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Hey everyone, I was hoping if you all could give me some insight into my current dilemma.
I decided to attend FIU for medical school, but I got off the waitlist at FAU today. I have until June 1st to respond with my decision.
Cost: Both cost the same for me.
Location: Both are about 40 mins - 1.5 hours away from my house depending on traffic. I would be living off campus regardless but I like being near family, so location in that sense isn't an issue. Boca Raton is definitely has a better quality of living than Miami but both places are expensive to live.
Curriculum:
FIU:
Those are the main differentiating factors that I can think of off the top of my head, not sure if I'm missing anything important that I should add. Both schools have students who match well IMO.
If you guys can shed any light into my decision about information from either school, I would really appreciate it! I know FIU's curriculum pretty well at this point but not enough about FAU. I'm kind of turned off about FAU's PBL based curriculum but I don't exactly know the benefits of PBL anyway.
Thank you!
I decided to attend FIU for medical school, but I got off the waitlist at FAU today. I have until June 1st to respond with my decision.
Cost: Both cost the same for me.
Location: Both are about 40 mins - 1.5 hours away from my house depending on traffic. I would be living off campus regardless but I like being near family, so location in that sense isn't an issue. Boca Raton is definitely has a better quality of living than Miami but both places are expensive to live.
Curriculum:
FIU:
- A/B/C/F grading, students are ranked numerically
- Traditional lecture based curriculum, attendance not mandatory
- Take step 1 after M3 year (but have the highest step average in the state currently tied with UCF)
- Typical clerkship but their associated hospitals are a lot better than FAU's
- Problem Based Learning (PBL) Curriculum
- P/F grading, BUT administration keeps an internal rank in order to award students Highest Honors/Honors during graduation
- Their clerkships are odd -- they do all their clerkships (internal med, surgery, etc.) all at the same time from what I understand but on different days (Mondays will be internal med, tuesdays will be surgery, etc.) but they're assigned to an attending the entire time
Those are the main differentiating factors that I can think of off the top of my head, not sure if I'm missing anything important that I should add. Both schools have students who match well IMO.
If you guys can shed any light into my decision about information from either school, I would really appreciate it! I know FIU's curriculum pretty well at this point but not enough about FAU. I'm kind of turned off about FAU's PBL based curriculum but I don't exactly know the benefits of PBL anyway.
Thank you!