Severus_Snape
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Hey everyone, so I've been fortunate to have garnered multiple acceptances this cycle and have a couple weeks to decide which school to put a deposit down to before I hear from other medical schools (MD and DO alike).
These schools have similarities in that they employ the same curriculum, either require every student to take USMLE (RVU) or really encourage it (KCU). They both have satellite campuses now, for RVU in Utah and KCU in Joplin.
I've heard and read some problems with the satellite campuses, particularly when it increases the class size. This seems to be quite apparent with KCU, where now between the two campuses they have 450 students. RVU has about doubled their class size as well, now with 300 students or so.
I really enjoyed both interviews, and with the same curriculum what it seems to come down to is (a) the history of KCU and its graduates versus (b) the early reputation of RVU.
With that, I've also seen that KCU may be decreasing the dedicated time for boards, and the overall stress level seems to be higher there than at RVU. On the flip side, KCU's campus was nicer. Both schools are in big cities for my significant other to find a job.
Which brings me to another point - having to potentially move multiple times for rotations during years 3 and 4, either uprooting my family or living away from them for some time.
Ideally, I want to attend a school that will let me match into a great residency in the Midwest (particularly in large cities like Chicago/Milwaukee/Indianapolis/St Louis). With that, I also want to be given the best chance of possibly staying in one city all 4 years for classes and rotations.
So, what gives?
Additionally - I've been waitliested at DMU and MUCOM, and have yet to hear from an MD school I interviewed at. The deposit for RVU is $250 by 12/14 and then another $750 in January.... for KCU it is $1000 by 12/14.
These schools have similarities in that they employ the same curriculum, either require every student to take USMLE (RVU) or really encourage it (KCU). They both have satellite campuses now, for RVU in Utah and KCU in Joplin.
I've heard and read some problems with the satellite campuses, particularly when it increases the class size. This seems to be quite apparent with KCU, where now between the two campuses they have 450 students. RVU has about doubled their class size as well, now with 300 students or so.
I really enjoyed both interviews, and with the same curriculum what it seems to come down to is (a) the history of KCU and its graduates versus (b) the early reputation of RVU.
With that, I've also seen that KCU may be decreasing the dedicated time for boards, and the overall stress level seems to be higher there than at RVU. On the flip side, KCU's campus was nicer. Both schools are in big cities for my significant other to find a job.
Which brings me to another point - having to potentially move multiple times for rotations during years 3 and 4, either uprooting my family or living away from them for some time.
Ideally, I want to attend a school that will let me match into a great residency in the Midwest (particularly in large cities like Chicago/Milwaukee/Indianapolis/St Louis). With that, I also want to be given the best chance of possibly staying in one city all 4 years for classes and rotations.
So, what gives?
Additionally - I've been waitliested at DMU and MUCOM, and have yet to hear from an MD school I interviewed at. The deposit for RVU is $250 by 12/14 and then another $750 in January.... for KCU it is $1000 by 12/14.
