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I just got put in Evansville...what things have you heard? I am strongly considering second chance lottery.
I'm in Evansville as a second year, so I can tell you a lot about it. Our class has been deemed the badguys by the admin for our complaints about this program here. It's not like it's HORRIBLE by any means, but there are some classes that need reform. Which they're going to do. The clinical medicine course has been a nightmare for us not because of our intelligence, but because of the exams themselves. We brought up to the coordinator of the class in Indy and they've changed the exams A LOT. So, you can thank us for that. Otherwise - Pharm is awesome, Path is great. Neurology will kick your ass but prepare you VERY well for boards/second year. All in all - we do get the right education as evidenced by our shelf exam scores for the courses. The first years here are beyond friendly (and hot ) so you'll have no issues getting help from them.
Don't take being in Evansville as a terrible thing, because it's not that bad. Sure, you're far away from everything, but that's great because it helps you study/focus.
Evansville was just completely on the other side of the state from me so the distance was just annoying to me and I wasn't particularly interested in the whole rural medicine (although just because that's what the campus is good for doesn't mean that's what you're locked into)
Evansville by NO means = rural medicine. The school preps you well for boards (average scores of 230) and they do have an idea of how to educate you in dealing with patients so you're not ****ed in that regard. By the end of second year, you'll feel really comfortable talking to patients/doing exams.