MUSC (IS) vs. Colorado (OOS) (URGENT - Please Help)

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Hello,

I'm super grateful to have multiple acceptances, but I'm really struggling to decide between these two options! I've been thinking about this a lot and am leaning towards MUSC due to tuition differences, distance from family, and location, but I wanted to get some other opinions and make sure I'm not crazy for this decision. As for specialty, I'm not sure yet what I will choose but am leaning Internal Medicine. I'm just wondering whether cost and proximity to family is worth the difference in program quality.

MUSC Pros:

- Close to family (2 hour drive)

- Decent research and global health opportunities

- Located in Charleston (gorgeous city on the beach)

- Tuition will be half of Colorado's tuition (IS)


MUSC Cons:

- preclinical grading is pass/fail with quartiles

- lower rank / weaker match list



Colorado Pros:

- Amazing research & global health track

- Students seem to really like the program

- strong match list

- Not sure if the LIC model is a pro or a con, but students seem to like it


Colorado Cons:

- COA will be 150k higher with higher cost of living

- 5-6h travel from home (flight)

- I've heard the campus isn't in the safest area

- I'm not super excited about the climate and I'm not a very outdoorsy person (so potentially not as much to do)

 

[DoneDone3451]

MUSC, instate, it’s a great school

 

[Jason1211]

Agree with MUSC as the choice. Cheaper AND by your support system/preferred location is huge. Prestige is overrated imo and you'll be able to match fine (especially if you also want to end up in the same area afterwards).

 

[Iron Man23]

MUSC. Was on waitlist for Colorado but withdrew so take that as you will. Ik 2 docs from MUSC who went there from OOS - so paid even more to go there / and both are highly successful and happy individuals. Also the area is great I hear from them.