Anyone repeat a year of medical school?
Started by neuropain
there are a number of students in my class who are both going to graduate in 2009 and who started with the class of 2007 and are now going to graduate with us in 2008. we call it the five year plan here at UNE. Stuff happens, but the thing to remember is we'll all be doctors in the end... (at least those of you at MD schools that is, because everyone knows us DOs aren't real doctors... hehe 😉)
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Hi,
I have had a difficult time during my first year and will be repeating classes next year. To my knowledge, as long as grades improve and there is a reasonable justification (which can be open to interpretation from the powers that be) it should not affect residency options greatly.
I have had a difficult time during my first year and will be repeating classes next year. To my knowledge, as long as grades improve and there is a reasonable justification (which can be open to interpretation from the powers that be) it should not affect residency options greatly.
it will affect your residency options, but probably not as much as you'd think. certain programs will not even consider you, but there are enough programs out there, and enough people who've had to repeat a year, that you should be able to match somewhere.
I would venture to guess that certain specialties -- derm, plastics, etc. -- may be out of the question, but then again, you never know.
I would venture to guess that certain specialties -- derm, plastics, etc. -- may be out of the question, but then again, you never know.
For those students who did have to repeat, did you have to pay tuition? Did you have problems with loans because of good academic standing or whatever?
bryanMD said:
If you notice his avatar you will see he/she is a DO student....lol! I thought they poured on the sarcasm awful thick, evidently you didn't notice.
bryanMD said:
HAHA!!! way to make your 1st post! juuust lovely. 🙄
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i like your avatar, medicinebird haha funny
Ok, I'll be brave. Wayne State has an option for some people where you take 1/2 the first year courses one year and the next 1/2 in a second year, they call it a modified program. I ended up going this route because my chronic illness and stress made the middle of my year hell and I ended up not passing a couple of courses. About 20-30 students a year do this at Wayne for various reasons, but in the end we all match. I don't have any stats on what the modified students match into though, it isn't broken down that way.
bryanMD said:
🙄 Truly an advocate
. Maybe this guy should have Mommy and Daddy proof read his posts 
smgilles said:
The sarcasm receptors have been down-regulated. We're working on a cure ...
Seriously though, unless your wanting the most competitive residencies..... then, no big deal. Keep your head up, try to figure what went wrong and get help if it's stress/anxiety. As for loans, you'll get more without issues. The HPSP/military people will lose their scholarships for the repeated yr. That's it.
lfesiam said:
Why thank you!! 😍
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cali7925
i repeated second year. what's done is done, why think of the consequences of something that already happened right? its not the end of the world...there are so many residencies to chose from. Make use of the opportunity to fix any problem you may have with studying, anxiety etc. Take the needed steps to improve and be honest with yourself. I know a cat from my school who repeated first year and matched ortho ....not to say this is always the case...but just to say the road is long and everyone has gliches at some point or another...its how you deal with the glich that matters (at least from what i learned). good luck!
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My school has a 5-year option, which is kind of like being "part-time" instead of full time during the pre-clinical years. This didn't seem to affect residency options too much for those who chose to do it.
My school also will make people repeat an entire year ("full-time") if their grades suck. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. I would think this would affect residency options a bit, not because of the extra year but because of the low grades. But you still will get interviews and you still will match unless you are trying for something super-competitive.
Yes, if you have to repeat a year I do think you have to pay for tuition again. And I am pretty sure it does not affect your loan status or ability to get loans in any way.
My school also will make people repeat an entire year ("full-time") if their grades suck. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. I would think this would affect residency options a bit, not because of the extra year but because of the low grades. But you still will get interviews and you still will match unless you are trying for something super-competitive.
Yes, if you have to repeat a year I do think you have to pay for tuition again. And I am pretty sure it does not affect your loan status or ability to get loans in any way.
I know this is an old thread - but it pops up when googling repeating a year of medical school.
I started a blog to pool resources, serve as a support group, etc. for people who have repeated and have advice, those thinking about repeating, or those with the task of deciding or not to come back to medical school.
check it out: mdonreplay.wordpress.com/
I started a blog to pool resources, serve as a support group, etc. for people who have repeated and have advice, those thinking about repeating, or those with the task of deciding or not to come back to medical school.
check it out: mdonreplay.wordpress.com/
