whats the word on the street?

[bckwood]

Dr. ***** ***** is the president of the university (link below) and if it would make you feel more comforatble for him to explain the situation of them having a USA admissions office then I suggest you contact him. All I know is that if I was the head of the school, I wouldn't want to be wasting my time emailing and anwsering calls of prospective students. I would hire someone to do it for me.
The differance here is that if you contact and get accepted to the university from the president you are going to pay the exact same tuition as if you were accepted applying through the USA office. Also the president was present during my interview, he flew all the way from Poland to check out his future students. Does AMI or HOPE offer you one on one with the president here in the US or even a personal interview? The money to pay for Proffesor ***** and his staff comes out of the tuition paid by all students.

http://www.amp.edu.pl/eng/index.php?...315&test=y315y

[bckwood]

Besides Cranky, Poznan is only 3 hours from Berlin!

[Mossma]

I just want the scepter Grzegorz is sporting. He is the most pimped out president I think I have ever seen....quite the bling bling. My university president just wears a suit usually...but that is pretty smooth I must say.

[neongoat]

Our president (in Krakow) surprised many last year in the annual Sceptor and Bling (S&B) competition when he used the infamous prancing dragon move on the unsuspecting Grzegorz. Needless to say, he dominated the tournament.

Don't believe the hype about Poz, If you're looking for the shizzle in decked out old Polish faculty who know how to pimp and play, Krakow is the place for you!

[newbieonboard]

Yes, Hope flies the rectors and deans over to the USA for their yearly convention (its a different place every year), but there arent any "one on one" private sessions. As for interviews, it could be over the phone, in person, or there might not be any interview at all. It doesnt matter since acceptance is based more on ur financial status above all else...

Originally Posted by bckwood

Dr. ***** ***** is the president of the university (link below) and if it would make you feel more comforatble for him to explain the situation of them having a USA admissions office then I suggest you contact him. All I know is that if I was the head of the school, I wouldn't want to be wasting my time emailing and anwsering calls of prospective students. I would hire someone to do it for me.
The differance here is that if you contact and get accepted to the university from the president you are going to pay the exact same tuition as if you were accepted applying through the USA office. Also the president was present during my interview, he flew all the way from Poland to check out his future students. Does AMI or HOPE offer you one on one with the president here in the US or even a personal interview? The money to pay for Proffesor ***** and his staff comes out of the tuition paid by all students.

http://www.amp.edu.pl/eng/index.php?...315&test=y315y

[gvanderv]

"Yo"? What are you still in high school. I interviewed with this person you think is an agent in NYC. If you think that the $250 application fee is what an agent would charge I think your wrong. You could fly here to Poznan and interview directly with the Dean if you prefer. But there is no way on earth you could call the person in NYC an agent.

[bckwood]

OK for all you prospective U. of Lodz med. students. I have been a little bit down on AMI. I did a little research and found that AMI. It looks like regardless of if you apply though AMI or through the univeristy you will be paying essentially the same amount. Tuition for medicine is 7000EUro ($8312) directly through the University (http://www.umed.lodz.pl/root.php?go=...stufees&lng=en) and it is $8200 through AMI (http://www.gotomedschool.com/finance.html). So you actually save some money.

[Miklos]

Originally Posted by bckwood

OK for all you prospective U. of Lodz med. students. I have been a little bit down on AMI. I did a little research and found that AMI. It looks like regardless of if you apply though AMI or through the univeristy you will be paying essentially the same amount. Tuition for medicine is 7000EUro ($8312) directly through the University (http://www.umed.lodz.pl/root.php?go=...stufees&lng=en) and it is $8200 through AMI (http://www.gotomedschool.com/finance.html). So you actually save some money.

Sure, but you'll notice that the US/UK clerkships cost $600 per week for 78 weeks (=$46,800 for 2 years or $23,400 per year) without malpractice and other fees.

[Rolff59]

Now, let's not get nasty fellows. I must admit, though, that I am a bit perplexed by the $250 price tag. If one takes a look at some of the Admission Fees in the Caribbean schools, he/she will see that they are in the $75 range. Why is it so high at PUMS? Also, if the salary of this man and his family from NYC is paid out of all of the student's tuition, as stated previously by Bckwood, then I would come to the conclusion that this person may not be an agent, but is certainly absorbing finances that would normally go to agents. In other words, it doesn't matter whether or not he is an agent. In the end, he and his family are costing the student an extra amount, just as an agent would. Are there not other schools in Poland, such as Krakow, which do not utilize agents/USA admissions officers, and are, therefore, less expensive. Obviously, the word "agent", whether utilized correctly or not, is touching raw nerves on this site. I for one would rather discuss the learning experience and/or living conditions regarding some of these schools.

[Miklos]

Originally Posted by Rolff59

Now, let's not get nasty fellows. I must admit, though, that I am a bit perplexed by the $250 price tag. If one takes a look at some of the Admission Fees in the Caribbean schools, he/she will see that they are in the $75 range. Why is it so high at PUMS? Also, if the salary of this man and his family from NYC is paid out of all of the student's tuition, as stated previously by Bckwood, then I would come to the conclusion that this person may not be an agent, but is certainly absorbing finances that would normally go to agents. In other words, it doesn't matter whether or not he is an agent. In the end, he and his family are costing the student an extra amount, just as an agent would. Are there not other schools in Poland, such as Krakow, which do not utilize agents/USA admissions officers, and are, therefore, less expensive. Obviously, the word "agent", whether utilized correctly or not, is touching raw nerves on this site. I for one would rather discuss the learning experience and/or living conditions regarding some of these schools.

I find myself in the odd position of defending Poznan. Oh well...

I don't know if he is an agent or not (please keep in mind that the people representing Varna until they were booted recently claimed not to be agents...we heard how that turned out).

However, I do know that there is perfectly logical explanation for the higher application fee.

Namely, that Poznan's overhead per applicant to maintain the office in New York is much higher than one of the Carib. schools. Although we don't know how many applications Poznan actually receives, we can hazard a guess that it is far fewer than say, Ross, which receives eight hundred per year, if I remember correctly. Seen this way, it actually makes sense for one to pay the larger application fee up front for New York services.

(Also note, that the tuition charged by a Carib. also pays in part at least for their marketing and recruiting efforts.)