Interesting information regarding the "Black Monday" policy:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/show...threadid=81930

From what is posted here, it sounds as if we are getting slammed compared to most AMG's, with the exception of some of the more elite programs. I guess we are getting a higher quality of education, although I personally think its masochistic torture.

considering the difference in learning and teaching, mainly with US schools, I am not surprised that a school like UCSF does things on a systemic basis. They do make it easier to pass, not that that is a criticism, just that that is their reality.

I would like to try it, but frankly, I think we do it right and prep well.

I look at it like 20 mini prep sessions for the USMLE (5 semesters x 4 exams each) and nothing more so in this light it is a help, not a major issue.

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