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Originally Posted by acgtacgtacgt
This is not about potential or encouragement. There are also some things you should not encourage people to do. Such as jump from tall buildings, swim with sharks, perform self-neurosurgery, or continue to walk an unknown path in darkness.
This is about students needing to make informed choices for themselves, and the admin not addressing this matter with students, and witholding information from students. Students who might benefit by staying, will be leaving (and have) because they have to make a decision based on what they DO know. Likewise, students that would benefit from leaving could exhaust funds (or themselves) before ever being a doctor.
Studying medicine in Mexico has many advantages. This is a fact. The UAG was the exclusive bridge for Americans to study in Mexico and become doctors in the USA. However, this is not the case today. Today, we do not know what UAG is, nor do we know what it will be. Knowing the small changes that the UAG is UNWILLING to do to make the school a much better place for us, not many are confident in its ability to resolve the bigger problem.
Make the best of what being here offers. However, I cannot defend the mute mule, and encourage anyone to stay or leave. Do what is best for you.
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I understand your dilemma. It is hard to even attempt to guide properly any prospective student or even persuade/attempt to provide the facts to current students so they can make an intelligent decision. Some current students are blind or ignorant of the current situation and what it conveys. Others just dont care about doing 6 years here and all the extra time and effort involved into doing the ECFMG route. Others are just idiots and naive, hoping and believing a bunch of questions marks and the uncertainties they bring. Some posters here have at least some kind of positivism; I guess is a defense mechanism in place since most of them are still in school, without it they would have just taken a plane back to the US.
I was talking to a 4th semester student today that I meet at one of the PMC clinics. He is a very intelligent and studious person. Never went to any segundos or extras. He even finished PMC before 4th semester in order to study for the USMLE. Well, he took his Kaplan test and got 28%
. I asked him what he thought was the reason for getting such a low score. He said it was very detailed and he was missing a bunch of information. Also, he mentioned that most in the 4th semester class were in the same position. I have heard several stories like this one. Why I am writing this? My main reason for leaving the school is the actual quality of education we are receiving. The teachers are wonderful individuals and are very helpful, I have no complaints. The problem I have is in how the information we get in class and on tests is directly related to the USMLEs. The only class I thought has any direct correlation with the USMLE was biochem. The rest of the classes such as genetics, histology, embryology and more had absolutely no correlation to USMLE high yield information. This can be attested by my comrades here from second semester. See, when somebody tells you to study from the BRS and you will do fine, I think is wrong. The BRS is a review book; I need to learn before I review. Furthermore, tests and grades dont really show how much someone has really learned. Factors such as old test, stolen tests, bribed tests come all into play when it comes to your grade. At the same time, students keep moving on from semester to semester after taking segundos, extras, super extras and recontra super extras. It seems to me that the system promotes mediocre students and keeps fueling your dream until the end. Reality hits when you take the Kaplan or the USMLE. At this point is too late to back out and you need to fork out 10-15K for a review program such as the falcon review. My friend's result in the Kaplan review attest to the accuracy of this post. I know that this is not true for everybody but I would say for most. Which one are you? sometimes we have to be honest with ourselves. In order to be successful in this both the school and the individual has to provide quality time, education and effort. At the end, can this be done? of course most of the students I know have graduated and passed the USMLE after 20Ks in extra review programs and a couple of attempts to the USMLE1. It is doable but it might get expensive. There is a saying in spanish, " si el destino te da la espalda.......................picale el culo!".......I have done just that
