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We have a similar state funding problem in Illinois. The lowlife politicians who have bankrupted the state have left us in this position (sadly). Can we plz trade governors?
Best DO school?
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We have a similar state funding problem in Illinois. The lowlife politicians who have bankrupted the state have left us in this position (sadly). Can we plz trade governors?
If you're saying you want Christie, please, take him lol
Nope.
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How do you know?
Yeah, there are ways to measure it.
Are they better? Clearly.
Do they produce better physicians? Likely.
We're talking about the best DO schools in this thread. PCOM isn't anywhere near as good as Mayo/Harvard/Yale/Stanford/Columbia, etc. Let's stay focused on the point of the thread: best DO schools!
In order to have an objective list for the pre-meds here (objective!?
) we have to be honest with ourselves. Some schools are better than others.
BEST d.o. School is the one you end up ATTENDING!
Somewhere on a medical ward..
Dr X: Hi, I'm Dr. X, and I'll be your physician today.
Patient: Nice to meet you Dr. X. Where did you go to medical school?
Dr. X: I went to Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine..
Patient: Oh great! My brother-in-law went there.
Dr. X: Atlanta branch.
Patient: Excuse me?
Dr. X: Yeah, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Atlanta.
Patient: 😕
Does anyone else find that name just a little funny? Almost like Lake Erie COM- Bradenton, Florida.
Anyway, to answer your question, PCOM in Philly, the venerated institution of > 100 years which is a better med school than some of the MD ones in Philly, and has stood the test of time, is not the same as PCOM-GA.
Oh joy, this goes back to that "is age a factor" thread where I said a 19 year old is too young for medical school and than got trash talked for saying it
Im happy that I took an extra year of Ugrad, and a gap year before med (hopefully only one gap year)....so I have zero urge of going out and getting freshman style drunk
Freshman style drunk? I had zero urge to do that by the time I hit second semester junior year. If I do end up going to TUCOM-NV, however, lets just say that Las Vegas will be a very hard place not to have a lot of fun at
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Yeah, there are ways to measure it.
Are they better? Clearly.
Do they produce better physicians? Likely.
We're talking about the best DO schools in this thread. PCOM isn't anywhere near as good as Mayo/Harvard/Yale/Stanford/Columbia, etc. Let's stay focused on the point of the thread: best DO schools!
In order to have an objective list for the pre-meds here (objective!?
How can you be objective if some people here cant tell a difference between an IVY and a DO.
Somewhere on a medical ward..
Dr X: Hi, I'm Dr. X, and I'll be your physician today.
Patient: Nice to meet you Dr. X. Where did you go to medical school?
Dr. X: I went to Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine..
Patient: Oh great! My brother-in-law went there.
Dr. X: Atlanta branch.
Patient: Excuse me?
Dr. X: Yeah, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Atlanta.
Patient: 😕
Does anyone else find that name just a little funny? Almost like Lake Erie COM- Bradenton, Florida.
Anyway, to answer your question, PCOM in Philly, the venerated institution of > 100 years which is a better med school than some of the MD ones in Philly, and has stood the test of time, is not the same as PCOM-GA.
Match list for PCOM is quite mediocre.
lol I dont really give a fck if theres a difference. I never applied to any ivies...nor would I care to go to one...with the exception of Penn. The differences are there...but they are things I dont care about.
Is PCOM going to train me to become just as good of a physician as some ivy would? Prove it isnt.
Somewhere on a medical ward..
Dr X: Hi, I'm Dr. X, and I'll be your physician today.
Patient: Nice to meet you Dr. X. Where did you go to medical school?
Dr. X: I went to Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine..
Patient: Oh great! My brother-in-law went there.
Dr. X: Atlanta branch.
Patient: Excuse me?
Dr. X: Yeah, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Atlanta.
Patient: 😕
Does anyone else find that name just a little funny? Almost like Lake Erie COM- Bradenton, Florida.
Anyway, to answer your question, PCOM in Philly, the venerated institution of > 100 years which is a better med school than some of the MD ones in Philly, and has stood the test of time, is not the same as PCOM-GA.
I guess.
Can someone please tell me what is so great about ccom? I interviewed there and it was honestly a terrible experience. The med student who interviewed me seemed like an idiot, the school does not have standardized patients or patient simulators, its expensive as hell, and they rant about their great match lists and how many people went allopathic. Everyone talks about their rotation sites, but sorry, you have northwestern's hospital, loyola's hospital, U of C's hospital, and Rush's hospital all there. Not one of their rotation sites is affiliated with these schools except one at rush. I guarantee most of Chi-towns worthy cases are going to these hospitals. So please, tell me why everyone thinks this school is so great.
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Do you know for a fact that their rotation sites are crappy or not?? Or is it because the hospitals that they rotate at don't bear the names NWern, UofC, or Loyola that make them crappy? You really sound like a premed who knows absolutely nothing outside what's been projected out of the mouth of someone else. Just because their rotations are not at those hospitals doesn't mean they are crappy or are not excellant rotation sites or that they don't see enough of "worthy" cases.
who cares? if you like CCOM go to CCOM, if you dont, then dont.
CCOM reject. Guaranteed.
First of all, I have been accepted to the all mighty ccom. I interviewed at kcom two weeks ago and it was hands down better. And I am not talking about some feeling you get while you're there. They have more resources(hospital,standardized patients,simulators) and I am sure a better reputation among the medical community. I read through all of these threads before I visited ccom and everyone hyped it up, but for what reason? That was my question here. I wanted an honest answer. Why the hell do people say it is so good? Because of match rates???? They had a <85% first time match rate. I have not made my decision yet regarding schools, so I am honestly looking for something good about ccom.
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Should have said "I respect the fact that you thought the students were not professional etc". What I was getting at is people always praise certain schools (obvious fact) but I never hear anything bad about CCOM so its interesting to hear his experience
PCOM's primary care skills video makes us the best.
Especially the SECOND DVD.
I remember Dr.Morris saying "you might not want to open up the videos on the 2nd disk with any teenage siblings around" lol
Well whatever I'm drunk so who wants to touch me?
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I'm not questioning that reasons why you don't like CCOM or feel that its not the "all that and a bag of chips" kind of school for you, but what I am saying is how do you know that their rotation sites are crappy (you didn't say this but this is what I'm interpreting from your post) if you've never rotated at them? Big name hospitals don't equal excellent rotation sites just like community hospitals don't equal poor quality rotation sites. You're not looking at whether CCOM has a quality clinical education department or not, but rather going down the list of hospitals and seeing if they're well known or not. Matchlists/rates have more to do with the student's medical school performance than the school itself.
You respect the fact that a student is talking bad about a school because their rotating hospitals aren't shown on TV???? Sure, that's smart.🙄
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No, I didnt mention TVs. I dont care enough to clear up what i meant, the moment passed.
lol proud to say im NOT drunk on SDN though
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Eh screw u and the el caballo u road in on
Ohhhhh woooooo weeeeeeeee good for you. Lets all clap for drctother.
I think my point went way over you head as well.
i'm pretty sure he's referring to cbrons
Okay here is what happened. I am a grad student and also the student trustee at my university. I am in my office tonight chillin but there is some stupid party going on out in the lobby (for the kids who don't drink or do any bad things, you know the types... the kidn that become RAs or whatever, basically the losers) anyways I went over to a friends house to chill and we got drunk. Then I decided I was too tired to continue (usually we all wait round till like 12 or 1 and go to the bar) but i said eh screw it and came back here and the little lame ass party is still goin on. But instead of walking all the way back to my apartment, I had to stop here since it is inbetween where I left and where my destination is.
Dont feel too bad docflurrywizard, I did a whole homework assignment too earlier. I'm trying to figure out what I should do for the rest of the night. Go play video games or go out to the bar. On the one hand, I actually hate the bar and I hate going out. Im so tired of that ****, I did it for 4 years as an undergrad. On the other hand if I dont go out I feel like I'm missing out, you know? Anyway I could go play video games and just keep talking **** to PG who is just so excited that I will be in Las Vegas this summer so she can hang out with me
Notes for the Pre-Do forum
Question #1: What should cbrons do for the night?
Question #2: If i do go chill in my apartment alone what pizza should I order
Dont feel too bad docflurrywizard, I did a whole homework assignment too earlier. I'm trying to figure out what I should do for the rest of the night. Go play video games or go out to the bar. On the one hand, I actually hate the bar and I hate going out. Im so tired of that ****, I did it for 4 years as an undergrad. On the other hand if I dont go out I feel like I'm missing out, you know? Anyway I could go play video games and just keep talking **** to PG who is just so excited that I will be in Las Vegas this summer so she can hang out with me
Notes for the Pre-Do forum
Question #1: What should cbrons do for the night?
Question #2: If i do go chill in my apartment alone what pizza should I order
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Dude u know its against SDN policies to put pix up of urself, right?
I believe the point was that Harvard, etc are the best med schools, not whether they're likely to provide you with 'rampant douchebaggery' or not. And I don't think you REALLY need me to cite sources in favor of their superiority 🙄
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Little munchkin huh?
Fine ur not invited to my birthday party next year. Docmother can come but not u. Ur mean as hell. Meaner than I
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Go kick rox w no sox PG.
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