transfer from poland med. school to HMI affiliated poland med. school

[Miklos]

Originally Posted by malumed007

if you dont believe me, call up some PD's yourself..ask them this..ask them if they would rather have a person who transferred from hungary to poland with 2 years of US clinical experience at hospitals affiliated with the university itself, with NO fails on transcript(they never show)..or someone who went to school in hungary for 6 years with no USCE..i know a lot of people from hungary are going to start yelling after i made that comment but honestly..call up and find our for yourself..good luck..

Yes, of course, two years of USCE is of course preferable to zero (this is one of the reasons, I recommend the Big 3 over European schools). In my future field, psych, some programs won't extend an interview without a minimum of a year of USCE (it may be another way of saying FMGs need not apply here).

However, as I've said before, in a competitive field, the theoretical transfer student above, will need to competently answer the question: "Why did you transfer?"

[malumed007]

yes i agree with you there..i mean if i didnt have to transfer i never would have..i think the education i had in hungary was superb..i dont party, drink..i think i worked pretty damn hard and i think i am pretty competent..the cards just were not in my favor that year so i was forced to transfer..but with 5th pathway out there now a days, and the hungarian program being a little more student friendly/student advocate than when i was there, no question in my mind, i would choose that education IF i did not have a college degree and was coming straight from high school..unfortunately..my year in hungary was the guinae pig year..my first year was the first year they eliminated medical biology and transformed it into cell, molecular and genetics..THEN..the following year biochem was just insane..like i said..not making excuses..but anat. with antal was nothign for me compared to biochem..that syllabus was just on another level..my advise from what i have seen so far in interviews..MAKE SURE you get recommendations specialized to the field you are planning on going into..like if you want to go into psych..and you have killer IM recommendations..for some reason it doesnt hold as much weight as you may think..anyways miklos..just to let you know..syracuse absolutely LOVES hungarian students into their psych program..if you wanted to apply there..just to throw that your way..good luck..

[Miklos]

Originally Posted by malumed007

MAKE SURE you get recommendations specialized to the field you are planning on going into..like if you want to go into psych..and you have killer IM recommendations..for some reason it doesnt hold as much weight as you may think..

Good advice to anyone (I've already done my part.)

anyways miklos..just to let you know..syracuse absolutely LOVES hungarian students into their psych program..if you wanted to apply there..just to throw that your way..good luck..

Thanks. One of the reasons for that may be that Thomas Szasz is professor emeritus of psychiatry there. (Probably one of the most controversial psychiatrists around.)