How would you rank them?

[BGGA]

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When it comes to making a decision on which school your are going to go to, how would you rank the following:

1. Curriculum
2. Location
3. Cost
4. Reputation
5. Impression post interview
6. Other (specify)

 

[Uegis]

When it comes to making a decision on which school your are going to go to, how would you rank the following:

1. Curriculum
2. Location
3. Cost
4. Reputation
5. Impression post interview
6. Other (specify)

1. Location
2. Curriculum
3. Impression post-interview
4. Reputation
5. Cost

Most important thing to be is I want to be at a place where I am happy. Simple as that. Cost is not as important an issue because I expect to be in debt for a long time after school.

 

[medicomel]

1. Location
2. Curriculum
3. Impression post-interview
4. Reputation
5. Cost

Most important thing to be is I want to be at a place where I am happy. Simple as that. Cost is not as important an issue because I expect to be in debt for a long time after school.

1. curriculum
2. impression post-interview
3. location
4. reputation
5. cost

 

[BGGA]

1. Location
2. Curriculum
3. Feeling post interview
4. Cost
5. Reputation

 

[GATORade]

Personally:

1. Cost
2. Impression post interview
3. Location
4. Curriculum
5. Reputation

I’m not really interested in Dermatology, ENT, Orthopedics, or academic medicine/research. Therefore, reputation isn't really a huge factor for me. I would rather lessen my loans and attend a school where I will be most comfortable. From what I hear, medical school is no picnic, so I'd rather make the experience as less invasive as possible by attend a school with a prime location, integrated curriculum, and where I think I will be happiest. 😉

 

[sdnstud]

For me,

1. Reputation
2. girls....i mean study body
3. location
4. Curriculum
5. Impression post interview
6. Cost

Reputation is first because I want to attend a school I will be pround of (call me materialistic or whatever...)

Cost is last because to me $125K in debt is the same thing as $100K in debt.

 

[DubZteR]

1. Other (relationship/partner)
2. Impression post interview
3. Cost
4. Reputation
5. Curriculum
6. Location

 

[uclabruin2003]

1. curriculum
2. feeling post interview
3. reputation
4. cost
5. location

 

[LauraMac]

1. Curriculum
2. Good clinical training
3. Location
4. Reputation
5. Impression post interview
6. Cost

 

[futuremsfdoc]

1. Good clinical training
2. Cost
3. Reputation
4. Curriculum
5. Location
6. Impression post-interview

 

[anjelicad]

1. Curriculum
2. Good clinical training
3. Reputation
4. Location
5. Impression post interview
6. Cost

 

[Quentin Quinn]

For me,

1. Reputation
2. girls....i mean study body
3. location
4. Curriculum
5. Impression post interview
6. Cost

Reputation is first because I want to attend a school I will be pround of (call me materialistic or whatever...)

Cost is last because to me $125K in debt is the same thing as $100K in debt.

Agreed, but more frequently the comparison is usually the tradeoff between one's homestate public school and a more highly-ranked private institution. Which would really frame the pertinent comparison as incurring (example, of course) $100k of debt at the former vs. $200k at the latter. Cost becomes a much more important factor here, whereas it is essentially moot between institutions of similar category, public or private, which is more along the lines of your example.

 

[BAM!]

1. Location (relationship, cost, and CA sunshine!)
2. Impression post interview (you got to like the school)
Curriculum
3. Reputation (I'd like a good residency)
4. Curriculum (I'm sure they're all pretty good. If one sounds particularly bad, I'm sure that it's actually better than it sounds and was structured a certain way for a reason.)