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Hi,
I'm currently an M1 student who is at Rosalind Franklin (honestly, I'm here because no other school accepted me) However, I kinda like it here. Remembering the stress of applying and all that, I had a hard as hell time thinking of reasons to want to go here, so I thought I'd share some experiences, so at the very least you have a good answer for the interview.
Interview
Really...weird. Both interviews start out with "Who are you?". Everything you say you have to back up with stories, or they'll ask you. I don't remember much, but I think one person asked what the biggest problem in medicine was (typical ?) and what to do about it. I interviewed late in March, it was a pretty horrible interview, got WLed in June, Got accepted in July.
Positives
Very good essentials of clinical reasoning class-Very committed to teaching you about medicine. I was already taking a history of a standardized patient by the third day of class. You get really good at knowing what you have to do to be a doctor, and the teacher is very enthusiastic (possibly annoying)
Big on interprofessionalism-A lot of your classes are shared with Podiatry, Graduate and random other kinds of students, most of which I don't even know yet. You even have one class where you work in teams of different people to learn about medicine. Important in practice (I don't know).
Very caring faculty-So far, it seems like everyone wants you to succeed (despite having a curve and all that). Most people make themselves or others accessible, people to go to, power points always online with extensive notes and resources.
Great students-Everyone's really relaxed here, they care about what they do, always willing to help, always want to have a good time.
Great preparation for the boards (from what I've been told)
Close-ish to Chicago-It's about a 50 minute drive from Chicago (Double that because of all the traffic and construction) but on weekends you can go into the city, or do clinics and all that. Third year, you get to live in Chicago and do rotations all over, lot of good experience.
Rosalind Franklin, the person-OK, I know no one knows who she is, and no one really cares who she is. When you first get here they obsess over selflessness, succeeding despite being a woman, her ideas stolen by Watson and Crick...No one cares, but maybe on an interview you may want to say how impressive she is
Other points
Diversity?-Almost everyone is from the midwest or west, enough said. Ethnically, it's pretty diverse though.
Close-ish to Chicago-I really shouldve google mapped "North Chicago" before applying, it's nowhere near Chicago. Not much to do here, and most bars close early. Granted if it was in Chicago no one would study ever, but keep it in mind.
Wifi sucks-Useless point, but it bothers me in lecture.
Some awful speakers-Another useless point, but still. Physio prof is terrible, and the number of speeches I've heard about Rosalind Franklin or "Sister Rosalind" make me want to die.
I haven't been here long enough to get a good feel, but this is just what I've seen.
I'm currently an M1 student who is at Rosalind Franklin (honestly, I'm here because no other school accepted me) However, I kinda like it here. Remembering the stress of applying and all that, I had a hard as hell time thinking of reasons to want to go here, so I thought I'd share some experiences, so at the very least you have a good answer for the interview.
Interview
Really...weird. Both interviews start out with "Who are you?". Everything you say you have to back up with stories, or they'll ask you. I don't remember much, but I think one person asked what the biggest problem in medicine was (typical ?) and what to do about it. I interviewed late in March, it was a pretty horrible interview, got WLed in June, Got accepted in July.
Positives
Very good essentials of clinical reasoning class-Very committed to teaching you about medicine. I was already taking a history of a standardized patient by the third day of class. You get really good at knowing what you have to do to be a doctor, and the teacher is very enthusiastic (possibly annoying)
Big on interprofessionalism-A lot of your classes are shared with Podiatry, Graduate and random other kinds of students, most of which I don't even know yet. You even have one class where you work in teams of different people to learn about medicine. Important in practice (I don't know).
Very caring faculty-So far, it seems like everyone wants you to succeed (despite having a curve and all that). Most people make themselves or others accessible, people to go to, power points always online with extensive notes and resources.
Great students-Everyone's really relaxed here, they care about what they do, always willing to help, always want to have a good time.
Great preparation for the boards (from what I've been told)
Close-ish to Chicago-It's about a 50 minute drive from Chicago (Double that because of all the traffic and construction) but on weekends you can go into the city, or do clinics and all that. Third year, you get to live in Chicago and do rotations all over, lot of good experience.
Rosalind Franklin, the person-OK, I know no one knows who she is, and no one really cares who she is. When you first get here they obsess over selflessness, succeeding despite being a woman, her ideas stolen by Watson and Crick...No one cares, but maybe on an interview you may want to say how impressive she is
Other points
Diversity?-Almost everyone is from the midwest or west, enough said. Ethnically, it's pretty diverse though.
Close-ish to Chicago-I really shouldve google mapped "North Chicago" before applying, it's nowhere near Chicago. Not much to do here, and most bars close early. Granted if it was in Chicago no one would study ever, but keep it in mind.
Wifi sucks-Useless point, but it bothers me in lecture.
Some awful speakers-Another useless point, but still. Physio prof is terrible, and the number of speeches I've heard about Rosalind Franklin or "Sister Rosalind" make me want to die.
I haven't been here long enough to get a good feel, but this is just what I've seen.
