Most underrated medical school
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I know its graduates only match at military residency programs, but I'm going to go with USUHS.
EDIT: I guess I should provide some justification:
- Curriculum is on par with all other allo schools, with added training in Emergency Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and Infectious Diseases
- Incredible relationship with and support from the NIH
- Simulation center that is far superior to most of the ones I have seen at top ranked medical schools
- High level of camaraderie among like-minded students who have a desire to serve
- I would MAKE $212,000 over the course of my four years at med school, with ZERO monetary debt (yes, I realize I would owe 7 years)
BTW, I knew all of this about the school before applying and interviewing, and it most certainly was not a "backup" school!
EDIT: I guess I should provide some justification:
- Curriculum is on par with all other allo schools, with added training in Emergency Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and Infectious Diseases
- Incredible relationship with and support from the NIH
- Simulation center that is far superior to most of the ones I have seen at top ranked medical schools
- High level of camaraderie among like-minded students who have a desire to serve
- I would MAKE $212,000 over the course of my four years at med school, with ZERO monetary debt (yes, I realize I would owe 7 years)
BTW, I knew all of this about the school before applying and interviewing, and it most certainly was not a "backup" school!
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Gw Vcu And Evms!
Gotta give props to my school. We are unranked and pretty off the radar because out of state applicants are not accepted (unless their parent attended the medschool). Our proffessors care so much about us and put so much effort into teaching us. I think this is actually a function of a smaller research dollar intake so we have proffessors that want to and have the time to really teach us well instead of having their primary concern being their research. There is plenty to get involved in, but its definitely not the dominant concern of the school in general. We have a simulation lab thats awesome and we were actually one of the first schools to do this and we have clinical experience in the first year thats motivating and interesting but not overwhelming on top of the basic sciences. We have a really nice class where I never feel like I need to watch my back and everyone is helpful and trades study guides and useful software/links . . . in general its a very friendly and warm, I felt comfortable even in my interview which felt more like casual conversations with new friends than faculty interviews. Its definitely not the prettiest campus and we don't even currently have useable first floors (Katrina thang) but I wouldn't trade this experience for anywhere else.
lol, I think you need more self-esteem. I'd just be ridiculously grateful if anybody takes me, mostly because I really don't want to wait another year
And right now I really want Downstate to take me so I can stay in the city and pay instate tuition.
Dude I just accepted you to my undergrad, med school, and residency program. Know why? Your PEOPLE skills.
Wayne State University. And the University of Baghdad.
Vcu
I have to agree with you. The new facilities are beautiful and they have the second highest primary care rank of all the UCs. I'd bet that in the next few years, their research rank will climb as well.
What about the University of Arizona? The university itself is one of the top research institutions in the world, and arguably THE top (or top five) in certain areas, such as astrophysics(recieving more Nasa funding that any other school in the country). The medical college is very research heavy, and they are in the proccess of completing a beautiful second campus in downtown Phoenix in in partnership with the Translational Genomics Research Institute. Allong with UNM, they probably train more Native American Mds than any other school in the nation. Maybe you dont hear it mentioned on here too much because they only consider applications from Arizona residents and residents of western states that lack a medical school.
It kinda/sorta does. The MD program through Harvard-MIT HST is pretty much considered to be "MIT Med School". Actually, there is a information session about it over our winter session called "Medical School at MIT?"
I absolutely do the same thing, although in my case I believe am justified in thinking this way. Then I look at the other students I see getting interviews or acceptances at my schools and I think that I have just been freakishly lucky in this process. It's strange how I always need to look at everyone else in order to measure my own worth.
Dad was raised Calvinist, so I got a serving of that. My parents were quirky, anyway. Most parents brag about their kids... mine, well, they did the opposite. 🙄
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HST is underrated?!? They are pretty much regarded as THE best around the world for research/mdphD. I don't know about it being exclusively the "MIT med school" though...the administration is primarily MIT, yes, but the facilities are mainly Harvard's (i.e. MGH in Charleston). I'd say its an equal mix. And you have to apply through Harvard to go to the med school, anyways.
That's wassup psipsina. I never thought about the effect of the research dollar but you have a very good point. I saw that simulation lab when I was in high school and I was blown away!!! Not to mention, yall do have some big researchers down there that I've heard about who are doing some pretty noteworthy things. Even with the hurricane, the school is still standing strong..gotta respect that.
meh. Who wants to live in the Pacific Northwest?
Please, who wouldn't want to live in the Pacific Northwest? But he meant Washington University in St. Louis, not UW.
Holy S#$^&%! I should have applied there.
Oh, never mind. j/k If you are in the military, I think this is the only way to go. Plus I heard you are much more likely to match coming from USUHS.
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Eric Lindros
Dude, Pitt is ranked in the top 15. It's not underrated.
You're crazy man. I like you, but you're crazzzzzy.
You're also more likely to spend most of that 7 years in places that you probably wouldn't go on a vacation.
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The most under-rated medical school has got to be Harvard. We are talking Osteopathic schools, right?
Agreed. I think their lower ranking may come from their accepting lots of non-trads with less than perfect stats.
I think AECOM is completely OVER-rated, not under-rated. I was so not at all impressed by anything there, not to mention the location...ick.
I do agree with Rochester though. It's an amazing school, doesn't get enough press cause it's in the middle of nowhere I think.
