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I just need to say that it feels good to finally make a decision on which school I will attend. As some of you know, I've been back and forth for a while, deciding between NYCOM and UNECOM. And my decision..... (drumroll please........)
NYCOM!!!
This decision made sense for me on several reasons. First, I want to practice in NYC after residency, and it'll be good to do rotations in the area, so I can make contacts, get to know what the patient population is in hte city. Also, I've never really lived far from home. Sure, I did a study abroad, but that doesn't really count because I was only taking 2 classes, and most of the time I was traveling, exploring, I did very little actual studying. And so I don't know how I would be without that support system nearby. My undergrad was about 45 mins drive from ym house, so if I had to go home because I was too stressed, or my roomate was driving me crazy, it was easily doable. NYCOM is also about 45 mins-1 hour, depending on traffic.
The board scores are comparable, and I do have som reservations about the large class size, but my grandma's neighbor's grandson goes to NYCOM and says it's so easy to talk to the professors, and with a large class, if you don't get along with someone, you can always find someone else to study with. I also actually kind of like the curriculum NYCOM is using now, the systems based lectures. It just seems to make more sense to learn how everything relates in a particular system, because it's not likely that in your medical career, you'll get asked a straight up biochem question, but a biochem question that occurs in the liver and how it affects the rest of the system is more likely, and I think that's hwat the systems based lectures would teach.
I wrote out a pros and cons list, and I tried Depakote's spreadsheet. NYCOM had more pros for me than UNECOM, but also more con's. UNECOM had a bunch more neutral categories for me. So I dont know how much help those lists were, but I talked it over with some friends who's opinions i value, and I thought about it on my own, and came up that NYCOM would be a better choice for me.
When I announced at work that I made a decision between the schools, everyone started clapping. Gotta love working with people who consider you to be their daughter.
NYCOM!!!
This decision made sense for me on several reasons. First, I want to practice in NYC after residency, and it'll be good to do rotations in the area, so I can make contacts, get to know what the patient population is in hte city. Also, I've never really lived far from home. Sure, I did a study abroad, but that doesn't really count because I was only taking 2 classes, and most of the time I was traveling, exploring, I did very little actual studying. And so I don't know how I would be without that support system nearby. My undergrad was about 45 mins drive from ym house, so if I had to go home because I was too stressed, or my roomate was driving me crazy, it was easily doable. NYCOM is also about 45 mins-1 hour, depending on traffic.
The board scores are comparable, and I do have som reservations about the large class size, but my grandma's neighbor's grandson goes to NYCOM and says it's so easy to talk to the professors, and with a large class, if you don't get along with someone, you can always find someone else to study with. I also actually kind of like the curriculum NYCOM is using now, the systems based lectures. It just seems to make more sense to learn how everything relates in a particular system, because it's not likely that in your medical career, you'll get asked a straight up biochem question, but a biochem question that occurs in the liver and how it affects the rest of the system is more likely, and I think that's hwat the systems based lectures would teach.
I wrote out a pros and cons list, and I tried Depakote's spreadsheet. NYCOM had more pros for me than UNECOM, but also more con's. UNECOM had a bunch more neutral categories for me. So I dont know how much help those lists were, but I talked it over with some friends who's opinions i value, and I thought about it on my own, and came up that NYCOM would be a better choice for me.
When I announced at work that I made a decision between the schools, everyone started clapping. Gotta love working with people who consider you to be their daughter.
I still have some interviews and places I would like to interview but NYCOM is at the top of the list. I currently work at a public hosptial in NYC and would love to be able to stay here and do my clinical rotations in NYC. 
