Which Columbia Program?

[hexane19]

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I'm looking at Columbia's regular MD program and their Columbia-Basset program - is one easier to get into than the other?

 

[WedgeDawg]

Regular MD is easier (with a nice 3-4% acceptance rate). Bassett is even more selective due to how small it is (10 people) and is for people interested in rural health.

 

[amapples]

Regular MD is easier (with a nice 3-4% acceptance rate). Bassett is even more selective due to how small it is (10 people) and is for people interested in rural health.

Rural health? Even though they're in an urban area?

 

[hexane19]

Is the rural health program easier to get into though?

 

[WedgeDawg]

Rural health? Even though they're in an urban area?

You do your rotations at a different hospital outside of NYC. It's a very highly regarded program.

Is the rural health program easier to get into though?

Did you even read my post?

 

[deleted393595]

Regular MD is easier (with a nice 3-4% acceptance rate). Bassett is even more selective due to how small it is (10 people) and is for people interested in rural health.

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[Dr. Retractor]

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3-4% of all applicants... some of which have absolutely no business in applying to med school, much less Columbia.

 

[deleted393595]

3-4% of all applicants... some of which have absolutely no business in applying to med school, much less Columbia.

So that's the 50% of the pool right? I guess then 6-8% sounds "better".

 

[WedgeDawg]

So that's the 50% of the pool right? I guess then 6-8% sounds "better".

Honestly, looking at overall acceptance rate for medical schools is kind of pointless. It's better to look at % interviewed and then % accepted of those interviewed.

 

[caffeinemia]

COLUMBIA? Like Spanish Harlem Columbia? HAHAHAHAHAHAH Please tell me this is the columbia in MO, cuz the columbia in NYC has no business doing "rural health."

 

[WedgeDawg]

COLUMBIA? Like Spanish Harlem Columbia? HAHAHAHAHAHAH Please tell me this is the columbia in MO, cuz the columbia in NYC has no business doing "rural health."

Lmao dude do you even know how the program works?

 

[ngc 2170]

COLUMBIA? Like Spanish Harlem Columbia? HAHAHAHAHAHAH Please tell me this is the columbia in MO, cuz the columbia in NYC has no business doing "rural health."

Please tell me you read posts and med school websites, because people who post cluelessly have no business passing judgment on programs.

 

[claduva94]

Is the rural health program easier to get into though?

You do your rotations at a different hospital outside of NYC. It's a very highly regarded program.



Did you even read my post?

 

[Dr. Retractor]

COLUMBIA? Like Spanish Harlem Columbia? HAHAHAHAHAHAH Please tell me this is the columbia in MO, cuz the columbia in NYC has no business doing "rural health."

Are you even really a resident? I feel like someone who went through med school and matched into plastic surgery would know how to do a little research before making stupid claims.

 

[Cotterpin]

I know this is nit-picky, but Columbia is in Washington Heights, not Spanish Harlem.

 

[caffeinemia]

I know this is nit-picky, but Columbia is in Washington Heights, not Spanish Harlem.

Werd. You're right. I just get my Manhattan but not Manhattan geography all mixed up.

 

[caffeinemia]

Are you even really a resident? I feel like someone who went through med school and matched into plastic surgery would know how to do a little research before making stupid claims.

Have you ever really visited New York? Go upstate if you want rural. Only people growing crops in NYC are hipsters -- and I'm not even sure if you can sell that **** without a prescription. Ludicrous that a school with a mandate for being a city university is now doing a rural health. Would make some sense to be urban health program maybe.

And yeah, I'm being inflammatory. Get over it.

 

[Dr. Retractor]

Have you ever really visited New York? Go upstate if you want rural. Only people growing crops in NYC are hipsters -- and I'm not even sure if you can sell that **** without a prescription.

The rotations for people in the Columbia-Basset program are in Cooperstown, which is upstate, which is rural.

 

[ngc 2170]

Have you ever really visited New York? Go upstate if you want rural.

cannot even tell if you're being facetious at this point