Why are there so many Ross School ads?

[ColonelTigh]

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Members don't see this ad.

Seriously, they are everywhere, on this site, even when I was riding on the subway...I get it, you guys are a medical school, take a chill pill man...

 

[rosebud1]

They're for profit...

 

[icalz]

Why does Target have so many advertisements? They're for-profit.

 

[Longshanks]

For profit institution, so they're just trying to make a profit like any other business. Hence the huge class sizes and large attrition rate. Who cares if you graduate if they line their pockets?

 

[minicow]

the govt should make a med school that lets anyone in as long as they pay a huge sum(couple hundred k?)

then have no classes, nothing, nada....then 4 years later bomb the kids with tests they cant pass....

then cut taxes and voila... economy fixed!😀


....wont do much for jobs though

 

[DrMaximus]

the govt should make a med school that lets anyone in as long as they pay a huge sum(couple hundred k?)

then have no classes, nothing, nada....then 4 years later bomb the kids with tests they cant pass....

then cut taxes and voila... economy fixed!😀


....wont do much for jobs though

Beautifully conceived, my friend... Maybe you should look at economist instead of doctor.

Hehe.

 

[MexicanDr]

They want a lot of people with a dream, get their money and let the students play survival of the fittest....

 

[Global Warming]

Driving to school, I heard a Ross commercial on the radio at the same time an ad for Ross on the side of a bus driving by. No word of lie.

 

[icalz]

For profit institution, so they're just trying to make a profit like any other business. Hence the huge class sizes and large attrition rate. Who cares if you graduate if they line their pockets?

Not entirely true....in order for a for-profit business to grow or even just survive, it must attract new applicants. If Ross fails to produce doctors, or even gets the reputation that it doesn't produce doctors, then the applications stop coming and the business dies. It is vital for their survival that they produce doctors.

 

[Tatastrophy]

well I have ABP installed with my firefox....no ads ftw

 

[Longshanks]

Not entirely true....in order for a for-profit business to grow or even just survive, it must attract new applicants. If Ross fails to produce doctors, or even gets the reputation that it doesn't produce doctors, then the applications stop coming and the business dies. It is vital for their survival that they produce doctors.

Yes, you are correct, it is vital that they graduate a minority of their students (still a high number due to such a huge class) so they can still produce doctors so more will apply and matriculate.

Having said that, they're making money off of throwing a carrot stick in front of someone to achieve their dreams, so many come, many fail, few make it, and those few tell their stories. That isn't the practice of American med schools and other non-profit educational enterprises.

 

[medicinesux]

they are trying to milk the cow before her udders shrivel up in the near future when the number of residency slots will equal the number of American and DO grads

 

[icalz]

Yes, you are correct, it is vital that they graduate a minority of their students (still a high number due to such a huge class) so they can still produce doctors so more will apply and matriculate.

Having said that, they're making money off of throwing a carrot stick in front of someone to achieve their dreams, so many come, many fail, few make it, and those few tell their stories. That isn't the practice of American med schools and other non-profit educational enterprises.

Agreed.

 

[Konfetkette]

Because no one wants to go there . I would never go there. There are many ways of getting into the medical field besides being a doctor.
And to the OP, BSG FTW!

 

[Law2Doc]

Not entirely true....in order for a for-profit business to grow or even just survive, it must attract new applicants. If Ross fails to produce doctors, or even gets the reputation that it doesn't produce doctors, then the applications stop coming and the business dies. It is vital for their survival that they produce doctors.

Well, it's more about perception than reality, though. They play games. They eg start out with, say, 400-500 first year students, and manage to "place" 90% of their graduating class of 100 four years later. The rest drop out, fail out or get held back for not satisfying internal tests. So they can generate statistics that look good even though the percentage of matriculants who become doctors in 4 years isn't all that impressive. And that's all they have to do to be a "second chance" school for folks who didn't get into US schools, but feel that if they had another shot, even with long odds, they could make it. But to find this kind of college student, they have to advertise heavily. Which explains the ads.

 

[icalz]

Well, it's more about perception than reality, though. They play games. They eg start out with, say, 400-500 first year students, and manage to "place" 90% of their graduating class of 100 four years later. The rest drop out, fail out or get held back for not satisfying internal tests. So they can generate statistics that look good even though the percentage of matriculants who become doctors in 4 years isn't all that impressive. And that's all they have to do to be a "second chance" school for folks who didn't get into US schools, but feel that if they had another shot, even with long odds, they could make it. But to find this kind of college student, they have to advertise heavily. Which explains the ads.

Yeah I actually agree with this also...I've heard that in order for them to be able to post a stat like "90% pass rate for 1st time usmle test takers" they don't tell you that they didn't allow everyone to take the usmle until they first passed some type of in-house exam (a pre-screening process); otherwise it would read something like 45% pass rate for 1st time usmle test takers, if that.

 

[J ROD]

so many ads....mean more $....as a recruitment strategy.....lol