KCU-COM (Kansas City) vs OSU-COM (Tulsa, OK)

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KCU-COM (Kansas City)
Pros

• High pass/pass/fail curriculum
• So far I like their student body better
• No dress code
• Fiancé and I currently live in the area, so have friends and family here
• Fiancé's current job is here

Cons

• More expensive (~$52k/yr, could be knocked down by up to $10k/yr depending on yearly scholarships)
• Harder to do research
• No attached hospital, rotation sites would potentially be far away

OSU-COM (Tulsa, OK)
Pros

• Cheaper (~$30k/yr, not sure if I'd also get additional scholarships)
• Fiancé could swap jobs and probably make at least twice as much here
• State-funded, so better research opportunities
• Will have an attached hospital by the time rotations start
• Pretty much guaranteed Oklahoma rotation sites, so wouldn't have to move far if we didn't want to.
• This is silly, but they have a covered parking garage attached to the school for everyone and also individual, assigned desks in the library for every M1 and M2 which I like because I'm a library studier.

Cons

• Letter grades, A, B, C, etc
• M1 year you have an exam every Monday, so I feel like I would never get a weekend and would be super stressed out.
• Dress code (business or scrubs, but still annoying)
• No friends or family in the area

Neutral for both

• My family lives about the same distance from both schools.
• Lecture isn't mandatory at either school.

Summary: KCU is closer to family, friends and P/F, but more expensive and may make it harder to build my resume for competitive specialties if that's the route I decide to take. OSU is cheaper and will make it easier to build my resume, but we don't know anyone there and they have graded curriculum and a potentially more stressful exam schedule.

Any advice or thoughts are appreciated! Thank you!!

 

[chilly_md]

Go to OSU. They’ve had some students go on to match into very competitive specialities due to the research opportunities present. Saving 80k from tuition is nice, and your SO doubling their salary would be huge.