Which DO School is your favorite, explain why

[BestDoctorEver]

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NOVA is hands down my favorite DO school

+1000

 

[dallasdaines]

Seriously was in the middle of typing that... like you get a full ride and you dont pick arguably the #1 school... the one that people would kill to go to except for that darn price tag. Its certainly a deterrent for me.

Or even OSU. I havent heard like a single bad thing about OSU

CCOM is a great school but AZCOM has that same exact feel and is ran almost exactly like CCOM. Their average GPA and MCAT scores are almost identical as well, so the same caliber of student that goes to CCOM will also be found at AZCOM.

Once you start seriously considering uprooting your life to move for medical school, you realize how important location actually is. Arizona is still a good distance from where I'm from, but nowhere near as far as Chicago. Cost of living is a lot more affordable as well. I have a family so I can't just rent out a room with other students. I loved CCOM and at AZCOM I felt like I was at that same school but with none of the negatives.

It just goes to show how choosing a medical school (if you're lucky enough to have the option) is a personal decision and one school may be the perfect fit for one student and the worst fit for another. It is all relative.

As far as OSU goes, it's a great school as well. They take less than 10% out of state, and as such, I don't think too many people even put the school on their radar. They emphasize heavily on primary care and I didn't like that. It would also be a huge move for my family.

 

[IslandStyle808]

Is this the answer to the mystery of where Goro is?

LOL. Thought so at first, but read a few more times. He's just referring to the whole "wherever I have been accepted (given a job) is my favorite school" answer.

 

[NeuroLAX]

This is an exaggeration. Larkin is only one out of 28 sites for rotations at Nova. I highly doubt that Nova sends a lot of students to Larkin in the first place as it is a community hospital.

Exactly. Like I said above, Nova doesn't send too many students to Larkin for core rotation assignment. This year it was less than 15 students. As long as they keep out of Mt. Sinai I highly doubt many of our students would care about not having Larkin as a core rotation site. It might be a headache for administration to find replacement positions, but it's too soon to know exactly what will happen since they are still in the applicant phase.

 

[deleted407021]

Does any one have any input on PCOM GA?

 

[Silence in ER]

COMP-NW.

Only if you can handle all the unconditional love and support and delicious beer the Pacific NW has to offer. Also, brunches and local produce and nature.

brb, checking this up now.

 

[Roxas]

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[Starry]

TCOM, first acceptance!
But I've loved it since the second year of college when I visited the school with a student org. The community is great, the area is nice (Kimbell art museum is just down the street!), and the tuition is cheap. What more can I ask for?

 

[Lys Ile Glu Leu]

In addition to everything else about the school, I was pumped when I saw how nice the gym was at DMU. It made KCUMBs gym feel like a closet. On the other hand KCUMB had a freaking beautiful campus. Ultimately it was the city itself that made me decide on DMU, it seemed like a far better place for a family

Likewise. Huge factor (family) on my part, and Des Moines has proven an ideal choice for that.

 

[Shinobiz11]

MSUCOM duhhhh!

 

[wjs010]

GA-pcom because I will be attending there. Lol. And it mirrors the original pcom, we can do rotations at the core campus, and I love the area the school is in. Actually cannot wait to move into the new apt 😀.

 

[Ash Ketchem]

I say any of the schools in Colorado or Washington if you know what I'm sayin...

 

[zoner]

Exactly. Like I said above, Nova doesn't send too many students to Larkin for core rotation assignment. This year it was less than 15 students. As long as they keep out of Mt. Sinai I highly doubt many of our students would care about not having Larkin as a core rotation site. It might be a headache for administration to find replacement positions, but it's too soon to know exactly what will happen since they are still in the applicant phase.

NOVA is also a very wealthy school that can ooutcompete any schools in the area for rotations. Not too mention they have the most understanding, helpful, awesome admin/deans that I know.

 

[MackandBlues]

the cheapest that accepts you...

 

[orangeman25]

NOVA or Western. Reason is strictly on location and weather!

 

[dutchie000]

my wish list for a school (if I could have anything):
1. a little bit rural, with a city in driving distance, and warm climate if I can get it
2. close knit, supportive community ( I am coming from a top 5 school where every class was crazy difficult and it was vary hard to feel like one belonged orhad anyone supporting them). This is my dealbreaker.
3. excellent clinical training. as of now, (things will probably change), i really like er medicine, I want to have the training to diagnose any clinical issue that comes my way without having to order MRI's for everything
4. research available, if one wants to do it. I know most do schools are not research driven institutions, so it's not a dealbreaker for me.
5. summer programs that allow medical students to work abroad. I am a first gen immigrants ( citizen though), so this is really important to me.
6. trauma 1 hospital (see desire to be an er doc above)
7.bevy of extracurricular activities
8. less stress. Now before you tell me medicine is stress, wait. I get it, I know medicine is all about stress and you can't get away from it. But in undergrad I had constant stress/anxiety over exams,tests so much so that I developed nervous tics. I don't want to be stabbing other medical students in the back for residencies. I don't want teachers to be weeding me in out in order out make me fail. I don't want to go to a school where each lecture class is 200 people and never ever gets smaller. I just couldn't do that again. I hated it.

You might like VCOM. Granted the weather is a little ADD, but you get all four seasons and the summers are beautiful. It's rather rural but within 45 minutes away from Roanoke, which is a city with a level 1 trauma center (Roanoke Memorial Hospital) that some people are lucky enough to do their clinical rotations at. Blacksburg is an awesome little college town with tons of school spirit. They also have tons of programs that allow med students to work abroad. The school is on the Virginia Tech campus, which is an extremely close knit community. From what I've heard from friends at VCOM the school itself is close knit and everyone works as a team. They also have an awesome SIM lab to practice clinical skills on. I did some trainings there where I got to practice delivering babies on their SIM woman. Virginia Tech prides itself on its research, so whether there are opportunities with VCOM or the professors at VT I'm sure you can get involved. I'm applying there for sure even though I don't particularly want to stay in Virginia, but if it was my only option I would be ecstatic.

 

[Silence in ER]

added to my list. thank you.

 

[user3]

You might like VCOM. Granted the weather is a little ADD, but you get all four seasons and the summers are beautiful. It's rather rural but within 45 minutes away from Roanoke, which is a city with a level 1 trauma center (Roanoke Memorial Hospital) that some people are lucky enough to do their clinical rotations at. Blacksburg is an awesome little college town with tons of school spirit. They also have tons of programs that allow med students to work abroad. The school is on the Virginia Tech campus, which is an extremely close knit community. From what I've heard from friends at VCOM the school itself is close knit and everyone works as a team. They also have an awesome SIM lab to practice clinical skills on. I did some trainings there where I got to practice delivering babies on their SIM woman. Virginia Tech prides itself on its research, so whether there are opportunities with VCOM or the professors at VT I'm sure you can get involved. I'm applying there for sure even though I don't particularly want to stay in Virginia, but if it was my only option I would be ecstatic.

I always wondered why VCOM never merged with VT but instead decided to open 2 160 student branch campuses.

 

[Chillywilly]

NOVA or Western. Reason is strictly on location and weather!

Nova's campus is beautiful and big. The weather and location is clutch, and only a 30min drive to Miami.

Life is just not worth living if you're more than hour away from NYC, LA, or Miami 😉

 

[zoner]

Nova's campus is beautiful and big. The weather and location is clutch, and only a 30min drive to Miami.

Life is just not worth living if you're more than hour away from NYC, LA, or Miami 😉

I say LA >>>>>>>NYC >>Miami

 

[Chillywilly]

I say LA >>>>>>>NYC >>Miami

I never been to LA. But I live outside of NYC and I've been to Miami and going to Nova.

 

[dutchie000]

I always wondered why VCOM never merged with VT but instead decided to open 2 160 student branch campuses.

Who knows! VCOM students still have a Hokie Passport (student ID) card all the rest of the VT students have, and they have access to the gyms and libraries and whatnot on campus. They also rock the orange and maroon. May as well be merged....

 

[orangeman25]

Nova's campus is beautiful and big. The weather and location is clutch, and only a 30min drive to Miami.

Life is just not worth living if you're more than hour away from NYC, LA, or Miami 😉

I don't get the big buzz about NYC. If you are in banking, then i can see how NYC would be the holyland. But for medicine? Nah.

On the otherhand, Miami and LA sound amazing for everything

 

[Chillywilly]

I don't get the big buzz about NYC. If you are in banking, then i can see how NYC would be the holyland. But for medicine? Nah.

On the otherhand, Miami and LA sound amazing for everything

I think you're only thinking about manhattan. Queens and Brooklyn are perfect for medicine.

 

[Chillywilly]

I don't get the big buzz about NYC. If you are in banking, then i can see how NYC would be the holyland. But for medicine? Nah.

On the otherhand, Miami and LA sound amazing for everything

When you say NYC , you have to include the large metro area like Long Island and north jersey. But queens and Brooklyn ( a part of nyc) are quite suburban and great for families and medicine. NYC isn't all taxis and tall buildings 😉

 

[medickdb]

Who knows! VCOM students still have a Hokie Passport (student ID) card all the rest of the VT students have, and they have access to the gyms and libraries and whatnot on campus. They also rock the orange and maroon. May as well be merged....

I've always wondered that, too. Virginia Tech opened an MD school a couple of years ago. If the DO school were to merge, Virginia Tech could be like the Michigan State of the East. That'd be kind of cool.

 

[Beth_W737]

We already have a version in the East - Rowan formerly UMDNJ used to have 2 sister allo schools, now became Rowan and has Coopers allo school as a sister school.

 

[dutchie000]

I've always wondered that, too. Virginia Tech opened an MD school a couple of years ago. If the DO school were to merge, Virginia Tech could be like the Michigan State of the East. That'd be kind of cool.

True! I'll have to ask someone next time I run into a VCOM student or faculty member. They would probably know.

 

[Dreamstoo]

Just look at Nova and tell me you wouldn't kill to go there.

heh. I got you there.

I'm taking my talents to Miami, I mean NOVA (hopefully when I apply this cycle or the next). Now all I need is a hour on ESPN to do it.

But in all seriousness, I love the DO philosophy and as other people said, whichever schools accept me will be my favorite or favorites hopefully 😉.

 

[ashtray81]

Just look at Nova and tell me you wouldn't kill to go there.

After a winter like we had in Jersey, this picture makes me want to hit myself for not applying to NOVA. But yeah, RowanSOM (formerly UMDNJ) is a strong program, with great faculty, location, and the fact that they accepted me with only a $100 deposit (going towards IN-STATE tuition) sealed the deal. Good luck. If I was 10 years younger, I would have donated liters of blood to go here.

 

[Dreamstoo]

Well it is similar with me. There are two DO schools that I live near by. One is about a 30 minute drive (at most), or a 30 minute train ride with a few transfers. The other school is about a 20 minute drive.

 

[Dreamstoo]

When you say NYC , you have to include the large metro area like Long Island and north jersey. But queens and Brooklyn ( a part of nyc) are quite suburban and great for families and medicine. NYC isn't all taxis and tall buildings 😉

+1 very true. However if you are a medical student trying to find a place to live, better off living in queens or Brooklyn than Long island which tends to be more pricey.

 

[Dreamstoo]

I don't get the big buzz about NYC. If you are in banking, then i can see how NYC would be the holyland. But for medicine? Nah.

On the otherhand, Miami and LA sound amazing for everything

very true. If you work for a strong bank and your a i-banker in NYC, you will be making 6 figures in your mid 20s.