TTUHSC El Paso (Foster) vs UTRGV

[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

• 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

Cons

• 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

Cons

• 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

 

[wysdoc]

Texas Tech El Paso between these two.
Despite their recent promotion to full accreditation, UTRGV does not have a teaching hospital and their MS3 and MS4 rotations are mainly at outpatient clinics without the chance to learn management of hospital inpatients