Hi All,
I understand that many of you are concerned with NYCOM's everchanging curriculum, I assure you that it is a good thing in medical school. I am a first year at NYCOM right and am very appreciative of their everchanging curriculum. I am a older student that have worked in the medical field for quite a few years prior to attending medical school so have seen my friends come in and out of NYCOM for the past 6 years, things are getting better year by year because of these continuous changes. For example three years ago Anatomy was 3 blocks, the class was too rushed so they changed it to 5 blocks last year, they noticed that they were teaching things in too much details and the bodies didn't last too well in five blocks so they changed it to 4 this year, which so far seems like a perfect balance. Don't be afraid of a school that is constantly changing, it is better than going to a school that stands behind tradition rather than student input. I can only speak for myself, however, I am rather happy with the administration, there is a great deal of mutual respect on both parts. As an example, this years 1st year class was pressured to complete a enormous amount of work in three week period, and the administration felt the strife of the students and rescheduled and cancelled an entire day of class to accomodate a extra study day (although this does not sound like a lot of days, anything helps). For those who didn't get a good impression from the students I am guessing you interviewed around December 10th-23rd.. why? because we were all stressed... normal people turn frightening right before exams no matter which school you go to. We had exams coming up and taking final exams for 3 classes so some of us may not have given the best impression. Like I said before I have no regrets in NYCOM. Just think bigger class= more collegues, more networking and better curves 😀
