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medschoolplease123

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I know it's supperrrrr uncommon, and is very rare to do - but does anyone know of anyonr (or did you) transfer between med schools? What was the reason? Just curious nothing more.
 
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At my school, it has happened perhaps 5x in my ~ 18 years of teaching.

It's close to impossible for the first two years, unless one is willing to re-start at OMSI. I surmise it might be more doable after Boards.

I know it's supperrrrr uncommon, and is very rare to do - but does anyone know of anyone (or did you) transfer between med schools? What was the reason? Just curious nothing more.
 
At my school, it has happened perhaps 5x in my ~ 18 years of teaching.

It's close to impossible for the first two years, unless one is willing to re-start at OMSI. I surmise it might be more doable after Boards.
Yeah that's what i figured. Just curious. But even then you gotta have stellar board scores.