Help me Decide: Long vs Baylor

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Long
Pros

• Love the city, lower cost of living and tuition
• High graduation rate, good pediatric match
• Able to take STEP early and get more decision about your own schedule
• Abuse-pediatric program

Cons

• Graded H/HP/P scale
• Not NBME exams
• Lower "rank" consensus than Baylor

Baylor
Pros

• In heart of Medical Center, great programs
• High match rate, Step 1 pass rate,
• True Pass Fail
• NBME exams

Cons

• Would rather go to San Antonio than Temple or Houston
• Expensive
• New curriculum they are testing out, heard negative reviews
• Low OBGYN match rate

 

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Baylor. Long is a good school but the grading is not it and I really doubt you will have a tough time matching OB/GYN from Baylor.