decisionbasedinsomnia
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Although I have made my decision and took out personal information from this post, I am going to leave this up with this throwaway account for those in the future who might benefit from my research into the schools. They are both great schools I was honored to hold acceptances at and am sad to leave one behind! Best of luck to all!
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Loyola
Pros
Pros
Both
- Relatively same cost, considering cost of living and scholarship
- Both schools center around creating physicians focused on social justice and helping the underserved, prioritize volunteering and community involvement
- Affiliated hospitals, childrens, va, etc. diverse yet strong clinical sites
- Ranked similarly by PD
- Both focus on student wellness and addressing burnout
- Clerkships start at the same time
- Similar step 2 scores
- Similar home residencies
- Similar availability of electives and away rotations
- Really enjoyed both interview days and got a great vibe off of students and faculty (although Loyola I felt more at home during, if that makes any sense)
Loyola
Pros
- Faculty and students seem to be really happy and collaborative
- Diverse and seemingly accessible volunteer opportunities
- Obviously the gym. Working out daily in a nice sunny place is very important to my mental health and shows they walk the talk on student wellness
- They really seem to be living the Jesuit mission, and although I am not a religious person, I am strongly aligned with the Jesuit values
- The whole campus is new and sunny, my favorite campus of all the places I interviewed at
- I had some involvement with undergrad things here and was pretty happy with how accessible and cooperative the administration/faculty was, but separate institutions more or less
- Ranked in several categories
- Close to many academic centers for diverse research opportunities
- Very accessible and professional mental health and academic support services
- Very diverse student body, even in life experiences and age, which is important as a non-trad
- Strong mentoring program
- Their available tech for procedural simulation is very minimal
- Sounds like research is harder to get into at Loyola, but some students I’ve talked to say otherwise
- Although preclinical years are pass/fail, there is an internal ranking
Pros
- Solid match list from my perspective
- Most students involved in research
- Omaha has a low cost of living and seemed really cool, a slower vibe than Chicago which I think would be good for school
- Phoenix campus: Great research opportunities, strong hospital and neuro opportunities, volunteer clinic in Mexico, I like to be outside
- A bunch of really great procedural sim tech
- Resources from undergrad campus as they share their campus (maybe?)
- Students seemed really happy at both campuses
- Strong infrastructure for preparing students for all aspects of the match, starting year one, career mentors in clerkships
- Capstone course after match to prepare for specific specialty before entering residency
- no internal ranking in first two years (P/F/Honors for top 10%)
- Lecture halls, although new equipment have a strange setup that seems like it could be distracting (don't know if this matters as they are recorded)
- Sharing campus with undergrads, wellness resources not entirely dedicated to med students like Loyola
- Volunteer clinical opportunities seems to be like a once every three month opportunity
- Greatly emphasized the importance of the catholic belief in the curriculum in presentations, but students negated that and described an inclusive atmosphere
- Unranked
- Their class is very young compared to others
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