UIW vs SHSU COM

[beepboop39]

Hiiii I have been fortunate to be accepted to both incarnate word and Sam Houston’s osteopathic medical schools. I’m so grateful to be a future doctor! Honestly I am pretty sad however after todays TMDSAS match (I am a Texas resident). I ranked SHSU 3rd with two MD schools ranked first and second and matched at SHSU. I’m also on the waitlist for an OOS MD school.

All of that to say, I was hoping for an MD match and bc I didn’t get one I’m getting more serious about choosing between my two A’s in case I don’t get in off the 3 waitlists I’m on.

So, pros and cons:

UIW Pros:
- love San Antonio
- got good vibes from interview
Cons
- huge in person component
- dress code
- I don’t know if the curriculum will be good for me. I want lectures and I want them recorded. I don’t think the huge dependence on learning by discussion/problem solving will be the best environment for me

SHSU pros:
- I have a few friends in Houston
Cons
- don’t want to have to move again 3rd year for clerkships
- I left my interview being like “I didn’t like this school”
- newer than UIW
- student resources seem lacking
- kind of in the middle of nowhere

I understand how privileged I am to even have to make a decision between two schools! But not particularly excited about either one. Looking mostly for feedback on if there is a clear consensus on which is the better school.

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[beepboop39]

I’m in the exact same situation as you. Was hoping for the MD but I’ll go where I’m accepted. UIWCOM’s board scores are worse than Sam’s, but they have matched a couple classes already. I’m basically wondering if UIW’s subpar match data is better than no match at all yet. I haven’t seen much on UIW’s rotations, but if they’re at SA hospitals I imagine they could be pretty good. I’m hoping to find out more about this as I would rather not rotate at rural community hospitals. Hopefully someone can reply with some good insight.

Aw, It’s so nice to have someone going through the same thing! I remember from my interview day that UIW has good rotation options in SA. some I remember are Christus Santa Rosa which is in the med center and the psych hospital just a few minutes from the COM. I think all are centrally located in SA.
The board scores do make me nervous as well :/