sillychemistry
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Still waiting on a few decisions, but between these schools what do you think. Have acceptences from these 3 and am on WL at duke (ignoring that for now)
Mayo:
Pro:
Dartmouth:
Pro:
Pro:
Mayo:
Pro:
- more than 50% of tuition covered – est COL per year is 60k – 240k total
- Low COL area
- Strong match list into specialities of interest
- Lots of research opportunities/cool clinical experiences
- Prestigious within medicine
- Cool curriculum with flexibility in selectives/time off
- Complementary dual degree if in good academic standing after 2nd year
- Midwest heavy and northeast light matchlist (hoping to end up back in the northeast)
- Rochester MN – far from my partner who is in the northeast, and COLD!
- Small class size – may not find friends given how small the class size is. This is likely my largest con. I am worried about vibing with people given the small class size.
- H/HP/P/F system for clinical rotations
- Worried I would feel isolated in MN away from friends, family etc.
Dartmouth:
Pro:
- Strong northeast match list (honestly punches heavy above its weight)
- Got good vibes from the students on my interview day! Think I would fit into the culture of the school
- Located in a town with lots of access to the outdoors (important for me)
- Ivey league, recognized outside of the medical community, but maybe not as prestigious as mayo within the medical community.
- Closer to NYC (5 hours by train) where my partner lives
- H/HP/P/F system
- Have no received financial aid package yet
- Lower ranked then mayo is
- Have to travel to do rotations (sometimes to arizona, fl) can be a pro for some locations, and not others (like a random town in NH). I dont have my license so would def need to figure this out before going lmao
Pro:
- Great vibes from students/admin
- large class so easier to make friends maybe
- Opportunity to do rotations at clevland clinic
- Close to home
- Maybe a better place to live then rochester MN
- Good match list
- Very expensive, no merit or need based aid for international students (400k total) +160k USD more then mayo
- Alot of mandatory small group. I honestly don't think I would love this
- Cleveland
- Less prestigious maybe then Mayo within medical community and less well known outside medical commmunity compared to dartmouth
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