pedsthrowaway
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I’m hoping to go into academic pediatrics or medicine/pediatrics. Although I’m open to change, I worked as a public school teacher for six years as a prior career and would like to continue working primarily with that population and advocacy/policy efforts.
Ohio State
+ Cost ($300K)
+ School Spirit/Tradition
+ Close to family/family currently attend OSU
+ P/F, 18 Months Pre-Clinical
+ Proximity to well-known residencies in the region (Cincy, Rainbow, Nationwide, Lurie, Michigan, UPMC, etc.)
+ Phenomenal matches in pediatrics
+ The CMT program seemed more individual/student focused as I’ll be the only med student on rotations instead of a bunch of students, residents, and fellows.
- Will not be doing my core pediatrics clerkship at Nationwide Children's
- Brand new track/cohort
Colorado
+ LIC Clerkship Model
+ P/F Pre-Clinical
+ Global Health Track
+ Ability to open up the West Coast (I’m from the South and have family in the Midwest)
+ Great matches into pediatrics
+ Proximity to well-known West Coast and Texas residencies (Colorado, UTSW, Baylor, UW, CHLA, Stanford, UCSF, Phoenix, etc.)
+ Possibility of doing my core clerkship at Children’s Colorado
- Cost ($440K)
- 1 Year Pre-Clinical looks daunting
Overall, the only real thing stopping me from going to CU is the cost, but I also don’t know if CU is that more prestigious than OSU. Now for top pediatrics programs, I have no clue how prestige plays into that.
Ohio State
+ Cost ($300K)
+ School Spirit/Tradition
+ Close to family/family currently attend OSU
+ P/F, 18 Months Pre-Clinical
+ Proximity to well-known residencies in the region (Cincy, Rainbow, Nationwide, Lurie, Michigan, UPMC, etc.)
+ Phenomenal matches in pediatrics
+ The CMT program seemed more individual/student focused as I’ll be the only med student on rotations instead of a bunch of students, residents, and fellows.
- Will not be doing my core pediatrics clerkship at Nationwide Children's
- Brand new track/cohort
Colorado
+ LIC Clerkship Model
+ P/F Pre-Clinical
+ Global Health Track
+ Ability to open up the West Coast (I’m from the South and have family in the Midwest)
+ Great matches into pediatrics
+ Proximity to well-known West Coast and Texas residencies (Colorado, UTSW, Baylor, UW, CHLA, Stanford, UCSF, Phoenix, etc.)
+ Possibility of doing my core clerkship at Children’s Colorado
- Cost ($440K)
- 1 Year Pre-Clinical looks daunting
Overall, the only real thing stopping me from going to CU is the cost, but I also don’t know if CU is that more prestigious than OSU. Now for top pediatrics programs, I have no clue how prestige plays into that.
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