(Cross-posted to reddit too) I've been really lucky to have been accepted to these two programs, but I need to make a decision within 48 hours of which place to attend. I think I'm leaning towards Einstein, but I don't know if my perceptions of each school are correct since I never got to go to Second Look for either schools:
Case Western: Pros
Case Western: Pros
- very kind and sweet admin for both the MSTP and med school
- higher ranked slightly
- more flexible studying during pre clinical years
- get grad school courses out of the way in the pre clinical years
- lower overall cost of living
- NBLME style tests
- farther away (I'm from Maryland)
- cold
- don't know anyone in the area
- Cleveland seems kinda quiet; I don't know if I want to spend my 20s here
- closer to home and many friends from undergrad are here (I went to undergrad in New York state)
- Bronx area is really diverse and clear mission of seeing underserved patients
- super cheap, subsidized housing
- I'm more used to New York City and I've been wanting to go back for a while
- lower ranked?
- higher overall cost of living and also sounds like it'll be difficult to get groceries once the new hospital is built...
- maybe I should go somewhere new(er)
- not NBLME style exams
- maybe less flexible and less integration in curriculum?
- both have researchers and fields I'm interested in
- P/F pre clinical
- same level of coldness maybe? Not too sure how much worse Cleveland is
- I would have a car in Cleveland so transportation isn't an issue
- match lists seem comparable