just want to let all of you who are coming to NOVA this August to notice that NOVA has a new attendance policy for the osteopathic medical school.
The new policy is attendance will be taken at least once a day, that is, the adminstration can take 2 or 3 times a day. If you miss any one of the attendance, you are considered as abscent for the day.
The school allow each students to have 20 days each semester to take off from school, so you can use these days for family occassions, doctor appointments, or recovery from your broken relationship, etc.
After that 20 days is up, the number of days that you miss classes will be recorded and will DEFINITELY mentioned in your Deans letter. You need the Dean's letter to apply for residency program. It will look very bad if your Dean's letter has to mention the number of days you have abscent.
Well however, I figure, I don't think I will cut 20 times in a semester. However, some of classmates felt that the school is treating us like we are young kids, in the undergraduate school. Well, as for me, I have no problem with the new policy