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Hey SDN family,
Im in need of help from current med/peds residents, physicians, or medical students applying for med/peds residencies.
I have been accepted to multiple medical schools, and need to decide by may 15th which school i will matriculate at. I have a strong desire to pursue a career in med/peds, for various reasons. I want to treat adult and pediatric patients one day, however with more focus on pediatrics. Also i dislike OB very much, i work alongside OBGYNs in the hospital. I can go on with why i like med/peds over family med but its not relevant to my question.
I'm entering medical school with the goal in mind of one day applying to med-peds residency programs. My concern is that I might be offered a great financial incentive to attend a new medical school, UC Riverside. I want to attend because well, I will graduate with virtually zero debt if I get the scholarship. Will going to a new school hinder me in applying for med /peds residencies? UCR has been teaching the first two years of medical school for decades now in a combined program with UCLA. The step 1 scores from UCR students have been above national average over the years, so I'm not worried about the education aspect, Im a confident and hardworking students and am confident i can score average or above average on step 1 step 2 etc. Im only concerned because this school will technically be a "new school" in that is now a 4 year program including the 3rd and 4th year at UCR instead of at UCLA as was don't before. Will that hinder me in applying for med/peds residencies? Or does that not really matter assuming i can score well on USMLE exams and have a wide variety research / extra curricula's included in my residency application.
Thank you guys!
Im in need of help from current med/peds residents, physicians, or medical students applying for med/peds residencies.
I have been accepted to multiple medical schools, and need to decide by may 15th which school i will matriculate at. I have a strong desire to pursue a career in med/peds, for various reasons. I want to treat adult and pediatric patients one day, however with more focus on pediatrics. Also i dislike OB very much, i work alongside OBGYNs in the hospital. I can go on with why i like med/peds over family med but its not relevant to my question.
I'm entering medical school with the goal in mind of one day applying to med-peds residency programs. My concern is that I might be offered a great financial incentive to attend a new medical school, UC Riverside. I want to attend because well, I will graduate with virtually zero debt if I get the scholarship. Will going to a new school hinder me in applying for med /peds residencies? UCR has been teaching the first two years of medical school for decades now in a combined program with UCLA. The step 1 scores from UCR students have been above national average over the years, so I'm not worried about the education aspect, Im a confident and hardworking students and am confident i can score average or above average on step 1 step 2 etc. Im only concerned because this school will technically be a "new school" in that is now a 4 year program including the 3rd and 4th year at UCR instead of at UCLA as was don't before. Will that hinder me in applying for med/peds residencies? Or does that not really matter assuming i can score well on USMLE exams and have a wide variety research / extra curricula's included in my residency application.
Thank you guys!