Hi Guys,
First time poster, long time reader. I have been accepted to NSU, AZCOM, and the Western Campus in Oregon. I am having a really hard time deciding between the three schools. Originally, I am from Portland. My wife is from Poland so she does not care where we move (in fact, she would not mind some time in a warmer climate). I'm not one of these people who come here without doing any research. I've gone through the school specific forums (which is mostly just people asking about interviewing), and read the other threads here with similar topics (most of those threads are three-plus years old).
A couple of things. With living expenses and tuition the schools are relatively the same. I have family in Portland (plus for Western), and in Tampa (four hours from NSU, but also a plus). I loved the facilities at both NSU and AZCOM. Both NSU and AZCOM had, in my opinion, good match lists. I have no family in medicine so I realize that I don't have that going for me in getting a residency spot in the future🙂, so like a lot of people, I will just have to rely on hard work. The housing market has CRUSHED southern Florida, so I may be able to offset some living expenses by buying something. My wife is an ESL teacher, obviously a bit more opportunity in FL and AZ. Weekend getaway to the bahamas is like 49 bucks a night through cruisesonly mail letter that I get to my email...Also, I have heard a lot about the reputation of NSU (a guy in my church places doctors through Providence in Oregon and he says NSU students are highly regarded).
Some other things I have heard is that AZ has had difficulty in the past arranging some rotations and this year they bumped class size by 100 students from 150 to 250. Seems like this will complicate things even more. Also, it seems that Florida has a more established medical network (I was talking to someone and he gave the example of only one cardiology fellowship in all of Phoenix). Also, I have done literally hundreds of hours of shadowing and volunteering to know that in the future I don't want to spend all of my time in clinics, I would enjoy some Operating Room time as well.
I am slightly leaning toward Florida and have put my first chunk of deposit down. I have not put my deposit in for AZCOM or WOR, but still have two more weeks to the deadline for both. Thanks a lot for your imput.
First time poster, long time reader. I have been accepted to NSU, AZCOM, and the Western Campus in Oregon. I am having a really hard time deciding between the three schools. Originally, I am from Portland. My wife is from Poland so she does not care where we move (in fact, she would not mind some time in a warmer climate). I'm not one of these people who come here without doing any research. I've gone through the school specific forums (which is mostly just people asking about interviewing), and read the other threads here with similar topics (most of those threads are three-plus years old).
A couple of things. With living expenses and tuition the schools are relatively the same. I have family in Portland (plus for Western), and in Tampa (four hours from NSU, but also a plus). I loved the facilities at both NSU and AZCOM. Both NSU and AZCOM had, in my opinion, good match lists. I have no family in medicine so I realize that I don't have that going for me in getting a residency spot in the future🙂, so like a lot of people, I will just have to rely on hard work. The housing market has CRUSHED southern Florida, so I may be able to offset some living expenses by buying something. My wife is an ESL teacher, obviously a bit more opportunity in FL and AZ. Weekend getaway to the bahamas is like 49 bucks a night through cruisesonly mail letter that I get to my email...Also, I have heard a lot about the reputation of NSU (a guy in my church places doctors through Providence in Oregon and he says NSU students are highly regarded).
Some other things I have heard is that AZ has had difficulty in the past arranging some rotations and this year they bumped class size by 100 students from 150 to 250. Seems like this will complicate things even more. Also, it seems that Florida has a more established medical network (I was talking to someone and he gave the example of only one cardiology fellowship in all of Phoenix). Also, I have done literally hundreds of hours of shadowing and volunteering to know that in the future I don't want to spend all of my time in clinics, I would enjoy some Operating Room time as well.
I am slightly leaning toward Florida and have put my first chunk of deposit down. I have not put my deposit in for AZCOM or WOR, but still have two more weeks to the deadline for both. Thanks a lot for your imput.
