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- Feb 29, 2020
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Cornell
Pros:
- NYC, always loved the city
- closer to family in the midwest
- less TBL and mostly lecture-based learning
- Want to ultimately match on the east coast, so may (not sure) facilitate doing so compared to UCSF if geographical bias is a factor
- Considering doing an MD/MBA
- More lay prestige, ivy name
Cons:
- H/HP/P/F Clinical years + AOA so may be more competitive
- less "prestige" within medical community, might not open as many doors
- Had some people not match in my intended specialty this year; with STEP 1 P/F this difference might be more pronounced relative to UCSF (not sure)
- students seemed more stressed, maybe due to weekly quizzes or other factors
UCSF
Pros:
- P/F core rotations and no AOA, so may be less competitive
- more spaced out testing in pre-clinical
- Highly prestigious in medical community, might open more doors in residency matching and beyond
- 100% match rate in my intended specialty in past years, and students usually get within top 3 choices (PD ranking #1 relative to #23 for Cornell)
- Students seemed very happy/less stressed and seemed like more supportive environment
Cons:
- Went to CA public school for undergrad, did not enjoy my experience at all.
- Ultimately want to match and practice on the east coast, yet match list reflects that vast majority match in California especially in (competitive) intended specialty; worried about geographical bias in interviews.
- A lot of TBL and extraneous components like Quality improvement project and others that I am not very interested in and that may eat up time from research I hope to engage in
Thank you so much for your help!!!
Pros:
- NYC, always loved the city
- closer to family in the midwest
- less TBL and mostly lecture-based learning
- Want to ultimately match on the east coast, so may (not sure) facilitate doing so compared to UCSF if geographical bias is a factor
- Considering doing an MD/MBA
- More lay prestige, ivy name
Cons:
- H/HP/P/F Clinical years + AOA so may be more competitive
- less "prestige" within medical community, might not open as many doors
- Had some people not match in my intended specialty this year; with STEP 1 P/F this difference might be more pronounced relative to UCSF (not sure)
- students seemed more stressed, maybe due to weekly quizzes or other factors
UCSF
Pros:
- P/F core rotations and no AOA, so may be less competitive
- more spaced out testing in pre-clinical
- Highly prestigious in medical community, might open more doors in residency matching and beyond
- 100% match rate in my intended specialty in past years, and students usually get within top 3 choices (PD ranking #1 relative to #23 for Cornell)
- Students seemed very happy/less stressed and seemed like more supportive environment
Cons:
- Went to CA public school for undergrad, did not enjoy my experience at all.
- Ultimately want to match and practice on the east coast, yet match list reflects that vast majority match in California especially in (competitive) intended specialty; worried about geographical bias in interviews.
- A lot of TBL and extraneous components like Quality improvement project and others that I am not very interested in and that may eat up time from research I hope to engage in
Thank you so much for your help!!!
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