re: LSU med students, advice needed

My wife (gf at the time) went through the exact same thing 4 years ago. She ultimately chose S'port and has excelled. She is currently interviewing for residencies and will have her pick of top programs across the country. Her deciding factor was that she just felt more comfortable here and it had a smaller/closer knit program.
It kinda sucked for me though, took me almost 2 years to find a decent enough job up here that allowed me stay stop traveling for work after we got married.

We're both ready to get out of North Louisiana, looking forward to living in DC or the Carolinas for a few years..

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New Orleans grads are generally thought of more highly. Was a mess after Katrina but new hospital will be big boost.

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This is highly subjective, and makes no difference when you are comparing these two schools. Pick the one you are most comfortable with, do well and finish AOA, score a high percentile rank on your step tests, and pick where you want to train. You are kidding yourself if you think picking NO over SHV is gonna get you places. Unless you are lower third or worse in the class you can just about train wherever you want in the specialty you indicated you plan to choose.

I'll probably be at LSU Shreveport next year as well.

Are you currently an undergrad at LSU?

Again board scores matter most

Because you are a med student.

Can't remember which one it is, but one of the two makes you wear this goofy cap and gown at graduation. So don't go to that one. That picture will follow you around your entire residency.
Your co-residents will think you went to med school at Voldemort

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Shreveport is the better school

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No it's not.

When did I say Shreveport was the better school?

Both are good schools.

Stop picking fights and go back to your dark room.

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a systems based curriculum

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NOLA is actually moving to a systems based curriculum. I think you'd be the last traditional curriculum. Ya'll might be the first year in the new one though. I'm not sure. Regardless, one way vs the other has no bearing on board scores. So pick what works best for you, but there's no inherent advantage to either curriculum.

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However, I feel like it would be a mistake to choose shreveport over new orleans given NO's superior facilities and new hospitals

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The people that come through the new hospital aren't going to be better doctors than the ones who rotated through ILH, the Earl, or Charity. Nice facilities are cool, but they don't necessarily mean it's a better learning environment.

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insight or advice

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You liked Shreveport better. Take a second look at both, but go with what you like. There's nothing wrong with choosing Shreveport, despite what people may tell you. My brother is an LSUHSC-S grad, I'm of the NO variety. We both like our schools. We rarely joke about which school is better, but usually he jests about the New Orleans Big Screen TV Budget and its impact on medical education.


You'll be fine wherever you go. Go where you'd like.