Which schools have the best learning/ social environment?

[Dr Who]

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I have read many posts on the cliquish nature of some med schools and the negative amosphere/ faculty/ students. What about schools that have the best and most suportive atmosphere? I want to know of those schools where students go to learn and get along great, non of that competition crap.

 

[Espion]

I have read many posts on the cliquish nature of some med schools and the negative amosphere/ faculty/ students. What about schools that have the best and most suportive atmosphere? I want to know of those schools where students go to learn and get along great, non of that competition crap.

Unfortunately, its usually not the school...its your classmates. And that, my friend, is a crapshoot.

Where I go to school, there's not really any sort of "negative atmosphere". The faculty is available, takes time out to listen, and welcomes discussion. There has been instances where we wanted to handle issues "in class" and the faculty and staff respect that. I like how they let us handle our own issues, and they will back us up if we needed it. They treat you like adults if you act like one.

I think most schools take certain measures to avoid a competitive atmosphere. Here we get a new "random number" every semester with grades posted in a non-sequential, non-alphabetic manner by random number. Unless one of your classmates asks you point blank, they have no way of knowing how you do on your exams. (Expect to be knocked down if you start doing the funky chicken after anatomy grades are posted, though. If thats the case, then you deserve it. 😀 )

 

[Dr Who]

lol..
So you dance the funky chicken???
Anyway thanks for the reply

 

[Man In The Box]

Any school that has a Pass/Fail grading system and no class rank is going to be a much more pleasant place to learn than a school that actively encourages people to cut each others throats. Grades are stupid anyway. What you know on test day is not reflective of what you will know in long-term. The boards, on the other hand, do test your long-term retention and your ability to integrate the information into a coherent (and therefore useful) body. BTW, I make good grades so I'm not just saying this b/c I'm flunking out or anything 😉

 

[chameleonknight]

we do. 😀

 

[shocker]

ECU does a good job. We have a small class size and basically everyone helps one another. Grading is A,B,C, or F, so we are ranked. Yet, we still all work together on study guides and distribute any helpful material to the rest of the class.....2 cents.

 

[ndi_amaka]

I think very few people go to med school specifically to join cliques and be competitive. All med schools have the goal of educating new doctors. As someone already mentioned, it's basically your classmates that define the atmosphere and much less the administrators.

I'm always a little wary of those schools that do pass/fail....come application time, how does one rank it's students?

 

[shocker]

*ECU. The majority of my class is intersted in primary care and therefore there is not a need to backstab one another to get a competitive Derm or Rad spot.

 

[quideam]

I think that Cornell is traditionally known as being pretty chill, though the class above me (the current second years) are somewhat cliquish/competitive... my class is awesome though. But, like others have said, it really depends on how your class turns out. I'd definetely say though that schools that are either primary-care focused or those with pass/fail grading are bound to be the more chill ones.

Quid

 

[ice_23]

I think that Cornell is traditionally known as being pretty chill, though the class above me (the current second years) are somewhat cliquish/competitive... my class is awesome though. But, like others have said, it really depends on how your class turns out. I'd definetely say though that schools that are either primary-care focused or those with pass/fail grading are bound to be the more chill ones.

Quid

Have to agree with Quid on this one....given that I'm part of her class...😉

-Ice