Marian (MUCOM) vs CCOM (Midwestern Chi)

[djtallahassee]

Hellppppp. Need to decide for interviewing purposes. Should I cancel an upcoming CCOM II?

Have acceptance from Marian. 4 MD II lined up and will likely take whatever I get from that. However, if not, I want to make sure I have a good DO in hand. I hate to cancel interviews without having a few A's lined up.

It's basically the cost of Marian vs CCOM. Marians clerkships seem pretty decent with the large hospital networks and I have heard good things about the program over all. CCOM has the name, the prestige, and 68K tuition likely to be >70 by graduation time. I haven't seen a school specific match list for either.

I am shooting for Emergency Medicine. Could be fairly competitive, but shouldn't be out of reach for DOs. Geographically both are fine (from midwest) but Chicago obviously is a little more happening. However CCOM is in Downers Grove so it's not really main Chicago anyway.

THanks for any thoughts!

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[TheWolfOfMainStreet]

Marian is awesome (they were my first choice before they rejected me haha).

CCOM is ungodly expensive so I'd insta-reject them and not go if you can get the money back and put it towards the MD-II

 

[djtallahassee]

Marian is awesome (they were my first choice before they rejected me haha).

CCOM is ungodly expensive so I'd insta-reject them and not go if you can get the money back and put it towards the MD-II

Yeah I guess one thing I didn't mention is why I'm hesitant to attend the CCOM Interview. Mostly because I am running out of vacation time and I am anticipating more MD IIs. Current work doesn't know and I keep randomly disappearing lol. I'm already headed to KCU the same weekend, so it is basically a waste of time unless they wowed me or gave a huge scholarship. On the other hand, its only a day off of work I guess, but its a lot of hassle if I know I won't attend.

Agreed CCOM tuition is almost offensive.