Hey, I have been accepted to both PCOM and LECOM so far. I have always wanted to be a surgeon (what kind doesn't really matter to me) and was wondering which of these two schools would help me better secure a surgery residency. Any help on this matter or just in general about these two schools would be greatly appreciated!
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PCOM or LECOM for Surgery?
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Neither, your residency is not school dependent, it is student dependent. It's up to you to do well on audition rotations and score high on your boards. With that said, plenty of students from my class in LECOM who became surgeons.
Go to which school you liked more.
How do you know that? Which school would teach you more surgeon slang?
My school specializes in producing surgeons. Doesn't matter which kind.
Light saber surgery... it's a new technique from a galaxy far, far away.
I agree. They simply have a better reputation and alumni network.
I would go PCOM
PCOM has an extremely high rate of placing their graduates in their own programs. Outside of their OPTI, won't matter. For allo, won't matter.
This is not necessarily the case. The Docs who founded LECOM attended PCOM.
Interesting that all the "hear say" is coming from pre-meds yet I have bias? Just stating facts. Never said that LECOM was superior to PCOM - that's not my vibe. Just trying to add to the conversation. Every school has it's pros and cons and no school will be a perfect fit for every student.
For example: I would never choose a school for myself in the city, I would hate it and I would be miserable regardless of how good the school is.
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Cabinbuilder you are awesome and I enjoy almost everything you've written. But I've heard very very mixed things about lecom whereas I have ONLY heard good things about pcom, especially when it comes to getting into more competitive specialties. Think you might have some alumni bias
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Not particularly. Just stating what I know. No one has 100% positive reviews. Just keeping an even keel. Again, residency comes down to the INDIVIDUAL - not the school. Remember that.
Both are fine schools but stack the deck in your favor: PCOM
If you look at PCOM affiliated surgery residencies, most of the residents are from PCOM. It's not like that for all DO school affiliated residencies. I don't know what accounts for that but it's most likely regional or alumni bias. Now in my limited premed perspective it seems that you'd have the best shot at matching surgery residencies going AOA instead of ACGME. PCOM matches more to AOA programs than any other DO school.
