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UCSF or Columbia? Please help!
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I don't know if this post will be helpful, but here are my $.02:
UCSF is a great school (I shadowed an orthodontist who went there for her ortho residency and she loved it; plus it has a good rep). San Francisco is an awesome city--beautiful, amazing weather, cosmopolitan, near mountains and beaches, etc., etc.. If you are in-state, this is a no-brainer, I think. Even if you live out of state, if you think you can get in-state tuition by second or third year, it's worth it. I actually would have applied to UCSF if I thought I had any chance of getting in, but as an East-coaster, I didn't really think I had a chance since they only let in a handful of students from out-of-state.
I was accepted to Columbia and am considering going there. Columbia no doubt is a fantastic school with a well-known name. I am pretty sure I will go there. But, it is expensive, the neighborhood it is in is not very nice, and NYC is an extremely expensive city. My state schools do not come close to competing with Columbia, so I'm going to have to go with the more expensive school. But, given the option of a UCLA or UCSF, I would definitely go to one of those, given their balance of rigorous academics coupled with good clinical exposure and in-state tuition.
Good Luck!
UCSF is a great school (I shadowed an orthodontist who went there for her ortho residency and she loved it; plus it has a good rep). San Francisco is an awesome city--beautiful, amazing weather, cosmopolitan, near mountains and beaches, etc., etc.. If you are in-state, this is a no-brainer, I think. Even if you live out of state, if you think you can get in-state tuition by second or third year, it's worth it. I actually would have applied to UCSF if I thought I had any chance of getting in, but as an East-coaster, I didn't really think I had a chance since they only let in a handful of students from out-of-state.
I was accepted to Columbia and am considering going there. Columbia no doubt is a fantastic school with a well-known name. I am pretty sure I will go there. But, it is expensive, the neighborhood it is in is not very nice, and NYC is an extremely expensive city. My state schools do not come close to competing with Columbia, so I'm going to have to go with the more expensive school. But, given the option of a UCLA or UCSF, I would definitely go to one of those, given their balance of rigorous academics coupled with good clinical exposure and in-state tuition.
Good Luck!
Thank you for your thoughtful response! Both schools have their strengths. I know both schools are on the P/F system, but do UCSF students take classes with medical students?
How do UCSF students do on boards? I know that Columbia has a high success rate of matching students with their residency programs...what about UCSF?
Thank you again for your help!
How do UCSF students do on boards? I know that Columbia has a high success rate of matching students with their residency programs...what about UCSF?
Thank you again for your help!
UCSF students have no classes with med students. Our board scores are near the top in the country and nearly every qualified applicant matches into a residency program. I have no idea what Columbia's stats are, but those are the facts for UCSF.
