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Hi Everyone!
Browing this forum has helped me immensely and I want to thank everyone for that. I now need your wisdom once more as I will soon be making a big decision in my life. I can see myself in Rads> Anesthesia> IM> Psych, but not surgery. Which school would you attend?
LECOM (Elmira, NY)
PROS:
PROS:
what you guys think and which school would you attend.
Browing this forum has helped me immensely and I want to thank everyone for that. I now need your wisdom once more as I will soon be making a big decision in my life. I can see myself in Rads> Anesthesia> IM> Psych, but not surgery. Which school would you attend?
LECOM (Elmira, NY)
PROS:
- cheaper tuition around 38K
- higher board pass rate in other LECOM locations
- great match list
- better location compare to WVSOM (less rural and closer to home)
- Newer facility
- new school (their first class started 2020)
- strict rules (no water during lecture)
- PBL (no actual lectures and you have to teach yourself, I am used to the traditional lecture settings, but not oppose to try PBL)
- Heard 3rd-year rotation can be an issue
PROS:
- more establish state school since 1974
- more welcoming environment from the faculty and students
- no mandatory lectures, no strict rules
- easy access to rotations since it's a state school
- tuition is high (~55K)
- further from home and the school is very rural
- COMLEX pass rate is below the national average
- Match list is not as good as LECOM
what you guys think and which school would you attend.