I was told that between these two schools, there is no comparison. Sackler blows Technion out of the water. Is there truth to this? Comments?

Dr. Mike,

Hard to make such a comparison. However, Sackler has a more established track record and that is probably the genesis of the comparison.

kol tuv,

jackb

They are both good programs and I know people at Technion (Im at Sackler). I would venture to say that Sackler is better known due to the fact that the American Program has been around since the 70s and our graduating classes are getting on the upside.

I think you can be just as successful at technion, so its a matter of preference.

I didnt have to make the choice since I wasnt aware of technion, but Im happy im in Tel Aviv.

What is with TEAMS slow response time? I didn't realze that it takes two weeks for an email to reach Israel, as well. It's a tad bit disrespectful. Sackler admissions is also pitifully lax. I found them curt on the phone and even more curt in the emails. nonetheless, both programs were incredibly quick to cash my check. . . that's business. . . . . .

Thats how things are here in Israel. Im at Sackler, and you just have to get used to the way things run here. I remember getting email replys from the NY office that were all in lower case, no punctuation, and no signature.

I brought it up when a NY office representative came to talk to our class, but I guess they discarded that piece of advice.

In their defense, there are probably only a handful of people working the NY Office, which is going through a lot of applications.

who cares about the email response time, or even how they reply. a lot of the american schools i have emailed never emailed me back. and if they did it wasn't very helpful. israel isn't as internet crazy as we are. what does that even have anything to do with the school??

I agree with the two Sackler students that the differences between the Technion program and Sackler is not significant in terms of overall program quality, etc. I am a Technion student, and I was accepted to two U.S. medical schools in addition to the Israeli schools but in the end I chose to come to the Technion because of the strength of their research reputation. I don't regret my decision for a second, but I also friends at Sackler that were accepted to both schools and they are equally enthusiastic about their choice to go to Sackler. In the end, the differences between the programs are more a matter of preference than anything else.

My personal reasons were related to my interest in Neurosurgery. I have a brother who is doing his Neurosurg residency in D.C. who helped me in my decision and steered me toward schools with strong research presence. Also, it was important to me to have the option of doing an MD/PhD. Since the Ivy League schools were out of my league, the Technion was the obvious next choice. The Technion Faculty of Medicine has formal joint medical education programs in various disciplines with the top U.S. medical schools (Johns Hopkins, Brown, Mayo) and Technion grads are regularly accepted to residency programs at these schools. Additionally the Technion has a student exchange agreement with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine that allows students to do rotations at Hopkins during their 3th & 4th years... Technion is the only foreign school with formal rotation exchange with Johns Hopkins... Im not sure whether other schools have any ties to Brown & Mayo.

With that said, there are still plenty of valid reasons to choose Sackler over Technion. For example, if you plan to go into a specialty field that is less "research" dependent... especially if you want to end up somewhere in New York, then Sackler will likely give you an edge over Technion. As a general rule Sackler is more widely recognized among residency programs in general because they have a larger class size. This is important since prior exposure to medical graduates has been shown to be a very important factor in residency match rates (JAMA - 1992).

I am sure that the Sackler students could give you plenty of valid reasons why Sackler would be a better "fit" for any given student... (differences in class size, residency connections, Haifa vs. Tel Aviv, etc.) But in the end, the differences between the programs are more a matter of preference than anything else. You really can't go wrong with either of these schools.

Best of luck,
dpr

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There is no question that Technion is better school than Sackler. Technion has avery exclusive class with high mcat scores entering. Technion is the "MIT of Israel". There is not a residency program that does not know of Technion. Sackler is only known in New York. All medical schools have a very comprehensive curriculum but Technion is known to have one of the most challenging curriculums in the world. I think people who go to Sackler just want themselves to believe there program is "better". No medical school is really better than the next, but when it comes to residency placement, a school's name plays a role. Technion is known as "One of the best medical schools in the world."

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