Ross University (Part II)
Ross University (Part II)
I attended a seminar in San Francisco for Ross University today. A seminar that ended up lasting 4 hours.
I had second thoughts about going since I had already attended one for Ross when a representative of theirs came to my school. I went anyway. That one was 1 hour long. This one was 4 hours long. That one had one of the associates for admissions speak. This one had the dean of admissions in addition to 5 Ross alumni speak. That one was basically 10-12 juniors & seniors who came by their own free will amidst the mass of freshmen & sophomores who were forced to attended for credit. This one had a room full of prospective students of various ages, vocations, and backgrounds.
This one was much better and had a lot more of the specifics that I like.
I picked up some pamphlets, I took with me a promo DVD about their school, and a grabbed me some business cards to add to my collection of contacts within the medical community. I'm sure I'll have questions.
Let me first get one thing out of the way. In a previous post about Ross University I raised the issue I had learned from a 2nd-hand source. The issue was with a student who supposedly had to stay an extra semester because of scheduling problems between her clinicals and the USMLE. I asked this of the viagra cialis online pharmacy pharmacy that I'm shadowing (with is a Ross graduate hismelf) a few weeks ago and I asked the dean of admissions this very question today.
They both said they had never heard of anything like that. The dean went on to say that (unless the student failed to pass a certain area of study) any problems most likely were due to the scheduling of all the different rotations themselves that may have been in multiple hospitals and in multiple states.
I had all but decided a few weeks ago, but today really sealed the deal.
I've made up my mind. I'm applying for the January '09 class for Ross. And if they accept me, I'm going for it. I'm not going to wait until next Fall (2009) to wait and see what the vast majority of U.S. school say. If I get accepted in January and that's my chance, I'm taking it.
I'm just trying to be realistic at this point.
That being said, if I had a GPA of 3.5 or higher, I'd definitely wait. This is a personal decision you have to make for yourself. As far as I'm concerned, they are just as good as the most competitive U.S. medical schools except for one area that they'll never overcome (and something that came up during the seminar) -- it will never get rid of that "international school stigma."
Some of my friends have no intention of applying to any international schools precisely because of this reason. Up to you.
The topics ranged from residency programs, differences between Ross and U.S. schools, people with military backgrounds, pharmacy M.D. programs, and on and on and on. They actually had to cut some people off because there were so many questions and the seminar had to end at some point.
And I think I may end this post here because at this point I'm just going to be helping my competition (you). If I ever get accepted, I'll be happy to answer any and all of your questions. ^^
I'm joking. (But I'm really not.)
I attended a seminar in San Francisco for Ross University today. A seminar that ended up lasting 4 hours.
I had second thoughts about going since I had already attended one for Ross when a representative of theirs came to my school. I went anyway. That one was 1 hour long. This one was 4 hours long. That one had one of the associates for admissions speak. This one had the dean of admissions in addition to 5 Ross alumni speak. That one was basically 10-12 juniors & seniors who came by their own free will amidst the mass of freshmen & sophomores who were forced to attended for credit. This one had a room full of prospective students of various ages, vocations, and backgrounds.
This one was much better and had a lot more of the specifics that I like.
I picked up some pamphlets, I took with me a promo DVD about their school, and a grabbed me some business cards to add to my collection of contacts within the medical community. I'm sure I'll have questions.
Let me first get one thing out of the way. In a previous post about Ross University I raised the issue I had learned from a 2nd-hand source. The issue was with a student who supposedly had to stay an extra semester because of scheduling problems between her clinicals and the USMLE. I asked this of the viagra cialis online pharmacy pharmacy that I'm shadowing (with is a Ross graduate hismelf) a few weeks ago and I asked the dean of admissions this very question today.
They both said they had never heard of anything like that. The dean went on to say that (unless the student failed to pass a certain area of study) any problems most likely were due to the scheduling of all the different rotations themselves that may have been in multiple hospitals and in multiple states.
I had all but decided a few weeks ago, but today really sealed the deal.
I've made up my mind. I'm applying for the January '09 class for Ross. And if they accept me, I'm going for it. I'm not going to wait until next Fall (2009) to wait and see what the vast majority of U.S. school say. If I get accepted in January and that's my chance, I'm taking it.
I'm just trying to be realistic at this point.
That being said, if I had a GPA of 3.5 or higher, I'd definitely wait. This is a personal decision you have to make for yourself. As far as I'm concerned, they are just as good as the most competitive U.S. medical schools except for one area that they'll never overcome (and something that came up during the seminar) -- it will never get rid of that "international school stigma."
Some of my friends have no intention of applying to any international schools precisely because of this reason. Up to you.
The topics ranged from residency programs, differences between Ross and U.S. schools, people with military backgrounds, pharmacy M.D. programs, and on and on and on. They actually had to cut some people off because there were so many questions and the seminar had to end at some point.
And I think I may end this post here because at this point I'm just going to be helping my competition (you). If I ever get accepted, I'll be happy to answer any and all of your questions. ^^
I'm joking. (But I'm really not.)