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I fortunately pre-matched to UTSW and had a great interview/ conversations with students and faculty at Dell. My last day to rank them is February 19th at 5pm CT.
The appeal for UTSW: It's an established highly ranked medical school that consistently has great match results. I felt very supported by the faculty during my interview and while contacting faculty and students outside of the interview.
Pros:
Pros:
I hope to be a physician that works with the community in new ways. I want to gain skills that integrate well with my career goals while in school. I also want to go to a school that offers opportunities for connections and networking for professional development and mentorship in and out of my parent school. It seems like Dell might give me the freedom to gain those skills and connections, but UTSW might have stronger connections in the medical community and a better ability for matching in programs where I can have more opportunities in residency.
The appeal for UTSW: It's an established highly ranked medical school that consistently has great match results. I felt very supported by the faculty during my interview and while contacting faculty and students outside of the interview.
Pros:
- Established med school
- Highly ranked (#26 on USN)
- Historically great residency matching
- Funded well with research
- Established a physician mentor at the school (Although they said they will mentor me regardless of where I go)
- Cheaper COL than Austin, TX
- Established AOA chapter
- 1.5 yr pre-clerkship v 1yr
- Larger class size
- Less room for creativity around curriculum
- Not a huge fan of Dallas (not super big con though)
- Not as many professional contacts to collaborate with in the city for medical project design
- No friends and family in Dallas
Pros:
- 1 yr preclinical
- A lot of students who chose medicine as a second career and older students
- MD/MBA program is MUCH better
- The 4th years I talked to were interviewing at TOP tier residencies (but they were also doing some unique/ awesome stuff 3rd year, so small sample size)
- Smaller class size
- It felt like they got more individualized support for their residency apps
- Closer to family and have a few friends in Austin
- Ability to innovate and create projects with professional contacts during 3rd year
- Austin is a cool place to close out my 20s
- Very young med school = help establish clubs/ organizations that will shape school
- A lot less racial/ SES diversity than UTSW
- No AOA, but I'm not sure if I like this or not
- Austin is getting more and more expensive
- Very young med school = less alumni, less recognition to residency program directors, expected growing pains, more uncertainty
- Unranked on USN
I hope to be a physician that works with the community in new ways. I want to gain skills that integrate well with my career goals while in school. I also want to go to a school that offers opportunities for connections and networking for professional development and mentorship in and out of my parent school. It seems like Dell might give me the freedom to gain those skills and connections, but UTSW might have stronger connections in the medical community and a better ability for matching in programs where I can have more opportunities in residency.
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