Help! I have a week to make a decision and can use any advice or opinions! I am out of state for both schools so pricing is roughly the same. I am interested in Primary care and they are ranked within 3 spots of one another by U.S News. Here is a shortened pro and con list of my thoughts. I have lived in NYC for the last two years but am from Colorado and still have family and friends there. I also intend to do my residency in Colorado.
OU Medicine in OKC:
Significant ties to Oklahoma, extended family lives an hour away (pro)
OKC has a relatively low key social life (con)
Students seem to be social and close knit (pro)
Curriculum is systems based and all lectures are recorded (pro)
Cost of living is cheaper (pro)
My boyfriend would need to find a new job (con)
Closer to Colorado
Not very much written about the reputation? esp outside the state of oklahoma?
The weather is horrible.. I hate tornadoes (CON)
NYMC
Tends to be looked at as a safety school with a bad reputation (con)
Curriculum is discipline based and not all online (con)
Near NYC! (pro) Large social life (pro)
Students seem to have good balance of life and work (pro)
Boyfriend can keep job (pro) but commute long way to city (con)
Would not be living in dorms so would lose some social life (con)
Higher cost of living (con)
thanks so much! anything helps! especially about reputations, matching outside of the state and social life?!
OU Medicine in OKC:
Significant ties to Oklahoma, extended family lives an hour away (pro)
OKC has a relatively low key social life (con)
Students seem to be social and close knit (pro)
Curriculum is systems based and all lectures are recorded (pro)
Cost of living is cheaper (pro)
My boyfriend would need to find a new job (con)
Closer to Colorado
Not very much written about the reputation? esp outside the state of oklahoma?
The weather is horrible.. I hate tornadoes (CON)
NYMC
Tends to be looked at as a safety school with a bad reputation (con)
Curriculum is discipline based and not all online (con)
Near NYC! (pro) Large social life (pro)
Students seem to have good balance of life and work (pro)
Boyfriend can keep job (pro) but commute long way to city (con)
Would not be living in dorms so would lose some social life (con)
Higher cost of living (con)
thanks so much! anything helps! especially about reputations, matching outside of the state and social life?!