Torn between two great acceptances

[gavinator]

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I have been blessed with two acceptance this cycle. One from LECOM-FL and KCUMB.

I am having a difficult time deciding between the reputation of KCUMB and the familiarity of Florida ( A Florida Native).

I don't even know how to start a compassion other then LECOM is PBL ( I fall asleep during lectures anyway, but I am not sold on PBL) and is in sunny Florida. versus the reputation of KCUMB being a long standing bad boy of DO schools.



Side note: Money doesn't matter, and I am very uncertain which specialty I want to pursue.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

If you're unsure of PBL then KCUMB.

 

[Goro]

All schools have plusses and minuses. Tally them up and pick the one with the most plusses.

I often advise people to look at match lists as one criteria to look at.
Let me amend that to say compare match lists by garnering the opinions of senior medical students and residents.

I have been blessed with two acceptance this cycle. One from LECOM-FL and KCUMB.

I am having a difficult time deciding between the reputation of KCUMB and the familiarity of Florida ( A Florida Native).

I don't even know how to start a compassion other then LECOM is PBL ( I fall asleep during lectures anyway, but I am not sold on PBL) and is in sunny Florida. versus the reputation of KCUMB being a long standing bad boy of DO schools.



Side note: Money doesn't matter, and I am very uncertain which specialty I want to pursue.

 

[midweststudent1]

I have been blessed with two acceptance this cycle. One from LECOM-FL and KCUMB.

I am having a difficult time deciding between the reputation of KCUMB and the familiarity of Florida ( A Florida Native).

I don't even know how to start a compassion other then LECOM is PBL ( I fall asleep during lectures anyway, but I am not sold on PBL) and is in sunny Florida. versus the reputation of KCUMB being a long standing bad boy of DO schools.



Side note: Money doesn't matter, and I am very uncertain which specialty I want to pursue.

You'll save a decent amount of $$$ at LECOM, and be closer to people you know--how important is that to you?

A BIG thing to consider is PBL. That would definitely not work for me, but It definitely would for others. Where do you fit into this?

I'm a first year at KCUMB and love 98% of the things that matter. I'm hopeful that on interview day you got a sense of the culture and what KCUMB looks for. If that appealed to you, I encourage you to choose it. The people who buy into that collaborative culture here do very well.....not to mention The new curriculum is really prepping us well for boards and 3rd year rotations. I've only been in school for a little over a semester and we are doing an entire well patient exam on standardized patients in a couple weeks!

 

[AlteredScale]

I have been blessed with two acceptance this cycle. One from LECOM-FL and KCUMB.

I am having a difficult time deciding between the reputation of KCUMB and the familiarity of Florida ( A Florida Native).

I don't even know how to start a compassion other then LECOM is PBL ( I fall asleep during lectures anyway, but I am not sold on PBL) and is in sunny Florida. versus the reputation of KCUMB being a long standing bad boy of DO schools.



Side note: Money doesn't matter, and I am very uncertain which specialty I want to pursue.

Congrats on the two acceptances!

KCUMB has an insane new curriculum. But so far every student has said they've learned a tremendous amount.

They also have a affiliation with a research institute who just received 54 million in NIH grants. The MD schools (KUMC, UMKC) next door allow are very friendly and allow for research opps as well.

LECOM-B is a gorgeous place to live though.

I'll be KCUMB..making coffee at the cafe and talking about cats..

 

[gavinator]

To my (maybe) future KCUMB'ers , what is the biggest weakness for KCUMB?

Any LECOM'ers out there?

 

[referee3]

To my (maybe) future KCUMB'ers , what is the biggest weakness for KCUMB?

+1

 

[AlteredScale]

To my (maybe) future KCUMB'ers , what is the biggest weakness for KCUMB?

Any LECOM'ers out there?

Not guaranteed to stay in KC for your clinical clerkships.

 

[DloopF2]

Stay closer to home. And it's cheaper.

 

[midweststudent1]

Not guaranteed to stay in KC for your clinical clerkships.

Yeah this is a negative for a part of the class....a lot of gunners don't wanna stay in KC tho because there are some awesome rotations in Colorado and Michigan and Ohio. And they all pretty much have residencies associated with them, so that's a plus to those sites

 

[AlteredScale]

Yeah this is a negative for a part of the class....a lot of gunners don't wanna stay in KC tho because there are some awesome rotations in Colorado and Michigan and Ohio. And they all pretty much have residencies associated with them, so that's a plus to those sites

It's really the only "negative" I could find haha. I've been looking at all the sites and they all are very solid hospitals.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

It's really the only "negative" I could find haha. I've been looking at all the sites and they all are very solid hospitals.

I was kinda weirded out that the one in Joplin only allows girls to rotate there though.

 

[gavinator]

What's the biggest negative for LECOM-FL?

 

[chizledfrmstone]

Yeah this is a negative for a part of the class....a lot of gunners don't wanna stay in KC tho because there are some awesome rotations in Colorado and Michigan and Ohio. And they all pretty much have residencies associated with them, so that's a plus to those sites

Why Colorado? I understand Mich and Ohio.

I don't think you need to be a gunner to want a great clinical education.

I was kinda weirded out that the one in Joplin only allows girls to rotate there though.

Whut!?

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Why Colorado? I understand Mich and Ohio.

I don't think you need to be a gunner to want a great clinical education.



Whut!?

Yah, I was looking up their rotation list. And one hospital in MO, I think Joplin was "only accepts female students".

 

[AlteredScale]

Yah, I was looking up their rotation list. And one hospital in MO, I think Joplin was "only accepts female students".

Oh that's right. I think it's because this particular site is just for OB-Gyn.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Source?

It's not posted anywhere on KCUMB's website (the clinical section for Joplin) nor the hospital system's application:

http://www.kcumb.edu/academics/college-of-osteopathic-medicine/clerkships/clerkship-sites/freeman/

http://www.freemanhealth.com/upload/docs/Careers/GME Clerkship Application 3.21.2012.pdf

Alteredscale more or less pointed out the specifics. I just am surprised that a rotation even in Gyno specifically only allows females to rotate. I thought it was the entire hospital though, simple recall error is all.

 

[67552931811]

Alteredscale more or less pointed out the specifics. I just am surprised that a rotation even in Gyno specifically only allows females to rotate. I thought it was the entire hospital though, simple recall error is all.

Fair enough.

 

[alpinism]

Well that's just a little sexist...

Its fine for some patients to refuse male students during a routine OB/GYN visit, but to not allow any men to even rotate at the hospital?

 

[midweststudent1]

Why Colorado? I understand Mich and Ohio.

I'm really not sure why, but I remember some people talking like it was one of the best ones we offered. KC is cold enough for me tho