How do I choose a school?

[predpt2189]

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So I have been accepted to four schools and I am having trouble deciding which one to go to. The schools I have been accepted to are; Stony Brook, NYIT, Nazareth and MCPHS.

I live in NY so Stony Brook would be in state tuition. I really liked the school and felt as though I fit in well with the students. However, I am concerned because it is a very big class. There are 65 people in the class and I am not sure how close knit it would be.

I have somewhat ruled out NYIT because of cost and MCPHS because it is not accredited.

Nazareth is a very good program its smaller, you get to work hands on with patients right away but it is expensive.

I still have interviews at UMDNJ-Newark and Upstate Medical University

Let me know if anyone has any advice or further insight into any of these programs.

 

[markelmarcel]

There's a lot of posts about choosing the "right" school... I tried to make thread last year when I was trying to decide; maybe some of the advice in it will help you--

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=779394&referrerid=300209

 

[CherokeeWahine]

Eenie meenie miney moe.

Lol, just kidding 😀

But seriously though, I agree with markelmarcel. Check out the thread link.

 

[markelmarcel]

Check out the thread link.

PS- The nice thing about that thread (which has been bumped by goyo) is that for the most part it's very general- it's not a ton of this specific school vs that specific school-- so it ended up being super helpful!

 

[goyo1010]

PS- The nice thing about that thread (which has been bumped by goyo) is that for the most part it's very general- it's not a ton of this specific school vs that specific school-- so it ended up being super helpful!

Mmm. It is a very helpful thread with lots of contributors and ideas on how to decide between those two schools (or more) with which you're having the greatest difficulty choosing between. Like markelmarcel said, it may be more helpful as a lot of the posts here are between specific schools and how to choose between them. Understandably, they are searching for current students or alumni of the school for a better idea of what each school is like, but it's rare you'll really get more than a 2 or 3 (if even that, especially if the schools aren't the "big" ones.) to actually give you a good perspective.

Best of luck!