Makkusu
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MCW (Milwaukee)
Pros:
Vermont (Connecticut campus)
Pros:
Pros:
- MD/MS (I want to continue clinical research in my career as a physician) in a 4 year track
- Amazing vibes (everyone was happy, students would go out of their way to say hi, teachers went out of their way to give private tours of rooms and facilities)
- P/F preclinical
- Modernized campus and buildings
- Already made friends at the interview
- Met students who had interviewed at other schools of greater recognition and ranking and said the vibe and energy at MCW is unparallel
- Milwaukee seems like a great city to learn medicine in (plus Chicago is right there)
- Not affiliated with an undergraduate (I do not like college towns), so the med students are almost entirely the focus
- Looked to me like a lot of individualized care for students in terms of academics, research, mental health
- Large class size to make friends
- Cheaper
- Far from girlfriend (girlfriend of 4+ years)
- Milwaukee is highly segregated, with more people leaving than moving into to the city
- Very very cold (colder than Vermont I believe)
- Match isn’t as good as Vermont
- Large class size can be potentially bad as well
- Curriculum seems good but not as revolutionary as Vermont’s
Vermont (Connecticut campus)
Pros:
- Amazing curriculum potentially (nearly all activity-based)
- Seems like a perfect class size
- Close to NYC (where girlfriend of 4+ years will be)
- Great match list
- P/F preclinical
- Preclinicals in 1.5 years
- In terms of the two years I will be in Vermont, it is the only medical school in the state
- Have more opportunities for global health and study abroad
- Burlington is very beautiful (but I have never been to Connecticut)
- More well-known
- Did not get good vibes during the interview
- There wasn’t a tour of the school, nor were med students or faculty willing to give tours when asked
- Med students were quiet and not as happy in appearance as at MCW
- Much more expensive
- Only MD and not MD/MS like at MCW
- Med students had more to complain about the curriculum than to highlight
- Burlington looks like it can get boring fast, and I heard not so great things about the Connecticut campus
- Given Burlington is small as well as the Connecticut campus, patients will probably lack in diversity in regards to their illnesses
- Burlington is also a college town, which I do not like