Prestige vs right fit

[preMedFalcon]

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Say someone was accepted to at least one T5 or T10 medical school, and was also accepted to their state MD school which is below T50 and not very well known. They decided they would much rather prefer to attend the state school, because everything about the school is prefect for what they want. In your opinion, which school should they choose to attend?

 

[M&L]

So, if it was up to me :
- which one is cheaper?
- do both have local residencies in all specialties I am considering ?

 

[deleted1080380]

Can we ban this guy

 

[EdgeTrimmer]

Say someone was accepted to at least one T5 or T10 medical school, and was also accepted to their state MD school which is below T50 and not very well known. They decided they would much rather prefer to attend the state school, because everything about the school is prefect for what they want. In your opinion, which school should they choose to attend?

Once you have that choice, please do X vs Y thread and so everyone can pitch in, until then read all the past threads about the topic.

 

[preMedFalcon]

Can we ban this guy

Don't know why it's an issue when I post a thread about prestige (which is like only 3 so far), but when I see MANY others posted by other users, that's perfectly fine. That's strange.

I don't even know how many of these prestige threads there are on here, but yet, only the ones by me are a problem. Weird.

 

[preMedFalcon]

Once you have that choice, please do X vs Y thread and so everyone can pitch in, until then read all the past threads about the topic.

It seems like you're stalking my posts at this point (and I don't even know how you're able to do that), but regardless, I wanted to see if people were actually going to advise to choose prestige over right fit by giving a hypothetical scenario.

 

[EdgeTrimmer]

It seems like you're stalking my posts at this point (and I don't even know how you're able to do that), but regardless, I wanted to see if people were actually going to advise to choose prestige over right fit by giving a hypothetical scenario.

I am not stalking you. Since I commented on these threads before I get alerts. As I said before, there are several threads on this topic. Anyway, in some threads you assert that prestige doesn't matter but in others you are seeking opinions.

 

[deleted1080380]

It seems like you're stalking my posts at this point (and I don't even know how you're able to do that), but regardless, I wanted to see if people were actually going to advise to choose prestige over right fit by giving a hypothetical scenario.

I would turn down NYU for the Caribbean because of hot weather and beaches. Is this the answer you want?

 

[deleted1025488]

I would personally turn down my local state school, T30, if given some merit aid, over any T10 except for NYU, Harvard, or Stanford. Not sure about below T50 though.

 

[xDNA]

You're a couple years out from applying right @preMedFalcon ?

Bro RELAX. Worry about T10 vs State school when you get to that point. As many have stated there's numerous threads on this topic or you can read through the "X vs Y Thread" for examples. You also have to be realistic, MOST people in any cycle don't even get an A. Then of those who do receive an A, a significant amount only receives 1 acceptance anyway. So its pretty wild to even think you'd be fortunate enough to get multiple acceptances at this point in your journey.

I think some people are reacting to your thread, because its OVERLY neurotic for you to be so far out from applying asking this question. Especially when you've made multiple threads on prestige, it doesn't yet apply to you, and there are threads on this topic already. Trust me you'll have PLENTY of opportunity to express a healthy amount of neuroticism as you get further in your premed journey. Until then, find a hobby, enjoy your UG years, and kill the MCAT if you haven't already!

In regards to your question I think its all person dependent. I'm fortunate to have a really good state school, so in my case. It'd be highly dependent on COA and how much aid is offered by each school.

 

[preMedFalcon]

I would turn down NYU for the Caribbean because of hot weather and beaches. Is this the answer you want?

The answer I want is whatever your honest opinion is.

And again, don't know why it's an issue when I post a thread about prestige (which is like only 3 so far), but when I see MANY others posted by other users, that's perfectly fine. That's strange.

I don't even know how many of these prestige threads there are on here, but yet, only the ones by me are a problem. Weird.

 

[Goro]

Say someone was accepted to at least one T5 or T10 medical school, and was also accepted to their state MD school which is below T50 and not very well known. They decided they would much rather prefer to attend the state school, because everything about the school is prefect for what they want. In your opinion, which school should they choose to attend?

Why are you wasting our time with Lenny style questions? This isn't a WAMC thing for you.

Who was Lenny, you ask? He was a guy on a hobby board I frequent. Never contributed anything, but would always ask absolutley insipid questions. He eventually got banned.

Don't be a Lenny.

If prestige is so important to you (as I've seen from your previous posts), then by all means, go for those NYU/WashU class schools.

 

[preMedFalcon]

If prestige is so important to you (as I've seen from your previous posts), then by all means, go for those NYU/WashU class schools.

Prestige is absolutely not important to me. My previous posts emphasize that prestige is NOT important.

And again, don't know why it's an issue when I post a thread about prestige (which is like only 3 so far, including this one), but when I see MANY others posted by other users, that's perfectly fine. That's strange.

I don't even know how many of these prestige threads there are on here, but yet, only the ones by me are a problem. Weird.

 

[deleted1080380]

And again, don't know why it's an issue when I post a thread about prestige (which is like only 3 so far, including this one), but when I see MANY others posted by other users, that's perfectly fine. That's strange.

I don't even know how many of these prestige threads there are on here, but yet, only the ones by me are a problem. Weird.

Yes you see many others posted by users and then go ahead and post another one with the exact same question? This topic is beaten to death on this forum, use your eyes and hands to search your exact question in the search bar and hundreds of threads will come up. The fact that you are asking this question and are unable to do the former is not a good sign.

 

[preMedFalcon]

Yes you see many others posted by users and then go ahead and post another one with the exact same question? This topic is beaten to death on this forum, use your eyes and hands to search your exact question in the search bar and hundreds of threads will come up. The fact that you are asking this question and are unable to do the former is not a good sign.

And yet no one complains about them posting "too many" prestige threads. And yes, if I see a similar thread but with bad answers and useless to me, I'm going to post a new one. And then everyone sees my name and we automatically have a problem.

 

[xDNA]

Yes if I see a similar thread but with bad answers and useless to me, I'm going to post a new one.

Bad answers? Or answers you don't like? Sounds like you're fishing for some sort of confirmation bias.

It's commonly said around here only people who care about prestige are PDs and Neurotic Premeds. Sensible premeds are grateful to go through this arduous process and be fortunate enough to get an acceptance anywhere to pursue a career they're passionate in. If by chance, they also have an opportunity to attend a "prestigious" school then good for them. Although, you don't need to go to a T10 to be a great physician. As many times as this has been stated I'm surprised I even have to say that.

 

[preMedFalcon]

Bad answers? Or answers you don't like? Sounds like you're fishing for some sort of confirmation bias.

When I see answers that don't reflect reality (meaning someone says something that I already know is wrong), I consider that a bad answer. And believe it or not, many of these prestige threads are full of them. However, apparently people spreading wrong information is not the problem. The real problem appears to be specifically me posting a couple of prestige threads myself.

I don't need "confirmation bias" from SDN users on something that the medical schools and residency program directors have already confirmed is true. This is the best confirmation you can get.

It's commonly said around here only people who care about prestige are PDs and Neurotic Premeds. Sensible premeds are grateful to go through this arduous process and be fortunate enough to get an acceptance anywhere to pursue a career they're passionate in. If by chance, they also have an opportunity to attend a "prestigious" school then good for them. Although, you don't need to go to a T10 to be a great physician. As many times as this has been stated I'm surprised I even have to say that.

This is exactly my mentality and I agree with 100%. This is how reality works.

 

[deleted1108964]

Reality is that STEP scores for most T50 schools are +/- 10 points the same, but if I completely **** the bed at Harvard I can still match IM at Massgen, while if I do the same at my 50th ranked local school, I probably won't even match. Have you even looked at the T5 match list?

In regards to your question any T5 I'm taking in a heartbeat, outside that I'll have to look into more.

 

[preMedFalcon]

but if I completely **** the bed at Harvard I can still match IM at Massgen, while if I do the same at my 50th ranked local school, I probably won't even match. Have you even looked at the T5 match list?

See this is not entirely correct, but if I try to argue against it, we're going to have an issue real quick. So I won't.

 

[Goopy]

When I see answers that don't reflect reality (meaning someone says something that I already know is wrong), I consider that a bad answer.

Impressive that you're so knowledgeable and know better than the answers already given by the experts here. If you already know the right and wrong answers, what exactly are you looking for? You say you want honest opinions, but when the honest opinions are wrong and unrealistic, they're useless to you.

Btw, we're not blind. You don't have to copy and paste your comments. You've already been given sufficient answers to your questions. If those aren't getting through to you, we could copy and paste our comments, too, but it doesn't seem you want to hear it.

 

[preMedFalcon]

Impressive that you're so knowledgeable and know better than the answers already given by the experts here.

From where do you think I learned everything I already know? From the experts. As a matter of fact, it's only what the experts say that I trust the most.

You say you want honest opinions, but when the honest opinions are wrong and unrealistic, they're useless to you.

If your "honest opinion" is that prestige is important, that is just simply wrong. I don't know what else to tell you. No expert has ever confirmed that is true.

Btw, we're not blind. You don't have to copy and paste your comments. You've already been given sufficient answers to your questions. If those aren't getting through to you, we could copy and paste our comments, too, but it doesn't seem you want to hear it.

You lost me here.

 

[Goro]

Prestige is absolutely not important to me. My previous posts emphasize that prestige is NOT important.

And again, don't know why it's an issue when I post a thread about prestige (which is like only 3 so far, including this one), but when I see MANY others posted by other users, that's perfectly fine. That's strange.

I don't even know how many of these prestige threads there are on here, but yet, only the ones by me are a problem. Weird.

The people who post about the prestige things have actual admits in hand, and are thinking forward to residency.

As I said before, you're wasting out time with hypotheticals. No doubt your next post will be "Harvard or Drexel or SIU?"

 

[viralhiker]

Say someone was accepted to at least one T5 or T10 medical school, and was also accepted to their state MD school which is below T50 and not very well known. They decided they would much rather prefer to attend the state school, because everything about the school is prefect for what they want. In your opinion, which school should they choose to attend?

Go read through the answers from the first thread of yours that got locked. What is the point of asking this sort of question again??

 

[gonnif]

You're a couple years out from applying right @preMedFalcon ?

Bro RELAX. Worry about T10 vs State school when you get to that point. As many have stated there's numerous threads on this topic or you can read through the "X vs Y Thread" for examples. You also have to be realistic, MOST people in any cycle don't even get an A. Then of those who do receive an A, a significant amount only receives 1 acceptance anyway. So its pretty wild to even think you'd be fortunate enough to get multiple acceptances at this point in your journey.

I think some people are reacting to your thread, because its OVERLY neurotic for you to be so far out from applying asking this question. Especially when you've made multiple threads on prestige, it doesn't yet apply to you, and there are threads on this topic already. Trust me you'll have PLENTY of opportunity to express a healthy amount of neuroticism as you get further in your premed journey. Until then, find a hobby, enjoy your UG years, and kill the MCAT if you haven't already!

In regards to your question I think its all person dependent. I'm fortunate to have a really good state school, so in my case. It'd be highly dependent on COA and how much aid is offered by each school.

Just to add data on applicants
Total 100%
Just under 60% get rejected
Just under 20% get one acceptance
Just over 20% get more than one acceptance
This cycle with an increase of about 18% total applicants over the typical 3% rise per year (which roughly matches 3% yearly growth is MS-1 seats) means about 8000 more individual applicants in the pool. So instead of the 54,000 to 55,000 expected you have 62,000-63,000 total applicants for about 23,000 first year seats. Matriculation rate will be about 37-38% with a rejection rate of 62-63%. And since there is a 3-5 year lag from premed to application, AAMC is assuming this larger applicant pool from the “Fauci Effect” will remain for the next few to several cycles.

 

[EdgeTrimmer]

From where do you think I learned everything I already know? From the experts. As a matter of fact, it's only what the experts say that I trust the most.

If your "honest opinion" is that prestige is important, that is just simply wrong. I don't know what else to tell you. No expert has ever confirmed that is true.

You lost me here.

Who do you think are the experts here? Why don’t you tag them and only pay attention to them and ignore rest of the comments 😀

 

[deleted555445]

If I got into a school that was ranked #5 on USNWR that was right next to all my family, friends, and had great weather, but then got into the #4 school, I would take #4 in a heartbeat. Can you imagine trying to become a pediatric neurosurgeon without going to a T4 med school?

 

[Moko]

This thread has seemingly run its course. The OP reportedly already has the information they seek from the experts. Closing