Texas Tech Lubbock vs Texas Tech El paso vs TCU

[burgerking12345]

I could really use some advice on ranking between two schools: Texas Tech Lubbock and Texas Tech El Paso. I absolutely LOVED both of these schools and am just lookign for the insight and perspective of others so itd be much appreciated! Cultures of both school seem similar, students really seemed to love both places, administration seems to be supportive of their students a lot and obviously they're both super affordable

Pros of Texas Tech Lubbock:

Very established program with a great match list

HUUUUUGE attached Hospital which makes me think seeing all differnt kinds of specialties and early clinical exposure is easier + student run flee clinics that you can volunteer it

more areas of research at lubbock


Cons:

H/HP/P/F traditional curriculum fo preclinicals

Lubbock seems super sparse with nothing to do (but id love a local's opinion)

Pros of TT El Paso

true P/F unranked curriculum for the first two years AND an AMAZING CURRICULUM imo

also are able to get early clinical exposure according to students

I love el paso as a city compared to lubbock

smaller class size

Cons
a bit less established program, and while their 2019 match list isn't as impressive as lubbocks' they still have students going to great places and have had students go to great places in the past as well

ive heard that they have a higher turnover rate of faculty leaving

TCU
PROS: 1 year pre clerkship, lots of free time for board studying, great location
Cons: expensive, unestablisbed, weird clerkship schedule

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[PreachyMusican39]

I'm from Fort Worth and I would've loved to go back home for medical school, but TCU's tuition was a big disqualifier for me personally.

I go to the undergraduate program at TTU Lubbock, and a lot of my friends who end up going to medical school there really love it. Both of the Techs seem really good, and you can't go wrong either way, but I have heard a lot of good about Lubbock and it is a more established program.

I'm not a Lubbock local, but I have been living there for 4 years. There definitely is a lot less to do here than El Paso, but I definitely wouldn't say there's nothing to do. The way I like to explain it is that in major cities like Fort Worth or El Paso you can do anything you want and you have lots of options for places that you can do it at. In Lubbock, you can do basically anything, but there's like only one place you can go to. Lubbock also has a lot of fun seasonal events like going to the cornfield or going apple picking. The other downside is that Lubbock is 5 hours away from any other major city.