sharpzebra
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Hi all! Deciding between these two as decision day comes up. No strong specialty interest yet..listed pros and cons below
Ohio State
Pros
- P/F
- Students seem friendly and collaborative
- In-state tuition (total tuition over 4 years is 154K)
- Cheaper cost of living in the Columbus area
- Fantastic research opportunities
- Traditional lecture based curriculum (no mandatory classes, recorded lectures, systems approach)
- Higher rank (30)
- Brand new inpatient hospital being built (will be first class able to do clinical rotations there)
- Well-connected to physicians and medical community due to going to UG here
Cons
- Internal quartile rankings (also being used to award scholarships which may induce competitiveness..not sure)
- It seems like a lot of students from here match into Ohio programs; I'm not sure how much of this is just due to student preference, but I'd like to move out of Ohio for residency
- Having gone here for undergrad means I'll spend another 4 years in the same place, won't get to experience a new city etc
- Lack of dedicated research time
Rush Medical College
Pros
- Students I've connected with seem very friendly and helpful
- Get exposure at both Rush university medical center and Cook county
- True P/F..no internal rankings
- Culture really emphasizes service
- Diverse student body (many non-trads with unique experiences)
- Heard they excel in great clinical experiences during M3 and M4 years
- Chicago would be an AMAZING city to be during my mid-20's (have always wanted to live in a big city)
Cons
-More expensive (tuition is 224K over 4 years)
-Higher cost of living in Chicago
-Flipped classroom (could not be a con but there are mandatory sessions every week ranging from 5-10 hours
- Lower rank (68)..not sure if this matters more with Step 1 being P/F
- Harsher winters
Overall, I am pretty conflicted and would love to hear others opinions
Ohio State
Pros
- P/F
- Students seem friendly and collaborative
- In-state tuition (total tuition over 4 years is 154K)
- Cheaper cost of living in the Columbus area
- Fantastic research opportunities
- Traditional lecture based curriculum (no mandatory classes, recorded lectures, systems approach)
- Higher rank (30)
- Brand new inpatient hospital being built (will be first class able to do clinical rotations there)
- Well-connected to physicians and medical community due to going to UG here
Cons
- Internal quartile rankings (also being used to award scholarships which may induce competitiveness..not sure)
- It seems like a lot of students from here match into Ohio programs; I'm not sure how much of this is just due to student preference, but I'd like to move out of Ohio for residency
- Having gone here for undergrad means I'll spend another 4 years in the same place, won't get to experience a new city etc
- Lack of dedicated research time
Rush Medical College
Pros
- Students I've connected with seem very friendly and helpful
- Get exposure at both Rush university medical center and Cook county
- True P/F..no internal rankings
- Culture really emphasizes service
- Diverse student body (many non-trads with unique experiences)
- Heard they excel in great clinical experiences during M3 and M4 years
- Chicago would be an AMAZING city to be during my mid-20's (have always wanted to live in a big city)
Cons
-More expensive (tuition is 224K over 4 years)
-Higher cost of living in Chicago
-Flipped classroom (could not be a con but there are mandatory sessions every week ranging from 5-10 hours
- Lower rank (68)..not sure if this matters more with Step 1 being P/F
- Harsher winters
Overall, I am pretty conflicted and would love to hear others opinions
