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Not much to do at work now (I work on Medicare Payment Policy...yeah, I know zzzzzzzzz)
With all this talk about wanting to get into greener pastures, just wanted you guys to give your impression of how it was at interviews, i.e. did your perception of med school change afterwards. Nothing complex, just initial impressions.
Here's mine, in list format.
1) You see one hospital, you seen 'em all. They're all nice, they're all clean...don't tire me out before my interviews.
2) Facilities for med students vary GREATLY. Public schools tended to have worse facilities for them, with exception of MCV which has that awesome Egyptian building.
Private schools have more money: e.g. Penn State has jaw-dropping facilities and PBL labs.
3) Generally, med students are a good-looking bunch. I think adcoms want ppl that are at least presentable so they can be good advocates for their alma mater. (Aside: seems like most med students tend to date other med students)
4) Med students are in general very friendly and outgoing people. This is comforting, given they will be our colleagues soon, and give us old tests.
5) I think there's very minimal difference between a school in the top tier and one that isn't. It seems that the stuff learned is the same, and the facilities at non-ranked are on par if not better.
With all this talk about wanting to get into greener pastures, just wanted you guys to give your impression of how it was at interviews, i.e. did your perception of med school change afterwards. Nothing complex, just initial impressions.
Here's mine, in list format.
1) You see one hospital, you seen 'em all. They're all nice, they're all clean...don't tire me out before my interviews.
2) Facilities for med students vary GREATLY. Public schools tended to have worse facilities for them, with exception of MCV which has that awesome Egyptian building.
Private schools have more money: e.g. Penn State has jaw-dropping facilities and PBL labs.
3) Generally, med students are a good-looking bunch. I think adcoms want ppl that are at least presentable so they can be good advocates for their alma mater. (Aside: seems like most med students tend to date other med students)
4) Med students are in general very friendly and outgoing people. This is comforting, given they will be our colleagues soon, and give us old tests.
5) I think there's very minimal difference between a school in the top tier and one that isn't. It seems that the stuff learned is the same, and the facilities at non-ranked are on par if not better.
