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[SCUBA GIRL]

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Hi ... wanted to throw the question out there and ask people what they thought about MSUCOM... would you go to MSUCOM over MCP-Hahnemann or Penn State or Chicago med or even Michigan state medical school? MSUCOM is ranked in the top 10 in primary care, but what if i wanna specialize and go to an excellent residency?

thanks for your help 🙂

 

[medic170]

Hi ... wanted to throw the question out there and ask people what they thought about MSUCOM... would you go to MSUCOM over MCP-Hahnemann or Penn State or Chicago med or even Michigan state medical school? MSUCOM is ranked in the top 10 in primary care, but what if i wanna specialize and go to an excellent residency?

thanks for your help 🙂

MSUCOM is awesome, and students have no problem getting specialties. Choosing between COM and CHM is a tough choice though.

 

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Hi ... wanted to throw the question out there and ask people what they thought about MSUCOM... would you go to MSUCOM over MCP-Hahnemann or Penn State or Chicago med or even Michigan state medical school? MSUCOM is ranked in the top 10 in primary care, but what if i wanna specialize and go to an excellent residency?

thanks for your help 🙂

Have you been accepted to all of these already?

 

[Ypo.]

Hi ... wanted to throw the question out there and ask people what they thought about MSUCOM... would you go to MSUCOM over MCP-Hahnemann or Penn State or Chicago med or even Michigan state medical school? MSUCOM is ranked in the top 10 in primary care, but what if i wanna specialize and go to an excellent residency?

thanks for your help 🙂

MSUCOM has osteopathic residencies in all specialties of medicine (if you want to sub-specialize, then you should by now already know or investigated where you need to go...) In fact MSUCOM probably is the best osteopathic school in the nation in terms of available osteopathic residencies. You will not have to take the USMLE either, just the COMLEX. Not only that but MSUCOM has 13 satellite hospitals for 3rd and 4th year rotations whereas MSUCHM only has 5. Both CHM and COM schools have excellent primary care programs, and both have plenty of residencies to choose from (you won't be pressured into PC, in other words).

If it is cheaper for you to go to MSU (ie-in-state tuition) then by all means go there. Whether to go to COM or CHM is a personal decision. Keep in mind that the second year curriculum is different at the two schools (CHM-PBL) (COM-traditional lecture). If you really want to learn OMM, COM would probably be a good way to go, however, you can also learn OMM as a CHM student/graduate in CME classes that are offered frequently through COM.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the third and fourth year rotations are entirely random at COM (they don't give you special consideration-unless you are seeing a specialist only located in Lansing for a health problem), whereas at CHM-they will give preference to those with special needs-such as not wanting to move children to a different school or having a spouse or partner who is in a graduate program and can't be moved. Also, CHM (100 students) 5 rotation sites, COM (150 students) having 13 rotation sites. So, just randomly, there are more slots in Lansing for CHM students -which can be a good thing if you don't want to move from Lansing for years 3 and 4.

 

[SCUBA GIRL]

Thanks so much everyone! Please keep the opinions rolling.. i wanna hear what everyone has to say.... i'm from out of state actually, how much is the tuition for the MD program? i got into MSUCOM but it's like $50,000 / year because i'm out of state... are there any sources of funding or scholarships?

also, where are these satellite areas? can i do rotation in FA or CA?

what do you mean by not having to take the USMLE? if i want to do an MD residency wouldn't i have to take the USMLE?

What's the likelihood that I'll be competitve in FA or CA if i want to apply for a speciality (eg. surgery/heme-onc) if i go to MSUCOM?

finally, i didn't apply to the MD program but now i'm interested in it. is there any way i can speak to the MD program and ask to switch over if i chose to, knowing that i got into their DO program?

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP YOU GUYS! YOU'RE TEACHING ME SO MUCH AND I'M REALLY RELYING ON YOUR EXPERTISE AND OPINON!!!!!

 

[kahoo99]

not for nothing but i'm really suprised an out of stater would consider going there.

 

[lunachick]

Thanks so much everyone! Please keep the opinions rolling.. i wanna hear what everyone has to say.... i'm from out of state actually, how much is the tuition for the MD program? i got into MSUCOM but it's like $50,000 / year because i'm out of state... are there any sources of funding or scholarships?

I'm also from out of state (cali) and was offered and recently accepted a $15k scholarship for non-resident students for my first year at MSUCOM. This scholarship is offered to non-residents for the first two years of med school, although you have to re-apply for the scholarship prior to second year since its based on academic standing. This doesn't make the tuition cheap, it just brings it down to "normal" compared to most other schools. One of the reasons tuition is so high is b/c you pay tuition year round for all four years.

 

[medic170]

Thanks so much everyone! Please keep the opinions rolling.. i wanna hear what everyone has to say.... i'm from out of state actually, how much is the tuition for the MD program? i got into MSUCOM but it's like $50,000 / year because i'm out of state... are there any sources of funding or scholarships?

also, where are these satellite areas? can i do rotation in FA or CA?

what do you mean by not having to take the USMLE? if i want to do an MD residency wouldn't i have to take the USMLE?

What's the likelihood that I'll be competitve in FA or CA if i want to apply for a speciality (eg. surgery/heme-onc) if i go to MSUCOM?

finally, i didn't apply to the MD program but now i'm interested in it. is there any way i can speak to the MD program and ask to switch over if i chose to, knowing that i got into their DO program?

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP YOU GUYS! YOU'RE TEACHING ME SO MUCH AND I'M REALLY RELYING ON YOUR EXPERTISE AND OPINON!!!!!

Tuition for MSUCOM and MSUCHM is the same, and they have the same requirements for in state status. There are some scholarships for out of staters, but I would be willing to bet they they have all already been awarded.

All the rotation sites are in Michigan, its part of the statewide campus system. You have to do all your core stuff at your base hospital in MI. There are only a few rotations in which you could do them at another site. I don't see why you would have a problem getting a residency somewhere else, but MSU grads mostly stay in MI and get good MI residencies because there are a lot in MI and the school is well respected by them.

If you want to do an MD resiency you MAY need to take the USMLE. However, there are MANY DO residencies in almost all specialty areas, so MSUCOM students have the unusual luxury of being able to get an AOA residency in their choice of specialties in MI. This is not the norm at most schools. I think that if you wanted a residency at Uof M you have to take USMLE, but most of the allo residencies in MI accept COMLEX (so I have been told), and MI is probably the most DO friendly state in the union (other than the AOA internship thing, which is usually waived anyway). You may or may not have to take USMLE depending on the program for allo residencies elsewhere.

Lastly, if you go to COM, you CANNOT transfer over to the MD program. MSUCOM and CHM students take their first year basic sciences together, and other than that, they are completely separate. Why would you want to transfer from DO to MD anyway? If you don't want to be at the DO school, don't go. Hope I have helped.

 

[subtle1epiphany]

I'm also from out of state (cali) and was offered and recently accepted a $15k scholarship for non-resident students for my first year at MSUCOM. This scholarship is offered to non-residents for the first two years of med school, although you have to re-apply for the scholarship prior to second year since its based on academic standing. This doesn't make the tuition cheap, it just brings it down to "normal" compared to most other schools. One of the reasons tuition is so high is b/c you pay tuition year round for all four years.

Would you mind sharing your stats? I didn't make the cut for the non-resident scholarship, which really bummed me out. Ms. Schafer didn't specifically elaborate as to why I wasn't selected but she was really nice and comforting, assuring me that it's really difficult to get scholarships and that it's like choosing between the best of the best. 👍

 

[Ypo.]

One of the reasons tuition is so high is b/c you pay tuition year round for all four years.

Hmmm...I thought this, too, at first. But then I double checked and noticed that the tuition for KCOM and DMUCOM was for a 9 month year as well (excludes the summer semester). I think that most other schools you end up having to pay for three semesters as well, unless I'm mistaken...