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how competitive is it to get into SRMC?
thisisvick said:Like in engineering -- the kids who memorize code and complete assignments and sure.. they get an A -- but its the kid who codes something for fun... goes into a lil more depth.. that person comes out ahead... especially in job placement...
And at the end of the day it comes down to passion --
thisisvick said:but i like to think philosophical and think about the overall journy in life -- its what you really want to get out of it.. and thats self-satisfaction... soo if you study what is necessary and your content with it... then there it is... achieve self satisfaction...
thisisvick said:**haha just dont be self satisfied being a bum**
g3k said:Just to add to Thisisvick's great post, when it comes to pass or fail in SRMC, and when you get your credentials evaluated by the US credential evaluation services, a 60% is an A. In India, 75 % is distinction (which is equivalent to an A in the US).
I think, whenver someone gives opinions (high or low) on schools, you take it with a grain of salt. You are the one who is going to attend that school. Go to the school and ask the students, I am sure they are pretty willing to help. Look around the place, you will be living there!!! Dont complain that there was nothing after you get the admission!!! I am sure there is quite a bit in Chennai, from beaches to night clubs to almost everything.
Atleast thats what I did and found it great in SRDC (dental school), though I did find a few faults (students always complain about their school, the grass is always greener on the other side)!!! Every school has its pros and cons. I went to school in the US, just for a few prerequisites. A couple of things that I found weird here, were students couldnt do basic calculation. All the questions posted in the 'sample' exam was in the exam!!! Then whats the point in an exam???? If the OP found girls and guys sitting separately (which I think is a bad attitude on the schools part), I found the girls wearing micro miniskirts seated in the second row and with their feet on the seat in front row weird. That is cultural difference. And you should expect that when you are going to a different country. I have done my schooling in several countries and each country is different. Dont ever expect two countries to be the same.
And to the OP, of course you do have internet services to the room. You just have to pay extra .. 10000 rupees that is an equivalent of about 200 US dollars per year .. thats not bad. And NO, the girls dont have TVs in their own rooms!!! As for the sports in SRMC, there is cricket ... which if you dont know how to play or if you are not interested, no one can help it!! There is table tennis and soccer too. Obviously you cant expect baseball or American football in India!!!
To sum up ... TAKE OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT!!
CaliAtenza said:good advice mang....actually there is Baseball in india...one of my uncles during his college days was on a team that won the reigionals of his state. He said there are about 200 teams in india. He played shortstop and i think 3rd base. They had to get all their equipment from the US embassy up in Delhi and stuff. Imma try to organize american football games or somethin..on weekends possibly, when im going to school over in india...lol.
thisisvick said:1. Backstabbing ?
Truthbetold... are you a f*ckin idiot.. dude lets be honest -- would you really rely on one person to get the portions for an internal.... no you must be a f*ckin idiot cause you didnt go to class and find out what the hell you were studying for the past month. MAN - its no surprise what will be coming on the internals because its the material that is covered in class -- moreso departments usually post up possible questions before the exam SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON.... and of course lets be fair there are those bastards that will give you wrong info just to mess with you-- and in all honesty.. they expect you to figure it out that their just messin with you.. but dude.. backstabbing.. welcome to life man.. it happens all the time.. its not only india --- and seniors are more then there for you to help you pass - the last thing they want to see is you failing
rxgal8 said:lol..no i dont. is that an acura![]()
rx stands for pharmacy and #8 is just random (no reason behind that)
hey do u go to UCI? i graduated 2004 in bio.
vstyle said:Wait, I thought Rx stood for prescription?
allergic2morons said:ASK NO QUESTION AND U WILL BE TOLD NO LIES![]()
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Do u people still have Prof Sembulingam? I remember one of my friends using his "A Textbook of Physiology".
ravi said:May be Manipal is an exception. I haven't been to Manipal, but some of my cousins and friends went to Manipal( some of them came back as drug addicts(not medical school though) ). But 99% of the Indian schools work exactly the same way as OP mentioned.
To caliAtenza,
I hope Manipal works best for you. But if you have never been to India before and you don't know much about the social conditions and cultural restrictions, you are going to have hard time. It doesn't matter if it is SRMC or Manipal.
Good Luck
sk2005-06 said:How is the work and the time off u get in the different courses? For ex: Is there more time off in the Detist batch as opposed to the MBBS batch??
thisisvick said:I wanted to address some issues that Truth BeTold has brought up to our attention. I OK first off
1. Backstabbing ?
Truthbetold... are you a f*ckin idiot.. dude lets be honest -- would you really rely on one person to get the portions for an internal....
Man, I was thinking the same thing.
2. Mean grouch professors?
haha you swear all the profs here are senile-- sure of course you got the hard asses who want to shape you up and YES they will pick on you..
Most of the professors are really good, and I've gotten to know them well since graduating. They are all well meaning, and lots of great teachers.
3. Grading system
BUT what TRUTHbetold is not telling you is the hard grading for the internals is there to toughin you up for the universities (finals - end year exams)...
Agree with you. Gotta be good to get through finals...
4. Lets Get Crunk.....
There are quite a few places to hang out -- and there are damn chill people in the city -- and truly it comes down to the person you are.. If you are outgoing and frank, you will meet great people and always find something to do... if your an introvert .. then i hope you enjoy physiology cause thats the only damn book you will be reading.
Madras is a great city...I had some of the best times of my life there...I think about 20% of the class whined and moaned and hung out on campus all day, and then the rest of us really enjoyed it there...
Hostel life gets a lil boring --
Truthbetold said the hostels suck, but the guys NRI dorm is AC, everyone has TVs and fridges,,girls dorm is in a hotel. If you're smart you live off campus like I did.
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Again - for those interested in SRMC - i recommend people to talk to more people who currently go the college.. and for students and parents interested in SRMC please respond and address yoru concerns....
i am out... pEACE I absolutely agree
MustafaMond said:TruthBeTold, I think you are jaded by SRMC and are probably one of those 20% who never adapted socially.
Well, TruthBeTold it was a great thread...its just that a lot of the stuff you posted is pretty exxagerated and wrong. It decribes the college in an unfair light, and I as an alumni, don't really feel like listening someone's bullsh*t about my alma mater.
You paint such broad strokes about how much life sucks there. Im pretty curious as to what exactly your beef was....did you fail a lot? Were you forced by your parents to go there or something? Did you not fit in?
Grow up and get over it !
Times get rough...especially the summer, and study holidays...but overall, the education was great, and I had a blast....good luck w/ USMLEs TRUTHBETOLD, Ill bet this is why you are stressing out about stuff. Dont worry...just do a lot of MCQs, and youll be fine.
Maybe once you get through and become a full-grown doctor you'll mellow out and see what a blessing the place really was.
Every graduating alumni I know who has passed the boards is now in a residency program. The guys I graduated with are all either in residency, or practicing succesfully (like me).
Truthbetold, suck it up and face life's challenges.
This isnt a cake walk.
SEE THE POSITIVES!
MustafaMond said:Grow up and get over it !
Times get rough...especially the summer, and study holidays...but overall, the education was great, and I had a blast....
Maybe once you get through and become a full-grown doctor you'll mellow out and see what a blessing the place really was.
Every graduating alumni I know who has passed the boards is now in a residency program. The guys I graduated with are all either in residency, or practicing succesfully (like me).
Truthbetold, suck it up and face life's challenges.
This isnt a cake walk.
SEE THE POSITIVES!
NYer You are, and will always an FOB.newyorker said:I stayed at resideny towers and to checked out the night club scene. Man! indian chicks dancing in the club was like seeing patients have tonic-clonic seizures in the epilepsy clinic.
BTW....How do the locals call you? Like FOBs here....are you called FFAs? Fresh from America? Man! FOBs hardly get any chicks in America...(xclude NYer here ) i guess FFAs get all the chicks in India..right?
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 -For students from the USA, all of you (as did I) will realize how spoiled you were to have the teachers you did in high school. I can not comment on the quality of education in an American college as I have not attended one. NONE of the professors in SRMC have degrees in teaching at all.
I'm visiting this summer. Will pay a visit to my Alma Mater and possibly MMC and SRMC - I don't know if any of my friends are there now - need to find out. I'll probably give some seminars in my medschool if my plans work out, let's see. Btw, it's good to see you around here.newyorker said:Come on musta! Life isnt easy in madras even now. I am just back from Madras visit nearly after a decade . Yep. I went to your almamater to meet my classmate who is a faculty in neurology. SRMC buildings and infrastructure cannot be compared to american standards. My friend was trying to impress me with his 'new' botox techniques for stroke patients. I did not want to disappoint him by saying that botox is in existence and practice here for several years. Hmmm..hospital cafeteria was good with warm parathas and chicken curry. I also enjoyed the Vanilla milkshake.yummy!.
On my way back from SRMC to the city....i was thinking about the misfortune of Desi-american NRIs coming for medical education to India. It was so difficult even for NYer to survive that short visit to madras after living in the US for few years. Damn! i could imagine how hard it would be for a wealthy and sophisticated american raised/born young adult to come here, survive and complete nearly five years of stressful medical education and training. There are so many barriers in India to overcome and successfully attain your goal. Language and Weather are the worse. It is not easy without speaking local language for example tamil in Madras.
I have to congratulate you and your fellow NRIs who have successfully completed your task of going to india for MBBS, passing USMLEs and getting into Residency. It is much difficult THAN a FOB coming to US after medical school in India, passing USMLEs and getting into residency. Both are different ball games though.
Madras has changed so much in the past decade. It was so difficult for me to digest the upgraded version of madras city. Toyotos, Fords, Hyundais, designer outlets, International hotels, spas, fast foods. Everything was there. Still the 'sea of humanbeings', humidity, dust, noise and pollution was dominating. I tried very hard to find a beautiful woman in traditional indian sari with bunch of jasmine flowers in her head. No success. I stayed at resideny towers and to checked out the night club scene. Man! indian chicks dancing in the club was like seeing patients have tonic-clonic seizures in the epilepsy clinic.
BTW....How do the locals call you? Like FOBs here....are you called FFAs? Fresh from America? Man! FOBs hardly get any chicks in America...(xclude NYer here) i guess FFAs get all the chicks in India..right?
newyorker said:Come on musta! Life isnt easy in madras even now. I am just back from Madras visit nearly after a decade . Yep. I went to your almamater to meet my classmate who is a faculty in neurology. SRMC buildings and infrastructure cannot be compared to american standards. My friend was trying to impress me with his 'new' botox techniques for stroke patients. I did not want to disappoint him by saying that botox is in existence and practice here for several years. Hmmm..hospital cafeteria was good with warm parathas and chicken curry. I also enjoyed the Vanilla milkshake.yummy!.
On my way back from SRMC to the city....i was thinking about the misfortune of Desi-american NRIs coming for medical education to India. It was so difficult even for NYer to survive that short visit to madras after living in the US for few years. Damn! i could imagine how hard it would be for a wealthy and sophisticated american raised/born young adult to come here, survive and complete nearly five years of stressful medical education and training. There are so many barriers in India to overcome and successfully attain your goal. Language and Weather are the worse. It is not easy without speaking local language for example tamil in Madras.
I have to congratulate you and your fellow NRIs who have successfully completed your task of going to india for MBBS, passing USMLEs and getting into Residency. It is much difficult THAN a FOB coming to US after medical school in India, passing USMLEs and getting into residency. Both are different ball games though.
Madras has changed so much in the past decade. It was so difficult for me to digest the upgraded version of madras city. Toyotos, Fords, Hyundais, designer outlets, International hotels, spas, fast foods. Everything was there. Still the 'sea of humanbeings', humidity, dust, noise and pollution was dominating. I tried very hard to find a beautiful woman in traditional indian sari with bunch of jasmine flowers in her head. No success. I stayed at resideny towers and to checked out the night club scene. Man! indian chicks dancing in the club was like seeing patients have tonic-clonic seizures in the epilepsy clinic.
BTW....How do the locals call you? Like FOBs here....are you called FFAs? Fresh from America? Man! FOBs hardly get any chicks in America...(xclude NYer here) i guess FFAs get all the chicks in India..right?
Souvik_Sen said:Actually, all the American Desi girls in my class at SRMC are hooked up with FOBs
TheWingThing said:I'm visiting this summer.
jumpman23 said:I was accepted to SRMC and will be attending this summer. Anybody else heading to Chennai?
Any advice from current students/alumni?
newyorker said:Anyone here? Jumpman, are you still listening?![]()
jumpman23 said:Yeah I am still here! One question I had for you, is what do you guys do socially? Assuming that your in class 6x a week for the bulk of the day, I imagine you guys do something to blow off some steam.