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I know that 2 years ago, 3 people were called the day before classes started. A full ride goes to the very last person accepted to the school.
Saw these questions earlier @Snapplejacks :
Amazing response. Could you answer a few more questions?
1.) Do you do rotations with other health professions students (PA, NP, etc.)?
- no, there really wasn't any overlap with APP students during M3
2.) How many of the required rotations will be done at MCV/Richmond vs outside of Richmond?
- It varies to what you prefer vs dumb luck. I have a family, so that gave me preference to stay within Richmond area. Family med rotation can ship you off to somewhere else in the state. OBGYN can go to riverside. I know there are options for rappahanock too in some rotations. for the most part tho, you are in Richmond
3.) Do you prefer staying in one place for rotations or doing rotations in different communities?
- Richmond is super diverse, so I think it is a great place to train and I wouldn't worry about experiencing "different communities" unless you want to do rural medicine, and there are options in some rotations to ship off to somewhere more remote
4.) Did you feel like you had enough time to do elective rotations / away rotations?
- You get 2 electives that are 2 weeks each during third year. you can also opt for 2 of those weeks to be vacay, and that comes out of your vacay month in 4th year. I am not doing any aways, but I haven't heard of people having scheduling issues. 4th year is amazing.
5.) What did you think about the scut work as an M3 / M4?
- usually, if you put the effort into "scut" work, you get to do cool stuff in return, or you get really great teaching. If you feel like you are getting crushed with scut and nothing in return, say something. M3 builds enough confidence to push back when people try to give you scut in M4. It just takes a while being comfortable and confident in pushing back in a diplomatic way, and that takes time.
Congrats to all those accepted. I know in my class, more than a handful were accepted in Mid-July.
Saw these questions earlier @Snapplejacks :
Amazing response. Could you answer a few more questions?
1.) Do you do rotations with other health professions students (PA, NP, etc.)?
- no, there really wasn't any overlap with APP students during M3
2.) How many of the required rotations will be done at MCV/Richmond vs outside of Richmond?
- It varies to what you prefer vs dumb luck. I have a family, so that gave me preference to stay within Richmond area. Family med rotation can ship you off to somewhere else in the state. OBGYN can go to riverside. I know there are options for rappahanock too in some rotations. for the most part tho, you are in Richmond
3.) Do you prefer staying in one place for rotations or doing rotations in different communities?
- Richmond is super diverse, so I think it is a great place to train and I wouldn't worry about experiencing "different communities" unless you want to do rural medicine, and there are options in some rotations to ship off to somewhere more remote
4.) Did you feel like you had enough time to do elective rotations / away rotations?
- You get 2 electives that are 2 weeks each during third year. you can also opt for 2 of those weeks to be vacay, and that comes out of your vacay month in 4th year. I am not doing any aways, but I haven't heard of people having scheduling issues. 4th year is amazing.
5.) What did you think about the scut work as an M3 / M4?
- usually, if you put the effort into "scut" work, you get to do cool stuff in return, or you get really great teaching. If you feel like you are getting crushed with scut and nothing in return, say something. M3 builds enough confidence to push back when people try to give you scut in M4. It just takes a while being comfortable and confident in pushing back in a diplomatic way, and that takes time.
Congrats to all those accepted. I know in my class, more than a handful were accepted in Mid-July.
