Well,
I met with Dean Cole yesterday and learned a few interesting facts.
There is a voluntary Big Brother/Big Sister program that matches u up with an M2.
A friend at MSUCOM said this totally saved her a couple times this past year when she just wasn't getting a couple things. The M2 used the "tutoring" for lack of a better word as prep for boards. I think this is really cool and would find it indespensable.
He also said that changes that have been made have happened in weeks instead of months since the school is new and traditions/habits don't get in the way.
He said that many M4s have been asking for more out-of-state rotations and they are considering loosening that up a bit. They hesitate to do this not always knowing the practitioners but if the school is assured that the criteria for the rotation is being met, they tend to allow it.
Although students are given letter grades for each class, students are not told their rank until the end of 2nd year. This was a question I felt was important since the Pass/Fail approach really seems to remove the competitiveness that students can have. It sounds like the next best thing.
Overall he was really personable and I found I really enjoyed our visit.
One thing to hope for is he has someone trying to secure a grant to get PDAs for the class entering this Fall.
I'll hear about my alt. list ranking June 11th.
More waiting.
Dave
