Disclaimer not a student, but from what I hear from students: The school's mission is to graduate doctors that want to serve Appalachia, but if you seek help and do what you need to, a lot of the faculty will help you succeed. If success for you means practicing Derm in California or getting into a competitive residency, and you're willing to put the work into it, they'll help you. They have every reason to help place their residents well - your success is reflective of their own. But, most of your success in medical school is going to be personal initiative. It's not really an either/or - the school is doing something right, but the students are successful because they put the work in. If you want something competitive, you've got to compete. Maybe some medical schools have the prestige and programs to give their graduates a leg up in the competition, and LMU may not have that, but their graduates do place in competitive residencies every year.
Good to know. I found the number on the website - Knoxville will be bumped up to 150. Says Harrogate will be 225, but they've been overenrolling to 240 or so for the last couple of years. Students still have the option to switch preferences for Knoxville/Harrogate after the interview - I wonder if that will play into admissions decisions. I have been hearing mixed messages about interviews in Knoxville - the admissions website says that they weren't going to have any interviews at Knoxville, but clearly they are doing some. I heard from a recent interviewee that they were given the option to tour Knoxville after their interview in Harrogate. You must have interviewed at Harrogate last year, right? Can you share some of the differences between your interview and the ones they host in Knoxville? Do you know how often do they interview in Knoxville, and how many in a group?
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