Thread: how does sgu fail its students?

it seems to be the case at every schools, they always accept some less qualified students, then fail students in order to make some money.

i wonder how many students fail each semester at sgu?

Originally Posted by BrightFuture

so the class size is usually over 500 students/semester? how can the professors provide individual help?

as for the profit discussion, you just don't know how much they are making from each student, is it 10%, or 25% or 40% of the tuition, no one knows.

what does it matter how much profit they make? even if its 100% sgu states that they give you the opportunity to earn an MD and they do a pretty good job of allowing people to get through school, earn an MD, and even a fair shot at getting a residency spot...guess what?if they want to charge 100K /yr in tuition, there will be people who will pay it...if you think the tuition is too steep or its somehow not fair that sgu charges what the market will allow...don't pay it...not one is forcing you to do so...

Originally Posted by BrightFuture

so the class size is usually over 500 students/semester? how can the professors provide individual help?

as for the profit discussion, you just don't know how much they are making from each student, is it 10%, or 25% or 40% of the tuition, no one knows.

the same way someone does at wayne state, or kirksville, or PCOM, or MCG (all places with 200-300 per class) do...they have office hours and have review sessions...like tin stated, very few people take advantage of all the help that is available at any school....i, like tin, never had a problem with getting face time with a professor.

Originally Posted by rokshana

the same way someone does at wayne state, or kirksville, or PCOM, or MCG (all places with 200-300 per class) do...they have office hours and have review sessions...like tin stated, very few people take advantage of all the help that is available at any school....i, like tin, never had a problem with getting face time with a professor.

For the most part, between the notes provided in class, video-recordings of the lecture, and textbook, face-time with the prof was usually not needed. But if someone did need the extra help, one wouldn't have to look far

Originally Posted by tin_md

For the most part, between the notes provided in class, video-recordings of the lecture, and textbook, face-time with the prof was usually not needed. But if someone did need the extra help, one wouldn't have to look far

You forgot Wikipedia.

Originally Posted by TheFooBar

You forgot Wikipedia.

That was a grave omission. Thanks foobar

Wikipedia is known to be erroneous.

Originally Posted by liverpoolfc

Wikipedia is known to be erroneous.

Well yeah for the lesser known articles. For more famous or used articles, they are really reliable. Also a lot of the information require citation link, so you can always proof it.

Originally Posted by thxleave

Well yeah for the lesser known articles. For more famous or used articles, they are really reliable. Also a lot of the information require citation link, so you can always proof it.

while understandably wikipedia is used by all...do NOT reference it during rounds...(or in your H&P).

Originally Posted by rokshana

while understandably wikipedia is used by all...do NOT reference it during rounds...(or in your H&P).

Uh definitely.......wat roks says

Wiki is my best friend......as is the medscape app on my iphone