save the money. Both are good schools, but Campbell does not offer enough to push it over the edge.