I thought I was set on UNECOM before I interviewed and was accepted to Marian. I'm having trouble between picking the obviously more established UNECOM with a great reputation, or Marian which is newer but seems to have a lot of things going for it.
UNECOM pros:
UNECOM pros:
- More established
- Great reputation during clinical rotations
- Has some great biomedical research opportunities
- Pass/Fail/HP/Honors system
- Great anatomy program
- Living in Maine would be cool
- Everyone seems very friendly (family-like atmosphere)
- No competition
- Students seem to have a great work-life balance
- Curriculum changes (could be a pro or con for me, not sure)
- Far away from home
- More expensive (~52K)
- Would have to move for rotations
- Not sure about board prep time
- Great location in Indy
- Great healthcare networks to rotate in
- Could do research with IU or one of the hospitals
- Would not have to move for rotations (most likely)
- Close to home
- Less expensive (~46K)
- Seems to have great faculty (taken from more established schools)
- Although new, they seem to have a good reputation already
- New
- No graduating class/match list yet
- Didn't seem to have the same camaraderie between students that UNECOM had
- Didn't have the family-like atmosphere feel that other schools had
- A/B/C/D/F grading
- Not a lot of study space