RVU-Montana (MCOM) vs KansasCOM

[moonshotdoc]

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RVU-Montana (Billings, MT)
Pros

• Experienced leadership
• Other established RVU (Colorado and Utah) locations have good student outcomes
• Fully accredited
• Outdoors

Cons

• No federal student aid
• I'd be the inaugural class at this location
• Further from home
• Cold winters

KansasCOM (Wichita, KS)
Pros

• More established location (I'd be the third graduating class... hopefully some kinks are hammered out)
• More urban, lower costs
• Federal Student Aid
• Closer to home

Cons

• No reported student outcome data
• Pre-accredited until they graduate their first class (2026)
• Worst city in US for allergies

Summary: Both programs are P/F/Honors and I'm not sure what I want to specialize in yet. MCOM lectures are all pre-recorded and asynchronous which can be a pro and con. KansasCOM is cheaper and already has two classes under their belt.

 

[darkeon]

for MCOm, you sure you'd be the inaugural? i was accepted there last year (i went elsewhere) so i'm a little confused there unless there is some other campus in Billings under RVU opening up. you should be part of the 2nd cohort to start

regardless: i think both being new DO schools would yield the same outcome. if only one of them is eligible for federal aid, go to that one. if both do that, then i guess go with the one closest to you.

For what it's worth, Touro has a new campus in Montana too so there is this question about rotation spots there.