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what do you think about the med school. do you love it? or are you disappointed?
calling all yalies!
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it's a special thing, the yale system. If you are self motivated then there could be no better program for you to attend. The freedom you are allowed gives you the ability to persue many other things: you can get in a lab, work out pathologically, go to Ny/boston whenever you wish, watch every march madness game that's televised, shadow every doc you want and spend hours of "class time" in the or watching surgery. You take it upon yourself to learn the material to the best of your ability, and when it comes to the boards, you have to take care of yourself. If you like class, the lecturers are great and the lecture hall is realtively spiffy. The anatomy labs are arguably the best and most up to date around, and there's a heavy emphasis on radiology in anatomy, which should come in handy considering that some doctors won't even look at a splinter even they don't have an MRI first. Yale dropped a spot in the ranks - true- but due entirely to the fact that it doesn't have as many affiliated hospitals which add to the total NIH funding sums (Harvard has over 20 aff. hospitals) The match list is awesome, 16 derm 6 uro 6 diag radiology, showing that the students get into the cushier of the more competitive residencies.
that said, if you need structure, you will be eaten up alive at yale. the tests don't matter, what matters is that you learn the material for yourself. if you can't understand this and need to be told what to study for a test, what extent of detail you need, and need the fear of grades to keep your heads in the books then don't come to yale. here, you have just enough rope to hang yourself with, you have to be mature enough to take the freedom they allow you and still do your work.
there's a guy in our calss who's never been to lecture, does all the work, all the reading, will do fine on the boards/wards. he watches tv,parties,and plays sports in his spare time. he will be a great doctor. theres a girl in our class who has never missed lecture, talks to every lecturer after class, never goes out, rarely even eats lunch/dinner with us, and stays in the library till it closes every night. She will do fine on the boards/wards and will also be a great doctor.
it's all up to you. if you feel like you can maintain your drive and motivation to learn, come to Yale. If you feel like there are a lot of things outside of med school that you want to do, and that you could balance them and your school work then come to Yale. But, if you're still stuck in gunner premed mode, where all you want to know is what's on the test, what you need for an A, what's going to be on the boards, and what the class avg was so you can see how much better you did, don't come to Yale.
If anyone has anymore q's you can contact a Yale first year student. Send an email to the class prez Ryan at [email protected] and he will forward it to someone who can address your queries. Good luck.
that said, if you need structure, you will be eaten up alive at yale. the tests don't matter, what matters is that you learn the material for yourself. if you can't understand this and need to be told what to study for a test, what extent of detail you need, and need the fear of grades to keep your heads in the books then don't come to yale. here, you have just enough rope to hang yourself with, you have to be mature enough to take the freedom they allow you and still do your work.
there's a guy in our calss who's never been to lecture, does all the work, all the reading, will do fine on the boards/wards. he watches tv,parties,and plays sports in his spare time. he will be a great doctor. theres a girl in our class who has never missed lecture, talks to every lecturer after class, never goes out, rarely even eats lunch/dinner with us, and stays in the library till it closes every night. She will do fine on the boards/wards and will also be a great doctor.
it's all up to you. if you feel like you can maintain your drive and motivation to learn, come to Yale. If you feel like there are a lot of things outside of med school that you want to do, and that you could balance them and your school work then come to Yale. But, if you're still stuck in gunner premed mode, where all you want to know is what's on the test, what you need for an A, what's going to be on the boards, and what the class avg was so you can see how much better you did, don't come to Yale.
If anyone has anymore q's you can contact a Yale first year student. Send an email to the class prez Ryan at [email protected] and he will forward it to someone who can address your queries. Good luck.
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bewitched1081 said:
i don't go to yale med but check this out: http://www.yale.edu/opa/v32.n30/story3.html sounds really neat.
