Would love to Transfer...any success stories or tips?
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Extremely rare.
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Extremely Rare.
In order to transfer, you have to find a school willing to take you. This may or may not be easy. They will want to know why and they need to have room for you. Second, and perhaps more difficult, is to convince your school to let you transfer. There is a dean's letter or something like that involved.
I've heard rumors of cases where this has happened, but have never seen one with my own eyes. Many times they make you repeat a year.
The AAMC has a webpage devoted to transferring. Let us know if you actually make it.
In order to transfer, you have to find a school willing to take you. This may or may not be easy. They will want to know why and they need to have room for you. Second, and perhaps more difficult, is to convince your school to let you transfer. There is a dean's letter or something like that involved.
I've heard rumors of cases where this has happened, but have never seen one with my own eyes. Many times they make you repeat a year.
The AAMC has a webpage devoted to transferring. Let us know if you actually make it.
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Search this forum. There are lots of threads about transferring.
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Chance for pulling this off will somewhat depend on your reasons/situation. Care to elaborate?
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The hardest part is getting the school to which you need to transfer's permission. As long as your reason is valid, your current school shouldn't have a problem with it.
Transferring is feasible only when there is a truly impending reason that requires you to transfer (sick relative, etc).
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From what I've gathered here, transferring to be closer to a spouse is also sometimes a workable thing. The basics are that the school has to have an opening, so someone has to have dropped out or been held back. They also aren't going to want to take on anyone who seems like they'll remotely be a hassle, so having a good academic record and no disciplinary issues is probably a must.
In general, though, no you usually can't transfer just because you don't like your school.
In general, though, no you usually can't transfer just because you don't like your school.
I actually don't have great reasons for wanting to transfer, I just really don't like my school, or how it's run. I would prefer to graduate from a place that I can take some pride in; however, it doesn't look like that is going to happen.
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That's definitely not a compelling reason.
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at the risk of it being my school, and me turning into a defensive jackass, where do you go?
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Why would you think it is your school... unless you also have some gripe with it?
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Two major reasons why this happens:
(1) Major illness in the immediate family
(2) Spouse has to relocate for work reasons
(1) Major illness in the immediate family
(2) Spouse has to relocate for work reasons
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Well, It is.
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Where else can the OP be talking about? if not Harvard.
You know, no one wants to go to Harvard because of their low reputation in the medical world.
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I don't think it's my school. It was a joke. Why would you assume I was talking about my own school.. unless YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SECRETLY HATES YOUR OWN SCHOOL!
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Chances of transferring with this reason are zero.
Well that's too bad that it takes a family illness or my spouse to get work somewhere else.
I think greatly despising the institution from which you are receiving your education is good enough reason.
Why on earth would I want my attendance here to endorse this as a good university. I would much rather endorse this school because it allowed me to leave rather than grind it out.
Medical schools should be more like undergraduate institutions where transferring is not such an ordeal.
I think greatly despising the institution from which you are receiving your education is good enough reason.
Why on earth would I want my attendance here to endorse this as a good university. I would much rather endorse this school because it allowed me to leave rather than grind it out.
Medical schools should be more like undergraduate institutions where transferring is not such an ordeal.
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If schools had 10,000 slots then losing or gaining 1 or 2 wouldn't be such a big deal. But they don't. You should take up a hobby to release your anger, like boxing or something at the local gym. Then if nothing else you'll be a doctor in really good shape when you graduate.
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Well, being unhappy at one school tends not to be a great indicator of happiness at other schools so even if med schools did allow transfers for a broader range of reasons, I kind of doubt your's would suffice. I do think there's a lot of "grass is always greener" feelings about this kind of decision. At most med schools your experience/education is what you make of it -- you spend most of your time studying, and the library carrels, lecture halls and wards are basically going to look the same wherever you go. You will have the same lack of free time, drink the same Starbucks coffee, read the same First Aid and board review books, take the same boards and shelf exams. So it's hard to imagine you'll despise other institutions less; they are all different species of the same animal.
At any rate, your chance to select your med school came and went with your application year. Your probably should just make the best of it, and pick better for residency.
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But college is not like med school.
Med schools invest a lot of time, energy and money in educating their students. There's also the implicit expectation that a good number of their graduates will end up practicing among the local community.
