Hey y'all! I am thankful to be holding acceptances from two schools currently, one that is much closer to home and one that is much more established. I am from Missouri, and my partner will be finishing up their fourth year of professional school there while I am beginning medical school, so being close to home would be great. However, I would like to keep my options for residency as open as possible, as I am currently interested in specialties of higher competitiveness (think anesthesia and DR).
AZCOM
Pros:
Pros:
AZCOM
Pros:
- More established school/clinical rotations
- Proven record of placing students in competitive specialites
- More expensive (~20k per year more/80k more total, not including COL difference between Wichita and Phoenix)
- Much farther from home, will definitely turn my relationship long-distance for a year
- Traditional letter grading system
Pros:
- School seemed very student-focused during interview
- P/F grading system
- Much closer to home/partner
- 80k cheaper
- Newer school, would be in 3rd class
- Curriculum/clinical rotations likely not as cemented