<p>Got into GW and Tulane medical schools. Which would you choose and why?</p>
<p>Hoping to get into either Dermatology or Psychiatry or possibly a general surgeon. I'm from the south but in an ideal world, get the residency of my choice in New York City.</p>
<p>All opinions are welcome.</p>
<p>Medhope</p>
<p>Which atmosphere did you like the best? Thats really what it comes down to for med school selection - you can get into derm or psych from any school, so you decision should come down to “where did I like the atmosphere and students?” and “which curriculum do I like better?”</p>
<p>I’ve heard good things about Tulane - laid back students, good education. GW is a good school as well, but I’m sure you know about the probation thing. Obviously, they’re going to fix the problems and get off of probation, but it is bad press for the school.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your dual acceptances, it’s a nice problem to have.</p>
<p>Icarus really hit on the important things. Your school isn’t going to have much of an impact on your specialty choice so long as you’ve done the necessary work - at least not to an extent that makes sense to base your school choice on it.</p>
<p>The probation thing at GW is pretty big, the very few number of things I’ve read on it have been pretty acrimonious, but you’ve actually been there and had a chance to hear what students and administrators said during the interview day. </p>
<p>While NYC might the dream right now, it’s hard to predict if that’ll stay the same. A lot can happen in four years. I think very few of my classmates would have ever guessed they’d end up where they did for residency when they were first year students…I know I would have never imagined in a million years that I’d end up heading to Arkansas for my pediatrics residency. Even at this time last year when I was putting my list together of places to apply, I didn’t think my top three choices were going to be what they ended up being.</p>
<p>Thanks guys. My thoughts are about the same. I liked Tulane better in most respects. The GW asstt. dean talked to us on interview day and played down the probation thing, that they will have it all fixed in a year etc.</p>
<p>I’m waiting for the financial aid package from each school that I expect will come by early May and then decide. But all things being about equal, I’m going to Tulane.</p>
<p>I’m a GW med alum and I didn’t know about the probation thing until coming across your post. Interesting… they send me lots of Med Center news in all of the mailings requesting money… surprising that they didn’t even alert alums to the problem. Sounds like they will solve the problems, but certainly I can understand the concerns. </p>
<p>In any case, I was going to say how great GW was when I attended, but I just had my 25th reunion, so that’s a while ago.</p>
<p>I did match for residency at one of the top academic NYC hospitals (there are four big ones, and it was one of those), and then fellowship at one of the top programs in the country in my subspecialty. </p>
<p>So I was going to say how GW would not be limiting as far as choice of residency… wherever you go if you want a top program you have to be at the top of your class…i.e. if you are at the bottom at Harvard Med, you won’t get a better residency than someone at the top of their class at GW or Tulane.</p>
<p>Anyway, don’t know that much about Tulane. Going to med school in DC was absolutely fabulous. The different hospitals we rotated through provided excellent clinical training and much variety… Those included (and I don’t think it’s changed)… the Washington V.A., University Hospital, Holy Cross, Washington Hospital Center, and Children’s Hospital (one of the best Peds hospitals in the country). I did Psych rotation at the St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, the largest inpatient Psych hospital in the country. </p>
<p>In any case, either school will provide you with a great medical education.
Good luck!</p>
<p>rds - see the link</p>
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