this is all REALLY great feedback, thx guys.
so far this is what i've gathered....
Temple provides a great med school environment as far as looking out for their students and creating a diverse and welcoming atmosphere. students are less stressed and seem to enjoy themselves a bit more, despite being in a really rough area.
NYMC gives an overall impression of a somewhat more stressful and depressing atmosphere 1st/2nd years, which shouldnt matter TOO much since you are studying anyway. however provides a more exciting opportunity to have 3r/4th year in manhattan and great board scores.
so i guess my question is, would choosing either school make a significant impact as far residency choices? (i would like to return to CA for residency) i mean i know what school you come from does not matter in most cases, as everyone is judged on the same criteria, board scores, clinical grades, rank, etc... BUT, would me picking either school give me an edge?
i mean i do not know much, but for some reason ive always thought NYMC > Temple as far as reputation goes.
Alright I hardly ever post here anymore but I guess I gotta make my return to defend my school. First off to answer your question, no it doesn't matter where you go - if you do well in either place, you'll have a good shot at getting residency back in California. Now for concrete evidence, look at our match list this year:
and tell me that NYMC doesn't send students back to cali residencies, all across the specialty map.
http://www.nymc.edu/Medical/match/2008/results.htm
Temple probably has similar results.
Now for some more info, the big issue it seems is that you guys say we're depressed. I can tell you my friends and I are not. We go out often, except around exam times - but who does? I feel bad for the interviewees who come around exam times because you're getting a highly distorted view of the school. I can't count how many times we go to the city. How far is it? 30 minute drive or 35 minute train ride. Some classmates and I just went to foxwoods casino the other week and boston a few weeks before that. We have intramural softball, dodgeball, football, basketball, and these are HUGE in our school. We just had a fundraiser beerpong tournament at a local bar (yes we have lots of local bars in White Plains that people go to all the time).
We have a bunch of talent / culture / comedy shows a year, have you seen "My New White Coat" or "Study Back" or the 2011 class video? Just to name a few of the products. Youtube 'em if you haven't yet.
Now for education... Westchester Medical Center is a level 1 trauma center. The next one closest by is in ALBANY from what I remember, so we chopper all sorts of cool cases in.
3rd years get to do rotations in NYC. It's a lotto system, but for the most part people get what they want. Our two big hospitals are St. Vincent's in the west village and Metropolitan hospital in East Harlem -- which by the way, is right next to our student run clinic "La Casita De La Salud" which everyone can volunteer in 1st and 2nd year. There is also OLM hospital in the Bronx, a staten island hospital, as well as Danbury in Connecticut etc. etc.
1st and 2nd year? Yea we are here in boring Valhalla, but we are a 1 minute walk from classes and we don't have to worry about getting shot. We have a beautiful anatomy lab, 2 floors worth of study mods, and a nice library. I live in a 4 person suite, 2 bathrooms and 1 kitchen. There is married housing for older folks and married people on campus. There's also tons of nice off campus housing-- I know this because there have been tons of emails going around looking for students to rent.
Our faculty IS supportive. Our dean of students Gladys Ayala is extremely helpful, our financial advisor Tony Sozzo is the MAN, and the main professors for all our classes rock and do not hesitate to go out of their way to help the students. We have a scribe service, every lecture is transcribed word for word and that's how many of the students study. We are also starting up an audio recording system.
Research? I know of atleast 60 students staying on campus to do paid research funded by NYMC this summer. There's tons of students going home to do research, a bunch doing work abroad, and a bunch just chillaxing. I personally wanted to go down to the city to do research so I'll be living down there.
We do well on the boards, we match well -- just like all the other schools do so you can't bash us for that. All in all, we're known as a lower tier school but we get an upper class education.
Thanks for hearing me out, I'm headed to the gym.
Oh yea, we just got 40,000 from the alumni association to pump into rennovating our gym.
