is rush medical college on probation!?!

[icekream]

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[Depakote]

I would consider this anecdotal/hearsay until you see it in print.

BTW. you might want to change your thread title, it's a bit of an over-reaction for something you heard from someone about something that might happen.

 

[icekream]

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[ygree001]

Besides, even if they would be put on probation it's not necessarily the end of the world. Whatever happens, it's not like they are won't do whatever they need to to get out of probation.

 

[icekream]

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[Transmogrifier]

George Washington was very transparent and forthcoming last year about their program being put on probation. It'll be public if it happens.

 

[MegaProjectile]

Wow.Anyone knows why? LCME is becoming very aggressive with keeping schools in check.

 

[Appless]

for anyone who is planning on applying here, id like to confirm that rush medical college IS INDEED threatened to be put on probation as of right now. im surprised no one else cares about this, im finding this to be a big deal.

I dont care because in all likelyhood its not going to change whether the fact i apply there or not. Look at GW there are still going to get a ton of apps and they were on probation. No school is in all likelyhood going to lose their accredation and will fix the problems like GW did. Now if it was on probation i certainly wouldnt go there unless I had no choice, but hell id still apply. If you are seriously applying to rush (not just a safety school) chances are you are not a strong applicant anywyas and would apply and go there if no one else took u. Similar to what GW is.

 

[Depakote]

A threat of probation without more information is just too little info to get freaked out about...

if it was due to significant flaws in the curriculum, that would be a serious concern...

if it was because the catalog and or informational materials fail to enumerate the criteria for selecting students (LCME Criteria MS-11), I'd be a little less worried.

 

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[Siverhideo1985]

for anyone who is planning on applying here, id like to confirm that rush medical college IS INDEED threatened to be put on probation as of right now. im surprised no one else cares about this, im finding this to be a big deal.

so, besides your PI, who has confirmed this rumor now that you seem so certain that this happened?

 

[bkz]

for anyone who is planning on applying here, id like to confirm that rush medical college IS INDEED threatened to be put on probation as of right now

20 bucks says Rush is your first choice 😎

 

[KeyzerSoze]

According to the LCME, Rush's next accreditation survey is in 2012-2013.

 

[icekream]

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[bkz]

just my PI, he told me he was certain after i talked to him again

so if you're certain, why did you pose this as a question?
You kinda have yourself in a catch-22 here

 

[bkz]

i posted this question yesterday because i had heard this to be true, and wanted to see if anyone else had heard this as well.

i confirmed TODAY, and thats why i posted back in this thread.

read the whole thread cock sucking mother ****er before you come in here and try to get all dick tracy on me

LOL. I can smell a gunner a mile away. Just a heads up you might get banned if you keep using that language

btw your defensiveness is a dead giveaway

 

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[Siverhideo1985]

3.96 from northwestern, bitch.

read the whole thread cock sucking mother ****er before you come in here and try to get all dick tracy on me

 

[pietachok]

just my PI, he told me he was certain after i talked to him again

The same PI you said was "not the best of fellows" when implying he could be wrong? And now you trust him wholeheartedly?

The next visit is, as mentioned in school year 2012-13. The previous one was in 2004-05. LCME doesn't go 8 years between visits if there are major issues.

 

[Col Kurtz]

hey sounds good to me, i have nothing to prove to u.

i created this thread to help out ppl who might be interested in applying here.

One source asked twice does not=corroboration. It may or not be true, no one on here knows. What I do know is that large institutions breed rumors, some turn out to be true, others don't. Anonymous board or no, it seems ridiculous to swear at people when they question something you heard round the way. It hurts your credibility and renders your "heads up" to potential applicants meaningless.

 

[Handy388]

you silly gunner.

 

[eyang22286]

okay let's just say that rush gets put on probation....

the most hilarious part of this thread is the OP's over-reactions. even in the event of probation, it's not as big of a deal as the OP is making it

lawlz, please continue discussion, i would like to read moar 0f da funniez

 

[Dissected]

read the whole thread cock sucking mother ****er before you come in here and try to get all dick tracy on me

 

[Dissected]

😱

you are a very angry young pre-med

 

[bkz]

lol this thread is lame and will probably get locked soon.

I may have jumped to conclusions here but I know we've all seen WAY too many people like this in our classes--the people who are always starting rumors to try to better their odds. Thus, in real life I will tell my classmates why there may be doubts, here I will call you out. Don't take it personally.

 

[Brent8927]

lol this thread is lame and will probably get locked soon.

I may have jumped to conclusions here but I know we've all seen WAY too many people like this in our classes--the people who are always starting rumors to try to better their odds. Thus, in real life I will tell my classmates why there may be doubts, here I will call you out. Don't take it personally.

I couldn't agree more--some people on this post seem need a bit of anger management, and unfortunately I don't think I'm joking.

I'm rather doubtful Rush is under threat of probation, though it's certainly possible. But, I would also doubt the accuracy of one PI's opinion, especially one that the OP said is not very reputable.

OP, I don't understand why you haven't called Rush to confirm the rumor--I've been told their staff is very friendly and I am sure they would tell you the truth on this.

 

[mbe36]

I have a good feeling th OP will be on probation.

 

[Bacchus]

If you guys are concerned, you can contact the LCME and ask them:

http://www.lcme.org/contacts.htm

 

[richse]

so here's a tidbit of info i received just today from my PI with whom I do research at rush as well... rush medical college has been threatened to be put on probation by the liaison committee on medical education, which is the thing that accredits medical schools.

this must have JUST happened because I did a search and no one has talked about this before. he convinced me not to go there if i get in because if i go, and the LCME decides to go ahead and actually PUT rush on probation, i would basically be ****ED!!

this sucks because I am from chicago and this school was definitely in my consideration.

can anyone PLEASE else confirm/verify this??

Maybe I'm just jaded but my first though reading this was "geez this guy really wants to get off the waitlist at Rush."

 

[tiedyeddog]

Wow, I doubt going on probation is that big of a deal. I am really surprised icekream hasn't been banned/put on probation..

 

[icekream]

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[tiedyeddog]

wow. its not the fact that the school is in trouble, its the fact HOW could it get in trouble in the first place. like if someone were to bruise easily...its not a big deal the bruise itself (it doesnt hurt or bleed) but the fact HOW could you bruise so easily (internal bleeding, clotting problems, etc.)

catch my analogy?

Nope. Either way you get a medical school degree at a US allopathic school. I am saying there is just about zero risk that the LCME will strip a school of their accreditation after it has been put on probation.

 

[Depakote]

wow. its not the fact that the school is in trouble, its the fact HOW could it get in trouble in the first place. like if someone were to bruise easily...its not a big deal the bruise itself (it doesnt hurt or bleed) but the fact HOW could you bruise so easily (internal bleeding, clotting problems, etc.)

catch my analogy?

You've still yet to provide any cause for this supposed probation.

At the moment, the LCME website (updated June 4, 2009), lists Rush as an accredited school and does not list them as having preliminary or probationary accreditation. As noted above, the next LCME review for Rush is not scheduled to take place until 2012-2013, which would make it definitely strange for a school outside of it's review cycle to be placed on probation.

If there was cause for probation which did occur, then your argument might be valid, but at the moment, you're just continuing to fuel a rumor that the only person you've verified this with is your PI.

 

[chiz2kul]

wow. its not the fact that the school is in trouble, its the fact HOW could it get in trouble in the first place. like if someone were to bruise easily...its not a big deal the bruise itself (it doesnt hurt or bleed) but the fact HOW could you bruise so easily (internal bleeding, clotting problems, etc.)

catch my analogy?

LAWLZZZ

 

[gujuDoc]

Besides, even if they would be put on probation it's not necessarily the end of the world. Whatever happens, it's not like they are won't do whatever they need to to get out of probation.

So true!!! RFU was on probation a few years ago, not Rush but Rosalind franklin in North Chicago. Yet, they had 9 people match into Ortho, several others into plastics, etc. In other words, their match list was kick ass in the sense that people were matching into some highly competitive fields regardless of the probationary status, all while this program was on probation. It still yields very good match rates.

GWU also has been put on probation in recent times due to something about study spaces, but the school is still doing good. RFU fixed its problems and so is GWU fixing their problems. Same will happen if Rush ends up being put on probation. Don't worry about it too much.

 

[richse]

dude i just took my mcat im 2010!!

i feel like all of u guys are the ones who watch youtube just to scream FAKE!! omg photoshopped i can tell be the pixels!!! kinda ppl

maybe because of my inappropriate language and temperament this thread has gone south. i apologize for that. what i do NOT apologize for is sharing information. rush isnt even a top choice for me, its a backup. im sorry, im not gunning for my safety school--3.96 from northwestern, id rather go to feinberg

I think the above bold portion will shine through in your interviews like it shines through in your posts. For someone who doesn't have an MCAT score yet you are pretty full of yourself calling Rush your safety. Personally I hope the Rush adcoms come on here like the Wash U adcoms do and figure out who you are while reading this post. I'm sure they would appreciate this sentiment: " rush isnt even a top choice for me, its a backup. im sorry, im not gunning for my safety school."

 

[gujuDoc]

Agreed. and stop with the cursing or you'll sure to be banned from this site for your inappropriate behavior. There is no need to be so nasty even if they falsely accused you of something you weren't implying.

Secondly, tone it down because it will come through if you are cocky when you interview and numbers alone will not get you into your top choice even if you went to undergrad there and have stellar ECs or letters and essays. there are people who have all of that and have still been rejected from their top choices and sometimes waitlisted or rejected even at their so called safeties. this process is not as predictable as you believe it to be.

 

[gujuDoc]

wow, i doubt going on probation is that big of a deal. I am really surprised icekream hasn't been banned/put on probation..

soooooooooooo true!!!

 

[MossPoh]

3.96 from northwestern, bitch. feinberg is my #1.

This cracks me up. Nobody cares. Guess what? There are people with much less from schools that you never heard of in medical school now. You know what you're going to call them? Doctor.

 

[icekream]

This cracks me up. Nobody cares. Guess what? There are people with much less from schools that you never heard of in medical school now. You know what you're going to call them? Doctor.

actually, they're called the defendant.

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