did mstp ppl hear back on friday? i saw a waitlist on here + cycletracker, curious if more decisions are coming out this upcoming week?
hey im a current m1 and happy to answer questions you may have about Rochester! Good luck to everyone!
anonymous:
hey im a current m1 and happy to answer questions you may have about Rochester! Good luck to everyone!
Why'd they WL me :(
Meliora!
anonymous:
hey im a current m1 and happy to answer questions you may have about Rochester! Good luck to everyone!
How much have you enjoyed or not enjoyed your first few months of med school? How's your quality of life? Would you recommend Rochester?
anonymous:
How much have you enjoyed or not enjoyed your first few months of med school? How's your quality of life? Would you recommend Rochester?
I have definitely enjoyed my first few months! The transition is challenging at times but overall I am happy. I really like my classmates-for the most part everyone is collaborative, kind, and curious. We are in our supposedly most difficult course of all medical school currently but that ends at Thanksgiving, so almost done! Taking such a hard course right away is intense but also helps you prove to yourself you are capable of medical school workload. The faculty are amazing, a total 180 from my experience with undergrad STEM professors. The mission statement of Rochester and the biopsychosocial model does shine through our classes and also through the students attending I would say. In terms of quality of life, it is very person dependent. Everyone is stressed out with the current class we are in but I still have time to work out once a day, cook homemade meals (usually:)), call my friends/loved ones, and read. However, I would say I have pretty good time management skills and am not trying to be in the top 10% of my class so am comfortable just knowing I am passing. Some of my peers are not sleeping as much and don't have time for much outside of studying-but we are all anticipating a big quality of life improvement once we finish this course. I would 100% recommend Rochester and am happy to answer any other questions too! Speaking to current students was helpful for me in making my decision and I spoke to >5 students at Rochester so want to pass that on to you all!
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anonymous:
I have definitely enjoyed my first few months! The transition is challenging at times but overall I am happy. I really like my classmates-for the most part everyone is collaborative, kind, and curious. We are in our supposedly most difficult course of all medical school currently but that ends at Thanksgiving, so almost done! Taking such a hard course right away is intense but also helps you prove to yourself you are capable of medical school workload. The faculty are amazing, a total 180 from my experience with undergrad STEM professors. The mission statement of Rochester and the biopsychosocial model does shine through our classes and also through the students attending I would say. In terms of quality of life, it is very person dependent. Everyone is stressed out with the current class we are in but I still have time to work out once a day, cook homemade meals (usually:)), call my friends/loved ones, and read. However, I would say I have pretty good time management skills and am not trying to be in the top 10% of my class so am comfortable just knowing I am passing. Some of my peers are not sleeping as much and don't have time for much outside of studying-but we are all anticipating a big quality of life improvement once we finish this course. I would 100% recommend Rochester and am happy to answer any other questions too! Speaking to current students was helpful for me in making my decision and I spoke to >5 students at Rochester so want to pass that on to you all!
could I message you in private to talk more!
got the mstp acceptance phone call at 2pm. cried like a baby. so, so grateful!
anonymous:
got the mstp acceptance phone call at 2pm. cried like a baby. so, so grateful!
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anonymous:
got the mstp acceptance phone call at 2pm. cried like a baby. so, so grateful!
same!! maybe future classmates?
anonymous:
same!! maybe future classmates?
ahhh congratulations to you too!! see you at revisit? :D