texaspremed0
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Hey y’all! I was looking for some help deciding between these two schools for ranking in the TMDSAS match. I feel like both schools are quite similar in terms of location and patient population.
Both
Texas Tech El Paso
Pros
UTRGV
Pros
Both
- P/F for pre-clinicals; Pass/fail/honors/high honors for clinicals
- The environment and students seem friendly
Texas Tech El Paso
Pros
- Large class size
- Larger city than Edinburgh, more populated - more things to do
- Required Spanish class - I’d like to continue learning the language
- Seem very responsive to student feedback - constantly evolving the curriculum
- Slightly more established
- Most housing is 20 min drive from school
- Mandatory research - but they seem flexible about helping you get it done
- In-house questions mixed with NBME
UTRGV
Pros
- Slightly closer to home and other major cities
- NBME only exams
- “UT” name - not sure if this matters in the grand scheme of things
- smaller class size
- No cadaver anatomy lab, they use plastinates instead
- Students have to travel quite far for their rotations bc the school lost ties to the local hospital I believe
- Newley acrredited? - not sure if this is something to be concerned about