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About me: interested in academic medicine, strong research focus
UMD (Maryland)
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UMD (Maryland)
Pros
- Already live in Baltimore, know my way around
- Have a good support group of friends, students seem happy here
- IS tuition (~37k) with potential for significant scholarship
- Ranked very well nationally
- Access to existing research mentor/projects from Hopkins down the road would be easy to get a pub during school because I've spent 2 years full time in the lab already
- Baltimore isn't the greatest city in America (depsite what the bus stops say)
- It's not as exciting to stay in the same city
- Letter grades instead of P/F
Pros
- Happiest student body I've encountered
- Philly is a cool, manageable city to live in
- Great clinical training- students get treated as interns in some cases
- Brand new medical school building with awesome facilities.
- Higher tuition
- North Philly isn't the safest area- would have to commute every day
- Clerkships would require more travelling- I think the Temple Hospital is the smallest of the bunch
- Lowest ranked school of the bunch, though they match very well. Had 5 go into neurosurgery last year
Pros
- Great research institution, graduates seem to do well with obtaining NIH funding, which is my goal (#13 in the nation)
- Match well into competitive NYC programs, though seems to be mostly IM, peds, etc. I'm pretty set on IM but would love flexibility in case I change my mind.
- Access to NYC! Though in the Bronx so pretty long Metro ride.
- I heard housing is subsidized, and I like saving money.
- NYC scares me- I'm a small city dweller and don't know what to expect
- Tuition is still high in comparison to UMD
- Haven't even interviewed, so if I get in, it'll be late and I'll be scrambling possibly to make living arrangements. Idk this might not be a deal breaker but it stresses me out
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