Michigan vs Jefferson vs Dartmouth

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At this point in the cycle, I am narrowing down my choices to these three schools (with no financial aid offers to consider yet). As of now, I am leaning towards Michigan, my undergraduate institution, but I miss home (East Coast), and don't know how I feel about spending most of my 20's in Ann Arbor. Please help me out!



Pros of Michigan: Top 10 school, know Ann Arbor well from being an undergrad here, extremely desired residency applicants, extremely strong programs across the board including all uber-competitive specialties, MICHIGAN football, the match list is phenomenal, lowest average debt of averages

Cons of Michigan: I'm bored of Ann Arbor tbh, I want a to be in a city, not very diverse, patient population is not the one I want to serve exactly (immigrant/minority populations)



Pros of Jefferson: location in center city Philadelphia is hard to beat, strong ophthalmology/orthopedics programs, diverse patient population, diverse city, new environment, incredible night life/social scene, closer to home, want to ultimately end up on the East Coast city for residency (NYC or Philly).

Cons of Jefferson: Large class size, not attached to a strong undergraduate program/university, high average debt of graduates/expensive in general, Not as highly ranked/regarded as Michigan



Pros of Dartmouth: Get to do rotations in San Francisco, Arizona, Alaska, and other places outside of NH, Ivy League tag, extremely strong match list to top East Coast city residencies, smaller class sizes so individualized attention, change of scenery/environment, beautiful surrounding area

Cons of Dartmouth: Middle of nowhere (Boston is two hours away), homogenous/small patient population, not much to do in Hanover
 
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libertyyne said:
What are your goals?
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I want a clinically focused career, but I am interested in getting involved with medical education/hospital administration later on in my career. I do not think I am interested in academic medicine.

As for specialties, I am open to any and all specialties/subspecialties, and do not want any doors closed because of the school I attended. For me, it matters more that I can serve urban immigrant, low SES minority populations than the specific specialty so far.
 
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pramsotingz said:
I want a clinically focused career, but I am interested in getting involved with medical education/hospital administration later on in my career. I do not think I am interested in academic medicine.

As for specialties, I am open to any and all specialties/subspecialties, and do not want any doors closed because of the school I attended. For me, it matters more that I can serve urban immigrant, low SES minority populations than the specific specialty so far.
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Michigan will allow you to serve those populations in residency. There is not a lot of service going on during medical school anyway.
 
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If you want to be in a city with a diverse patient population and feel as if even Ann Arbor is too small, I would cross Dartmouth off your list due to its location. Can't really help you decide between the other two. I would say go to the place where you will feel happiest because that is where you will perform your best, both Michigan and Jefferson are solid options!
 
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kinda sounds like your heart wants to go to ̶P̶h̶i̶l̶a̶d̶e̶l̶p̶h̶i̶a̶ Jefferson but your brain is saying Michigan or Dartmouth.

From your descriptions of the 3 it seems like Michigan is the compromise between head and heart (location/cost/prestige)

the poster above me is spot on though. If you're so bored of Ann arbor that you'd be willing to take on more debt and go to a school that didn't impress you with their match list, you will be miserable at Dartmouth. I'm assuming you walked around Hanover when you were there for the interview....that's really all there is. It's beautiful and it's also a small college in the middle of the woods surrounded by rural populations.

Then again, with 11 acceptances (huge congrats btw) you sound like you're one of the superstar unicorns so you're probably in the camp of students who can finesse some $$ from the financial aid offices so money shouldn't be top deciding factor right now. At the end of the day go where your heart is pulling, otherwise you'll get into the habit of putting off happiness for sometime in the future and one day you'll wake up and realize you're not very happy and that will suck.
 
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MindyLahiriWannabee said:
kinda sounds like your heart wants to go to ̶P̶h̶i̶l̶a̶d̶e̶l̶p̶h̶i̶a̶ Jefferson but your brain is saying Michigan or Dartmouth.

From your descriptions of the 3 it seems like Michigan is the compromise between head and heart (location/cost/prestige)

the poster above me is spot on though. If you're so bored of Ann arbor that you'd be willing to take on more debt and go to a school that didn't impress you with their match list, you will be miserable at Dartmouth. I'm assuming you walked around Hanover when you were there for the interview....that's really all there is. It's beautiful and it's also a small college in the middle of the woods surrounded by rural populations.

Then again, with 11 acceptances (huge congrats btw) you sound like you're one of the superstar unicorns so you're probably in the camp of students who can finesse some $$ from the financial aid offices so money shouldn't be top deciding factor right now. At the end of the day go where your heart is pulling, otherwise you'll get into the habit of putting off happiness for sometime in the future and one day you'll wake up and realize you're not very happy and that will suck.
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That’s exactly where I’m at. I think waiting on the financial packages that will come in next month will help me decide. I wouldn’t be unhappy at Michigan, but I’m afraid I won’t grow as much staying in the same location for another 4 years.
 
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Michigan is an incredible program. Watch Dean Raj's TedX video if you haven't yet. It gave me chills. I would not go to Jeff or Dartmouth over UM. Probably not for any amount of money.

The Ivy League tag only matters to folks who aren't in the know about medicine. Michigan is is way more impressive to folks in the field.

If you're bored of AA, do some away rotations, spend your summers elsewhere.

Congrats!
 
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