<p>SSekar
Thanks.</p>
<p>Anyone else on here get accepted to the Uconn program and plan on attending? If so, PM me I’d like to talk to some kids ill be in school with for the next 8 years!</p>
<p>@egyprince. Congratulation on Uconn.</p>
<p>Just a little advice from a doctor of 23 years … unless it’s a true emergency, try not to make a diagnosis too quickly … until you have done a complete history/physical exam AND review the entire medical record.</p>
<p>You haven’t talk to asianandproud … to find out enough about him and his family situation … in order to pass judgement about his motivation.</p>
<p>Besides … as long as asianandproud takes care of his patients humanely, saves lives, or finds a cure for cancer … it really doesn’t matter why he went into medicine in the first place.</p>
<p>You all are colleagues now. Support each others. Don’t tear each other down.</p>
<p>Congratulation again egyprince. Welcome to Medicine!</p>
<p>I guess it is just my personal opinion that if you don’t truly want to go into medicine, you shouldn’t because I have been to doctors who honestly do not love their job and they were unpleasant and to be honest were terrible at their job I have been misdiagnosed by doctors who seem to not care and who are very unpleasant. But that i just my opinion. Thanks though</p>
<p>hey newdoc20202021, im most likely going to Drexel-Drexel & honors college! waiting on a couple more but definitely leaning towards Drexel.</p>
<p>hey @boarderkid, send me the link! i cant PM.</p>
<p>Those are probably my primary motivations or what started the ball rolling per say, but I will definitely put all of my heart and soul into it.</p>
<p>@musicandmed
As soon as you make your decision and are able to PM, send me a message and maybe we can work out dorming</p>
<p>Sent from my SCH-I535 using CC</p>
<p>UMKC will be in mailboxes today!</p>
<p>@saxplayer and Bombingrange - thanks for ur responses.<br>
@saxplayer, i am more a ‘people’s person’ and would like to be a clinician. Both programs do not require MCAT. RPI/Albany requires a GPA of at least 3.5 and UMKC requires a GPA of at least 2.8. I like the idea of NY but not sure if i would like the cloudy, snowy weather. Kansas city is okay and not the best location. I am honored and glad to have a choice but i want this to be right for me.</p>
<p>go with rpi/amc. the fact that this umkc is accepting people with very low scores tell you the level of students there.</p>
<p>@daisy111 choose RPI/AMC better program. The extra year will help too. Medical school is a long arduous road. Enjoy your undergrad studies at RPI with a guarantee seat for Medical school.</p>
<p>Any news about NJMS decisions?</p>
<p>@Hpmemom and Magna7, thanks so much. HPMEMOM, actually their ACT score this year is an average of 32 and many OOS have 34s. It is a state school so they do accept Missouri residents with somewhat lower scores. That is true with many State medical schools. When i visited for interview, i really liked the clinical program in UMKC. I also loved Albany. I have heard that RPI’s undergrad is very rigorous and it is one of the top 5 schools for grade deflation. It is also a top engineering school and that although maintaining a 3.5 should not be a problem, sometimes, i worry. i have looked through pages and pages of RPI undergrad on college confidential and most of them indicate a very rigourous program causing me to worry a little…</p>
<p>@anxiousfor7year Nothing from NJMS yet. I heard they are calling from the individual colleges this week. This week is going to be so long waiting for NJMS and Stony Brook…</p>
<p>@daisy111. Look at the big picture. If you are interested in internal medicine, pediatrics then 6 yr umkc makes sense. However, if you want to give yourself a chance at competitive residency then choose RPI . Also if your interested and are passionate about engineering then you will be successful- yes it will be challenging and hardwork but you will learn to study well for med school and beyond.</p>
<p>@daisy1111 Is it difficult to maintain a 2.8 GPA at umkc (this is not a rhetorical question-do not know their grading system). Is the 3.5 GPA at RPI cumulative or per semester? I am risk adverse so don’t like to take chance of maybe getting kicked out of program. Have actually heard of people (smart people like everyone on these boards) getting kicked out of TCNJ/NJMS program. If you want to be a clinician, I would recommend umkc. One of the doctors I go to actually went to that program and went on to a successful career. His brother went to Brown PLME, so I don’t think he would have let his brother go to umkc if it wasn’t a good program. It is important to be able to maintain the GPA wherever you go.</p>
<p>@meadow1234 - I do not think 2.8 GPA at UMKC is difficult to keep up and same with the 3.5 in RPI/AMC. 3.5 in RPI is per semester and I am told that if u do your work, then it is not hard to keep up the gpa (heard from current students). I really like both programs and i plan to be a surgeon. I hear about so many other programs where people cannot keep up the gpa (especially miami, case, slu and many more). That said, i do want to play it safe. I looked at the match results for both Albany and UMKC and they are comparable with slight variation for geographic reasons. Tough choice!!!</p>
<p>@daisy If you want to go into surgery, I would choose RPI. Speaking to current fellows, many competitive residency/fellowships require research. ie. for pediatric general surgery many students spend two full years pursuing research. If you start research as soon as possible, you will have a good chance of having some publications, which will help :)</p>
<p>accepted into UMKC as out of state! never thought i’d get it!</p>