I was accepted to both but attended Midwestern. For me it was more of the “x factor” than anything else. Couldn’t tell you any one reason why I chose it over the other schools but looking back I’m glad I did. I can’t speak much to Western but I would definitely recommend Midwestern.
First two years were extremely difficult but it made all 3 parts of boards pretty easy. Gotta be the most nicest pod school campus in the country. Phoenix was also a blast and we came to love it there. Excellent 3rd year rotations- you get to spend most of your time one on one with docs in their clinic and surgery which gives you a huge advantage in the OR come fourth year. The fourth year schedule is one of the best. You get 7 months of externships starting around May and no externships scheduled after interviews in January (that might not mean much now but I promise it’s a good thing and not every school has that good of a schedule). The biggest downside is probably how difficult the basic sciences are over the first two years. Med school is hard everywhere but the curriculum really was ridiculous.
That being said, there are good students at every school and you can get wherever you want to go from any of them. Work hard, be personable, be teachable, and you’ll be just fine.