Pitt vs Duke

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Duke (110K per year COA) — aid tbd
Pros

• Have family in the area
• One of my closest friends lives an hour away
• Third year curriculum will be super helpful for pursuing rigorous research for the specialty I want to
• p/f rotations

Cons

• Not sure if I have time for away rotations during the third year/be able to do them before applying for the match
• Went to pitt for undergrad and lived here for over a decade, so idea of leaving pittsburgh is a bit intimidating
• will have to build new networks for research

Pitt (90K per year with scholarship)
Pros

• already working in lab for specialty i want, know the pd and apd well
• immediate family is all in pittsburgh
• rotations end like 8 months before match application, plenty of time to do away’s

Cons

• honestly kind of sick of pittsburgh after living here for a while and a change seems nice
• seems to be not as prestigious as duke (i know it’s dumb but does matter a bit to me)
• will have to do research alongside all the other commitments bc of no dedicated time
• h/hp/p/f rotations

Summary: Basically stick it out currently with the connections I have at Pitt or take a risk and pursue something new with potentially more time for research at Duke