I totally agree that distance learning sucks! I tried it and I almost went insane. I got totally sick of being promised things and never getting them, sitting for hours alone reading through handouts which I'd printed off; trying not to feel bitter that I'd paid a few grand for them and finally, the constant slander and embarrassment that I received whenever I told anyone which medical school I was at. People look down on distance learning for one reason; the reason being that it doesn't constitute a medical degree. Its a way for corrupt people to bleed dry students desperate to study medicine. I say this only because I have spent so long trying to defend my university until I finally woke up and smelt the coffee... This is no way to sudy medicine. Run away and don't look back to online learning. There was a time when I would have done just about anything to become a doctor, but being ripped off really isn't worth it. Please people, do yourselves favours and learn from my mistake at least.