I knew that NY was not coming before my test in February. Actually, I started my transfer process in January prior to my test because of it. Besides, NY was late last time they came; in addition the approval process takes months to go through (official approve notice), then another few months to get any clinical rotations (in writing aka "contracts"). Many of those goods spots have been taken over by SGU last year and Ross over the past few months. Maybe by next year AUC and AUA will cough up the cash to buy whatever is left.

We used write 5 page letters to administration asking them to add sites ever since I started posting material on the SGA board on how SGU bought up spots and are blocking out other school like us. I believe RSPR41 will stand by me on that issue.

Housing is a BIG issue, I had a lot of problems finding a place for the retarded ICM program for only 7 weeks. On top of that, I never got my deposit back from the place school recommended until after Step one, $900 three months later (when promised 10 days), I wanted that cash for Step One.

There are only 3 students ahead of me, who have no clinical spots available from what I last heard after finishing IM and FP. The student ahead of them is the one who finished up and got residency. We were the only 5 who finished the 16 months without failure and passed Step One on the first try. The rest are 2nd/3rd time passers or transfers into the school counted as USMLE passers from IAU. Either way, so far no one who has failed a basic science course or transfered into the program midway due to problems at other schools have passed Step One on the first try. And about half who actually finished basic science without failure, went on to pass Step one. I've wrote many times, along with my fellow classmates, with suggestions on how to improve the curriculum in order to improve these numbers. Obviously passing the NBME "shelf" exams were not enough.

And I'm not exactly chilling, I went back to work as an RN... but I'm also preparing for an interview in 2 hours for transfer, wish me luck.

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