Hi everybody, I know this is probably super neurotic. I'm an incoming student hoping for some insight. I've been really excited to start medical school for the past few weeks as I was recently accepted to DMU and chose it over another DO school that is closer to home. Recently someone made a post to the medical school subreddit with a long list of complaints and grievances about DMU regarding poor rotations and admin (linked below), with hundreds of comments agreeing, calling it a scam and comparing it to caribbean schools, etc. Normally I could just brush this off and move on but I've been dealing with a lot of life struggles at the moment and this is really getting to me and making me spiral. What do other people think about this post? Any current/former DMU students on here who could share their experiences with their school, or anyone else want to offer some insight?
Feeling pretty bad
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man, sorry to hear that. all you can do at this point is put your head down (in the sense of hard work) and grind it out. hopefully, there's enough issues and pushback from students that DMU will deal with it the right way. but as with all schools that have issues, you're stuck in it. make your own path and get the match you're happy with and move on. hopefully some DMU students can weigh in for you, but it's a really sucky situation you're in and i hope you can keep high spirits.
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Stop reading reddit. 🙂
Are these stories also posted in our school-specific forums?
Everyone will complain about their schools. No program is perfect. The complainer may have had to repeat the year due to failing a class by 1 point.
This is why you network with students currently at the schools before you submit your application or put down a deposit. They can tell you whether all the complaints have merit or it's just someone who's pissed off about something the school did. But at this point, you had your reasons to pick the school. As far as we know, the program isn't having issues with their accreditation despite these issues.
Are these stories also posted in our school-specific forums?
Everyone will complain about their schools. No program is perfect. The complainer may have had to repeat the year due to failing a class by 1 point.
This is why you network with students currently at the schools before you submit your application or put down a deposit. They can tell you whether all the complaints have merit or it's just someone who's pissed off about something the school did. But at this point, you had your reasons to pick the school. As far as we know, the program isn't having issues with their accreditation despite these issues.
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At every school there is something to fuss about, and students love to complain about their school. Its usually just a vocal minority of discontents who failed a course or had a bad interaction with a staff or faculty so they want to “burn the place down”; your job is to make the best of who you are.
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1) It's a students' job to complain.
2) There are always two sides to every story.
3) reddit is the cesspool of the Internet.
2) There are always two sides to every story.
3) reddit is the cesspool of the Internet.
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DMU is still a solid school. It’s got name recognition in the area and a solid alumni network. I wouldn’t feel too bad about it.
That being said, it sounds like 3rd and 4th year are going to be a lot harder than they need to be if you’re one of the unlucky students who gets sent super far for a random rotation.
I remember rotating with a DMU student on one of my rotations and was wondering how the found themselves out where I was (ICOM student for reference) they told me about the far flung places they were being sent for rotations and how their IM rotation was completely outpatient. I couldn’t really believe an og DO school was setting up their clinical years like this. In all fairness the school did provide housing for them while they were there.
Bottom line is, don’t worry too much about this. It may suck but you’ll get by. My school has gotten **** on a lot by Reddit but I honestly enjoyed my experience. Never drove more than 20 minutes for my rotations and didn’t need to set up 4th year rotations by myself. There were a few things i didn’t like, but that’s the case with every school. Take what Reddit says with a grain of salt.
