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Please help umdnj-som or nova
I like NSU, but these are some things to consider...
-Attendance policy
-Dress code
-Tuition $10,000 more per year than UMDNJ
-Probably have to move during third/fourth year
-Florida: nice, but humid
NSU has both of those? What are they?
Nova's class of 2011 seems like way too much fun to pass up being a part of, though.
NSU has both of those? What are they?
Second of all, I just want some reasons why people choose UMDNJ BESIDES the tuition? Gimme a break - is my class going to be full of people who are just there because they feel like they got a bargain??!!? How NOT fun is that going to be?
First of all, where's the poll??! I want a poll, darn it!!
Second of all, I just want some reasons why people choose UMDNJ BESIDES the tuition? Gimme a break - is my class going to be full of people who are just there because they feel like they got a bargain??!!? How NOT fun is that going to be?
Orthodoc: if you don't mind me saying as much, you seem pretty cynical about UMDNJ. What's your beef?? The public seems to think its a great school; 2 day I attended a Princeton U job fair and all the kids were congratulating me on my acceptance 'cause they thought it was a great school...
No beef, really. I'm just having a very hard time deciding between 2 schools and probably getting too picky about BOTH of them. You'd find that I've actually been way more critical of the other school I'm considering! Sorry if my comments weren't taken with the humor intended, sarcastic as they probably were...
I think Doctor Bagel brought up some great reasons to choose UMDNJ.
I like NSU, but these are some things to consider...
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-Probably have to move during third/fourth year
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You have too move? There are no rotations in Florida? NSU is my first choice, but I need to stay in place for 4 years, I can't move around....
Nova is loosing many of its clinical rotations to another newly established medical school.
The attendance policy stinks. 30% attendance rate applies only to certain classes. For others, you get deductions for each lab/class you miss. It is one of the strictest attendance policies around (you have to clock in and out after/before each class). I have been told by several faculty members that Nova has the highest number of required hours of any medical school in the country.
Furthermore, Nova ranks as having one of the highest medical school debts in the entire country (second to Drexel Med). I am not exactly sure why the debt amount is so high. Believe you me, 40k is a lot of money, and the cost of living here is super expensive.
also need to consider that SOM curriculum revision is dead in the water and postponed to at least Aug 2008. As a faculty member supporting curriculum change this is very disappointing as more interactive learning, case based/problem based learning could only benefit. This doesn't mean that chnage is not happening in my own course....
Whether or not you have to move is up to how your rank the places for clinical rotations and a lottery with the school. Nova is loosing many of its clinical rotations to another newly established medical school. The only residencies affiliated with it are mainly noncompetitive ones. UMDNJ has many excellent competitive residencies affiliated with it. The attendance policy stinks. 30% attendance rate applies only to certain classes. For others, you get deductions for each lab/class you miss. It is one of the strictest attendance policies around (you have to clock in and out after/before each class). I have been told by several faculty members that Nova has the highest number of required hours of any medical school in the country. Furthermore, Nova ranks as having one of the highest medical school debts in the entire country (second to Drexel Med). I am not exactly sure why the debt amount is so high. Believe you me, 40k is a lot of money, and the cost of living here is super expensive.
Not to be totally ignorant, but well - did that mean UMDNJ-SOM?
Whether or not you have to move is up to how your rank the places for clinical rotations and a lottery with the school. Nova is loosing many of its clinical rotations to another newly established medical school. The only residencies affiliated with it are mainly noncompetitive ones. UMDNJ has many excellent competitive residencies affiliated with it. The attendance policy stinks. 30% attendance rate applies only to certain classes. For others, you get deductions for each lab/class you miss. It is one of the strictest attendance policies around (you have to clock in and out after/before each class). I have been told by several faculty members that Nova has the highest number of required hours of any medical school in the country. Furthermore, Nova ranks as having one of the highest medical school debts in the entire country (second to Drexel Med). I am not exactly sure why the debt amount is so high. Believe you me, 40k is a lot of money, and the cost of living here is super expensive.
Is there a relationship between UMDNJ DO school (in Stratford, NJ) and UMDNJ MD school (in Newark, NJ)?
Is there a relationship between UMDNJ DO school (in Stratford, NJ) and UMDNJ MD school (in Newark, NJ)?
So my question seems to go unanswered as far as I am concerned. I really don't know that much about either schools and I don't understand much about matches
What question? You posted "Please help me decide"; people posted some info. Is there anything specific you wanted to know?
yes that doc meant SOM, and that doc happens to run one of the best run courses we have at SOM (implements constructive feedback from students immediately).