TMDSAS Rank: UTMB vs TTUHSC Lubbock

[christmaswater]

Note: the pros and cons I can think of are relative, not absolute. Please feel free to correct me if I put anything down you don't believe to be accurate.

UTMB
Pros

• Largest alumni network for TX med school
• Galveston, cool history
• Collaborative, student-friendly culture (VERY happy students)
• Step style questions on every exam

Cons

• Administrative issues/turnover (per SDN)? Not sure how much this affects students
• Tuition is slightly more expensive
• Cost of living is more expensive
• Some facilities are slightly older

TTUHSC Lubbock
Pros

• Very solid match list
• Tuition is slightly less expensive
• Cost living is less expensive
• Newer facilities

Cons

• Start straight away with Anatomy (no META like UTMB)
• Lubbock, also much farther from home for me
• Culture seems fine but perhaps not as good as UTMB? Not sure, hard to tell which is better
• Smaller alumni network

Summary: I'm not the best at telling apart match lists and curriculums that are both P/F so I would appreciate some more detailed input of things to consider. Overall, I would be grateful to attend either school but would love to know which is a better fit for me to rank higher for match. Thanks!

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[obiwan]

The 2 schools are more or less in the same tier as far as Texas medical schools go and especially now when you strip away a lot of the numbers game and having pass/fail curriculum ( I know back in the day when I was applying UTMB had the reputation of producing really high average Step 1 scores which is a moot point now) Basically to me, it boils down to cost and location/logistics as in are you OK with potentially having to move to a branch campus for 3rd/4th year at Tech