Medical School Ranking - Does Prestige Matter as a Doctor?

Does medical school prestige matter? Will attending a top medical school like Harvard, Yale, or Stanford make you a better doctor? Or are there other factors beyond pedigree that you should consider when deciding which medical school to attend? Let's find out.

TIME STAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Medical School Experience
03:45 Residency Program Directors & Medical School Ranking

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[rufussweeneymd]

Idk if you’ve done this, but you ought to do a video on the variables that go into how med schools are ranked. Some of it makes sense, like average test scores of matriculants, but some of it is a little dissociated from what most people consider to be core to becoming a great doctor, like NIH research funding. Great video, as always, Dr. Jubbal!

[KrazyNigerian]

I think for academia prestige matters. For the more competitive specialties, it won't hurt either. That said, where you go doesn't determine if you'll be a good doctor or not. I've had professors who came from Ivy League programs who are terrible teachers and are honestly god awful when it comes to patient interactions

[Davidjparkdo]

Please don’t call IM or FM “lower tier”. They are “less competitive “ but one major reason for that is because of the sheer number of residency positions compared to other specialties, especially the surgical ones you mention. It is this type of rhetoric (conscience or unconscious) that prevents more top students from choosing primary care specialties - what communities all over this country need more of to provide healthcare to Americans. Thank you

[aidenpeirce]

In short. Top tiers may give you an edge but your metrics also matter.

Yet the the real ones who suffer are premed students who get weeded out due to the AMA which lobbied for less med school enrollment so we'd have less docs nationally and keep income high. So no it doesnt matter which med school you go to but whether you're willing to engage in years of useless coursework just to get into med school.

[ctdczgp]

Is it just me or having 30-50% of program directors considering the title of the University actually sounds huge? The video made it sound like 50-70% of directors don’t care, but that’s like saying most car accidents happen when the passengers have their seatbelts on

[ZafirahMuhammad_]

You videos are very helpfull and they are GREAT!!!

[sangydog]

As an M4 from a mid-tier school in the middle of residency apps, if you can go to an MD school that is top 50 or even top 25, HUGE leg up. Especially with pass fail step 1.

[elenif]

What's the wisdom on schools that refuse to rank? e.g. Tulane, Loyola-Stritch, Penn State, MUSC, MCW, Creighton? All these schools consistently match students super well - Mayo, Cleveland, etc - but all refuse to submit rankings, and the general consensus is that if they did rank they would be roughly low-mid. Where do these schools sit?

[JustMe-]

I like the content

But the “ad” for your program just shows one of many problems in the USA med school (or entire college) system….

[AtlsFinest]

No. I went to Medical College of Georgia and am doing just fine as an oral Maxillofacial surgeon. 😊

[BuickDoc]

Where you want to practice is of high importance. If you want to practice in TN, go to school in TN. If you want to practice in PA, go to school in PA.

[aurorarising]

The more I watch this channel, the more I notice how elitist the narrator is. (Ex: consistently talking about lower and upper tier specialty just bc they are more or less competitive)

[PauMaz]

Why in our modern age, with multiple ways to measure candidates (GPA, MCAT, STEP, personal experience, etc) are we still using “recommendation letters” for medical school admission or residency selection? Who you know and who you can get to write letters for you has zero bearing on your ability to be a good doctor. It’s an archaic practice that should be dropped. We have data to measure candidates. We don’t need a creative writing contest.

[rosanayikk]

I plan to retire at the end of 2022 at 57 after 36 years in Telecom as a sales engineer. My wife will retire in October 2022 and she's loving life! But walking away from a good income stream and building the nest egg to living from the nest egg is a scary proposition couple with the alarming recession and CPI report

[Alfeco-dmuk]

How good and prestigious is george washington university in dc???
Is georgetown better???

[TheInvestmentCircle]

Doesn’t matter. Whatever you do the most recently matters most. If your post-doc fellowship is at a top program mass gen, Cleveland or Johns Hopkins, it matters far more as that’s where your job will come from and as such, it has the most weight imo.

[chidimmaokpara]

You put every other Ivy expect for Dartmouth :(

[mytho]

I’d say med school ranking does matter for competitive residencies, but overall, grades, research, LORs, etc. are more important. A top student from a mid-tier MD with an excellent app is more competitive than a Harvard MD with a mediocre application. Of course, if everything else is equal, then the Harvard name will matter more.

[ThePresentation]

*Had wondered about this.*

I don't think so.

But let's see. Let me skip to the end, avoid all the bs and get the answer.

6:50

[Will_walkingW]

Solid video, but Orthopaedic Surgery is by far the most competitive specialty with less than a 50% match rate last year. That is wild