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Originally posted by OrthoFixation
Great to hear that you enjoyed UTMB. Good luck.
Did you learn anything about the PBL perspective and the less than stellar board pass rates? I read somewhere that the program is recovering from the PBL changes. Up till then, I have heard only good things about UTMB. The climate is great too.
Thanks for the feedback.
Yes, Giving is absolutely right. the pass rates have improved dramatically to 97%...also they passed out a list of matches and while the majority matched to family practice/internal, there were a few good matches (i.e. Barnes-Jewish pediatrics, derm, etc.). Overall, the students seemed very friendly and the interviews were super laid back...they even said if you were unhappy w/the interview experience, you could ask to have another interview!
but that said, utmb pretty much moved to the bottom of my list. i just don't feel the 50% pbl thing...i need a little more structure...and the main problem imo is the city itself. besides the beach (and the humidity!), there's hardly any of the typical distractions--the 1st starbucks is being built this year 😱 . now this may work well for many people, but i've always grown up in big cities, so for me this is too much to adjust to. a lot of the students also seemed to say that their only complaint about utmb was the location. ah well...the professors were super nice though. it really depends on the person...
so that's my 0.02, i suppose. dustin, thanks for the tips on a&m--i'm going there this week, so will have to keep up my current events reading! 🙂
good luck to everyone ~