What are the advantages of going to a top teir medical school?

[Coopa Jay]

Besides gaining the right to spout off and say, "oh I went to Harvard" what is the difference between the degrees? I mean, at the end of the day, isn't getting into the rescidency you want entirely up to you? What specifically are the general advantages of going to a top tier school beyond bragging rights and posh facilities?

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[efle]

What I see usually talked abt -

• reputation (can matter for getting residency interviews, not just personal bragging rights)
• research resources
• all other types of resources
• the people mentoring and recommending you
• connection to your associated hospital system. Often top schools will also have some great residencies at their same hospital, and inbreeding is massive - take a glance at the number of Hopkins grads going into Hopkins residencies or Harvard into Harvard/MGH/BWH

If you haven't already, see this recent thread. If it is true that these Top Whatever programs have step averages that are barely above the national median (middle to high 230s instead of 230) then their match lists are ridiculously strong.

 

[Gurby]

 

[Astra]

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Hey there old timer. How's that 2008 theme?

 

[Lucca]

Closing thread on duplicate topic. Please keep discussion on that topic in the thread @efle linked above.