Removing 8 schools, which ones?

[MedASF]

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if stats were not a worry and you had no preference for location which schools would you pick?

Any schools with specific resources that stand out to you?

I have looked through all schools and would consider all of them but my list is too long. Thank you for your advice!


ATSU
ACOM
Campbell
Des Moines
KCU
Edward
LECOM
MSU
OSU
PCOM
Rocky Vista
Rowan
New England
Touro
Western

 

[ecobio]

how many do schools are you planning on applying to? where do you live? for my cycle i applied to the ones in my state + the schools that seemed more reputable (lecom, pcom, chicago com), in addition to my MD list

 

[wysdoc]

Here's the link to the other WAMC post WAMC / School List Help - 3.7 / 508

You're just trying to narrow your DO list right now, right?

 

[MedASF]

how many do schools are you planning on applying to? where do you live? for my cycle i applied to the ones in my state + the schools that seemed more reputable (lecom, pcom, chicago com), in addition to my MD list

I am planning on applying to 10-12 DO schools, I live in Cali

 

[MedASF]

Here's the link to the other WAMC post WAMC / School List Help - 3.7 / 508

You're just trying to narrow your DO list right now, right?

Well both if you have any advice, but primarily the DO list at the moment.

I want to cast a wider net for MD schools

 

[MedASF]

I am planning on applying to 10-12 DO schools, I live in Cali

Many of these school have slight in state bias and I am willing to move if there are better opportunities elsewhere

 

[ecobio]

MSU COM is a great program but very in-state biased

ive heard good things about dmu, pcom, lecom

you could add chsu as the third california do school

dont know anything about the others though! honestly id go based on vibes / whether you like the program / whether you want to live in that city

 

[Goro]

if stats were not a worry and you had no preference for location which schools would you pick?

Any schools with specific resources that stand out to you?

I have looked through all schools and would consider all of them but my list is too long. Thank you for your advice!


ATSU
ACOM
Campbell
Des Moines
KCU
Edward Via
LECOM
PCOM
PacNW
Rowan
Touro
Western

You should be applying to more, but my suggestions as is are above.

 

[MedASF]

You should be applying to more, but my suggestions as is are above.

Would you recommended keeping my same list or are there other schools you would recommend instead? ( In order to apply to more )

 

[Goro]

Would you recommended keeping my same list or are there other schools you would recommend instead? ( In order to apply to more )

Here are the schools I typically recommend, in no order:

Both NYITCOMs
LECOM
VCOM
PCOM
NECOM
PACNW
DMU
KCU
all Touros except Montana
Western
CUSOM
ACOM
WSU
UIW
TCOM
SAM HOUSTON
KCOM
KYCOM
MUCOM
AZCOM
CCOM (but watch tuition!!!)
ARCOM

 

[Ho0v-man]

if stats were not a worry and you had no preference for location which schools would you pick?

Any schools with specific resources that stand out to you?

I have looked through all schools and would consider all of them but my list is too long. Thank you for your advice!


ATSU
ACOM
Campbell
Des Moines
KCU
Edward
LECOM
MSU
OSU
PCOM
Rocky Vista
Rowan
New England
Touro
Western

The game is to pick 8 and I don’t think you could go wrong with any of the others on this list.

MSU, osu, Rowan are state funded with high in state preference. Best options if you think you’re competitive for them. I believe OOS tuition is explosive though.

Below this line location should be a more compelling factor in determination.

PCOM (Philly), KCU, and DMU are part of the “old 5” and considered some of the better private DO schools. The Joplin campus of kcu is good.

ATSU-KCOM is part of the old 5, but probably a notch below the other 3 and in a terrible location for the first two years. I can’t recommend SOMA.

Last one is a dice roll.

Lecom has lots of locations and is super affordable in an era rising medical school debt and talks of limiting how much federal loans can be taken out for med school.

Edward is VCOM and each campus might as well be a different school. I’d be torn between Carolina and the original Virginia branch. I remember being closely affiliated with a large trauma center. Auburn was just opening when I applied and didn’t even have any rotations in the state. The Louisiana one is probably much of the same.

Location really matters more for all of the private DO schools tbh. Maybe there’s tiny esoteric differences between ACOM and RVU for example. But it really comes down to if you want to go skiing in Colorado or be close to Panama City beach.

 

[MedASF]

The game is to pick 8 and I don’t think you could go wrong with any of the others on this list.

MSU, osu, Rowan are state funded with high in state preference. Best options if you think you’re competitive for them. I believe OOS tuition is explosive though.

Below this line location should be a more compelling factor in determination.

PCOM (Philly), KCU, and DMU are part of the “old 5” and considered some of the better private DO schools. The Joplin campus of kcu is good.

ATSU-KCOM is part of the old 5, but probably a notch below the other 3 and in a terrible location for the first two years. I can’t recommend SOMA.

Last one is a dice roll.

Lecom has lots of locations and is super affordable in an era rising medical school debt and talks of limiting how much federal loans can be taken out for med school.

Edward is VCOM and each campus might as well be a different school. I’d be torn between Carolina and the original Virginia branch. I remember being closely affiliated with a large trauma center. Auburn was just opening when I applied and didn’t even have any rotations in the state. The Louisiana one is probably much of the same.

Location really matters more for all of the private DO schools tbh. Maybe there’s tiny esoteric differences between ACOM and RVU for example. But it really comes down to if you want to go skiing in Colorado or be close to Panama City beach.

Thank you for the explanation!

Yeah I am considering removing Rowan for that reason, its 80K tuition (crazy)

Is there are particular reason against ATSU-SOMA?
Coming from the west coast I would like Arizona, but would prefer a better school/rotations over location in that case.

 

[Ho0v-man]

Thank you for the explanation!

Yeah I am considering removing Rowan for that reason, its 80K tuition (crazy)

Is there are particular reason against ATSU-SOMA?
Coming from the west coast I would like Arizona, but would prefer a better school/rotations over location in that case.

There’s been massive issues with rotations the past few years. It was all over Reddit and sdn.

They apparently had to abandon their unique curriculum bc their sites kept falling through and switch to a regular curriculum. I’m not sure if they have their own sites now or if they’ve take from atsu kcom (which would water down the quality of Kirksville if that’s the case).

 

[chilly_md]

Touro NV has largely been fine and would be near the West Coast. I do not know how rotations will change now that Roseman is open.