fossildoc
09-19-2007, 06:43 PM
Below is a quiz for your amusement.
Disclaimer: this does not apply to any existing med school.
1. What is the single most telling danger sign when dealing with a med school?
a) typographical errors on their web site
b) upside-down stamp on their acceptance letter
c) tardiness in cashing your check
d) failure to answer emails
2. What would make you feel humiliated and embarrassed when attending the med school of your choice?
a) bad food in the cafeteria
b) no food in the cafeteria
c) requirement to wear a school uniform with their advertising logo on it
d) blown-out lightbulb in the bathroom
3. What would infuriate you the most during your first semester at med school?
a) stale bread in the cafeteria
b) buying expensive required textbooks that you never read
c) textbooks mistaken for bread by cafeteria personnel
d) upside-down PowerPoint slides during presentations
4. What would you do to improve your school?
a) get rid of the teachers
b) get rid of the students
c) get rid of the cafeteria
d) move the operation to Panama
5. What should be the primary responsibility of the Student Government Association (SGA)?
a) to point out typographical errors on the school web site
b) to check that stamps have been properly affixed to acceptance letters
c) to replace burned out lightbulbs in the bathrooms
d) to be confrontational towards a deaf administration
6. What should be the role of a Dean of Students?
a) to sample the lukewarm weak instant coffee with powdered milk served in the cafeteria
b) to resist the importunings of the SGA and promote the party line
c) to be a student-friendly problem solver and advocate for the oppressed and confused
d) to monitor the orientation of PowerPoint slides prior to every presentation
7. How should incoming students be treated upon their arrival?
a) provide cradle-to-grave logistics support, make them feel welcome, and quell all fears
b) tell them they're on their own and good luck
c) make sure they see only the high-priced apartments
d) treat them to a meal in the cafeteria
8. How trustful are you of promises and representations made by your school administration?
a) I trust them about as far as I can throw a grand piano
b) I believe everything they say, as they would never lie to me
c) that depends on what the meaning of "is" is
d) I would trust them more if they worked the grill in the cafeteria
9. Do you believe that your med school is preparing you for primary care medical practice?
a) What's "primary care"?
b) not actually
c) yes, actually
d) that depends on what the meaning of "is" is
10. Your school's charter is
a) the local government's recognition that your school meets the host country's standards for the medical education of their own doctors
b) a license to operate a medical school that meets some other country's standards, as specified in the charter
c) I don't really know, because I can't get a straight answer out of the administration about this
d) a piece of paper that would be served as bread by the cafeteria if they got their hands on it
Disclaimer: this does not apply to any existing med school.
1. What is the single most telling danger sign when dealing with a med school?
a) typographical errors on their web site
b) upside-down stamp on their acceptance letter
c) tardiness in cashing your check
d) failure to answer emails
2. What would make you feel humiliated and embarrassed when attending the med school of your choice?
a) bad food in the cafeteria
b) no food in the cafeteria
c) requirement to wear a school uniform with their advertising logo on it
d) blown-out lightbulb in the bathroom
3. What would infuriate you the most during your first semester at med school?
a) stale bread in the cafeteria
b) buying expensive required textbooks that you never read
c) textbooks mistaken for bread by cafeteria personnel
d) upside-down PowerPoint slides during presentations
4. What would you do to improve your school?
a) get rid of the teachers
b) get rid of the students
c) get rid of the cafeteria
d) move the operation to Panama
5. What should be the primary responsibility of the Student Government Association (SGA)?
a) to point out typographical errors on the school web site
b) to check that stamps have been properly affixed to acceptance letters
c) to replace burned out lightbulbs in the bathrooms
d) to be confrontational towards a deaf administration
6. What should be the role of a Dean of Students?
a) to sample the lukewarm weak instant coffee with powdered milk served in the cafeteria
b) to resist the importunings of the SGA and promote the party line
c) to be a student-friendly problem solver and advocate for the oppressed and confused
d) to monitor the orientation of PowerPoint slides prior to every presentation
7. How should incoming students be treated upon their arrival?
a) provide cradle-to-grave logistics support, make them feel welcome, and quell all fears
b) tell them they're on their own and good luck
c) make sure they see only the high-priced apartments
d) treat them to a meal in the cafeteria
8. How trustful are you of promises and representations made by your school administration?
a) I trust them about as far as I can throw a grand piano
b) I believe everything they say, as they would never lie to me
c) that depends on what the meaning of "is" is
d) I would trust them more if they worked the grill in the cafeteria
9. Do you believe that your med school is preparing you for primary care medical practice?
a) What's "primary care"?
b) not actually
c) yes, actually
d) that depends on what the meaning of "is" is
10. Your school's charter is
a) the local government's recognition that your school meets the host country's standards for the medical education of their own doctors
b) a license to operate a medical school that meets some other country's standards, as specified in the charter
c) I don't really know, because I can't get a straight answer out of the administration about this
d) a piece of paper that would be served as bread by the cafeteria if they got their hands on it