medschool2023
Full Member
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2022
- Messages
- 56
- Reaction score
- 13
ARCOM
Pros
Pros
Pros
- Nice campus and facilities
- New research building (although idk if it will be much in use when I start)
- Family oriented /close cohort
- Cheaper (only by $5000/ year )
- Convenient housing with student housing
- Supportive faculty ( got to meet the Dean and president of the school at interview and a student says that the Dean is truly open door)
- Impressive matches for 23’ (some ivy but in Primary care)
- Some Rotation sites at good hospitals
- More hands on In the beginning
- Opt attendance
- Curriculum is a bit in an experimental stage (new Dean)
- Area outside of campus is a bit “dead” closest city about 45 min away
- Accreditation is high monitoring
- Lower board rates ( not by much)
- Farther from home (14 hour drive)
- Haven’t been able to network with students as much and ask about experience
- Newer school
- High staff turn over ( idk about recently though)
- Not pass fail
Pros
- In a city
- Good camaraderie
- Better board prep ( board style questions on exams, uworld subscription…)
- Supportive faculty
- Have networked with more students who say they “love” their experience (always with a. Grain of salt though,lol)
- Good accreditation
- better pass rates (not by much)
- More diverse match list
- Closer to home (7 hr drive)
- More established
- Maybe better research opportunities?( idk though)
- Closer to hospitals ( idk if this is helpful though)
- Closer to a church of my denomination ( spiritual well being, lol)
- Opt attendance
- Housing is less convenient/more expensive
- Rotations are more sporadic and (maybe) not as good
- Building/facility not as nice ( just a old office building that they renovated… technology and stuff still there)
- More expensive ( not by much)
- White coat given at the end of second year
- Didn’t get to tour to have a “gut” feeling
- No new research building…lol
- Less hands on in the beginning
- Not pass fail --
Last edited:
