does your school have a competitive atmosphere?

[freetree]

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which schools are more competitive (not in the strength of their programs, but in the way students interact)? im a pre-med thinking about where im going to apply. i know all med students are competitive, but id rather go to a place where students help each other more than they fight each other. specifically , does anyone know anything about any of the massachusetts schools, upenn, northwestern, cornell, or colombia?

 

[nuclearrabbit77]

your best bet is to look at how grading is done at each respective school that you are interested in..... p/f, h/p/f, letter grades, grading during clerkship years, etc. this information is accessible in med school profile books that can be found in a bookstore.

 

[Sweet Tea]

your best bet is to look at how grading is done at each respective school that you are interested in..... p/f, h/p/f, letter grades, grading during clerkship years, etc. this information is accessible in med school profile books that can be found in a bookstore.

also look to see if the school grades on a set scale, or if they grade on a bell curve. bell curves creat competitiveness while numerical grades don't.

 

[g3pro]

Also check out the ritalin page. It seems like there are some people who are so damn competitive that they take performance enhancing drugs to get above the competition. 😱

 

[roja]

Yup. We were VERY competitive...

Who got the drunkest... 🙂

 

[Jalby]

Honors/Pass/Fail: competative. You are competing against classmates every 5 weeks.

Pass/Fail: Not so much

 

[SunnyS81]

I'm so competitive that I drug myself before class so that I fall asleep during class so that I miss out on the material. Often, I find myself shredding my own notes. And I almost lie to myself about the amount of time I've spent studying. My subconcious doesn't want to have to compete against my concious.

And more often than not, I have come to realize that I lost my mind ages ago.

 

[ctaborda]

I dislike the competitiveness.. its what makes people go down into Adderol and ritalin..

ah.. sux

 

[Gleevec]

Also some schools will have competition due to the Adderall vs. Concerta dilemma. Since 100% of medical students should take (if they haven't already started) such drugs illegally to boost performance, many schools have become divided along Adderall vs. Concerta lines. This manifests in well-choreographed, but highly competitive dance-offs in dark alleyways in NY, I mean in the anatomy lab.

 

[azzarah]

I think the students at top schools are less competitive because people don't worry about getting a residency somewhere as much. Med students will be competitive no matter where you go though.