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UChicago(Pritzker)
Pros
Possible better financial aid
Higher ranked with prestige?
Stronger match list to T20 residency programs nationally
Diverse clinical training
Focus on urban underserved work
Easy to get research opportunities
Cons
Cost of living high
Big city, never lived in a big city before
Brutal Chicago winter - come from the southern state
Safety concerns around Hyde Park area
Focus on academic medicine, which I am not particularly interested in
AOA
UVA
Pros
P/F for pre-clinical and clinical
In a great college town. Love it. Should be very safe.
Weather much nicer in winter.
COL still high, but should be lower than that of Chicago
Still solid match list
Cons
Ranked lower. I think that T20 is a line. UChicago above it and UVA below it.
Match list is relatively regional
Research funding is about half of that UChicago, so research may be harder to find.
AOA
Location and weather wise, I prefer UVA. Weather and safety is a concern for me for UChicago. Am I over worried about something nonessential? It is hard to turn down a T20 for a T30. In my opinion, they belong to different tier of med schools, so may have an impact to my future career.
What are your opinions?
Pros
Possible better financial aid
Higher ranked with prestige?
Stronger match list to T20 residency programs nationally
Diverse clinical training
Focus on urban underserved work
Easy to get research opportunities
Cons
Cost of living high
Big city, never lived in a big city before
Brutal Chicago winter - come from the southern state
Safety concerns around Hyde Park area
Focus on academic medicine, which I am not particularly interested in
AOA
UVA
Pros
P/F for pre-clinical and clinical
In a great college town. Love it. Should be very safe.
Weather much nicer in winter.
COL still high, but should be lower than that of Chicago
Still solid match list
Cons
Ranked lower. I think that T20 is a line. UChicago above it and UVA below it.
Match list is relatively regional
Research funding is about half of that UChicago, so research may be harder to find.
AOA
Location and weather wise, I prefer UVA. Weather and safety is a concern for me for UChicago. Am I over worried about something nonessential? It is hard to turn down a T20 for a T30. In my opinion, they belong to different tier of med schools, so may have an impact to my future career.
What are your opinions?
