osteohopeful
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Deposit deadline approaching - deciding between UIWSOM and ACOM
Hi all,
First, I'm obviously grateful to be holding two acceptances from these great schools. However, as the deadline to make a deposit is approaching, I need to pick one of these two schools all while waiting to hear back from my #1 in-state school. Here are some info/factors about each school that I'm taking into consideration:
ACOM
* slightly more established (founded in 2010)
* 60k tuition
* located in Dothan, AL: a small, suburban town known for being peanut capital
* traditional lecture based pre-clinical years with mostly optional lectures
* pre-clinical knowledge exams are board-style 100% MC questions
* graded curriculum all 4 years with class rank
* has history of matching competitive specialties, including all of ROAD specialties and even neurosurgery
*board-sources provided: UWORLD (useful for USMLE Step exams), Pathoma and Combanks
* deposit required: $2000 by the 14th
UWORLD
* newer private school (founded in 2015)
* 62k tuition, slightly more expensive than ACOM but still comparable
* located in San Antonio, TX - one of the few DO schools located in an urban area
* group-based learning pre-clinical: large and small group sessions 3x week but no traditional lectures - most days would be from 8 am to noon on average
* P/F with no class ranking
* pre-clinical system-based exams have 2 blocks MC and one block of free response (i.e. short-answer/essay-style)
* matches in most specialties except derma, opth, and ofc nsx and most matches are in Texas
*board resources provided: TrueLearn only
* deposit required by Dec 14th: $1200 (exclusive matriculation fee of $1000 later on)
For context, I'm out of state for both schools and have no ties to either of them. As of now, I'm interested in semi-competitive specialties like radiology. Please help me choose between one of these schools!
Hi all,
First, I'm obviously grateful to be holding two acceptances from these great schools. However, as the deadline to make a deposit is approaching, I need to pick one of these two schools all while waiting to hear back from my #1 in-state school. Here are some info/factors about each school that I'm taking into consideration:
ACOM
* slightly more established (founded in 2010)
* 60k tuition
* located in Dothan, AL: a small, suburban town known for being peanut capital
* traditional lecture based pre-clinical years with mostly optional lectures
* pre-clinical knowledge exams are board-style 100% MC questions
* graded curriculum all 4 years with class rank
* has history of matching competitive specialties, including all of ROAD specialties and even neurosurgery
*board-sources provided: UWORLD (useful for USMLE Step exams), Pathoma and Combanks
* deposit required: $2000 by the 14th
UWORLD
* newer private school (founded in 2015)
* 62k tuition, slightly more expensive than ACOM but still comparable
* located in San Antonio, TX - one of the few DO schools located in an urban area
* group-based learning pre-clinical: large and small group sessions 3x week but no traditional lectures - most days would be from 8 am to noon on average
* P/F with no class ranking
* pre-clinical system-based exams have 2 blocks MC and one block of free response (i.e. short-answer/essay-style)
* matches in most specialties except derma, opth, and ofc nsx and most matches are in Texas
*board resources provided: TrueLearn only
* deposit required by Dec 14th: $1200 (exclusive matriculation fee of $1000 later on)
For context, I'm out of state for both schools and have no ties to either of them. As of now, I'm interested in semi-competitive specialties like radiology. Please help me choose between one of these schools!
