Hi everyone! I’m very grateful for this choice but am still having trouble deciding. Any insight anyone could offer me would be much appreciated, and I want to make sure I’m not being shortsighted!
Harvard
Pros
- Harvard
-Boston
-Great hospitals for rotations/maybe residency
-apparently they “pick up the phone” to get u where u need to go
-P/F clinical if I remember right and people seem like they have time to work on a lot of non-clinical projects like cool research, entrepreneurship, etc
Cons
-Don’t like Boston as much as NYC
-2nd look weekend felt a bit too ivory tower for me
- cost 300k
Stanford
Pros
-Stanford
- amazing location weather and stunning campus, Palo Alto, San Francisco (?)
- tons of amazing research in biotech and opportunity to link up with Silicon Valley if you come up with a good idea and work hard
-also “pick up the phone”
- Berg scholars awesome 6-year program is great for research, mentorship, building computational skills, and would take care of finances basically when you calculate it
- My PI at my undergrad trained several PIs there and collaborated with some of the different program directors for the research I’m interested in, they also respect him a lot from what they told me
Cons
-despite what I’ve heard about getting the 6-year program if you’re serious about the research and productive before you apply, still some uncertainty
-otherwise 300k
- far from home
- 6 years maybe? Not sure if a con tbh given competition for residencies being what it is
NYU
Pros
- excellent location (my favorite of the 3)
- fantastic hospitals for rotations like Tisch and Bellevue
- free tuition
- 3 year curriculum
- direct to residency options or another masters degree paid for
Cons
- great name but it sounds like lots of people hear Harvard or Stanford and automatically that just has a special effect for opening doors?
-more clinical focus than research I’ve heard
overall: I like all 3 so maybe can’t go wrong. Also just FYI in case I’m also considering Yale (40% scholarship), Vandy (75%), Cleveland Clinic (free, 5 years, research intensive), WashU (full tuition), and Hopkins (also like 300k but someone said I should reach out about them matching merit aid? Never heard that before tho…) Anyways thank u for any advice or other perspectives I may want to consider
Edit: I’m deferring matriculation for a few years so that factors into how much time I want my program to take
Harvard
Pros
- Harvard
-Boston
-Great hospitals for rotations/maybe residency
-apparently they “pick up the phone” to get u where u need to go
-P/F clinical if I remember right and people seem like they have time to work on a lot of non-clinical projects like cool research, entrepreneurship, etc
Cons
-Don’t like Boston as much as NYC
-2nd look weekend felt a bit too ivory tower for me
- cost 300k
Stanford
Pros
-Stanford
- amazing location weather and stunning campus, Palo Alto, San Francisco (?)
- tons of amazing research in biotech and opportunity to link up with Silicon Valley if you come up with a good idea and work hard
-also “pick up the phone”
- Berg scholars awesome 6-year program is great for research, mentorship, building computational skills, and would take care of finances basically when you calculate it
- My PI at my undergrad trained several PIs there and collaborated with some of the different program directors for the research I’m interested in, they also respect him a lot from what they told me
Cons
-despite what I’ve heard about getting the 6-year program if you’re serious about the research and productive before you apply, still some uncertainty
-otherwise 300k
- far from home
- 6 years maybe? Not sure if a con tbh given competition for residencies being what it is
NYU
Pros
- excellent location (my favorite of the 3)
- fantastic hospitals for rotations like Tisch and Bellevue
- free tuition
- 3 year curriculum
- direct to residency options or another masters degree paid for
Cons
- great name but it sounds like lots of people hear Harvard or Stanford and automatically that just has a special effect for opening doors?
-more clinical focus than research I’ve heard
overall: I like all 3 so maybe can’t go wrong. Also just FYI in case I’m also considering Yale (40% scholarship), Vandy (75%), Cleveland Clinic (free, 5 years, research intensive), WashU (full tuition), and Hopkins (also like 300k but someone said I should reach out about them matching merit aid? Never heard that before tho…) Anyways thank u for any advice or other perspectives I may want to consider
Edit: I’m deferring matriculation for a few years so that factors into how much time I want my program to take
