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Hi everyone!
I got accepted into a T20 medical school and into my "in-state" medical school.
I'm Puerto Rican. UPR-SOM, the school I got into, is LCME accredited and not on probation, but even in USMD interviews I've been asked whether or not I'm a US citizen. All Puerto Ricans are... ;-:
Based on this, will going to an unranked, LCME accredited school outside the mainland US hurt me in my future? For residency? For faculty positions?
I've always wanted to do internal medicine, subspecialty (unsure which) and then do academic medicine.
Will I be held back for academic medicine even if I match into a highly ranked program for residency?
I do like the T20 program but it is far from home. It would require me to take out horrendous loans and force me to get a car in the states...
However, it is graded P/F whereas UPR-SOM still uses letter grades. There are way more research opportunities, UPR-SOM students usually go do research at other institutions over summer.
I live next to UPR-SOM, I get to be closer to my aging parents, and it wouldn't hinder me financially at all.
So which would be the better path for academic medicine and how can I make sure I don't shoot myself in the foot?
I'm certain on academic medicine. My mentors are involved in it. I enjoy research, but I also want to be financially responsible.
Thank you!
I got accepted into a T20 medical school and into my "in-state" medical school.
I'm Puerto Rican. UPR-SOM, the school I got into, is LCME accredited and not on probation, but even in USMD interviews I've been asked whether or not I'm a US citizen. All Puerto Ricans are... ;-:
Based on this, will going to an unranked, LCME accredited school outside the mainland US hurt me in my future? For residency? For faculty positions?
I've always wanted to do internal medicine, subspecialty (unsure which) and then do academic medicine.
Will I be held back for academic medicine even if I match into a highly ranked program for residency?
I do like the T20 program but it is far from home. It would require me to take out horrendous loans and force me to get a car in the states...
However, it is graded P/F whereas UPR-SOM still uses letter grades. There are way more research opportunities, UPR-SOM students usually go do research at other institutions over summer.
I live next to UPR-SOM, I get to be closer to my aging parents, and it wouldn't hinder me financially at all.
So which would be the better path for academic medicine and how can I make sure I don't shoot myself in the foot?
I'm certain on academic medicine. My mentors are involved in it. I enjoy research, but I also want to be financially responsible.
Thank you!