This choice majorly depends on the student and his preferences.
Seth GS:
GMC:
Most people will claim that KEM is better for your career. But at the end of the day you also need some extracurricular activities to engage in and avoid the monotony.
GMC Mumbai and GSMC have always been compared to each other.
GSMC has great academics and a very competitive environment. GMC is much more relaxed. At GMC, you’ll come across a variety of students- from nerds to all-rounders, to those who study the night before an exam.
Toppers generally choose GSMC as their first preference. But those who spend some time in Grant, usually refuse to be upgraded to GSMC. Grant students are better at extracurriculars, while GSMC students are on average, more studious.
Both are good for an MBBS degree. You should choose between them based on your personal preference.
If you live outside of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, you will certainly be assigned a hostel room from the start. If you live in MMR, you may have to wait up to a year, depending on your address. In the first year, rooms are assigned on a twin or triple-sharing basis. After the first year, you can choose between a single room and a double sharing room.
GMC Mumbai hostels are beautiful, with blushing greenery all around that will take your breath away and then resuscitate you. There are two hostels for MBBS undergrads.
The hostel administration provides iron beds, tables, and chairs. In addition, there is a medium-sized ground directly in front of the main entrance. The staff cleans the two large common washrooms on each floor two to three times a week.
JJ Hospital offers excellent clinical exposure. It treats diverse cases from across the globe. The hospital handles many high-profile and medico-legal cases. You will be offered ample opportunities to practice and hone your skills.
GMC offers good extracurricular exposure. You can participate in various activities like sports, dance, music, fashion shows, etc. The college fest ‘Astitva’ goes on for a week each year. The college has its own inter-department cricket team, basketball team, etc. Sports competitions for football, basketball, throw ball, badminton, etc. are held every year. The GMC band has singers, guitarists, drummers, flute players, etc. GMC students win most years in inter-college fashion shows across Mumbai.
Other than that, GMC hosts plenty of symposiums, debates, competitions, and academic seminars. For UG-level academics though, GSMC is much better. The undergraduate-level teaching over there is more organized and methodical.
GMC Mumbai isn’t overrated at all. It will help you become an excellent medical professional, given that you work hard and learn diligently.
The sole reason many medical aspirants choose Seth GS for MBBS over GMC Mumbai is the quality of education it offers which places it somewhat higher than GMC.
Grant Medical College is indeed a well-known medical college but not yet at par with KEM at least in terms of academics. KEM welcomes the best student crowd and churns out many great doctors.
Seth GS on the other hand is at the same level as the top medical colleges of India, AIIMS and JIPMER in terms of academics. However, it’s yet to match its level of infrastructure, clinical exposure, and research opportunities.
Grant is known to have very old infrastructure, with issues related to internal politics and corruption. However, most ranking magazines place GMC over Seth GS thereby misleading many.
So always consider all the aspects before choosing your college.
Students coming from other different states of India might face some issues while adjusting to GMC Mumbai or Seth GS College Mumbai. However, I believe your home state or language should not be an obstacle in your education path because both these colleges are very prestigious and are dream colleges of many. Moreover, their location adds to the never-ending pros of these colleges.
Non-Maharashtrian students might face issues while adjusting to government hostels that have scanty rooms, average mess food, and sometimes terrible roommate tantrums.
Language barrier is another major issue faced by non-Maharashtrians. It’s better to know Hindi or English, at least but try to learn the basic native language for easy communication with patients, localities, office staff, and peers. If you don’t know Marathi, you will face serious issues while interacting with your patients and this may affect your performance.
So try to adjust and stay motivated!
Trust me there is no right answer to your question as the choice of the institute is a matter of personal inclinations and goals. However here are a few points you would like to consider before selecting your college
Now it depends on you to decide which factor attracts you and which factor you are ready to overlook. Once you have weighed all points only then you can arrive at a wise decision.
Based on the opinions within the medical community, I will provide some information on these colleges-
I don’t know much about GMC Patiala and GMCH Chandigarh, so I won’t comment on these two.
Make sure to choose a college with hardworking students. Good company will motivate you to study harder and excel in your field. Food and language barriers aren’t much of a problem in the long run.
Both GMC Mumbai and GSMC Mumbai are poles apart in terms of academics, extracurricular activities, and campus. Academically, GSMC is definitely better than GMC, as most toppers in Maharashtra prefer GSMC over GMC, so the crowd is better. However, GMC is the central medical college of the state so it has the best faculty.
GMC has an excellent extracurricular culture with many cultural and sports festivals organized yearly. The institute focuses on the holistic development of the students and inculcates many values in the students. Many GMC alumni are successful IAS officers, politicians, and social servants. GMC has a beautiful lush green campus that is much more spacious than GSMC.
Overall life at GMC is more fun than any other college in Mumbai. So choose GSMC if you are only concerned about academics but if you want to experience both, a fun-filled college life and good academics, choose GMC.
Here are a few parameters to compare GMC Mumbai and VMMC-
Both GMC Mumbai and VMMC are good institutions. However, VMMC is a better choice according to me.