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Hey I'm trying to get as many thoughts on this as possible.
The big issue is that Feinberg would cost me about $200k in loans vs Indiana which gave me a generous scholarship and would leave me with $60k in loans. Both are with parent contributions.
Pros Feinberg:
+ downtown Chicago offers great clinical experiences NWM / Lurie's Children's/ Prentice Women's
+ I think I will be motivated more to work harder in that environment
+ Great research/ great funding for global health opportunities
+ Overall more opportunities available as scholarly project required for every individual and better institutional support for these pursuits
+ P/F, although I heard there are internal rankings
- $200k loan will stress me out, but I'm a penny pincher so I'll learn to manage.
Pros to Indiana
+ I really like the direction that the IUSM is headed to under the new dean, adopting a lot of progressive changes like mandatory EMR education, simulated patient interaction program where students have to be cost-sensitive to tests they order and things like that
+ only $60k in loans, may provide me more leeway if I want to pursue additional degrees (PhD/MPH)
- no scholarly project or time set aside for these projects
- less support in residency application process
- 350 students at the school, largest medical school, less individualized attention/support
- more focus on molecular/scientific research and less opportunities for global health research
- really hoping to not live in Indy. A great city, but I've already lived there for two summers and I really would prefer going somewhere else
- no P/F, students seemed a bit stressed
- curriculum change begins with my entering class, greater uncertainty in results
I chose to attend public for undergrad on scholarship over private to prepare financially for medical/graduate school, and I was hoping that financial issues wouldn't make me choose again for medical school. However, this is such a large substantial difference in loans, that it's tempting to go to IU with 1/3 of the debt.
Thoughts on paying off loan $200k loan from current med/resident/physicians?
What are your thoughts on how medical school affects residencies/ career in this case?
The big issue is that Feinberg would cost me about $200k in loans vs Indiana which gave me a generous scholarship and would leave me with $60k in loans. Both are with parent contributions.
Pros Feinberg:
+ downtown Chicago offers great clinical experiences NWM / Lurie's Children's/ Prentice Women's
+ I think I will be motivated more to work harder in that environment
+ Great research/ great funding for global health opportunities
+ Overall more opportunities available as scholarly project required for every individual and better institutional support for these pursuits
+ P/F, although I heard there are internal rankings
- $200k loan will stress me out, but I'm a penny pincher so I'll learn to manage.
Pros to Indiana
+ I really like the direction that the IUSM is headed to under the new dean, adopting a lot of progressive changes like mandatory EMR education, simulated patient interaction program where students have to be cost-sensitive to tests they order and things like that
+ only $60k in loans, may provide me more leeway if I want to pursue additional degrees (PhD/MPH)
- no scholarly project or time set aside for these projects
- less support in residency application process
- 350 students at the school, largest medical school, less individualized attention/support
- more focus on molecular/scientific research and less opportunities for global health research
- really hoping to not live in Indy. A great city, but I've already lived there for two summers and I really would prefer going somewhere else
- no P/F, students seemed a bit stressed
- curriculum change begins with my entering class, greater uncertainty in results
I chose to attend public for undergrad on scholarship over private to prepare financially for medical/graduate school, and I was hoping that financial issues wouldn't make me choose again for medical school. However, this is such a large substantial difference in loans, that it's tempting to go to IU with 1/3 of the debt.
Thoughts on paying off loan $200k loan from current med/resident/physicians?
What are your thoughts on how medical school affects residencies/ career in this case?