Stony Brook (OOS) vs. Keck

[sealfriendo]

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Hey all! Considering my two options and wanted to get your opinion. Not sure where I want to be come residency, but leaning towards doing competitive specialties and have not ruled out academic medicine.

Keck
Pros:

• Unranked P/F Preclinicals
• Prestige/Matching Clout better (true or no?)
• I'm from California
• LAC-USC offers top notch clinical training
• Good Research available
• Felt really good here on interview day. Vibed well.

Cons:

• Not in the nicest area
• Expensive!
• I have lived in Los Angeles for the past four years and a change might be good (tbh as long as I don't stay in southern California my entire career this is ok).
• Large class size. One of my big goals in med school is to find a mentor, because I felt I lacked that in undergrad. More difficulty?

Stony Brook
Pros:

• Something new. I've dreamed of living in New York for a while, and I love the prospect of visiting NYC. I also feel like I may want to do residency on the east coast, to experience that in my life.
• Match list punches above its "rank" in my opinion
• Small class size
• Good research, strong reputation in NY
• There's a top golf nearby and I really like top golf (jokes)
• IS tuition after the first year, making it about 20-30k cheaper for three years

Cons:

• Sacrificing matching clout? Especially in the pass/fail era?
• H/P/F grading system during preclinicals
• I've always been a city lad and Stony Brook ain't a city
• No Mexican food

I think the question is which school sets me up better for matching into competitive specialties/does going to one school sacrifice the ability to match on the opposite coast? Thanks for your time.

 

[Nerdanese]

How much cheaper is Stony Brook? If the difference is <$100k, I say Keck. P/F is the way to go, you can always find a good mentor despite class size I feel like, and you'll be studying so much that location is not as vital unless you want to work with a specific population/demographic/etc.

 

[sealfriendo]

How much cheaper is Stony Brook? If the difference is <$100k, I say Keck. P/F is the way to go, you can always find a good mentor despite class size I feel like, and you'll be studying so much that location is not as vital unless you want to work with a specific population/demographic/etc.

Yeah it is. That P/F is real nice. Cheers m8.

 

[FatherTime-PhD]

Keck- difference in $$ does not justify turning down the amazing clinical experience at LAC and the weather in SoCal.

don’t worry about resources. I talked to a lot of students and it seemed like plenty available, despite large class.

 

[balancen]

Hey all! Considering my two options and wanted to get your opinion. Not sure where I want to be come residency, but leaning towards doing competitive specialties and have not ruled out academic medicine.

Keck
Pros:

• Unranked P/F Preclinicals
• Prestige/Matching Clout better (true or no?)
• I'm from California
• LAC-USC offers top notch clinical training
• Good Research available
• Felt really good here on interview day. Vibed well.

Cons:

• Not in the nicest area
• Expensive!
• I have lived in Los Angeles for the past four years and a change might be good (tbh as long as I don't stay in southern California my entire career this is ok).
• Large class size. One of my big goals in med school is to find a mentor, because I felt I lacked that in undergrad. More difficulty?

Stony Brook
Pros:

• Something new. I've dreamed of living in New York for a while, and I love the prospect of visiting NYC. I also feel like I may want to do residency on the east coast, to experience that in my life.
• Match list punches above its "rank" in my opinion
• Small class size
• Good research, strong reputation in NY
• There's a top golf nearby and I really like top golf (jokes)
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Cons:

• Sacrificing matching clout? Especially in the pass/fail era?
• H/P/F grading system during preclinicals
• I've always been a city lad and Stony Brook ain't a city
• No Mexican food

I think the question is which school sets me up better for matching into competitive specialties/does going to one school sacrifice the ability to match on the opposite coast? Thanks for your time.

Where’d you end up going to?