Just want to know what you think about these two schools
opinions of university of cincinnati and ohio state COM?
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I think they're both good schools, you would get a great education at either. I liked Ohio State more for the following two reasons:
Ohio state has a lecture based and a self-study track.
IMO OSU is in a vastly better area.
Ohio state has a lecture based and a self-study track.
IMO OSU is in a vastly better area.
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Ohio State 👍
I mean, as far as the midwest goes, anyway.
I mean, as far as the midwest goes, anyway.
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natti, because of the low application fee
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Cincinatti. It has a better football team than Ohio State. Ohio State has lost to USC seven times in a row. Pretty embarassing. Cincinatti's offense is much more innovative, Ohio State, kind of boring.
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I did my undergrad at OSU, and I have always been a die hard buckeye fan. However, I was very surprised when I interviewed at Cincy - I absolutely loved the school. If you're deciding on which one to apply to, you should apply to both, and make your own decision. If money wasn't a factor, I would have chosen Cincy over all the schools I interviewed at (including OSU).
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we be living in the NASTI NATI, i go there for undergrad and would love to go to their med school, also they have changed their interview process from traditonal one on one to several mini interviews with members from the health and lay community.
and how much is there tuition, i didnt think it was that bad, thought it was lower then wright state
and how much is there tuition, i didnt think it was that bad, thought it was lower then wright state
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I like UC alot. The big problem is that UC is surrounded on several sides by ghetto and has that "midwestern big city" vibe. The MMI interview is a little bit wack, but manageable. I would recommend preparing ahead of time for it.
Classes at UC are system-based/lecture. I really like the curriculum alot.
I can't really comment on OSU, but some other people I knew went their for undergrad and said they really liked it. It is certainly more well-known.
Classes at UC are system-based/lecture. I really like the curriculum alot.
I can't really comment on OSU, but some other people I knew went their for undergrad and said they really liked it. It is certainly more well-known.
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weird, for some reason I thought it was a lot higher - I guess I was wrong.
Wright state is about 26K/yr (in-state)
Not as big of a difference as I thought.
http://www.med.wright.edu/students/financialaid.html
👍 ohio state. it's nice having two curriculum options, they take students' opinions seriously, there's a ton of clinical exposure even in the first two years, and it seems that the attendings actually enjoy teaching. columbus is a fun city. buckeye football doesn't hurt, and neither does the fact that a billion-dollar project to expand the med center was approved yesterday.
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Overall (mind you it's only been 6 weeks) I've been pretty happy with 'Natti COM. I can't really speak to what other schools are doing and I imagine that a lot of things I like will be true for most other med schools.
Things I like:
1. Block curriculum. Seeing the same things from different angles in different classes really helps. All this memorizing would be more excruciating without the redundancy between physio, histo, biochem, and gross.
2. Free tutoring (the best thing I ever signed up for.) They pay second years to be tutors. It'll be a nice perk and easy review if I qualify to tutor next year.
3. Weekly content review and pre-exam review sessions with professors (scheduled)
4. Tons of online resource material provided by professors including quizzes, tests, and self-assessment software.
5. The second years TA our small groups, which I imagine will make step I review a lot easier when we're second years
6. Recorded lectures
7. I'm interested in Peds so having Children's hospital right across the street is a plus
8. The CARE building is kind of cool.
9. $75 worth of free printing at the library
10. Tons of free food from student groups (although we do pay a $90 activity fee)
11. Block Exam weeks
12. Professors are pretty on top of making sure you know what you should be studying and focusing on
13. Lots of opportunities for ECs like free clinic, H1N1 vaccine, shadowing, research, mentoring, etc.
14. So far I haven't met anyone that I don't like. (though I gotta admit that I haven't spent much time with my classmates)
15. Tons of pre-exam prep like a practice practical the day before our Gross practical exam, practice labs before our HISTO lab exam, etc, etc.
16. I'm pretty certain that we'll be well prepared for step 1. The average score last year was 233 (SD 19) compared to 221 (SD 23) for the national average. The curve was bimodal with 30% in the 216-230 range and 30-35% in the >245 range. 25-30% were in the 230-245 range. 2 people had to retake and 1 didn't pass out of 150.
Things I don't like (mostly minor):
1. The building is FREEZING. And I'm told it gets worse in the winter.
2. This is more a non-trad gripe. They scatter small group and clinical skills stuff through-out the week so you pretty much have to go to school almost everyday. I'd appreciate it if they clustered them on certain days so I could stay home and just study somedays. Being a family guy, I would have appreciated being able to stay home to help out my wife and play with my daughter.
3. I would have appreciated more direct instruction for Clinical skills, rather than a lecture and learn-it-yourself approach they seem to have. Though I'm told that you pretty much pick this stuff up as you go along anyway. It just seems like a very low yield use of our time. I'd almost just rather spend a day at a clinic each week or every other week. Seems like you'd learn better than the way they're teaching it.
4. Gross lab. It's probably just me, but I feel like we're constantly lost and begging for help on the dissection from the proctors. And our group actually has one of the better dissections. Maybe it just takes some time to get used to.
5. Small groups are painful and boring. I'd almost always rather be studying.
6. The way things are structured I think the curriculum is more time consuming than it needs to be. (sort of goes to point 2) I think they could streamline things more so we had more time just to sit with the material and learn it. I think I would have appreciated the independent study curriculum they have at OSU.
7. It ain't easy getting to school in the morning if you have to drive.
Things I like:
1. Block curriculum. Seeing the same things from different angles in different classes really helps. All this memorizing would be more excruciating without the redundancy between physio, histo, biochem, and gross.
2. Free tutoring (the best thing I ever signed up for.) They pay second years to be tutors. It'll be a nice perk and easy review if I qualify to tutor next year.
3. Weekly content review and pre-exam review sessions with professors (scheduled)
4. Tons of online resource material provided by professors including quizzes, tests, and self-assessment software.
5. The second years TA our small groups, which I imagine will make step I review a lot easier when we're second years
6. Recorded lectures
7. I'm interested in Peds so having Children's hospital right across the street is a plus
8. The CARE building is kind of cool.
9. $75 worth of free printing at the library
10. Tons of free food from student groups (although we do pay a $90 activity fee)
11. Block Exam weeks
12. Professors are pretty on top of making sure you know what you should be studying and focusing on
13. Lots of opportunities for ECs like free clinic, H1N1 vaccine, shadowing, research, mentoring, etc.
14. So far I haven't met anyone that I don't like. (though I gotta admit that I haven't spent much time with my classmates)
15. Tons of pre-exam prep like a practice practical the day before our Gross practical exam, practice labs before our HISTO lab exam, etc, etc.
16. I'm pretty certain that we'll be well prepared for step 1. The average score last year was 233 (SD 19) compared to 221 (SD 23) for the national average. The curve was bimodal with 30% in the 216-230 range and 30-35% in the >245 range. 25-30% were in the 230-245 range. 2 people had to retake and 1 didn't pass out of 150.
Things I don't like (mostly minor):
1. The building is FREEZING. And I'm told it gets worse in the winter.
2. This is more a non-trad gripe. They scatter small group and clinical skills stuff through-out the week so you pretty much have to go to school almost everyday. I'd appreciate it if they clustered them on certain days so I could stay home and just study somedays. Being a family guy, I would have appreciated being able to stay home to help out my wife and play with my daughter.
3. I would have appreciated more direct instruction for Clinical skills, rather than a lecture and learn-it-yourself approach they seem to have. Though I'm told that you pretty much pick this stuff up as you go along anyway. It just seems like a very low yield use of our time. I'd almost just rather spend a day at a clinic each week or every other week. Seems like you'd learn better than the way they're teaching it.
4. Gross lab. It's probably just me, but I feel like we're constantly lost and begging for help on the dissection from the proctors. And our group actually has one of the better dissections. Maybe it just takes some time to get used to.
5. Small groups are painful and boring. I'd almost always rather be studying.
6. The way things are structured I think the curriculum is more time consuming than it needs to be. (sort of goes to point 2) I think they could streamline things more so we had more time just to sit with the material and learn it. I think I would have appreciated the independent study curriculum they have at OSU.
7. It ain't easy getting to school in the morning if you have to drive.
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