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Friendliness of admissions staff. All medical schools should follow Michigan's example here 👍🙂
 
How close the hospital and dorms are to the medical school
 
Whether they have a student host program for interviewees
 
Also, whether you're likely to get shot/stabbed in the vicinity of the hospital.
 
We must have fine weather in that area, whether or not.
 
On or near undergrad college (could be pro or con depending on person)
 
I hear how people keep citing the condition of the anatomy lab for some reason.
 
I don't recall anyone discussing how the sexy the girls should be. Mmm...
 
kautionwirez said:
male:female ratio

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you need to qualify this. There are plenty of med schools out there where the M:F ratio is misleadingly good, but the percentage of unattached and available people you would actually want to date is basically nil. Also there are some very good reasons not to date within your own class -- nobody needs that drama. So I would not put this into your criteria. Better off picking a place with other graduate programs (eg. nursing school) in the vicinity -- it's much higher yield.
 
1) Architectural style of the campus. Do I like my surroundings everyday? Do I "just know" that it's the place for me?
2) Campus is in the heart of a major metropolitan area. Can I order delivery to my dorm room from at least 100 different restaurants? Would it be hard for me to "escape" schoolwork on Saturdays to find solace in a quiet area?
3) Awesome Male:Female ratio with at least 10% more males than females. (The more single, tall, Anglophilic, squash-playing guys with British accents there are, the better! *Drools on keyboard*)
4) Perceived competitiveness of winning admission. My white coat should top all other white coats! Muahaha. (It's sad that I'm not even jk, lol.)
5) A House/College system within the medical school so I can make friends easily.
6) Instructional style. I only want to attend a PBL or modular based school; the hothouse that is Duke would never really jive with me, I guess.
7) How friendly the admin is. I like winning awards and if I think the Dean at a particular school isn't going to nominate me for any graduation/in-course awards when I meet him/her, the school is automatically crossed off the list. This was one of the major reasons I turned down both Oxford and Edinburgh.
8) A beautiful library SYSTEM. I need to change my study location frequently or else I never get anything done; having really nice neo-Gothic surroundings keeps me motivated.
 
varsityblue said:
7) How friendly the admin is. I like winning awards and if I think the Dean at a particular school isn't going to nominate me for any graduation/in-course awards when I meet him/her, the school is automatically crossed off the list. This was one of the major reasons I turned down both Oxford and Edinburgh.
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varsityblue said:
@Ebola4Breakfast & @nadaba: Bullying on these threads is absolutely unacceptable. #jealousidiots
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Calm down, Sparky. No one is bullying you. I'm just trying to figure out whether you're a troll or just highly... eccentric. Look at your own threads. I'm not the first person to question it.
 
I think I remember reading on here that somewhere gives you an ipad with all the textbooks' pdfs pre-loaded. That would be sweet.

Do any schools give you a free stethoscope, or at least a discounted (bulk) price?
 
Ebola4Breakfast said:
Calm down, Sparky. No one is bullying you. I'm just trying to figure out whether you're a troll or just highly... eccentric. Look at your own threads. I'm not the first person to question it.
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👎 There's no need to get jealous or defensive, honey.

I'm neither a troll nor an eccentric. My threads point to a willingness to help others during my holiday as well as to learn from the overwhelmingly insightful posters on how to win admission to tier 1 schools. I find it both rude and insulting that you, a grown up PhD student, fail to respect another student's ambition to pursue an extremely competitive specialty. If I can tailor my undergraduate experience to serve me well later on in life, I fully intend to do so. Moreover, if you take a moment to examine the profiles of people who have won the Rhodes and Truman scholarships in the past, you'll see that the pre-meds in the cohort have a similar dedication to a particular area of medicine. 😀 Winning in college is very similar to winning in high school in that 'packaging' is absolutely critical; winning in medical school seems to be about having both excellent digits and a demonstrated passion for a particular specialty. If I can talk about the stuff I've advocated throughout my undergraduate career in residency interviews, why wouldn't I? That said, please keep your negative opinions to yourself and best of luck in medical school.
 
free printing?

This is the "small things about medical school" thread not the "Varsityblue vs Ebola and Nabada" thread. Fight somewhere else.
 
canadanon said:
free printing?

This is the "small things about medical school" thread not the "Varsityblue vs Ebola and Nabada" thread. Fight somewhere else.
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Yup! And parking for süré. Location of school is key to me.
 
varsityblue said:
👎 There's no need to get jealous or defensive, honey.

I'm neither a troll nor an eccentric. My threads point to a willingness to help others during my holiday as well as to learn from the overwhelmingly insightful posters on how to win admission to tier 1 schools. I find it both rude and insulting that you, a grown up PhD student, fail to respect another student's ambition to pursue an extremely competitive specialty. If I can tailor my undergraduate experience to serve me well later on in life, I fully intend to do so. Moreover, if you take a moment to examine the profiles of people who have won the Rhodes and Truman scholarships in the past, you'll see that the pre-meds in the cohort have a similar dedication to a particular area of medicine. 😀 Winning in college is very similar to winning in high school in that 'packaging' is absolutely critical; winning in medical school seems to be about having both excellent digits and a demonstrated passion for a particular specialty. If I can talk about the stuff I've advocated throughout my undergraduate career in residency interviews, why wouldn't I? That said, please keep your negative opinions to yourself and best of luck in medical school.
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malpracticer said:
Geographic preference is east coast: NC, DC, Boston, preferably not NY, but I would also look at schools in NorCal... what schools am I competitive at? where should I be looking?

cGPA: 3.76
sGPA: 3.89
mcat: 36R (12's all the way across)
2 years of work experience in non-medical field, 1 year of full-time medical related volunteering/shadowing

Thanks for your help!
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varsityblue said:
Probably tier 2 but take a look at the MSAR just to be sure...
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lol
 
jesse120 said:
I think I remember reading on here that somewhere gives you an ipad with all the textbooks' pdfs pre-loaded. That would be sweet.

Do any schools give you a free stethoscope, or at least a discounted (bulk) price?
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Georgetown. And it's a very nice one (Harvey DLX).

Though, it's about the only thing that comes cheap here. 🙂
 
Law2Doc said:
you need to qualify this. There are plenty of med schools out there where the M:F ratio is misleadingly good, but the percentage of unattached and available people you would actually want to date is basically nil. Also there are some very good reasons not to date within your own class -- nobody needs that drama. So I would not put this into your criteria. Better off picking a place with other graduate programs (eg. nursing school) in the vicinity -- it's much higher yield.
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You're right. I wouldn't date anyone in medical school. I'd rather choose someone who isn't in the same profession (my personal preference, aka my SO).

Also I think demographics of patient population and area is important.
 
Dining options, including bars. And ballparks. Beaches - or some other type of weekend getaway - in the vicinity would be nice, too.
 
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