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I have been very fortunate to receive two acceptances this application season--WMed and TCMC. I also had two surprise super late (March) interviews that I am assuming are going to result in waitlists or rejections--Temple and Penn State.
While I liked both schools, I felt more strongly about WMed even though I am IS for PA. The only thing holding me back from withdrawing my acceptance is the fact that WMed hasn't graduated a class yet. They haven't even had a class take the Step 1 yet.
So I thought I would throw the question to the SDN gods:
Is it risky to choose a brand new medical school when you hold an acceptance from a more established school?
I don't have the financial aid packages for either yet, so that is not a determining factor; and I don't envision myself staying in either area of the country for residency, but if I had to pick only from those two I would choose the mid-Atlantic states area where I am from.
While I liked both schools, I felt more strongly about WMed even though I am IS for PA. The only thing holding me back from withdrawing my acceptance is the fact that WMed hasn't graduated a class yet. They haven't even had a class take the Step 1 yet.
So I thought I would throw the question to the SDN gods:
Is it risky to choose a brand new medical school when you hold an acceptance from a more established school?
I don't have the financial aid packages for either yet, so that is not a determining factor; and I don't envision myself staying in either area of the country for residency, but if I had to pick only from those two I would choose the mid-Atlantic states area where I am from.