RVUCOM vs SJB/UCC

[deomnibusdubitandum]

I anticipated finding myself in this situation and while I don't want to make this about DO vs MD I do think that is a relevant factor. I've been accepted to a DO close to home and two MD schools in Puerto Rico. I'm not entirely certain what I want to do for residency just yet and I can't help but wonder if going MD would potentially keep more doors open to me in the future. I have interviewed at other MD schools just have not yet received any decisions.

School San Juan Bautista/ Universidad Central Del Caribe
Pros

• Great climate and an opportunity to develop Spanish language skills that may be beneficial later on in career
• More of a focus on research than the DO schools I've seen
• As far as I can tell, they match adequately, including in some competitive fields such as nsgy, derm, etc.

Cons

• Far from friends and family
• I may be overestimating how much going to a USMD school will help in the match
• Outdated facilities

School RVUCOM
Pros

• Close to home
• Students all seem happy there
• Nice new facilities

Cons

• weak clinical rotations and lots of driving
• RVUCOM-UT had a notoriously bad match this last year
• 20k more each year for tuition (62k)

Summary: It's a tough decision given how different the next 4 years of my life will be depending on which of these options I choose.

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[chilly_md]

How strong do you feel your Spanish is? I don't know if SJB and UCC do it differently, but I thought I remembered at least one of the schools has a lot of lectures and/or other curriculum in Spanish.

 

[deomnibusdubitandum]

How strong do you feel your Spanish is? I don't know if SJB and UCC do it differently, but I thought I remembered at least one of the schools has a lot of lectures and/or other curriculum in Spanish.

I’m confident in my Spanish capabilities. Regardless, I know that both schools only test in English which I think will be beneficial.

 

[chilly_md]

Check the match rate if you can. I think SJB lost accreditation, but that was 10 years ago and they obviously regained it. So UCC would be my pick, but I know very little to differentiate between those two. But I see you phrased it more about RVU vs PR MD schools.

If you got into the RVU Utah campus as opposed to the main one, I definitely would not consider that. That match was horrendous and they tried to cover it up I remember right.

 

[VeitVat]

Go RV - even though it’s osteopathic. San Juan Bautista is ok, but see PR daily life below. UCC is the weakest (theyre PROUD to have opened a Chiropractic school, lol).

As someone from PR… go RV simply because you don’t have to deal with 4 years of crumbling infrastructure, high crime, hot-humid weather, not infrequent power outages, nightmare traffic and regular hurricanes.

Afterwards SJB.

And if you truly must, UCC, the school that prides itself in promoting modern day quackery.

 

[voxveritatisetlucis]

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