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Nova Vs Touro-ca
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I interviewed at both schools. i chose tuca over nova. i didn't like the big class of nova and didn't dig the students as much. Nova had nicer facilities, but I liked the smaller feel of Tuca. There was a lot of prof student contact and a great student comraderie of tuca too. Now as a first year, I can say that I am really happy. I love our class and the relationship with profs is great-lots of contact and working together. Our class is great, we do lots of fun stuff together and don't feel any competition. It's nice to be in the bay area, vallejo is not so great, but you really don't have a lot of time anyway. Also, at Nova you have to do 3rd yr in Florida, no exceptions, which I didn't like that. 3rd yr at tuca, you can stay in bay area, socal, NY, MI, CO, or WA. and then 4th yr there's lots of flexibility as to where you do your rotations. As for 1st and2nd yr, classroom is tough, lots of studying. Our curriculum is systems based, and we have block exams. We are tested on everything every 5-6 weeks, which I like. It gives you a couple of weeks which are less intense and you have time to sort of hang out.
