[URGENT] Albany vs. Drexel

[Fishy23]

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Hi, I need to make a decision by Saturday night and could use some advice. Thank you to anyone who has information.

Albany
Pros:
-NBME exams
-20 min from airport (easier to get there and fly home)
-home hospital (don’t have to worry about moving around)
-140 students
-seems like faculty is more organized
-10k cheaper than Drexel

Cons:
-Not true p/f, top 15% honors
-no direct flight from LA
-full day of travel

Drexel (west reading campus)
Pros:
-true p/f
-home hospital in reading

Cons:
-far from airport (I’m from LA)
-middle of no where
-300 class size but 40 on reading campus
-administration seems disorganized

I was really disappointed to get the west reading campus. I would like to go home every couple of months and it would be a huge pain to get to the airport from reading.

 

[Rooks]

Does Albany have a teaching hospital?

 

[Fishy23]

Does Albany have a teaching hospital?

Yes

 

[LunaOri]

Albany. Having a home teaching hospital is a big plus, and the travel to LA will be a little easier. It may not be a direct flight, but the Albany airport is very easy to deal with—never long lines, and cheap longterm parking.

 

[Fishy23]

Albany. Having a home teaching hospital is a big plus, and the travel to LA will be a little easier. It may not be a direct flight, but the Albany airport is very easy to deal with—never long lines, and cheap longterm parking.

Thank you so much!

 

[m1redsox]

Albany for the teaching hospital (and its associated residency programs), stability in one location, and cost.