Geographic Location and its role in your Decision Making

[postbacpremed87]

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I went to an instate public institution that is not more than an hour away from my hometown. I am heavily considering going to medical school outside of my home state. How many other people have gone through a similar thought process? I feel that it is important to experience other areas and interact with different people. I will still apply to all of the medical schools in my home state however.

 

[NickNaylor]

I had the same thoughts and will be going from Texas (where I was born, raised, and went to undergrad) to Illinois. I think it's important to see different parts of the country and explore, but to each his own.

 

[SexyDoctor]

I'm from California. I have no choice 😉

 

[Bowchickawowwow]

I'm going to a state school maybe an hour away from my house, but I'm definitely not taking location into account when applying to Medical School. Even when I was chosing my undergrad, I didn't really care about location, I just got a great finaid package and that was the ultimate deciding factor.

Seems as if you're open to it, but I don't understand why people don't want to explore other areas of the country. If you're not ready to move away from what you know, to explore education and thus broaden your horizons, isn't that sort of a contradiction? Besides it's fun to move away from things you know, so you can learn through the ultimate model, experience!

 

[deleted357625]

I sure do wanna leave, but it might not be an option, hopefully it will be hah

 

[munchymanRX]

I went to an instate public institution that is not more than an hour away from my hometown. I am heavily considering going to medical school outside of my home state. How many other people have gone through a similar thought process? I feel that it is important to experience other areas and interact with different people. I will still apply to all of the medical schools in my home state however.

Do it. It's a big world out there, and you're doing yourself a disservice by passing up the opportunity to explore it while you still can. Meet new people, see new things, and enjoy this beautiful, gigantic, and diverse country we live in.

If money is a serious issue though, go to a state school.

 

[synthase]

Do it. It's a big world out there, and you're doing yourself a disservice by passing up the opportunity to explore it while you still can. Meet new people, see new things, and enjoy this beautiful, gigantic, and diverse country we live in.

If money is a serious issue though, go to a state school.

Love the whimsical, romantic post in the beginning with a nice dose of reality at the end.

 

[lisi326]

Yeah, I went to undergrad + grad school at a school 30 min from home.

I only applied to 2 in-state schools (more as safety) and the rest a pretty good distance away. I'm sick of running into people I know or finding some random connection between me and a complete stranger all the time. I'll miss home, but at least 4 years halfway across the country will be good for me. I'm pretty excited to be in a different time zone, too. Living in the past, man. Weird.

 

[jeepy]

I went to my state school for undergrad, also less than an hour away from home. I've been accepted to my state medical school that I already work at, and is only 30 min away from home.

Despite the great in-state tuition, I'm very likely choosing a more expensive school that is further away. Money is important, but my heart is telling me to get the heck out of here, and I will probably follow that. I was pretty lucky in receiving a full tuition scholarship for undergrad and saving money there, so I will probably pick a med school that's farther away in more exciting places, even with the higher costs.

 

[venacontracta]

My state school is in my hometown. From the very beginning of the application process, the geographic factor was incredibly important as I knew I wanted to go to a more urban area. I don't see myself ever moving back to where I live now.