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Dartmouth
Pros
Pros
Pros
Pros
- Prestige (residency director ranking #28, comparable to Case, Brown, BU, Sinai)
- True P/F preclinical (I think)
- Optional, recorded lectures
- Small class size
- Excellent sense of community
- Students seemed happy and least stressed
- Faculty seemed caring/supportive
- Enjoyed my interview day
- Far from home
- Highest tuition
- Rural area
Pros
- 40 mins from home
- Optional, recorded lectures
- In-state tuition
- Research opportunities (rank #2 among public universities in research productivity)
- Large hospital connected to med school
- Good reputation in NY
- H/P/F preclinical
- Mandatory PBL
- 1 hr 45 mins from Manhattan
- 1.5 years preclinical
- Residency director ranking #67
Pros
- True P/F preclinical (no ranking)
- Very supportive faculty and administration
- Beautiful facilities
- 30 minutes from home, 40 minutes from Manhattan (best in terms of location)
- Northwell Health — largest health system in NYS
- Good clinical sites (can do rotations at Lenox Hill)
- Lots of free food around campus
- Exams every ~12 weeks
- Small class size
- Really good vibes from interview day/second look
- Mandatory PBL and lectures (12 hrs/week)
- Essay-based exams — may be difficult transitioning to step 1 multiple choice questions
- Exam “weeks” — take exams for a week (2 essay-based, step practice Q’s, lab practicals, simulation tests)
- Relatively new school — lowest prestige
- Residency director ranking #113