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What have you guys heard about the differnces between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Medical College of Wisconsin. I'm trying to decided between the two as a Wisconsin resident.
Originally posted by Whisker Barrell Cortex:
•I would like to disagree with UW being the superior school with respect to research. This may have been true, and I don't know the exact numbers, but MCWs research has increased immensely over the past 10 years so that it is comparable to any major medical center. The only reason people assume UW has better research is because MCW does not have an attached undergraduate school and a very small graduate program. Otherwise, clinical research and bench research at MCW is amazing (there is a biannual functional MRI course at MCW because it is one of the pioneers in this field).•••
I'd sort of like to disagree with your disagreement. When I said that UW was better in research, I didn't mean that there wasn't any at MCW. It's just that UW is basically a research juggernaught (sp?). They have the second largest graduate program in the country (second to UT Austin, I think) and graduate ~1800 PhD's a year. There is just no way that MCW could generate a similar amount of research output or could offer the unbeleivable variety or research opportunities. So, I think that if research is important to you, the choice is clear. That's not to say though, that there wouldn't be any opportunities at MCW.
Just more of my opinions though
Adam