Originally Posted by Z Disk

While some complaining is going on (being in the caribbean, the profs, etc), I think there were some vaild concerns expressed about the organization of the MCB classes. Unlike the former problems, which have no remedy, there is no reason to settle for chaos in MCB as the material could be rearranged in a meaningful way easily.

Cell biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry were not such bad classes that a rush into the MCB change was needed, IMO. I am glad that they are slowly integrating the material, but that seems like something that could have been done in meetings before the students were impacted.

Originally Posted by slevit1

You make a lot of good points and I'll admit that I didn't know that some other US schools had rotations problems - I thought they were all pretty much guaranteed.


Well the schools I applied to all had patient contact. And MD students (my first choice school) are in the hospital from the first semester. My friend who is there loves the experience she's getting. And, whether they like their experience or not, I bet they'd prefer what they're doing to sitting in ICM for 2 hrs. doing introductions on a spouse or upper semester for 15 minutes, then spending the rest of the time listening to other people fumble through introductions. Anything with a real patient would be nice. Again, I can only base this on what I've seen, but what I've seen is a lot better.



If they're going electronic, that's great. But, AUC is not going electronic, and is still very small.


I've lived my whole life with 4 seasons and an often very cold winter. I like the cold, love skiing, and I miss the seasons.


Well honestly, I didn't know any US students had those problems. But, even if they do, they only have a couple of major issues...we pretty much have them all. And at least when they graduate, they're US graduates.



I guess we'll see once I leave here. But, for the time being, I hate it with a passion and I'd love to get that shirt! I can think of much better places to be in school though. Maybe every US school isn't significantly better, but some are. The only thing that I like about being in school here is that I hate being here and I don't think there's much of anything to do. Because of that, I have few distractions and study a lot more than I think I'd be able to if I were in school at home.

Out of curiosity, why did you dislike the french more than the dutch locals? I find the dutch locals to be just as bad - if not worse. And, you have to deal with the a lot more often.