RossMD2006
06-22-2003, 09:15 PM
Hello all-
I would like to write about my impressions of Ross thus far as a first semester student divided into the following categories. I, too, used this site as a reference prior to enrolling at Ross. Thus, I would like to help prospectives understand how things run here.
SCHOOL
ROSS GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO BECOME A DOCTOR. NEVER FORGET THAT. That is what you have to keep in mind when you are here. However, I am still troubled by the number of printers here in the library. You have two printers here in the library for 1000 students. You have two copier machines for 1000 students. On top of that, the printers break down once in a while and then, all of a sudden, you have no printers available. The copier machines get jammed every second and again, you are down to one copier machine for 1000 students. Of course you can say that these printers can churn out all the paper for the students, but c'mon 2 printers and 2 copiers...how stingy can you get? You pay $10,000 a semester for this?
In addition, SOME professors do not print out handouts for students. In my opinion, this is ridiculous. The powerpoint presentations are available on the G drive (which students can access), but often times you are not able to print the slides because it has been locked by the IT department (because they dont want students printing out all these slides thus, jamming the printers). So, although you have a student quota of $14.00/week (140 pages), you can't use any of it to print out these valuable powerpoint slides for your medical education. So, when you go to lecture, you have no organization to the lecture being presented. The information that is presented to you flies over your head as you write as fast as you can. I have resorted to reading the chapters in the book trying to get an idea of what the professor said in lecture. I recently paid $8 US dollars for lecture material, which could have been posted on the G drive. Along with the $10,000 I pay for tuition, I have to pay an extra $8 for notes.
Students at a particular US medical school had their notes bound and binded for them during the first two years of basic sciences. We are medical students and will be future professionals. I just wish that we were treated like so. Having to go print out your own notes is not what I had in mind of an institution of higher learning.
STUDENTS
If you are going to come to school here at Ross so you can make that 6-figure salary in four years, don't even bother coming here. If you think that medical school is going to be an extension of college, save your money and go travel the world. I've noticed a lot of students that are a bunch of immature goof-offs. Simply stated, I'd rather die than have to go through the suffering they would put me through as a doctor. So, please, if you have a dream of being a doctor and are willing to work hard then do come here. If not, stay home and pursue your real interests.
Over the weekend, I was studying at 3 in the morning working my butt off. Then, four goofballs come walking in the room drunk and begin screaming as others were trying to study. They were asked to quiet down but still were yelling and acting like 3 year old kids. It is sad to see that these people will be our future doctors.
If you come here and study to just PASS, dont bother coming here. If I had a heart attack and was admitted to the ER, I wouldn't want a doctor who studied so that he could just PASS. Would you? If you come here so that you will become the best doctor possible, then please join us here at Ross. If not, then stay home.
Well, that is all I have to say. I hope all of you prospective students understand what I had to say. So far, my experience here at Ross is good except for a few things stated above.
I would like to write about my impressions of Ross thus far as a first semester student divided into the following categories. I, too, used this site as a reference prior to enrolling at Ross. Thus, I would like to help prospectives understand how things run here.
SCHOOL
ROSS GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO BECOME A DOCTOR. NEVER FORGET THAT. That is what you have to keep in mind when you are here. However, I am still troubled by the number of printers here in the library. You have two printers here in the library for 1000 students. You have two copier machines for 1000 students. On top of that, the printers break down once in a while and then, all of a sudden, you have no printers available. The copier machines get jammed every second and again, you are down to one copier machine for 1000 students. Of course you can say that these printers can churn out all the paper for the students, but c'mon 2 printers and 2 copiers...how stingy can you get? You pay $10,000 a semester for this?
In addition, SOME professors do not print out handouts for students. In my opinion, this is ridiculous. The powerpoint presentations are available on the G drive (which students can access), but often times you are not able to print the slides because it has been locked by the IT department (because they dont want students printing out all these slides thus, jamming the printers). So, although you have a student quota of $14.00/week (140 pages), you can't use any of it to print out these valuable powerpoint slides for your medical education. So, when you go to lecture, you have no organization to the lecture being presented. The information that is presented to you flies over your head as you write as fast as you can. I have resorted to reading the chapters in the book trying to get an idea of what the professor said in lecture. I recently paid $8 US dollars for lecture material, which could have been posted on the G drive. Along with the $10,000 I pay for tuition, I have to pay an extra $8 for notes.
Students at a particular US medical school had their notes bound and binded for them during the first two years of basic sciences. We are medical students and will be future professionals. I just wish that we were treated like so. Having to go print out your own notes is not what I had in mind of an institution of higher learning.
STUDENTS
If you are going to come to school here at Ross so you can make that 6-figure salary in four years, don't even bother coming here. If you think that medical school is going to be an extension of college, save your money and go travel the world. I've noticed a lot of students that are a bunch of immature goof-offs. Simply stated, I'd rather die than have to go through the suffering they would put me through as a doctor. So, please, if you have a dream of being a doctor and are willing to work hard then do come here. If not, stay home and pursue your real interests.
Over the weekend, I was studying at 3 in the morning working my butt off. Then, four goofballs come walking in the room drunk and begin screaming as others were trying to study. They were asked to quiet down but still were yelling and acting like 3 year old kids. It is sad to see that these people will be our future doctors.
If you come here and study to just PASS, dont bother coming here. If I had a heart attack and was admitted to the ER, I wouldn't want a doctor who studied so that he could just PASS. Would you? If you come here so that you will become the best doctor possible, then please join us here at Ross. If not, then stay home.
Well, that is all I have to say. I hope all of you prospective students understand what I had to say. So far, my experience here at Ross is good except for a few things stated above.