Wright State vs TCOM

[bwyp]

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I'm currently located in the midwest and will be relocating my family for medical school. I'm torn with this decision because I am weighing MD vs location. I am a non-traditional student with three children and I have an extensive support network in Fort Worth (family, friends, etc). Ideally, I hope to do my training/spend my career in Texas. Wright State, on the other hand, was more impressive to me on interview day. Do the opportunities opened with an MD outweigh the networking/location benefits of TCOM?
-I have no idea what type of specialty I want to pursue.
-Both will be similar in terms of cost.

Wright State:
Pros: MD program, more impressed with the school on interview day, smaller class size, research opportunities
Cons: location far from support network, more challenging for my husband to find a job

TCOM:
Pros: location, potential networking opportunities through rotations, match the majority of students in Texas, my husband has a job opportunity in the area
Cons: I don't have a compelling interest in OMM, potentially fewer opportunities to match in a competitive specialty

 

[deleted915325]

Wright State.

 

[gulli_97]

"training/spend my career in Texas" This can be done without a doubt at TCOM. I'm sure you can match into a Texas residency with an MD from Wright but not at the rate of which you can from TCOM.

Additionally how important is matching into a competitive specialty for you? From what I've seen, TCOM does match students into ortho/nsg but often in community programs and smaller programs outside of Texas. I have seen an ortho match from TCOM at UTMB and Tech though. Would you be willing to relocate your family again after med school to pursue this, even if it was in another state?

I think if the answer to that is yes, you may have to go MD at Wright.

 

[A_Knowbody]

I would go with the MD. Use those friends and family connections when you do multiple away rotations in your specialty of interest in Texas.