So I'm an MS-4 and I have no idea what my class rank is. How do you find out other than waiting for the dean's letter to come out? My clinical grades have been high passes with a few honors in the mix.
So I'm an MS-4 and I have no idea what my class rank is. How do you find out other than waiting for the dean's letter to come out? My clinical grades have been high passes with a few honors in the mix.
Would you consider emailing the dean about this early on (during first year) in poor taste.
Would you consider emailing the dean about this early on (during first year) in poor taste.
Would you consider emailing the dean about this early on (during first year) in poor taste.
If you're worried about how you're doing at this point, you can meet with an academic advisor (we call them advisory deans at my school), assuming your school has a system like that. Emailing the dean to get your class rank is not the way to go.
My school tells us that there are no class rankings, however, some very prominent professors have told us that this is falsely stated to us so that we don't be highly competitive against one another. What do you guys think? If there is a class rank, I'd really like to know where I stand. Thanks
FWIW, our dean specifically told us when speaking about grades that the school had to rank us for our own good when applying to residency programs. Now I could be drinking the kool-aid, but it seems logical -- I go to a good state school, but there still exists significant variety among students in terms of quality. It's helpful for residency programs to know where we stood in our class for that reason.
Gunner though I may be, I'll say without reservation I'm happy to be ranked against my peers so that I can distinguish myself (obviously one of several ways I hope to do so).
I do know that some top-tier schools (Harvard comes to mind, but that could be incorrect) claim not to rank their students. I think institutions with that sort of pedigree can probably get away with it.