MCP/DREXEL free response questions Sorry I copy and pasted the wrong thing before
Open Questions
What do you like best about your school?
* MCP Hahnemann SOM Allegheny Univ of Health Sci Opportunity to engage in case-based integrated learning in lieu of traditional didactic format.
* The campus itself is the most beautiful of any others that I have visted. Very suburban, though center city is not far away. The system-based curriculum is fantastic.
* The atmosphere at MCP Hahnemann is very relaxed compared to other schools. Also, we have a very racially diverse student body and a history of being attentive to the problem of sexism.
* Integrated curriculum
* Program for Integrated Learning Curriculum option (problem-based track) Also... strong women's health education
* Faculty and administration make concerted effort to get to know students as individuals, addressing individual needs, serving as informal mentors, even socializing with students.
* Problem based learning program
* Great facilities Diversity of students Supportive learning environment
* I don't know
* The response of faculty to make changes based on stusent feedback.
* Very encouraging of women in medicine. Lots of community service opportunities.
* I like the noncompetitive atmosphere.
* diversity in the student body
* It's not too competitive, although those students are there in low numbers.
* it's long history
* PIL (case based curriculum)is the reason I chose this school and 4th year pathways. The pediatrics pathway director is extremely helpful.
* The school is very diverse and flexible. They work with each student to ensure they are getting the most out of their medical education.
* --friendly, cooperative classmates --professors LOVE to teach & will give you extra help if needed --VERY MINORITY/GAY FRIENDLY
What do you like least about your school?
MCP Hahnemann SOM Allegheny Univ of Health Sci
* Ongoing change in clinical and basic science faculty, as well as facilities staff due to bankruptcy and re-organization last fall.
* There are too many things to get invoved with. If you don't go to some activity you feel guilty (since everyone else who goes has to study just as much as you do).
* The campus is lovely, as is the surrounding neighborhood. But there's no where to go out, really, that's close to campus: few restaurants, cafes, etc... within walking distance.
* Computer facilities
* The bankrupcty dessimated our faculty. Although many excellent faculty remain, much of the clinical faculty left to find secure jobs, leaving disgruntled, overworked, skeleton faculties at a number of former-Allegheny sites.
* Nothing much really.
* Not enough study space Not enough seating in the auditorium Too large of a class
* There are still a few kinks that need to be worked out regarding the new curriculum.
* Rotations in 3rd & 4th year are often out of the city. Some teaching was sporadic and poorly attended in 2nd year.
* Our school recently went through some extremely difficult financial troubles. We are still recovering from that (i.e. still recruiting new faculty, redefining our relationship with our hospitals which are now not as strongly affiliated with our school, trying to get patients back into the hospitals, etc.)
* lack of resources
* It's a little disorganized.
* that it's owned by a healthcare corporation
* Paying for parking at Hahnemann.
* Too much time in lectures at times.
* --financial aid assistance is poor
Please share any other thoughts you may have about your school.
MCP Hahnemann SOM Allegheny Univ of Health Sci
* Excellant location, great teaching facilities, lots of opportunity for volunteer work and extracurricular activity. I'm not in the traditional track, so the number I submitted is VERY rough.
* Very open to people of all races, genders, and sexual orientations (and to married students like myself). Many professors represent various races, genders and orientations and serve as good role models for students.
* Our school has had a difficult year due to the financial crisis that took place last year. Despite this, I'm getting a great education and I've learned that we have an administration and teaching staff that's really behind the students in every way. Also, we offer PBL, which is proving to be an excellent way of studying medicine for me.
* Innovative curriculum. Supportive faculty.
* Extremely supportive environment for all students from all walks of life
* The PIL program was superb!!
* It is a good school with alot of good people.
* It was perfectly fine
* Overall, I am glad I came to this school.
* I would choose it again. Good woman's mentoring program.
* I'm glad I chose MCP/Hahnemann SOM.
* The bankruptcy has had a very negative effect in many ways and I feel betrayed almost to thepoint of wanting to sue for their witholding of information to applicants about the state of the school
* I bet it will be a lot better in the future since we have new money from Tenet and Drexel.
* it's on an upswing but there is still potential problems. a complete merger with Drexel will be a very positive step
* When I struggled with academics I found the Dean of Student Affairs to be NOT helpful. I got the idea that the school did not care for individual students--just that the majority made it through. Also, in the same respect the Minority Affairs office brushed me off. I'm disappointed to say the least.
* The school is now Drexel. Many applicants are still nervous about the schools reputation due to the past few years of instability. As a student that has lived through this, the school is better for what has happened. They are not only stable but the curriculum and 3rd and 4th years have been re-invented in a positive way.
* --IFM (traditional curriculum) prepares you better for the boards than the PIL (problem-based curriculum) --school seems very stable despite its chaotic financial history (they have sheltered the students well from those issues)
Financially, they're not as well off as Temple.
