U of Chicago and Baylor

[sweatybrain]

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I'm posting this on allo because I would like perspectives from current students and/or residents. I am currently trying to decide between this two schools, and perhaps cornell, if I ever get off the WL.

From my perspective, here're what I like about each school:

Baylor: awesome curriculum, 1.5 years pre-clinical, not too much time in lectures (out by noon 3x a week and 3 p.m. 2x a week), early patients contact, a lot of flexibility (~ 8 months to do whatever rotation I want if I remember correctly) in the clinical years, Texas Medical Center is HUGE. Houston is very cheap to live in and it is very WARM.

Chicago: I just can't put my fingers on this one, but I feel like this was a place where I would be happy at. The students I met were incredibly interesting, diverse, and well-rounded. I also like the fact that the medical school is right in the middle of the campus, where I could (potentially) interact with other grad/professional school students. The match-list is AWESOME.

My concern for Baylor is that about 80% of their student chose to stay in Texas....so I'm not sure whether it has the same national reputation as U of Chicago. On the other hand, I heard from a (perhaps not-so-reputable) source that U of Chicago is on the decline. (Weren't they ranked in the top 10 a few years ago?) They also spend a lot of time in lectures and Tuition/cost of living is quite a bit more expensive than Baylor's.


FWIW, US news ranking for baylor is 13 and Chicago is 22.

As of now, I'm interested in a career in rather competitive fields (derm, interventional radiology, cardiology). I'm a bit of a nontraditional (currently 30, PhD in biomedical engineering from Harvard/MIT).

If you were me, where would you go?

 

[OSUdoc08]

I'm posting this on allo because I would like perspectives from current students and/or residents. I am currently trying to decide between this two schools, and perhaps cornell, if I ever get off the WL.

From my perspective, here're what I like about each school:

Baylor: awesome curriculum, 1.5 years pre-clinical, not too much time in lectures (out by noon 3x a week and 3 p.m. 2x a week), early patients contact, a lot of flexibility (~ 8 months to do whatever rotation I want if I remember correctly) in the clinical years, Texas Medical Center is HUGE. Houston is very cheap to live in and it is very WARM.

Chicago: I just can't put my fingers on this one, but I feel like this was a place where I would be happy at. The students I met were incredibly interesting, diverse, and well-rounded. I also like the fact that the medical school is right in the middle of the campus, where I could (potentially) interact with other grad/professional school students. The match-list is AWESOME.

My concern for Baylor is that about 80% of their student chose to stay in Texas....so I'm not sure whether it has the same national reputation as U of Chicago. On the other hand, I heard from a (perhaps not-so-reputable) source that U of Chicago is on the decline. (Weren't they ranked in the top 10 a few years ago?) They also spend a lot of time in lectures and Tuition/cost of living is quite a bit more expensive than Baylor's.


FWIW, US news ranking for baylor is 13 and Chicago is 22.

As of now, I'm interested in a career in rather competitive fields (derm, interventional radiology, cardiology). I'm a bit of a nontraditional (currently 30, PhD in biomedical engineering from Harvard/MIT).

If you were me, where would you go?

Baylor is by far one of the best schools in the nation.

 

[doc05]

I'm posting this on allo because I would like perspectives from current students and/or residents. I am currently trying to decide between this two schools, and perhaps cornell, if I ever get off the WL.

From my perspective, here're what I like about each school:

Baylor: awesome curriculum, 1.5 years pre-clinical, not too much time in lectures (out by noon 3x a week and 3 p.m. 2x a week), early patients contact, a lot of flexibility (~ 8 months to do whatever rotation I want if I remember correctly) in the clinical years, Texas Medical Center is HUGE. Houston is very cheap to live in and it is very WARM.

minimizing time in preclinical is a huge advantage. Houston isn't "warm" though. It is hot and disgustingly humid. If you want to be covered in sweat 10 months/yr, go there.

Chicago: I just can't put my fingers on this one, but I feel like this was a place where I would be happy at. The students I met were incredibly interesting, diverse, and well-rounded. I also like the fact that the medical school is right in the middle of the campus, where I could (potentially) interact with other grad/professional school students. The match-list is AWESOME.

if you feel you'd be happy there, I think the choice is obvious. "on the decline"? nonsense.

My concern for Baylor is that about 80% of their student chose to stay in Texas....so I'm not sure whether it has the same national reputation as U of Chicago.

Baylor has a huge national reputation. 80% may stay in texas, but that's because they choose to.

On the other hand, I heard from a (perhaps not-so-reputable) source that U of Chicago is on the decline. (Weren't they ranked in the top 10 a few years ago?) They also spend a lot of time in lectures and Tuition/cost of living is quite a bit more expensive than Baylor's.


FWIW, US news ranking for baylor is 13 and Chicago is 22.

As of now, I'm interested in a career in rather competitive fields (derm, interventional radiology, cardiology). I'm a bit of a nontraditional (currently 30, PhD in biomedical engineering from Harvard/MIT).

If you were me, where would you go?

If I were you, I'd choose none of the above. texas is too hot and chicago's too cold. 😉

either choice is a good one.

 

[YzIa]

Baylor is by far one of the best schools in the nation.

and so is U Chicago