Your Top 5 Med Schools

[hot_lunch_69]

I think it's foolhardy not to prioritize your schools in advance. It could potentially save you money and prevent headaches. After all, if you don't know enough about the programs to have already decided which ones you like most, how are you going to answer the interviewers questions?

If you're not going to play favorites in the name of "not counting our chickens before they hatch", then I have to ask just how exactly is one supposed to choose which schools to apply to?

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[LauraMac]

I'm just curious after seeing a lot of people put University of Pittsburgh on their top 5. Why does everyone refer to it as ?UPitt?? I went there for undergrad, and, I swear, the only people that I ever heard refer to the school as UPitt (as opposed to ?Pitt? or ?Pittsburgh?) were either people who had never been to Pittsburgh, or had attended the school in the 1970s. Is it different for the med school?

i write UPitt because that is how it is always written in the brackets for march madness. no one at umich calls it umich either. we call it michigan or u of m.

 

[BobA]

I think it's foolhardy not to prioritize your schools in advance. It could potentially save you money and prevent headaches. After all, if you don't know enough about the programs to have already decided which ones you like most, how are you going to answer the interviewers questions?

If you're not going to play favorites in the name of "not counting our chickens before they hatch", then I have to ask just how exactly is one supposed to choose which schools to apply to?

You have a good point.

I just think that the more healthy approach for me is to not get too worked up about which schools I want to go to during this part of the process - the waiting part. I'll prioritize after I've gotten some more feedback, and had the chance to visit campuses.

 

[UseUrHeadFred]

Hey man, that's cool. I just like to argue.

 

[leechy]

guess my five are:

1) Harvard (yeah riiiiight)
2) Yale (also yeah riiiiight)
3) Duke
4) Cornell
5) Dartmouth

 

[BerlinNeuro]

A bit different from the others here, but based on my apps:

1. NYCOM: best clinicals in the osteo world IMO, close to NYC, diverse student body, job opportunities for my b/f
2. U Cinci: in-state, big research program
3. OSU: in-state, great hospitals in Columbus
4. NSUCOM: great students and beautiful weather
5. "the rest":
Wright State
MCO
Western/COMP
UMDNJ

 

[BlackstarNYC]

Sorry, wrong thread!

 

[sweatybrain]

1) stanford
2) cornell
3) yale
4) harvard
5) case (the college program)

 

[kmjannie]

1. University of Iowa - location, location, location...and $$$
2. Medical College of WI - location...
3. University of Chicago - nice school
4. Case Western - a little far from the midwest, but a nice school
5. University of Kansas - corn.

 

[cottagepepper]

Penn- because I went to undergrad and have been living in philly for the last 5 years, and working currently at the children's hospital with a prof at the med school ...

Is it bad if I don't really have any other top choices? All of the others really seem the same to me.
One track mind... no kidding.

I didn't get an interview yet. my stats I think are avg compared to others who got into PENN : MCAT 31, GPA 3.73, major in BiBB with 2 minors.... which makes me worry a little bit but I guess all things happen for a reason (shurgs))))...

 

[derelict]

1. Mayo
2. UPitt
3. CCLCM
4. Stanford
5. UNC

 

[Soleil9]

1. Einstein
2. Einstein
3. Einstein
4. Einstein
5. Einstein


PLEASE--- I'll be your best student......

 

[Hersey]

1. Minnesota - Twin Cities
2. Minnesota - Twin Cities
3. Minnesota - Twin Cities
4. Minnesota - Twin Cities
5. Minnesota - Twin Cities

. . . hence the EDP application. (Accepted September 22.)

I'm pretty well tied down here in Minneapolis, and not up for long commutes to Rochester, Duluth, or Madison, WI, so it was the only school for me.

 

[abraxas20]

1. UK
2. UK
3. UK
4. UK
5. UK

I went EDP too......

 

[Bright Star]

1. Any school that will accept me and give me a GREAT financial aid package
2. Any school that will accept me.

 

[oli84]

In no real order:

Penn
Northwestern
Cornell
UCLA/USC
NYU

 

[junathon]

1. Any school that will accept me and give me a GREAT financial aid package
2. Any school that will accept me.

me too!

 

[AthensBeth]

1. Hawaii
2. Mt. Sinai
3. UPenn
4. MUSC (Charleston is so nice)
5. UNC

 

[Dr. Chiquita]

My top picks...

1) Yale (being delusional...)
2) Cornell (keep on dreaming...)
3) Pritzker (finally a reality check: already rejected )
4) NYU/Mt. Sinai/Dartmouth (still haven't learned my lesson...)
5) Einstein (got my interview...crossing my fingers)

 

[BigRedPingpong]

My top picks...

/Dartmouth (still haven't learned my lesson...)

I'm starting to see a love-hate relationship with rural, middle-of-nowhere locations.

Cornell---->dartmouth

 

[UCLAstudent]

1. UCLA
2. UCSF
3. UMich
4. Baylor
5. Ohio State

 

[aparecida]

Revised:
1. Pitt
2. Pritzker
3. Wake
4. Emory
5. Louisville

 

[Dr. Chiquita]

I'm starting to see a love-hate relationship with rural, middle-of-nowhere locations.

Cornell---->dartmouth

Why not another four years?

But mostly likely, not gonna happen...

 

[omarsaleh66]

I wanna play!!! Let's see Im already in med school so for residency...

1) Baylor (TMac and Yao ming)

2) UT southwestern (4 hours from Houston)

3) Harvard (will help me get a good job later so I can move back to the South)

4) Miami (Sobe)

5) Mississippi (I can live with my mom and not pay rent)

 

[Jack_Adam]

Adding my own:

1) Stanford
2) NYU
3/4) UTSW/Baylor (can't decide which should be ranked higher)
5) Columbia

 

[MonteeC]

my top five are:

1) UCLA
2) USC
3) NYU
4) MSSM
5) NJMS

hopin to luck out on this cycle, either east coast or west coast, although i'd really like to see some of the socal surf and sun again..

 

[bjackrian]

1. George Washington (love the public policy emphasis)
2. Georgetown (what can I say, I love Washington!)
3. OHSU (primary care + Portland's another great city)
4. Duke (MPP/MD program)
5. Case Western (MD/MA bioethics)

Now...who will let me in?

 

[ImmunoANT]

can't remember why I came to this thread.
anyway, I'm really curious about how people think of Cleaveland Clinic (Lerner) now it's starting its 2nd year.

and for me.... UCSF, it's always you.... *weep*

oh well, I'm very happy here at PENN...

 

[Ambs]

UCLA,
OHSU,
NYU,
Northwestern,
Brown,
Tufts

... not in any particular order...

 

[202]

UCLA
UCSF
Stanford
UCI
UCSD

 

[Shaz]

have you noticed that the people who like UCSF like it with a passion?

 

[skoaner]

1. UCLA/CalTech
2. Wisc
3. Yale
4. Creighton
5. Harvard

(Unranked: Cornell, Penn, Nebraska, Dartmouth, Duke, U-Mich, Wake)

/interviews suck

 

[Speedy]

What the hay.....

Perhaps no particular order, but we'll see

1. UNC (great school, $, $, $, etc.)
2. OSU - I was super impressed
3. Emory - (cough, cough) I would love an interview
4. UVA
5. ECU (once again, $, $, $, etc.)

 

[MD Rapper]

1) USC
2) UCSD
3) UCI
4) UCLA
5) Georgetown

- btw... its not happenin since I'm in the SMP this year (except for maybe georgetown)! Good luck everyone... I don't think my stats will get me in to most of those places.

 

[i77ac]

1. harvard
2. stanford
3. hopkins
4. UCSF
5. mayo

 

[ajt2003]

My picks:

1. Yale - my undergrad; loved it then, know I will love it now. Perhaps surprisingly, the people here are pretty cool, and _mostly_ down-to-Earth. The flexibility of the med school curriculum is a huge plus (um? Hello? TRUE pass/fail system first two years) and *gasp* I LOVE New Haven -- it's really quaint and cozy...although, believe me, I do know that opinions differ on this subject...

2. JHU - Boyfriend's most likely going to be in D.C., so proximity to him is a plus! And, well, it's Hopkin's. Not too psyched about the potential for crazy pre-meds-turned-med-students, but the education's undeniably top notch.

3/4. MSSM/NYU - work at MSSM, feel comfortable here -- the med students are also pretty cool; good residency match. I just like NYU's vibe -- have friends there, all of whom are very happy.

5. U. Penn - Love Philly; it's a great program; people seem fun.

But, alas, it's not up to me!
Darn.