Tufts vs MWU AZ

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I was recently accepted into both programs, and I am having a hard time deciding between the two as they were two of my favorite programs I interviewed at. My main areas of concern (in order) are: cost, location, quality of education, reputation.

Tufts
Pros: 1. Great reputation 2. Love Boston 3. Good clinical training/faculty
Cons: Expensive tuition, expensive COL

MWU-AZ
Pros: 1. Really like phoenix 2. Excellent clinical training 3.New facilities/great faculty ratio
Cons: Expensive tuition, farther from home, less reputable than tufts

I would like to keep my options open for specializing just in case.

Any further insight into these programs would be greatly appreciated, as I have about a week to make a deposit. I am also waiting to hear back from UCSF (felt like I had a great interview on 2/3)...if I were to get in would it be a no brainer to go? Thanks for the help!

 

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I was recently accepted into both programs, and I am having a hard time deciding between the two as they were two of my favorite programs I interviewed at. My main areas of concern (in order) are: cost, location, quality of education, reputation.

Tufts
Pros: 1. Great reputation 2. Love Boston 3. Good clinical training/faculty
Cons: Expensive tuition, expensive COL

MWU-AZ
Pros: 1. Really like phoenix 2. Excellent clinical training 3.New facilities/great faculty ratio
Cons: Expensive tuition, farther from home, less reputable than tufts

I would like to keep my options open for specializing just in case.

Any further insight into these programs would be greatly appreciated, as I have about a week to make a deposit. I am also waiting to hear back from UCSF (felt like I had a great interview on 2/3)...if I were to get in would it be a no brainer to go? Thanks for the help!

Go to the cheapest school. We all graduate with roughly similar clinical experience and we can make up whatever gap there is between schools with an AEGD or GPR. You do more work in 2 months as an associate than you will in 4 yrs in DS (from what I've been told). Also, take what you hear during interviews with a grain of salt. Schools tend to over exaggerate the number of procedures you get to do by the time you graduate (D4 at MWU-AZ told us this).

 

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Thanks for your response. The cost of tuition is roughly the same so the only difference would be living costs and I don't that is enough of a difference to base my entire decision. Any further input would be greatly appreciated

 

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I would go to MWU