Albany vs AZCOM urgent

[binky23]

Albany
Pros

• Small class size (roughly 140)
• 18 month pre clinical
• Has a home hospital
• Modified pass/fail pre clinical
• More research opportunities

Cons

• Total COA is about 30k more, (270k total COA)
• On the opposite side of the country and have not lived by myself
• Weather
• No financial aid given
• Away from family

AZCOM
Pros

• Slightly less COA, Qualified for WICHE which brings tuition down to 52k, total COA would be about 240k
• one minute drive from the school
• Support system nearby
• Would like to eventually practice and attend residency on the west coast, not sure if attending AZCOM over Albany would help with this

Cons

• Letter grading
• Rigorous exam schedule (2-3 exams weekly)
• OMM
• Large class size (around 250)
• Take two sets of board exams

Summary: I don't think I'm interested in super competitive specialties such as dermatology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery etc. Currently I'm looking at fields such as anesthesiology, IM, PM&R, and possibly rads. Would going DO over MD here make a significant difference?

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[chilly_md]

Albany. MD will make a big difference for anesthesiology and rads.

 

[PalaceLover]

30k is nothing in the grand scheme of things, go MD. Would only consider state DO schools over Albany in this case.

 

[popoon]

Easily the MD

 

[LloydChristmasMD]

MD all day every day, and twice on Sunday.