Rate my school that I am applying to??

[MCATTT]

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I am a New York resisdent and applying to the following schools.
DMU
UMDNJ
PCOM
LECOM
DMU-COM

I am looking some schools that are not too far from NY.
How do you guys manage if you get interview from many school? I've never traveled before and it worried me.

What great schools did i miss?

 

[DoctorMom78]

LMU-DCOM!!! It's only a 16 hour drive from upstate NY...😀

 

[Kuba]

UMDNJ
PCOM
DMU
LECOM and LMU

a lil east coast and older school bias

 

[CatsandCradles]

I am a New York resisdent and applying to the following schools.
DMU
UMDNJ
PCOM
LECOM
DMU-COM

I am looking some schools that are not too far from NY.
How do you guys manage if you get interview from many school? I've never traveled before and it worried me.

What great schools did i miss?

You forgot NYCOM.

 

[MCATTT]

You forgot NYCOM.

lol.... it was in my list, but forgot to add it when i was posting...

 

[Nate]

What are your criteria? Those schools have very different environments and benefits.

 

[Orthodoc40]

What are your criteria? Those schools have very different environments and benefits.

Agree with this very much!
Plus you have 2 DMU's on that list...?? 😕

 

[NjD00]

DMU-COM is WAY better than DMU, that is, if you want to go to a College Of Medicine 😉

 

[CanAmPremed]

LMU-DCOM!!! It's only a 16 hour drive from upstate NY...😀

Only 16 hours!

You must love to drive. I know for those schools that are at least 4 hours away I'm bringing along my satellite radio. That usually kills time.

Peace

 

[DoctorMom78]

Only 16 hours!

You must love to drive. I know for those schools that are at least 4 hours away I'm bringing along my satellite radio. That usually kills time.

Peace

It was totally a joke. It was an awful drive!!! My husband and I drove it with our 9 month old and our 22 month old. We left about 4 am and got in sometime around 8 pm. It was brutal! We had a satellite radio and even that didn't help pass the time. I think that may be the only reason they accepted me; they didn't have the heart to turn me down after that drive. Anyway, it is a great school and I think everyone should check it out.

 

[Orthodoc40]

If being close to NY is your only major concern, I doubt you need us to rate these for you. It's just a matter of distance, eh?

 

[musiclink213]

It was totally a joke. It was an awful drive!!! My husband and I drove it with our 9 month old and our 22 month old. We left about 4 am and got in sometime around 8 pm. It was brutal! We had a satellite radio and even that didn't help pass the time. I think that may be the only reason they accepted me; they didn't have the heart to turn me down after that drive. Anyway, it is a great school and I think everyone should check it out.

For me, if it's more than a 4 hour drive, odds are I'm flying. I'm not much of a fan of driving, unless I can get someone to split the driving with me.

MCATTT, where in NY are you? I was at LECOM earlier, and if you're from NYC, it's a total culture shock. It's also too far to drive, unless you're DoctorMom, and there are no direct flights from NYC, so you have to connect onto a teeny tiny little plane that in all honesty, didn't feel very safe. I've never been more thankful to reach land. That was a major downside for me of LECOM. But maybe that doesn't bother you so much. But LECOM is all the way up north, I think like an hour nad a half away from Buffalo?

 

[MCATTT]

For me, if it's more than a 4 hour drive, odds are I'm flying. I'm not much of a fan of driving, unless I can get someone to split the driving with me.

MCATTT, where in NY are you? I was at LECOM earlier, and if you're from NYC, it's a total culture shock. It's also too far to drive, unless you're DoctorMom, and there are no direct flights from NYC, so you have to connect onto a teeny tiny little plane that in all honesty, didn't feel very safe. I've never been more thankful to reach land. That was a major downside for me of LECOM. But maybe that doesn't bother you so much. But LECOM is all the way up north, I think like an hour nad a half away from Buffalo?

I live in Flushing, Queens. I am applying to 7 schools total. Since I've never traveled to any states further than virginia and washington, it is pretty hard for me. I have a lot of concern thinking about interviews. If I am fortunate enough to get many interviews, I don't know how I will be able to manage traveling.

Of course, location is not the only priority. I consider education quality as well as the cost. That's why I needed a vote. I just don't want to miss out schools just because I am not aware of them.
How much money would a typical applicant be spending while traveling??

 

[DoctorMom78]

I live in Flushing, Queens. I am applying to 7 schools total. Since I've never traveled to any states further than virginia and washington, it is pretty hard for me. I have a lot of concern thinking about interviews. If I am fortunate enough to get many interviews, I don't know how I will be able to manage traveling.

Of course, location is not the only priority. I consider education quality as well as the cost. That's why I needed a vote. I just don't want to miss out schools just because I am not aware of them.
How much money would a typical applicant be spending while traveling??

I think your original list + NYCOM looks good.

 

[Orthodoc40]

Well it sounds like you would be happy going first with the 3 schools closest to you - NY, NJ and Philly. I don't think you can go wrong with those.
Des Moines cost me about $450 total - travelling from Boston. I don't know how much it would be for you to get to the other places. Check expedia.com and just put in some random travel dates.

 

[Dr JPH]

I am a New York resisdent and applying to the following schools.
DMU
UMDNJ
PCOM
LECOM
DMU-COM

I am looking some schools that are not too far from NY.
How do you guys manage if you get interview from many school? I've never traveled before and it worried me.

What great schools did i miss?

I applied to DMUCOM but turned down an interview...wasnt interested in living out there.

Same with LECOM...turned down the interview.

PCOM was my top choice.

I was looking at UMDNJSOM for a little while but certain things made me withdraw my application.

I did interview at NYCOM and although their 3rd/4th year clinical sites are good, I wasnt impressed with the school or the overall student body (seemed unhappy).

So my rank was:

PCOM
NYCOM/UMDNJSOM - if I needed a backup it would have been one of these 2
Everything else

 

[Nate]

If I had to rank those schools for me based on cost, location, and clinical education quality only - it would be so: (including NYCOM)

UMDNJ-SOM
NYCOM
DMU/PCOM
LECOM

 

[MCATTT]

thanks for the input. They are very helpful in my decision making.

PS - good to see you doctormom. Thanks for everything. 😉

 

[DoctorMom78]

thanks for the input. They are very helpful in my decision making.

PS - good to see you doctormom. Thanks for everything. 😉

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