Wake Forest vs. Wayne State SOM

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Should I go to Wayne or Wake SOM? (please read whole post first)

  • Wayne State

    Votes: 2 14.3%
  • Wake Forest

    Votes: 12 85.7%

  • Total voters
    14

aarena1992

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Hey guys,

Is Wake Forest really that much better a medical school than Wayne State? Is it more well known? How much do rankings matter? I'm on an Air Force scholarship so please disregard cost. Also I work in Detroit now and know it's not a "horrible disgusting place to live" (at least not everywhere...) so no responses like that please :/ (and yes I like the cold and snow). However I've spent most my life between NC and PA so Detroit isn't necessarily "home" either and I will have potentially little social support after my family moves back to NC in 2016. Wake is supposedly a better research and primary care school, but I don't plan on doing primary care (I know plans change) and know I don't like research enough to do anything more than dabbling (prior experience). Also does anyone know what student life is like? Are the hospital qualities pretty similar? I know Detroit area has more to do regarding cars, art, sports, etc. and the clinical experience at Wayne is nearly unbeatable. Basically, would I be shooting myself in the foot choosing Wayne over Wake?

(PS I know I posted a similar thread earlier but thought this was the more appropriate place and had some different questions)

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The difference is negligible. Coming from NYC, nobody here knows what the f*ck Wake Forest is but we've heard of Wayne, if that's any consolation.
 
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