Hey guys. I've been fortunate enough to be able to choose between several acceptances and narrowed it down to PCOM-GA and LECOM-B. I was wondering if y'all can help me pick between the two.
Here is some info about me:
Here is some info about me:
- I am a GA resident and PCOM is pretty close to home. This should help me save some money when it comes to room and board.
- I am interested in a relatively competitive surgical residency, so board scores and match list do matter to me quite a bit. LECOM gets a +1 here.
- I am also interested in doing research and both schools said something along the lines of "you can do research but you will have to find it yourself".
- The mandatory attendance policy that PCOM has seems like a negative to me but I'm not sure if its as big of a deal as some others are making it seem.
- PBL is a new structure to me so I am neutral about it. However, I do enjoy group study and probably won't mind the structure.
- I do not care about the strict dress code and food/water policy that LECOM has. That is definitely not a negative in my book.
- From my interviews it seemed like PCOM-GA has a better facilities than LECOM-B does (Anatomy lab, Sim lab, OMM lab).
- It seemed like both school had OK rotation sites. I think they said about 50% stay close to school and the other 50% get sent elsewhere, for both schools. Since LECOM does not pay for rotations, am I really going to get the best training/exposure possible? Sure this saves some tuition money but is it worth it.
