Hi Everyone,
I am extremely fortunate to have the option to be choosing between UCSF and Yale. To help create a better picture on what I want to do in medical school and in the future, let me give you certain things I want to do. I really want to work with minorities, but not be limited to just primary care. Right now, I am interested in neurosurgery or trauma surgery, but also want to explore more specialties. Here are the pros and cons of both schools:
UCSF:
Pros:
Yale:
Pros:
I am extremely fortunate to have the option to be choosing between UCSF and Yale. To help create a better picture on what I want to do in medical school and in the future, let me give you certain things I want to do. I really want to work with minorities, but not be limited to just primary care. Right now, I am interested in neurosurgery or trauma surgery, but also want to explore more specialties. Here are the pros and cons of both schools:
UCSF:
Pros:
- Prestige in medicine
- Love the city and seems like more fun things to do
- Closer to parents
- I got into the SJV PRIME program, which gives me more opportunities to serve minorities
- My wife, who's coming with me, will have an easier time finding a job
- Easier to stay in California for residency and in future
- Expensive (100k more expensive than Yale)
- Probably worse living condition due to the high rent
- Seems like there's a big focus on primary care, not sure how it will affect my opportunities outside of primary care
Yale:
Pros:
- Cheaper (100k cheaper)
- Something new to live in east coast
- Prestige outside of medicine
- Seems to have a more diverse match list?
- Far from parents
- Probably harder for my wife to find a job
- Not sure if I like the more relaxed style curriculum
- Schools relationship with the community? I have heard both good and bad things about the relationship between the school and the community and not sure if this will affect my opportunity to work with minorities.