premedgirl888
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Hi all, I’ve been fortunate enough to have been accepted to a few med school programs, but I would love some guidance on which school I should choose. For reference, I’m from New York, and I’ve been accepted to University of Colorado, Stony Brook, and New York Medical College.
CUSOM
Pros:
RSOM - honestly don’t know too much about the program as I just got accepted, so would love some insights
Pros:
NYMC
Pros:
CUSOM
Pros:
- The faculty seem extremely supportive and willing to listen to students
- LIC - feel like this really helps you develop closer relationships with faculty and patients (especially since you get to follow patients to their appointments, ER, etc.)
- Quizzes on Fridays - seems that most people don’t work much on weekends because of this
- P/F preclinical
- Overall really chill and nice student body - all seem to know the people in their class well
- Skiing
- Far from home/family and I’ve never lived outside the northeast
- Seems that a lot / most people match in the west coast, and realistically, I would like to do residency in the northeast
- Don’t love the location, seems super quite - I’m a huge city person and I worry that I will get bored (I like outdoorsy stuff but not all the time)
- Not very diverse student body from what I’ve been told
RSOM - honestly don’t know too much about the program as I just got accepted, so would love some insights
Pros:
- Close to home/family and also somewhat close to NYC
- SUNY so in-state tuition
- Higher ranked than NYMC at least but this probably doesn’t matter
- P/F preclinical
- Lots of global health opportunities, which I would be very interested in
- Not the best location - not much to do in the area and high COL (but I would have my car)
NYMC
Pros:
- Close to home/family and VERY close to NYC (could live in NYC the last two years and do rotations there)
- Often matches in the northeast/NY
- Areas of concentration program - I could explore interests outside the curriculum and some seem super interesting to me
- Faculty seemed very passionate about medicine and those that went to NYMC said it was some of the best years of their lives
- Each class seems pretty close / do a lot of things together
- Facilities seem a bit run down (also housing and gym)
- In house exams - I’ve been told students have to study a decent amount of material on their own for step
- Students didn’t seem as friendly / seemed a bit cliquey when I visited? At least the prospective students
- I have also heard that resources are not great and students are left on their own a lot