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I too am about to resort to flipping a coin!! Both programs are awesome, which MSTP should I pick? Cornell/Rockefeller/SK or Yale???
VOTE - Which MSTP, Cornell Tri-I or Yale?
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Two great choices. I think it comes down to location and where you will feel happiest. Also which has the better research in the area you think you want to train in. It is hard to turn down NYC though...I am from the area and have lived here the last 2.5 years and it still amazes me every day.
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Hmm...touch choice since both programs suck.
I'm just kidding 😀
Reputation - very comparable...hard to say where the edge goes.
Research - depends on your interests. Cornell being all Tri-I might have more PI's than Yale but I might be talking outta my ass here. Again, take a good look at the faculty roster at both institutions and decide which research atmosphere best fits your interests.
Environment - two different environment...on one hand you got the Big Apple and then on the other hand you got New Haven (which everyone says is a dump). Where would you feel more comfortable?
If it were me, I would lean a bit towards Cornell.
I'm just kidding 😀
Reputation - very comparable...hard to say where the edge goes.
Research - depends on your interests. Cornell being all Tri-I might have more PI's than Yale but I might be talking outta my ass here. Again, take a good look at the faculty roster at both institutions and decide which research atmosphere best fits your interests.
Environment - two different environment...on one hand you got the Big Apple and then on the other hand you got New Haven (which everyone says is a dump). Where would you feel more comfortable?
If it were me, I would lean a bit towards Cornell.
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If it were me, I'd choose Yale. However, if neither program has a distinct draw that makes it stand out from the other for you, then I would choose based on location...in that case, there's no question: Cornell.
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I think Cornell Tri program probably has more diverse research fields.
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Why isn't Yale getting any love? I would have gladly turned over my first born to have been accepted there. If this is about New Haven, I really think people's complaints are silly. It's like saying there's nothing to do in St. Louis. a) How much are you really going to do outside of school? and b) Somehow many tens of millions of people around the country manage to enjoy themselves in cities and towns that are not New York, Boston, etc.
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i only have a few things to add that may be worth thinking about:
while the yale system is truly appealing, the maximal benefits seem limited to the first two years - with 5-6 more years of a program to go. though cornell doesn't offer the quite the same degree of a laissez-fair approach to medical school, it is an extremely flexible curriculum that allows for students to choose structured rigor or forgoe it (many of us are in the latter group, and being as this is board study time for us, none of us are regretting our 2 year long stance). i would also offer that the diversity of clinical training in nyc with the large network of NY-Presbyterian hospitals is nearly unrivaled (and contrary to popular belief, private/no insurance patients do not make up even a large minority of NYH's patient base, with medicare/medicaid making up a sizable fraction).
with regards to research, unless you have a specific person in mind at either institution, the breath and depth of cornell/sloan kettering/rockefeller is hard to beat. and since the latter two institutions recently began large faculty recruitment drives and physical expansions, the offerings will only increase over the next few years.
finally, don't underestimate location. i'm not in the school of thought that considers new haven an abyss, but i think that nyc and the tri-institutions offer opportunities that one often doesn't even think of on the outset. i thought i'd be missing out on a college campus by coming here - and i'm now quite certain that i'd have missed out had i not come here. if you're not a city person, however, that's another issue. and if you simply like yale, and don't like cornell - far be it from my to convince you otherwise. best of luck with your decision and wherever you decide to go.
while the yale system is truly appealing, the maximal benefits seem limited to the first two years - with 5-6 more years of a program to go. though cornell doesn't offer the quite the same degree of a laissez-fair approach to medical school, it is an extremely flexible curriculum that allows for students to choose structured rigor or forgoe it (many of us are in the latter group, and being as this is board study time for us, none of us are regretting our 2 year long stance). i would also offer that the diversity of clinical training in nyc with the large network of NY-Presbyterian hospitals is nearly unrivaled (and contrary to popular belief, private/no insurance patients do not make up even a large minority of NYH's patient base, with medicare/medicaid making up a sizable fraction).
with regards to research, unless you have a specific person in mind at either institution, the breath and depth of cornell/sloan kettering/rockefeller is hard to beat. and since the latter two institutions recently began large faculty recruitment drives and physical expansions, the offerings will only increase over the next few years.
finally, don't underestimate location. i'm not in the school of thought that considers new haven an abyss, but i think that nyc and the tri-institutions offer opportunities that one often doesn't even think of on the outset. i thought i'd be missing out on a college campus by coming here - and i'm now quite certain that i'd have missed out had i not come here. if you're not a city person, however, that's another issue. and if you simply like yale, and don't like cornell - far be it from my to convince you otherwise. best of luck with your decision and wherever you decide to go.
