CoolKitty0001
08-21-2008, 03:41 AM
this is my opinion on UNIBE there are too many people saying how bad it is i want to say why i chose this school and give an insight to perspective students
Unibe is my one chance that i could go to medical school and i am very grateful for it because otherwise there was no way in hell that i could afford a medical degree esp now a days with the crappy economy :-P. There are the distractions like the beach or the clubs or some people end up becoming socialites here which is great if you know how to manage your time. Time and time again there are people bashing UNIBE that omg they didnt prepare us for the boards and now im here and i graduated and i cant even pass step 1. My question to those people is did u stay at home and study when you were supposed honestly? or did u just study for the exam and tthats it every weekend you would go out and party because who cares its your college years right? i am not saying become a total nerd and and not go out EVER but i mean you have to prioritize and honestly if one starts studying even 1-2 hours every week per subject you'll be fine because you'll know your material for class and when the time comes you can review for your boards. I mean i know people who have all the review books in the world and practically every first aid published since they entered med 1 but i mean hello did u actually open the book or was it just there acting as your coffee coaster. then comes time for the step and all of a sudden the school didnt prepare you for anything, suddenly its the schools fault you didnt study. hey like i always say you get what you put in, it goes the same for every school you can go to harvard or you can go UNIBE if you dont study you dont study no one is ever going to spoon feed you anything and if u feel the need to be spoonfed... maybe u should rethink the fact that you want to be a doctor coz listen becoming a doctor is tough work and you have to make sacrifices .
i love this school it gave me an amazing oppurtunity to study medicine in an amazing country and i am far from my family and i may not do clinicals in the states but it is a life experience. Clinicals in the states from what most of my friends tell me ur so far away and you are just observing what is the point in that? here all you have to do is wear your lab coat and they think your a doctor, that sounds bad i know but let me finish, here they just throw you right in there and thats the only way your going to learn, its kinda like swimming you have to be in the water to learn you cant learn how to swim by watching michael phelps swim. you interact with patients starting med 5 and its so much fun there is no looking glass where you observe doctors you are actually there talking to the patient. my cousins went to an offshore medical school as well and when they started residency people were amazed at some of the stuff they knew even thier professors! and UNIBE gives me a chance to do that to be there in action because honestly if i was just sitting there watching someone do a procedure i would be completely bored out of my mind.
I am very grateful to be associated with this institution and it is a great oppurtunity so my advice to perspective students to to really think and see what you want from a school and not look into these forums too much because if i did i wouldnt be here, give this school a chance get the brochures etc, its a great experience, you are forced to learn a language that will help you in the end, you have great hands on experience, theres a kaplan center right here, the teachers are pretty good, just always remember you get what you put in, i mean if u dont study you wont pass if you do and dedicate yourself and make an effort you will succede in anything and everything in life. and advice for med students start studying now!!!!!! just 1-2 hours per subject a week helps ALOT take care all
Unibe is my one chance that i could go to medical school and i am very grateful for it because otherwise there was no way in hell that i could afford a medical degree esp now a days with the crappy economy :-P. There are the distractions like the beach or the clubs or some people end up becoming socialites here which is great if you know how to manage your time. Time and time again there are people bashing UNIBE that omg they didnt prepare us for the boards and now im here and i graduated and i cant even pass step 1. My question to those people is did u stay at home and study when you were supposed honestly? or did u just study for the exam and tthats it every weekend you would go out and party because who cares its your college years right? i am not saying become a total nerd and and not go out EVER but i mean you have to prioritize and honestly if one starts studying even 1-2 hours every week per subject you'll be fine because you'll know your material for class and when the time comes you can review for your boards. I mean i know people who have all the review books in the world and practically every first aid published since they entered med 1 but i mean hello did u actually open the book or was it just there acting as your coffee coaster. then comes time for the step and all of a sudden the school didnt prepare you for anything, suddenly its the schools fault you didnt study. hey like i always say you get what you put in, it goes the same for every school you can go to harvard or you can go UNIBE if you dont study you dont study no one is ever going to spoon feed you anything and if u feel the need to be spoonfed... maybe u should rethink the fact that you want to be a doctor coz listen becoming a doctor is tough work and you have to make sacrifices .
i love this school it gave me an amazing oppurtunity to study medicine in an amazing country and i am far from my family and i may not do clinicals in the states but it is a life experience. Clinicals in the states from what most of my friends tell me ur so far away and you are just observing what is the point in that? here all you have to do is wear your lab coat and they think your a doctor, that sounds bad i know but let me finish, here they just throw you right in there and thats the only way your going to learn, its kinda like swimming you have to be in the water to learn you cant learn how to swim by watching michael phelps swim. you interact with patients starting med 5 and its so much fun there is no looking glass where you observe doctors you are actually there talking to the patient. my cousins went to an offshore medical school as well and when they started residency people were amazed at some of the stuff they knew even thier professors! and UNIBE gives me a chance to do that to be there in action because honestly if i was just sitting there watching someone do a procedure i would be completely bored out of my mind.
I am very grateful to be associated with this institution and it is a great oppurtunity so my advice to perspective students to to really think and see what you want from a school and not look into these forums too much because if i did i wouldnt be here, give this school a chance get the brochures etc, its a great experience, you are forced to learn a language that will help you in the end, you have great hands on experience, theres a kaplan center right here, the teachers are pretty good, just always remember you get what you put in, i mean if u dont study you wont pass if you do and dedicate yourself and make an effort you will succede in anything and everything in life. and advice for med students start studying now!!!!!! just 1-2 hours per subject a week helps ALOT take care all