I have to admit, it really is funny reading all of MDEast's descriptions about Einstein. I mean the kid really hates the school. Maybe the interviewer brought out a flaw in him that just made him dislike it? I admit, some interviewers do change how you view a school. But to come to forums and post in every X vs Einstein thread about how much the you dislike a school, is really childish IMO. Seems like you are trying to convince yourself of something, but oh well.
My advice to the OP, research the schools and decide for yourself. I believe each person knows whether or not a school is for them once they visit. If you made this thread, the choice is clearly not so easy. So sit down, stop reading this thread and decide for yourself. The poll is not lying, the schools are looked upon equally. For what it is worth, I know a couple of doctors from Einstein that said it was the best decision they could have made. They are very highly regarded in NY across residencies and seem to have ample opportunities. Good luck in your decision!
I think i've posted in two threads, but I think it's good to hear opinions of schools from people who interviewed there. I offer my opinions and experience, with the caveat, that yes I only spent a day at these places so take it with however much weight you want to. I had 12 interviews this process, and was accepted to 8 of those schools...so I consider myself a good, experienced applicant who has seen a full spectrum of schools and can comment about each intelligently.
I was pretty unimpressed with my Einstein interviewer, but more because she seemed completely disinterested that I enjoyed research or that I had spent time in clinics outside the US. I talked about actually getting to assist and observe on open heart surgery while in the UK (every day for an entire week, 4-5 hours a day). Her response: "Well that's in England, that's not American medicine." Her other replies to my enthusiasm were expressionless head-nods. But it really had nothing to do with that. I've had bad interviews at other places, but still realized the school itself was good. I've also had amazing interviews at other places, but still realized the school at large wasn't great.
I just was not impressed by Einstein overall. I did like all of the students I met there, and I did like that they seemed to really encourage global health issues and funded MPH programs if you wanted to consider that. I'm not heavily into either of those issues, so it didn't really affect me. I also thought the housing was good for the price. But again, it was still located in the Bronx really far from anything fun, which I didn't like.
They had a nice new research building. I was irked by the fact that med students weren't allowed to study in it...and the only students I knew of who seemed to be doing research were the MD/Phd students I talked to. You had to show a badge to get into the building, and if you were a med student, I was told you weren't allowed in. All those nice meeting rooms...with really old space on the rest of the med campus...and the med students (who are paying $60/70k/year to be there) aren't allowed to use it?. That just bothered me.
Many of the buildings on campus are vacant and abandoned. They tried to show us their new clinical simulation center (which was locked, but seemed new from the outside). However, for the simulation center, they had just renovated one floor of a large, unoccupied building where the rest still had no one working in it.
When I asked students about what there was fun to do in the Bronx, the first responses I literally got from two people were there was a good italian/pizza place near campus. I didn't even get the sense there were local bars for young people.
The older gentleman who gave us a tour of the campus/area also remarked that 1. "Einstein is the best medical school in the world." 2. "We receive the second highest NIH research funding of all US medical institutions". I was just shocked that he was trying to make these claims to an educated applicant pool.
Personally, I just found a lot of lower ranked schools that I felt were happier places than Einstein. Jeff, Temple come to mind of the places I interviewed. Maybe I value things that are different than other applicants (like location, things to do outside of medical school). But I just felt trapped when I was in the Bronx.
Yeah - She has multiple videos about the issue and never once explained why she was expelled to begin with.
