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Which school will you choose to go?
"LECOM-E vs WVSOM"
"LECOM-E vs WVSOM"
Besides Lewisburg >>>>>>> Erie.
You have to be kidding.
Lewisburg, while a pretty little town, is just that, a very little town. It has less than 4,000 people.
Erie is the 3rd largest city in PA and at the center of a tri-state area of over 1 million people. The two places cannot even be realistically compared. Erie offers so much more in terms of opportunity, recreation, entertainment, culture, etc. There are 5 other colleges/universities in the region. And, as far as health care goes, there are two major, nationally-recognized, tertiary care hospitals in the city (Hamot, St. Vincent), Millcreek Community Hospital, Shriners Hospital, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Specialty Select Acute Care Hospital. Simply put, these opportunities do not exist in Lewisburg, WV.
Erie is not some Shangri-La by any means, but Lewisburg is not even in the same league. If it works for you, good. But at least be honest to others who are weighing their options.
what if money is not an issue???
You have to be kidding.
Lewisburg, while a pretty little town, is just that, a very little town. It has less than 4,000 people.
Erie is the 3rd largest city in PA and at the center of a tri-state area of over 1 million people. The two places cannot even be realistically compared. Erie offers so much more in terms of opportunity, recreation, entertainment, culture, etc. There are 5 other colleges/universities in the region. And, as far as health care goes, there are two major, nationally-recognized, tertiary care hospitals in the city (Hamot, St. Vincent), Millcreek Community Hospital, Shriners Hospital, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Specialty Select Acute Care Hospital. Simply put, these opportunities do not exist in Lewisburg, WV.
Erie is not some Shangri-La by any means, but Lewisburg is not even in the same league. If it works for you, good. But at least be honest to others who are weighing their options.
In fact, on football saturdays during the fall college season, Beaver Stadium (Penn State's football stadium) becomes the 3rd largest place in PA so in comparison to everything that's relative, Erie isn't that big.
This is the most valuable piece of info ever posted on this forum. Bravo.
Would you like to be tested every 3 weeks? Is safety an issue for you, ie, would you like to leave your laptop in the classroom and not worried of someone stealing it? If 85% pass rate on step 1 is good for you, then WVSOM is for you. Just remember that you are going to move on your 3rd year, since only 2 students can do their 3rd year rotations in Lewisburg. This means that your communication with the school will be mostly by email on your clinical years. To tell you the truth, I don't know if that is great. I have tried to contact the school to know more about their program (matching lists, mean score on step1 & step2, and other places to do rotatitions outside of WV) and I have not had luck witht that. I have been accepted at WVSOM, but not been able to get straight answers, or just any answer isThe only thing I get is a name of who to 'has' the information and their phone number, but are never there.
Don't get me wrong, Lewisburg it's beautiful and the people there are great, but I just wish they were more open about their info.