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Hey everybody,
Not sure if this should get posted in pre allo or allo for the best advice, but here goes:
I have been really into the idea of true pass fail medical schools lately. I had a friend who went to a very competitive p/f/honors med school and found that the first two years of pressure didn't prop him up nicely for the third year, which was the most stressful of all. While on interviews, a theory of mine, (which is that true p/f kids don't worry so much about grades as the rest of the med community) seemed to be true. I interviewed at two true p/f and two p/f/h. The p/f/h kids seemed much more concerned about their classes and grades, and the p/f kids seemed to talk alot about how they helped eachother out to pass and spent most of their emotional energy on the boards.
Is it clear what I am saying here? In a way, is it not more advantageous to go to a less competitive, more relaxed true p/f school, where the first two years feel less like hardcore grinding? Won't that let students focus more on boards rather than getting good grades the first two years? Won't that enable a better third year performance? Ultimately, won't better board scores and a better third year performance trump a lower performance at a more prestigious program?
So what is the consensus here? More prestigious p/f/h school or less recognized true p/f school with a community known for its "chillaxness?" Which sets a person with my personality up better for residency success? Am I overestimating the importance of first two year grades? Am I missing a secret metric that both schools share? Enlighten me!
Not sure if this should get posted in pre allo or allo for the best advice, but here goes:
I have been really into the idea of true pass fail medical schools lately. I had a friend who went to a very competitive p/f/honors med school and found that the first two years of pressure didn't prop him up nicely for the third year, which was the most stressful of all. While on interviews, a theory of mine, (which is that true p/f kids don't worry so much about grades as the rest of the med community) seemed to be true. I interviewed at two true p/f and two p/f/h. The p/f/h kids seemed much more concerned about their classes and grades, and the p/f kids seemed to talk alot about how they helped eachother out to pass and spent most of their emotional energy on the boards.
Is it clear what I am saying here? In a way, is it not more advantageous to go to a less competitive, more relaxed true p/f school, where the first two years feel less like hardcore grinding? Won't that let students focus more on boards rather than getting good grades the first two years? Won't that enable a better third year performance? Ultimately, won't better board scores and a better third year performance trump a lower performance at a more prestigious program?
So what is the consensus here? More prestigious p/f/h school or less recognized true p/f school with a community known for its "chillaxness?" Which sets a person with my personality up better for residency success? Am I overestimating the importance of first two year grades? Am I missing a secret metric that both schools share? Enlighten me!
