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I'd like to speak about the attrition.
First of all, I had numerous offers and when I first heard about LMU having a high attrition rate it really made me reconsider my decision. I called and spoke with LMU faculty at length about this. Recently, in a class of roughly 220, about 20 either left on their own accord, had significant health issues and had to defer a year, were dismissed, or simply decided that medicine wasn't for them. The roughly 10% rate is incredibly alarming on the surface, but a deeper look shows you that it's really nothing of concern. Only about 3 people were asked to not return due to academic performance. That's the only number that is of importance. People at any and every school find out early and often that medicine isn't for them and get out before they get buried with debt. Health issues are out of both the student and LMU's hands. After speaking with faculty and students it is quite apparent that DCOM does a good job preparing its students to do well in the preclinical curriculum. The opportunity to excel is there. LMU is invested in its students and wants us all to become physicians. This isn't the Caribbean, it's a US medical school with a good amount of experience and success under it's belt.
First of all, I had numerous offers and when I first heard about LMU having a high attrition rate it really made me reconsider my decision. I called and spoke with LMU faculty at length about this. Recently, in a class of roughly 220, about 20 either left on their own accord, had significant health issues and had to defer a year, were dismissed, or simply decided that medicine wasn't for them. The roughly 10% rate is incredibly alarming on the surface, but a deeper look shows you that it's really nothing of concern. Only about 3 people were asked to not return due to academic performance. That's the only number that is of importance. People at any and every school find out early and often that medicine isn't for them and get out before they get buried with debt. Health issues are out of both the student and LMU's hands. After speaking with faculty and students it is quite apparent that DCOM does a good job preparing its students to do well in the preclinical curriculum. The opportunity to excel is there. LMU is invested in its students and wants us all to become physicians. This isn't the Caribbean, it's a US medical school with a good amount of experience and success under it's belt.