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birdboybird

birdboybird

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Rvucom is for profit.... What does that mean? Does that status mean the facilities suck or that there is worse educational quality? What disadvantageous and advanteous does a for profit DO have?



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Honestly as an MSII here - it makes basically no difference. Facilities and education are both good. If anything, it allows the school to be more nimble when it comes to making changes to things like the curriculum because there is not nearly as much bureaucracy.
 
birdboybird said:
Rvucom is for profit.... What does that mean? Does that status mean the facilities suck or that there is worse educational quality? What disadvantageous and advanteous does a for profit DO have?



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the advantage is if you own it, you make money.......the disadvantage is those who don't own it want to wax philosophical about how evil it is that the owner makes money.

at the end of the day, it's another place offering seats in an accredited medical school which means higher odds of acceptance for all people applying that year, potentially a slightly tighter residency match if they don't arrange some news ones but my new non-profit school has already arranged about 100 residency spaces. Go the best fit you get accepted to and don't stress the profit status
 
Decremaster said:
Honestly as an MSII here - it makes basically no difference. Facilities and education are both good. If anything, it allows the school to be more nimble when it comes to making changes to things like the curriculum because there is not nearly as much bureaucracy.
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Have there been changes to the curriculum since the previous dean left?


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Tired said:
When you interview at a for-profit school, is it socially acceptable to tell them you want to be a doctor to make a boatload of cash?
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It should be socially acceptable anywhere, the schools certainly expect money.....but alas the facade must be maintained
 
chizledfrmstone said:
Have there been changes to the curriculum since the previous dean left?


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There have mostly been minor tweaks. 99% is the same but if they hear student feedback about something that didn't work well for the students then they take it into consideration and often make changes. Also FWIW our class sizes are pretty avg ~160 and the tuition isn't outrageous. http://www.usnews.com/education/bes...20/10-least-expensive-private-medical-schools
Although if you ask me it's still too pricey. Then again most DO schools are.
 
I love it here. As far as I'm concerned, as long as the facilities remain this awesome and we as students are prepared well for our boards and beyond (which history shows we are) I could care less whether my tuition that would end up as profit gets dumped to the dean or the owner. Doesn't affect my training one bit.
 
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