NSUKPCOM vs MSUCOM

[Ascent23510]

Hey guys, I was wondering what school I should go to.

NSUKPCOM has a great location that I really love and I want to practice medicine in Florida eventually. The environment and campus seem really nice and Davie overall is a bright, sunny area with lots to do.

MSUCOM is a “better” school but Michigan as a state is just not appealing to me and most of the students match into MI residencies because they have a stronger bond with residencies in MI.

I’m torn on which one to go to. I recently learned MSUCOM is not true P/F and that there are tiers that will be shown to residencies.

Nova gets a bad rep but their match list from last year was pretty good. They do however seem a bit petty with things like making you dress professionally whenever you’re on campus, etc.

I am interested in anesthesia.

I come from a small town so I want to move to a warmer area with bigger city vibes, so I’m leaning towards Nova. Feels like I’ll be much happier there. However I am aware MSU is a very well connected school so I’m torn.

I’m out of state for both, so both would be pretty expensive. Which one should I commit to and why?

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[ecobio]

which one is cheaper? i hear MSUCOM has huge out of state tuition fees.

i encourage you to close your eyes, envision yourself both in michigan and in florida, and truly think about where you'd be happiest. thats important for a four year commitment to a location. based on what you've said here, it sounds like you'd feel happier at nova.

 

[Obnoxious Dad]

which one is cheaper? i hear MSUCOM has huge out of state tuition fees.

i encourage you to close your eyes, envision yourself both in michigan and in florida, and truly think about where you'd be happiest. thats important for a four year commitment to a location. based on what you've said here, it sounds like you'd feel happier at nova.

MSUCOM lowered its out of state tuition probably because it was a big turn off to prospective applicants. Tuition now averages $60,000 per year for out of state students. See this:

https://finaid.msu.edu/-/media/assets/finaid/docs/med-docs/2023-2024-msucom.pdf?rev=5c40b37842e149b7aa7c52c416ace65a

According to US News Tuition at Nova is $65,000 per year

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/nova-southeastern-university-patel-college-of-osteopathic-medicine-04131

There is absolutely no question that the cost of living in East Lansing is cheaper than South Florida's cost of living.

Here are the match data for MSUCOM

https://osteopathicmedicine.msu.edu/application/files/1317/1102/8812/Match-Statistics.pdf

54% at MSU COM did not go into primary care.