Hey there guys!
It seems you guys no a lot of things about the Slovakian Med Schools! I'm currently a student at Semmelweis in Hungary, and I've had almost enough from it, and I'm thinking of transferring to Slovakia. As of right now, I'm thinking to take the rest of the semester off, and transfer in September. Do you guys know anything about transferring into the med school there?

How are the oral exams there? Are the examiners nice, or do they do their best in trying to suck out every little information that you know? Do people fail out? And does your final mark, solely depend on your final examination or do the midterms also count toward that mark?

How is Bratislava as a city? Metro? Buses? How do u guys get around? And is there a campus or is the university spread out throughout the whole city? Apartments? Easy or hard to find something decent?

Thank you guys in advance.

it's probably a whole different country over there.. haha never been to czechland or near there...

interesting... how are Americans viewed over there??

lol...

Well in general the Slovaks are much more friendlier than the Czechs. That being said, a little command of either languages will be of immense use and the czechs/slovaks very much appreciate that (as they know that their language/s is/are not in many countries).

The problem arises when the Americans/Canadians/British start comparing the facilities and the cost of things (as their currency is stronger). The czechs really don't like that. But in general, they're reserved (although they can be friendly if you attempt to speak a czech phrase or two).

hi

thank you for the last post , you gave me lots of important information .

i have couple of more specific questions , and i hope you can give me your insight about them .

i'm planing to travel to slovakia on this march ,to see the place and speak with people , will you and your husband be there ,and may be available to meet with me ??

as for the other questions:
1.) is the university helpful in the social areas ,i.e finding accomodation,immigration ?
2.) did you speak or meet other americans who graduated from the university and did the USMLE exams .
3.) is the university accredited in the states , i mean is the english program of the university accredited in the states like in california ?

thank you for all your help

have a nice day

Hi,

You are welcome to contact me and we can meet while you are here. My email address is: sarah_takach@yahoo.com.

No, the university doesn't get involved with helping with accomodation etc.

Apparently many slovaks have written their usmle's and are working in the states - I don't know of any 'americans.'

There is only 1 program here - with language variances - thus, we are qualified to work in all states, including California.

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