10-24-2003 03:31 PM
vigils
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I interviewed and got accepted to Drexel last year but didn't go becuase I didn't like the school. They are unorganized as hell. Don't waste your time. University of Miami sounds like a much better bet. Drexel doesn't have the same type of medical center and university hospital most medical schools have, they do have a hospital a few blocks away and tertiary care centers around the area, but no major health care center. Pennsylvania is know for having way to many medical schools and hospitals. They also have horrid malpractice insurance problems. Doctors are leaving the state. Drexel is also has the largest medical school class in the nation. 250 per class, yes, thats one grand of medical students in a small underdeveloped school. Their cafeteria sucks, their library sucks, its expensive to live, its unsafe in almost all of philli, the traffic is bad, the roads are bad, the school costs 34 thousand dollars a year, no body has heard of "Drexel College of Medicine" but applying medical students, .... need I say more. You're way better off staying in Miami.
Don't listen to this goober. They don't know what they're talking about. I'm a 2nd year student at Drexel and it's fantastic. As far as there being no major medical centers??? You must be smoking crack... We have two huge hospitals... One 2 blocks away (MCP Hospital) and another even larger hospital downtown (Hahnemann). We have shuttles that run between these hospitals and the main queen lane campus every 30 minutes. There is ample study space on campus... We have 24 private small rooms that can be used for study upstairs (each can accomodate 15 people), a library downstairs that also includes 5 more individual study rooms, we have wireless internet throughout the school, 2 large auditoriums for lectures, all of our classes are videotaped and can be viewed online, and we have a student run transcription service that records lectures word for word. The school provides free tutoring to ANY student that asks for it In short, you will have excellent support throughout your preclinical years, In addition, all of our class notes are typed up so you can just pay attention to lecturers and add to the notes which makes things easy for studying. As far as medical malpractice is concerned, yes this is true... But who cares! you're not paying for malpractice! And no one said you have to practice in philly following graduation! BTW, the actual cost of med student malpractice insurance only costs the school a few hundred dollars per person anyway. As far as living costs are concerned, don't listen to the '****. I went to school in LA where a one bedroom was 1200 and 2 bedrooms are 2000+. Philly is dirt cheap. You can get your own place here for ~550 close to the school, or share an apt and get your own room for even cheaper. Moreover, Drexel is in a very very safe residential neighborhood. You definietely can't say that about other med schools in the area! Most people live right across from the school and just walk to school everyday. As far as the 34K is concerned... Hell yeah.. I agree that is alot. But it's a private school. And it's cheaper than many other private schools. Fortunately cost of living here is super cheap. And about the size of the class, we have 2 separate curriculums depending on what style you like the best (traditional lecture style v. small group learning = IFM v. PIL). Sure our class is big and that's the great thing. You'll have plenty of friends to make. And another thing.... all of us help each other out... We're not ranked. The profs don't just give out honors to only the top 10%. They set out guidelines (ie. 90 or 91% is honors, 88 or 89 is high pass, pass >70%), so you're competing against yourself. Anyhow, if you can afford the trip, come on out.. I'm actually a student interviewer. Maybe i'll see you. If not, it's all good. Enjoy the application/interview process. It's your reward for all your hard work. Good luck.
