Common Graduate School Programs (Veteran Voices)
Common Graduate School Programs (Veteran Voices)
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When making my list of med schools to apply to, location and fit were the most important things to me. But I did also look at things like whether their curriculum is pass/fail or if you are ranked. Because some schools still rank students.
And a lot of the curriculums are similar, at this point, in med schools. There are some tweaks here and there. There are some schools that are moving away from lectures and more into small groups. But some that are kind of staying hard and true to hours of lectures. I was open to either of those. I didn't really have a preference too much there.
And I will say that I worked with my advisor a lot on coming up with the list of schools to apply to. You know, if I'm being kind of candid about it, I was looking for schools that were highly ranked. But then I was also applying to schools that were maybe a little lower ranked. You know, I wanted to cover the spectrum, so to speak, and just make sure I maximized my odds of getting in somewhere because it is hard.
I reached out to every grad program that I applied to. And the ongoing communication was different for each one. And I mentioned this earlier, but Columbia, in my personal experience, had the best kind of responsiveness and ongoing communication for any graduate program, which I found to be a huge sell point and really helped get me here in the end.
And a lot of the curriculums are similar, at this point, in med schools. There are some tweaks here and there. There are some schools that are moving away from lectures and more into small groups. But some that are kind of staying hard and true to hours of lectures. I was open to either of those. I didn't really have a preference too much there.
And I will say that I worked with my advisor a lot on coming up with the list of schools to apply to. You know, if I'm being kind of candid about it, I was looking for schools that were highly ranked. But then I was also applying to schools that were maybe a little lower ranked. You know, I wanted to cover the spectrum, so to speak, and just make sure I maximized my odds of getting in somewhere because it is hard.
I reached out to every grad program that I applied to. And the ongoing communication was different for each one. And I mentioned this earlier, but Columbia, in my personal experience, had the best kind of responsiveness and ongoing communication for any graduate program, which I found to be a huge sell point and really helped get me here in the end.