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Tufts vs. Tulane
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Not sure if you are choosing between these two schools, but if you are, a poll is pointless. You may want to hear WHY people chose the school they did so you can make an informed assessment and good decision based on that.
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Don't know much about tulane, but I interviewed at and really liked tufts. Reasons why:
-Modernized, 1.5 year pre-clinical curriculum
-Brand new, amazing pre-clinical/simulation facilities
-Very relaxed/chill student body
Reasons against tufts:
-Expensive (not sure if tulane is any cheaper though)
-Clinical sites can be far away from main campus. (e.g. baystate med center.)
-Modernized, 1.5 year pre-clinical curriculum
-Brand new, amazing pre-clinical/simulation facilities
-Very relaxed/chill student body
Reasons against tufts:
-Expensive (not sure if tulane is any cheaper though)
-Clinical sites can be far away from main campus. (e.g. baystate med center.)
cost should be somewhat similar if no aid. If tufts is 1.5 pre clinical, id say that alone would make me want tufts. Its something that i think is great and i wish i looked more into before applying. both are great though. If it was me the better location of tufts and the 1.5 pre clinical would be enough to put that over the top for me.
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It's 1.75 years. Not to be overly-critical or anything. Just thought I'd put that out there.
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I attended the SMP at Tufts. A highly condensed curriculum can be a very mixed blessing. Our first semester included Biochem, Histology, Immunology, Genetics, and Microbiology in ~2.25 months in an "integrated" curriculum. There were only four exams, and all classes were tested in each exam. Think absolutely non-stop studying, all day every day (at least among SMP students and yeah, med school isn't going to be picnic anywhere). Teaching is good, school is good, but there are also some pretty run down first year students.
Full disclosure: I am happy with the SMP in all respects, but I left the after being accepted to Tulane during the first semester, after which I was auto-rejected from Tufts (according to their Dean) for having left the program early.
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When did you get in? Their initial letter said that, but when I called the admissions office and told them about the cost of the second semester, which was essentially 30G for courses that I would need to repeat and pointed out the fact that I had already earned high grades in the first semester, they were willing to let me off the hook.
I got in during the first semester of my SMP and finished that semester out, though. I don't think the situation would have been the same if I had gotten in during the second semester. It was nice because I was able to use the last six months to earn some money instead of piling on even more debt.
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I was accepted to both of these schools and I ended up choosing tufts. While I loved Tulane and New Orleans, I just felt that there were some lingering issues that school had to deal with. I constantly had the feeling that the school is sort of in "rebuilding" mode. And even though I really want to be part of a community where I can help people out, I had a gut feeling that I would suffer from an academic standpoint.
Both are great schools and two of my favorites during the interview trail. Good luck!
Both are great schools and two of my favorites during the interview trail. Good luck!
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Just so you guys know, Tulane is also in the process of compressing its preclinical curriculum (I'm a student at Tulane), so this is not something unique to Tufts. I think anatomy used to run until Christmas, and now we're done just before Thanksgiving. They also squished neuroscience (which suuuuuuuucked for me although some people liked it). This was done to give us more elective time in T4.
I don't know anything about Tufts so I can't weigh in on this intelligently, but I like Tulane very much. It has its ups and downs just like any other school. Personally, I *don't* think a shortened preclinical curriculum is a good thing because it eats into your dedicated step 1 study time, but that's just my opinion.
Also, both schools are super expensive. Tulane is about 70k/year.
I don't know anything about Tufts so I can't weigh in on this intelligently, but I like Tulane very much. It has its ups and downs just like any other school. Personally, I *don't* think a shortened preclinical curriculum is a good thing because it eats into your dedicated step 1 study time, but that's just my opinion.
Also, both schools are super expensive. Tulane is about 70k/year.
Personally I would much rather prefer living in Boston to Nola. Though I have a relative living in Nola right now, I know I'd much rather live in Boston then Nola. Of course I say this after living there for a year and having seen some of Tufts.
Tufts students get access the medical library and resources within those libraries of their own school as well of Harvard medical school and Boston University School of Medicine. They also have 3 major well known medical schools, 2 mid tier ranked schools plus number 1 ranked school in the nation nearby where they can probably get research opportunities at any of these schools in summer afte MS1 if they look around. I know my own cousin came from Wisconsin back to a harvard professor he did work with in ugrad for MS1 after summer. But I imagine such opportunities are easier to find being up there already.
price is not that different for both from what I know of Tulane costs from msar. At least if it is I'm not sure, but both are privates so I can't imagine one to be much cheaper then the other.
Tulane is in the midst of rebuilding themselves still since hurricane katrina. There is currently another disaster in nola right now with the oil spill. Nola is constantly the target of hurricanes. God forbid another Katrina like hurricane hits. Tufts on the other hand has less of such issues to worry about.
Tufts has a far greater reputation and it is near 2 other well known medical schools. That to me would make me choose Tufts in a heartbeat. Plus maybe cuz I've lived there for a year am I biased but I'd feel safer there then Nola. But that's just me.
I personally like the area by Tufts too. Its very near to Boston Commons and Boston Public gardens. A few blocks away but still decently close. Its near chinatown and part of downtown close to downtown crossings. Its very close to a greenline (near park) so its easier to get to harvard facilities and cambridgeside galleria (mall) and also close to the silverline (right in chinatown and at the medical center) so its easy to get to bu or southend as well as southstation and dudley square.
Its buildings look brand new as well and the integrated curriculum I've heard is really nice from what I've heard about their SMP.
But that's just my two cents. I tend to be biased towards Tufts cuz I've lived in boston for a year now and am hating that I gotta leave due to cost. I will miss it when I go. Now I understand why the Floridian former bostonians always are saying this.
Tufts students get access the medical library and resources within those libraries of their own school as well of Harvard medical school and Boston University School of Medicine. They also have 3 major well known medical schools, 2 mid tier ranked schools plus number 1 ranked school in the nation nearby where they can probably get research opportunities at any of these schools in summer afte MS1 if they look around. I know my own cousin came from Wisconsin back to a harvard professor he did work with in ugrad for MS1 after summer. But I imagine such opportunities are easier to find being up there already.
price is not that different for both from what I know of Tulane costs from msar. At least if it is I'm not sure, but both are privates so I can't imagine one to be much cheaper then the other.
Tulane is in the midst of rebuilding themselves still since hurricane katrina. There is currently another disaster in nola right now with the oil spill. Nola is constantly the target of hurricanes. God forbid another Katrina like hurricane hits. Tufts on the other hand has less of such issues to worry about.
Tufts has a far greater reputation and it is near 2 other well known medical schools. That to me would make me choose Tufts in a heartbeat. Plus maybe cuz I've lived there for a year am I biased but I'd feel safer there then Nola. But that's just me.
I personally like the area by Tufts too. Its very near to Boston Commons and Boston Public gardens. A few blocks away but still decently close. Its near chinatown and part of downtown close to downtown crossings. Its very close to a greenline (near park) so its easier to get to harvard facilities and cambridgeside galleria (mall) and also close to the silverline (right in chinatown and at the medical center) so its easy to get to bu or southend as well as southstation and dudley square.
Its buildings look brand new as well and the integrated curriculum I've heard is really nice from what I've heard about their SMP.
But that's just my two cents. I tend to be biased towards Tufts cuz I've lived in boston for a year now and am hating that I gotta leave due to cost. I will miss it when I go. Now I understand why the Floridian former bostonians always are saying this.
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