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Hey everyone,
I've been fortunate enough to have had an amazing cycle, and am narrowing my choice down to these two schools because I want to stay in state. I also want to note that my financial aid has not come in yet, but I am not expecting to get anything.
Michigan
+T15 school
+My top choice going into the cycle
+incredible hospital system with top tier research output
+Ann Arbor seems like a phenomenal town for both undergraduate and graduate students
+1 year preclinical, true P/F unranked for preclinical year
+match list is amazing
+best interview experience by far. Admissions team was incredibly friendly!
-will be $13,000 more expensive than Wayne per year
Wayne State
+Detroit is a very fun city with lots to do
+I've heard there is an incredible variety of cases in the Detroit hospitals
+extremely diverse patient population
+Henry Ford Health System has home programs in a variety of specialties and I've heard they favor Wayne grads pretty heavily (anecdotal; not sure if this is true)
+$13,000 cheaper than UMich per year
-Not as highly ranked
-Match list is solid, but UMich is simply on a different tier.
This really comes down to whether the extra $13,000 per year in tuition to go to UMich is worth it. I was initially dead set on UMich because it is my dream school, but $52,000 over 4 years is no small amount of money. I will also likely be paying back much more than that when I pay off my loan, so the difference in cost between these two schools will probably be over $100,000 over 4 years. I just wanted to get some input on whether y'all think UMich is worth the extra cost. I'm not sure what specialty I want to go into yet, so I want to keep my options open. Thank you all so much!
I've been fortunate enough to have had an amazing cycle, and am narrowing my choice down to these two schools because I want to stay in state. I also want to note that my financial aid has not come in yet, but I am not expecting to get anything.
Michigan
+T15 school
+My top choice going into the cycle
+incredible hospital system with top tier research output
+Ann Arbor seems like a phenomenal town for both undergraduate and graduate students
+1 year preclinical, true P/F unranked for preclinical year
+match list is amazing
+best interview experience by far. Admissions team was incredibly friendly!
-will be $13,000 more expensive than Wayne per year
Wayne State
+Detroit is a very fun city with lots to do
+I've heard there is an incredible variety of cases in the Detroit hospitals
+extremely diverse patient population
+Henry Ford Health System has home programs in a variety of specialties and I've heard they favor Wayne grads pretty heavily (anecdotal; not sure if this is true)
+$13,000 cheaper than UMich per year
-Not as highly ranked
-Match list is solid, but UMich is simply on a different tier.
This really comes down to whether the extra $13,000 per year in tuition to go to UMich is worth it. I was initially dead set on UMich because it is my dream school, but $52,000 over 4 years is no small amount of money. I will also likely be paying back much more than that when I pay off my loan, so the difference in cost between these two schools will probably be over $100,000 over 4 years. I just wanted to get some input on whether y'all think UMich is worth the extra cost. I'm not sure what specialty I want to go into yet, so I want to keep my options open. Thank you all so much!
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