LoveCoffee
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Rochester (accepted)
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Einstein (HPWL, need to make a decision fast if I get in)
Pros
Cons
Summary: I've been accepted at URSMD a while and feel much better connected to them, they are probably the best fit for me as a program, but their location does not compare to that of AECOM, I would love to be closer to family/close friends and to be in a more diverse and bustling city. Thanks in advance for any insight!!
Pros
- I really love PBL and like the structure of their program - I am ok with the recorded lectures only being available for a few days after lecture and appreciate the expectation of being in the building 8-5
- Biopsychosocial model>>>
- They have doctors in the specialty I am interested in, one of whom I have contacted and has said he would be happy to have me on his research team once I've gotten established at URSMD
- Smaller class size
- Three students in the past four years have matched to the type of residency I want to match to, two having matched back to UR/Strong and one having matched to the university I am leaving behind (both I would be really happy with)
- Cheap student housing but not guaranteed (I am currently on the wait-list for that, #65/270 on the wait-list for my desired apartment type, the lady said about 70% total who apply get some form of student housing)
- Small need-based scholarship, but fin aid at Einstein is unknown so could get about the same or better at Einstein
- Awful winters
- Smaller city - I grew up in the suburbs of NYC and have always considered NYC to be home, Rochester is a smaller city with less public transportation and less diverse of a patient population, this is the major con for them
- ~5-6 hour drive from home so couldn't go home on the weekends, I have no close friends in Rochester
Einstein (HPWL, need to make a decision fast if I get in)
Pros
- Love NYC, love the Bronx
- With NYC comes great public transit and close proximity to family and close friends such that I could go home on the weekends
- Cheap student housing that's much closer to guaranteed (I think they told us 90-95% of students live in student housing)
- More diverse patient population - this is important to me, I am passionate about helping underserved communities
Cons
- They don't have doctors in the specialty I am interested in, but NYP-Columbia and NYP-Weill Cornell both do so I could still reach out to them, I'd just have to commute to shadow them or do research with them
- They have only had one student in the past four years match to the type of residency I want to match into and it was to an institution I wouldn't want to go to
- Their student body doesn't seem as close as URSMD - the students seem more independent with fewer students attending lecture and more studying on their own
- Their curriculum doesn't seem as hands-on, they've shortened classroom time to 1.5 years in order to increase time spent on clinicals whereas URSMD weaves clinical experiences into the 2 years of classroom time, I like the latter approach better
- Unknown fin aid, haven't gotten to meet new students or get a proper feel for their program
Summary: I've been accepted at URSMD a while and feel much better connected to them, they are probably the best fit for me as a program, but their location does not compare to that of AECOM, I would love to be closer to family/close friends and to be in a more diverse and bustling city. Thanks in advance for any insight!!
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