One of the hospitalists where I work went to Lecom-b. Said they actually chose Lecom over USF bc they had the option to live with parents at the time which saved money. If I recall correctly they rotated in st. pete and did residency in st. pete. According to this doctor, once you got into the thick of PBL you were only at school about 3 days a week. Something like monday PBL, next day review all topics at home, then PBL Wednesday, and repeat. This was very attractive bc they preferred to review at home and spend less time at campus anyways. For courses like anatomy that was a daily lecture based style though which was usually at the beginning of a block.. like x amount of weeks of those classes with some PBL and then you went into mostly PBL. Supposedly there were nontrads who even worked because of the PBL schedule. This doc didn't have anything terrible to say about Lecom-b just that it was a means to an end. It was the right pick for their situation ie I think location and saving money was a big factor. This is obviously just word of mouth but still interesting to hear.
Rules aren't really a big deal imo. Now if they make a fuss about your car breaking down and not making it I'd be a bit annoyed. Just make sure you're not breaking the rules consistently. I'm mostly a stickler for rules and I think that's because I played baseball the majority of my life. Show up looking professional, do your work and get the job done and do what you're told. Simple as that. And if you don't... well go run sprints until you throw up and then run some more 😛 I'm actually shocked at how many people around me in my prereq classes are rude, don't listen or follow rules well, show up late consistently... just overall act/seem unprofessional. I wouldn't want that person taking care of me.
