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Hi all, I have been lucky enough to be accepted to a few of my top choice DO schools and need help choosing between RVU-CO and OUHCOM-Athens.
Both schools cost about the same over four years, appear to support their students well, have new facilities/equipment, and both match at or close to 100%.
RVU-CO
Pros:
Pros:
*Note* If it changes anything, I am also waitlisted OUHCOM's Cleveland campus which would allow my SO to live with me and find work.
Hi all, I have been lucky enough to be accepted to a few of my top choice DO schools and need help choosing between RVU-CO and OUHCOM-Athens.
Both schools cost about the same over four years, appear to support their students well, have new facilities/equipment, and both match at or close to 100%.
RVU-CO
Pros:
- Top COMLEX scores / good Step scores
- Non-mandatory lectures, curriculum seems to set students up for success
- Location (love the outdoors, snowboarding, etc. and my SO will be able to find work)
- Students seemed happy, cooperative, and active outside of school
- Felt good "fit" here
- Far away from friends and family (Although my SO will be moving with me and we are excited about living in Colorado)
- relatively new school (reputation seems to be growing tho with their board scores though)
- Cost of living higher in Colorado than Ohio
- For-profit school (although it doesn't seem to affect students much)
Pros:
- Close to family and friends
- Great reputation in Ohio
- Associated with the Cleveland Clinic
- State-school
- From personal experience, students and alums are awesome and speak highly of their education
- is P/F if I remember correctly
- Athens location (does not offer job prospects to my SO so she would have to live 2-3 hours away. Athens is also a huge party/college town which I am ready to move on from)
- board scores and pass rate aren't as high RVU
- they are introducing a new flipped curriculum for our class (I like the curriculum, but not the idea of being guinea pigs)
*Note* If it changes anything, I am also waitlisted OUHCOM's Cleveland campus which would allow my SO to live with me and find work.
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