FIU vs USF vs UCF

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[harmonious_gazelle]

esp given that you know you are interested in something less competitive, FIU with the big scholarship is a great option!! Congrats for all your offers/success.

 

[DoneDone3451]

FIU!!!

 

[bluebeluga78]

Lol I know exactly what you're talking about, I was at one of the info sessions and that lady said the same thing. Totally bizarre! Idk if you were at USF's second look event, but I went and the current students said they didn't feel like it was a super high stress environment, for what ever that's worth...

If you don't care about competitive specialties, I don't see how Morsani's resources or perceived prestige would be worth 80k in loans, since you wouldn't need them to get where you wanna go. You kinda alluded to it, but for all Morsani's talk about research, the brand new buildings they've built, Tampa General/Moffitt, and their high average stats, the match list really isn't that impressive, which is all that really matters.

There are so many people who wish they were in your shoes! Congrats and good luck!

 

[ConfusedPremed3000]

I think FIU for the win! USF Morsani has many issues (match list issues with a good number not matching, competition within curriculum, bad vibes with limited admin support, and clinical experience not being as great); it seems these issues at Morsani are well-documented and common too unfortunately. Also, I think its ranking is also quite artificially inflated by admit, especially with USF gunning for high stat individuals (which is a big chunk of their ranking methodology) so the ranking boost/prestige seems to only give you a very very slight edge and I think the cheaper cost (I am a low-SES individual myself) seems like the best move.

Also, I did not apply to any of these 3 schools so I wanted to give that disclaimer.

 

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and clinical experience not being as great

Is there anything specific you've heard about the clinical experience not being great at Tampa General?

 

[ConfusedPremed3000]

Is there anything specific you've heard about the clinical experience not being great at Tampa General?

Sorry, I think I might have been quite vague with this. I think the competitive nature, unsupportive admin, and the H/HP/P/F grading there specifically (from what I have heard from certain students there) can be quite difficult and the grading can be subjective (which is probably the case at most schools with such grading). I think that just makes it harder to learn with the high stakes there specifically. I think in terms of meeting patients, its actually quite diverse and has great facilities (maybe not as much as Miami but still diverse).