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Hawaii
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CMS
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Summary: I really do not know which school I should choose. I want to aim for something competitive as I highly value lifestyle. I'm not sure whether UH is worth it for the extra 20k per year.
Pros
- higher research funding; however, "Not a tremendously academic institution --> Varies between specialty, but in general less research opportunities than big academic institutions (although there's an NCI designated cancer center right next door now)"
- student to faculty ratio: 0.7:1
- Match list: http://jabsom.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Class-of-2016-Match-Results..pdf
- Ranking is higher
- " For nine of the past 10 years, our students have scored above the national average in the US Medical Licensing Exam, Step 1."
- weather, a lot of matches in California (positive for me)
- P/F
- "Enormous amount of time to study for Step 1 --> In addition to a strong curriculum I think this is part of why we've surpassed the national mean for several years (8 years I think?)"
Cons
- 92k a year COA
- heavily PBL, minimal lecturing (not sure if this is a con) However, "PBL lends itself to lots of independence and free time ("self-directed learning time")"
- small class size (I kind of like large classes)
- primary care focused
- "Uses community hospitals such as Tripler, Queens, Kuakini for their teaching hospitals, which can be good and bad"
CMS
Pros
- 74k a year (cheaper) COA
- comparable match list? https://s3.amazonaws.com/rfums-bigtree/files/resources/cms-match-list-2016.pdf
- Clinical rotations are regarded well and I've heard Cook County is amazing.
- Mostly lectures
- Chicago is great
- P/F
Cons
- bad weather
- low research funding (students have mentioned it is somewhat difficult to find research, clinical research)
- It does not have it's own hospital
Summary: I really do not know which school I should choose. I want to aim for something competitive as I highly value lifestyle. I'm not sure whether UH is worth it for the extra 20k per year.