SpartanDawg_4
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Loyola Stritch SSOM
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BOTH SCHOOLS - NEUTRAL:
I am really excited about the opportunities that Loyola and living near Chicago provide, but am unsure if Loyola increases my chances of matching into derm enough to warrant the move and the cost, when Michigan State is cheaper and closer to home. It seems like research in derm would be easier to get into at MSU, while Loyola has a derm residency program but unsure on research opportunities.
Pros
- Jesuit values, would absolutely love to go to a school that emphasizes these
- Trauma center, burn center, cancer center, etc. = learning opportunities right on campus
- Higher ranking?: 61st by residency directors, 88 USNews - not sure if big enough difference
- Derm residency department, and Skin Cancer center
- 20-30 minute drive west of Chicago (Maywood), more opportunities for possible research at other institutions, away rotations in Chicago
- And city living, more exciting than MSU
- No attendance required for lectures, I learn well with recorded lectures
- Wife has more job options
- Could live in same place all 4 years
- Cost: out of state tuition $59,000
- Distance from home (3.5 hour drive), although my wife and I do have some friends and family in Chicago
- Worry about wife being more lonely in Chicago
- Cost of living: would have to rent an apartment
- Exams every 2 weeks I believe (could be Neutral)
- Unsure on Derm research options
- Don’t want to match in Illinois (would prefer Michigan)
Pros
- Close to friends and family (1 hour 20 minutes from home)
- Great for my wife’s quality of life
- Currently in research lab - however, not in the specialty I’m interested in (heard that helps for residency match)
- Cost: in state tuition $31,000
- Could afford to buy a house
- Low stress atmosphere, exams twice a semester - more time to study for boards? (see Cons)
- Derm research department
- Want to match in Michigan
- Lower ranking: 83rd by residency directors, unranked USNews - really worried about not being able to match into competitive specialties
- Primary care focus
- No Derm Residency program
- Less job options for wife, but still doable
- Attendance required for lectures, lots of small group activities which could eat into Step study time
- Might have to move after 2 pre-clinical years, would prefer to stay same place all 4 years
- Rotations seem to be all over the state
BOTH SCHOOLS - NEUTRAL:
- The curriculums:
- MSU is based on “chief complaints”, so I think it sounds more systems based, any thoughts?
- Loyola is traditional blocks
- Honors: Unsure how either determine AOA or honors, something I am looking in to.
I am really excited about the opportunities that Loyola and living near Chicago provide, but am unsure if Loyola increases my chances of matching into derm enough to warrant the move and the cost, when Michigan State is cheaper and closer to home. It seems like research in derm would be easier to get into at MSU, while Loyola has a derm residency program but unsure on research opportunities.