PNWU vs CHSUCOM

[thequackisreal]

Would you go to a new DO school, or go out of state where you won’t get any points for site selection? I don’t want to limit my options for residency.

CHSUCOM:
Pros
- close to family
- small incoming class
- rotation sites in CA
- modeling curriculum after KU & RVU
Cons
- for profit
- lots of variabilities as an incoming class
- private loans
- Virtual anatomy lab/ no cadavers
- graded classes

PNWU
Pros:
- good track record for residency placement
- p/f classes
- students love their experience there.
- fed loans
- cadaver lab
cons:
- No points for site selection
- location/ weather.

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[zNoodlez]

Why can't you take out fed loans at CHSU?

 

[thequackisreal]

Why can't you take out fed loans at CHSU?

Being a new school, due to accreditation, it doesn’t qualify for fed loans.. at least in the first two years.

 

[DO2015CA]

You absolutely do not want private loans

 

[dial1010usa]

How many schools have you applied? Were you WL elsewhere?

 

[zNoodlez]

Being a new school, due to accreditation, it doesn’t qualify for fed loans.. at least in the first two years.

Stay away from that school, go PNWU, take out fed loans, become a good physician, and wait for that loan forgiveness.

 

[thequackisreal]

How many schools have you applied? Were you WL elsewhere?

Applied early to 24 DO schools and 4 more later in the cycle. WL at an out of state school.

 

[dial1010usa]

I would go for PNWU, its an established school and one of friend is OMSIII at that school.
Have you applied to Touro Nevada?

 

[thequackisreal]

I would go for PNWU, its an established school and one of friend is OMSIII at that school.
Have you applied to Touro Nevada?

Thank you for your input!

No, applied to Touro CA, though, and didn’t get an interview.

 

[DO2015CA]

Stay away from that school, go PNWU, take out fed loans, become a good physician, and wait for that loan forgiveness.

don’t hold your breath for loan forgiveness

 

[Angus Avagadro]

don’t hold your breath for loan forgiveness

Especially since the govt just borrowed a couple trillion dollars.

 

[zNoodlez]

don’t hold your breath for loan forgiveness

At least with goverment you get REPAYE and a chance to apply for forgiveness, and who knows if M4A, should it become a reality someday, can bring along its own ways of forgiving fed loans for healthcare providers.

 

[PinkBeach]

Would you go to a new DO school, or go out of state where you won’t get any points for site selection? I don’t want to limit my options for residency.

CHSUCOM:
Pros
- close to family
- small incoming class
- rotation sites in CA
- modeling curriculum after KU & RVU
Cons
- for profit
- lots of variabilities as an incoming class
- private loans
- Virtual anatomy lab/ no cadavers
- graded classes

PNWU
Pros:
- good track record for residency placement
- p/f classes
- students love their experience there.
- fed loans
- cadaver lab
cons:
- No points for site selection
- location/ weather.

Just curious where did you end up going for school? I’m on the same boat with both schools.