question about Emory

[AwesomePreMed]

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So when I interviewed at Emory, a 1st year medical student told me how their class did not get along with the 2nd year class. Something about how they were totally different and the 2nd years were prudes. They said that the 2nd year students only studied while the 1st year students were more real life people and partied more than they studied.

Should this matter when I'm making a decision? I am not sure if this means that Emory students are not as strong as they used to be.

 

[taehong81]

So when I interviewed at Emory, a 1st year medical student told me how their class did not get along with the 2nd year class. Something about how they were totally different and the 2nd years were prudes. They said that the 2nd year students only studied while the 1st year students were more real life people and partied more than they studied.

Should this matter when I'm making a decision? I am not sure if this means that Emory students are not as strong as they used to be.

Don't let one person's opinion stop you from coming to Emory if you like Emory. I am a second year student and I don't think that my class only studies and "don't have a life". It is true that as second year the class load gets lot more harder therefore we need to study more, but we still have time to have fun and enjoy other things. It is true that you will spend lots of time within your class and don't have the same opportunity to mingle with people in different classes. This is because we have different schedules and this year the first and second year classes are in different building. I know lots of people from different classes, but it is harder to hang out with them when our schedules are totally different. Here at Emory, as a second year you get set up with a first year as a big sib/ little sib program. So you will have a upperclassman giving you adivces and help you out, which can be very helpful. Hope that helps!

 

[bh2186]

actually, from what I've heard from friends, and what they don't let you know at admissions (since I interviewed there) is that it is very competitive amongst students - I guess that is implied somewhere between the lines in what you heard - and that a lot of students are unhappy bec of this. On the other hand, Emory is a pretty solid school despite US NEWS and WORLD REPORT rankings. However, MCG is great for clinical exposure as well. Hey, you got good choices.

 

[AwesomePreMed]

how do you mean competitive?

actually, from what I've heard from friends, and what they don't let you know at admissions (since I interviewed there) is that it is very competitive amongst students - I guess that is implied somewhere between the lines in what you heard - and that a lot of students are unhappy bec of this. On the other hand, Emory is a pretty solid school despite US NEWS and WORLD REPORT rankings. However, MCG is great for clinical exposure as well. Hey, you got good choices.

 

[Johnisit1234]

how do you mean competitive?

Hi AwesomePreMed,

I disagree with the poster that said that emory is competitive. Any med school you go to, you will have to work hard. The competition to do well is more internal than it is from your peers -- I want to do well because I want to do well. My class (I'm an M2) posts study guides, reminders, etc to help each other out. We are all here to help each other through medical school, not to compete. We know we'll all be doctors. We are graded, yes. However, we are not curved (as are most Honors/Pass/Fail schools -- this is where the class competition is). If everyone gets an A here at Emory,everyone gets an A.

About the M1 and M2 class not getting along. I disagree with this as well. As Taehong81 remarked, the second year of medical school is very intense regardless of where you will go. You are cramming vast amounts of information into your head. My fellow M2s and I do work very hard. We go out and enjoy ourselves too. Again, do not base your opinion of Emory on just one student. The caliber of students certainly has not decreased.
Choose a school based on where you felt the happiest. If Emory felt right for you, choose it.

 

[PickyBicky]

So when I interviewed at Emory, a 1st year medical student told me how their class did not get along with the 2nd year class. Something about how they were totally different and the 2nd years were prudes. They said that the 2nd year students only studied while the 1st year students were more real life people and partied more than they studied.

Should this matter when I'm making a decision? I am not sure if this means that Emory students are not as strong as they used to be.

Classes at most schools, including Emory, seem to have different collective personalities and overall "feel." As an MSIV at Emory, I can say that each class looks (in terms of overall composition) and acts very differently from one another. It's not necessarily a bad thing, nor is it a good thing, it just simply is. It's impossible to know a priori just how any class will be or act... Curiously, at least at Emory, it seems that classes cycle between slack and gunner personalities. The post above supports this observation. Who knows if this is actually true.

-PB

 

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Classes at most schools, including Emory, seem to have different collective personalities and overall "feel." As an MSIV at Emory, I can say that each class looks (in terms of overall composition) and acts very differently from one another. It's not necessarily a bad thing, nor is it a good thing, it just simply is. It's impossible to know a priori just how any class will be or act... Curiously, at least at Emory, it seems that classes cycle between slack and gunner personalities. The post above supports this observation. Who knows if this is actually true.

-PB

I've heard of this cyclical phenomenon at other schools (I'm thinking of 4 in particular where it was explicitly stated to me). I thought it was interesting because at each of the four schools, the MS1's said they were the "party" class and the class above was the "gunner" class. Since I'm friends with the students who told me this, I'm thinking this cycle is really just the cycle of MS2 being harder than MS1.

One thing that I do like about Emory is that they are now coordinating the spring breaks of the MS1s and MS2s (this is the first year they did it), so a lot of them went on interclass spring break trips. Athough pretty trivial in the big scheme of things, I thought it was neat because it was set up my student input from previous years.

 

[Medikit]

Every class is different, I'm guessing you just saw some class rivalry in action, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[AwesomePreMed]

Thanks for the all the help.

For the MSIV that posted, what did you think of your overall Emory experience?

 

[PickyBicky]

I've heard of this cyclical phenomenon at other schools (I'm thinking of 4 in particular where it was explicitly stated to me). I thought it was interesting because at each of the four schools, the MS1's said they were the "party" class and the class above was the "gunner" class. Since I'm friends with the students who told me this, I'm thinking this cycle is really just the cycle of MS2 being harder than MS1.

One thing that I do like about Emory is that they are now coordinating the spring breaks of the MS1s and MS2s (this is the first year they did it), so a lot of them went on interclass spring break trips. Athough pretty trivial in the big scheme of things, I thought it was neat because it was set up my student input from previous years.

I agree, this is pretty trivial. Whatever floats the MS1's and MS2's boats....

-PB

 

[PickyBicky]

Thanks for the all the help.

For the MSIV that posted, what did you think of your overall Emory experience?

It was good, but not great. I feel ready for internship (at least, as ready as I'll ever be) and got into my #1 residency pick. My clinical experiences, particularly at Grady, were fantastic. Still, I found the pre-clinical years to be inefficient (though a fantastic prep for step I and the MS3 years), instruction on physical diagnosis poor throughout, and the administrators to be less than helpful (particularly Deans Eley, Schwartz, and Shulman...Felner, however, is the best). I'm ready and thankful to be leaving. For me, the school did its job, but little more. It's impossible to say if the grass would have been greener elsewhere, and at this point, it's meaningless for me to even consider the question. Like many things in life, med school, particularly at Emory, is what you make of it. If you're ambitious and motivated, Emory can provide a great deal for you. If not, your experience may be mediacore. This may or may not contrast with other schools. I'm not really in a position to say.

Hope this is somehow helpful,
-PB

 

[MsChatterbox]

So when I interviewed at Emory, a 1st year medical student told me how their class did not get along with the 2nd year class. Something about how they were totally different and the 2nd years were prudes. They said that the 2nd year students only studied while the 1st year students were more real life people and partied more than they studied.

Should this matter when I'm making a decision? I am not sure if this means that Emory students are not as strong as they used to be.

The rankings did drop fron 20 to 26....but what do the numbers tell you ??

 

[penguinophile]

The rankings did drop fron 20 to 26....but what do the numbers tell you ??

Not a whole lot other than there might have been a numbers mistake. I know the past two years, they have fudged up their numbers for the law school and the undergrad(in a BAD way), and have wound up a lot lower than they should have been. The undergrad alumni giving stats reported was between 1/2 and 2/3 of what it actually was, which caused a huge stir with admin trying to get alumni giving levels up. Then, halfway through the year it turns out that they are higher than they had even planned on. So, numbers don't tell you a whole lot.
Actually..I'm on their waitlist...so the numbers mean a LOT...since they dropped 6 spots, everyone who was accepted should withdraw ...yeah, thats it...everyone withdraw 👍