Hi everyone, I am very fortunate to have received several acceptances, but I'm pretty sure my decision will boil down to SUNY downstate v Tufts. In fact, being an NY resident who is primary care driven and a URM, i'm honestly pretty content going to downstate. My goal is to be an nyc doctor and it pretty much sets me up for that, plus the tuition difference. The only thing nagging me (and also i am on waitlist for BU and NYU long Island) is having gone to an ivy league undergrad, my parents and other people think I should consider Tufts ranking and residency director score as a given over downstate. Technically both are urban so i am extremely lucky in that regard, but my entire life is in nyc and i'm not really ranking driven since i want to match into a less competitive specialty. The ivy i attended was not Columbia so i was also really looking forward to returning to the city, and rejoining my life/having my boyfriend in nyc. Essentially what i'm asking is are there any reasons I should be weighing Tufts more heavily? I don't want to have any regrets or be making a huge mistake just to maintain a happy social life.
I also spoke to a classmate from undergrad who went straight into med school and is an MS1 at downstate, and she was at first bummed because she chose it over a better ranked school for financial reasons but says now she loves it so far. I have yet to speak to anyone at Tufts.
I also spoke to a classmate from undergrad who went straight into med school and is an MS1 at downstate, and she was at first bummed because she chose it over a better ranked school for financial reasons but says now she loves it so far. I have yet to speak to anyone at Tufts.
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