Tulane Vs. Loyola

[oldtown]

Hello all
First timer here, just found this forum this weekend. I would appreciate input on this, and I promise I will chime in on other's questions if i have something valuable to add.

I'm having a tough time with this decision. I had a great impression of both schools, students were very happy at both. Tulane seemed a bit more fun (being in new orleans, students party a lot, etc.) but that's not everything. I love Chicago and am very familiar with it, i have many college friends living there, but New Orleans would be fun, and something totally new for me. Basically, each one has its opposing pro's and con's in different categories,which pretty much balance each other out for me. The main thing I am concerned about now is if one of them is substantially better or worse in any of these areas:

Quality of Education
Board Scores
Residency Matches

Note that I'm from CA, and would like to come back here for residency most likely. Weather's not an issue though, I spent undergrad in IN, and know what I'm getting into (i also lived in houston 3 years and probably prefer a chicago winter to a gulf coast summer)
Any input is much appreciated. Thanks so much, good to be on board.

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[What the pho]

Both are good schools with great reps, but I would pick Tulane. Coming from California myself, I can't handle the cold. I went to chicago for an interview in Jan, and there was about 2 feet of snow on the ground, with the wind chill it felt about 15 degrees. Forget that crap for 4 years.

 

[bagdadyj]

I am also going through the same decision. I am choosing between those two, Georgetown, and possibly NYU (hopefully I will be getting off the wait-list ). So, I would also appreciate some insight. I am from MI, so I am familiar with the awful winters, but would love to get out of them. How bad does it get in the south in the summer?

Also, here is some of my perspective. The facilities at Loyola are wonderful, and you can do your rotations at a ton of places. However, how much does it really matter how nice the facilities are? Also, Tulane has Charity hospital, you will see everything and then some there. It seems like the students are happy at both schools, so really, there isn't a bad choice. But, I am really curious on which secures the best residencies out of these two, and out of the four I am choosing between as well. Any insight would be appreciated!

Thanks!😉

 

[geromine]

Tulane's residency match for 2001.
http://www.som.tulane.edu/admissions/documents/AdGuid01.pdf
pages 26-30

Summary:
The match is outstanding. They had 7 in radiology, 1 in neurosurgery, 1 urology, 6 otolaryngology, 2 derm, 11 general surgery and so on. They had matches into Mayo, WashU, UCLA and other top programs, and overall matched into programs in 31 different states.

It pretty much means that although you're not guaranteed to get into your top choice (only 57% do) like you pretty much would be if you attended Harvard(over 70%?), you still have a pretty good chance of placing into very competetive residencies in top name programs.

 

[Polar girl]

Although Tulane stresses that they don't like having a high percentage of people getting their top choice, cause then that means people aren't trying as much for the hard to get into matches.

 

[Iron Horse]

With regard to geographic placement, Loyola's match list of three years ago consisted of primarily mid-west hospitals -- of course, it may be possible that most students wanted to stay in the area. For me it was a concern as I'm not from the mid-west and most likely do not want to be out there for my pg years.

 

[oldtown]

to answer your question, bagdady, about summers in the south- miserable. high 90's every day, 95-100% humidity, you don't even want to leave the house. at least in the midwest you can always throw on more layers when it gets cold. when it gets sticky hot, you can't get less layered than naked, and i wouldn't resort to skinning myself. the flipside is that the late fall, winter, and early spring are gorgeous down south- usually somewhere between 55 and 75 during the day, with the occasional arctic blast bringing it into the 30's. pick your poison i guess.

 

[oldtown]

to answer your question, bagdady, about summers in the south- miserable. high 90's every day, 95-100% humidity, you don't even want to leave the house. at least in the midwest you can always throw on more layers when it gets cold. when it gets sticky hot, you can't get less layered than naked, and i wouldn't resort to skinning myself. the flipside is that the late fall, winter, and early spring are gorgeous down south- usually somewhere between 55 and 75 during the day, with the occasional arctic blast bringing it into the 30's. pick your poison i guess.