georgetown or cinn SMP, with some personal pros

[gatorade848]

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so I have been accepted to both cinn and georgetown smp; both programs are highly reputable but so far I havent been able to decide on which program to reserve my spot. from my research on here georgetown and cinn seems identical in term of academic difficulty/success in getting its students into med school; but this just makes my decision even harder to make. the only difference i can come up with is the location, cinn- cheaper tuition/cost of living while georgetown=$$$. however, my best friend is doing biomedical research in DC for a year and I can room with him if I decide to go to georgetown. so any recommendation on what i should do?

I interviewed at 3 MD schools so far and is currently waiting for decision, so if I do well in smp I am pretty sure it will get me an acceptance assuming i dont get in anywhere this year. right now living with and having the support of my friend seems like a big benefit while doing a smp program so i am leaning toward georgetown...cinn smp gave me a deadline to reserve a spot with 500 so I need to decide soon

 

[drizzt3117]

Cinn has a higher linkage to their own med school, which is nice, if you like Cincinnati. You can also establish Ohio residency while you're in your SMP year. I would probably go to Cinn if you don't get into med school, you could also do Tulane ACP if you get on a waitlist.

 

[greenflower]

You should look into the Temple ACMS program. They guarantee seats to everyone in the program who has at least a 30MCAT (by the end of the year) and a 3.5 GPA in the program.

I looked into the different programs, and Temple was the obvious choice for me in terms of the almost freakishly high percentage of linkage. Everyone gets the 3.5 GPA with room to spare -- the only person that dropped out became a mom mid-year and decided against medicine. The MCAT is a bit trickier, but you have all year to get the required score, and if you apply already having a 30+, then you are good to go.

It's definitely worth looking into...lol. My college advisor even thought the program was too good to be true, but having done the program, it definitely is as described!

Oh, and you can also qualify for in-state tuition after the post-bac program, so it actually pays for itself. The program is about 25K and over 4 years of med school you save 44K being in-state.

 

[whatsway]

You should look into the Temple ACMS program. They guarantee seats to everyone in the program who has at least a 30MCAT (by the end of the year) and a 3.5 GPA in the program.

I looked into the different programs, and Temple was the obvious choice for me in terms of the almost freakishly high percentage of linkage. Everyone gets the 3.5 GPA with room to spare -- the only person that dropped out became a mom mid-year and decided against medicine. The MCAT is a bit trickier, but you have all year to get the required score, and if you apply already having a 30+, then you are good to go.

It's definitely worth looking into...lol. My college advisor even thought the program was too good to be true, but having done the program, it definitely is as described!

Oh, and you can also qualify for in-state tuition after the post-bac program, so it actually pays for itself. The program is about 25K and over 4 years of med school you save 44K being in-state.

I see what you mean by the program essentially "paying for itself". Financially though, Temple is one of the more expensive medical schools out there.

Temple ACMS + 4 years of in-state tuition: 27800+(4*44244)=204,776
and this is the amount of loans you would take out for tuition alone.

If you were to grind it out and play out the best-case scenario at UCinn, you're looking at:
MS Physio + 4 years in-state tuition: 35900+(4*31935)=163640.

Still a lot, but a little more palatable. At the same time, you cannot deny the appeal of a conditional acceptance. The difference being about 40k (compounded at 6.8% daily), it makes it a little harder for me to say one program would be easier to choose than the others--granted I have no connection to either.

The reason I bring this up is because I am hoping someone can shed more light than me and mere numbers.