Gosh doc Einstein you are the best ! I have more questions.
Do the apartments take single or twin beds ?
How often do you have tests,quizzes or exams ?
Do most students get the health insurance or get something else ? It is pretty steep in price.
Thanks once again
1) I have a full size bed in my apartment. I can still fit a large ikea desk and a sofa and a large dresser.
2) For those that are over 26, I think most get the Einstein insurance. For those that are younger, most keep their parents' insurance because it just makes more sense. Unless you are a person that gets sick a lot, we are usually pretty healthy people that don't really need to see the doctor. There isn't anything that you do in the first or second year that will cause you to go to the doctor's office more often. Einstein's insurance is pretty pricey. I am thinking about maybe getting Einstein insurance when I am a third or fourth year when I am more prone to getting sick or something. But for the first two years, I would say that you should stick to your parent's health insurance, just to save money.
3) The only quizzes that we have are in Histo and Anatomy, and for those classes, you WANT quizzes because they reflect how exam questions are. For exams, you take two exams in a week. (look back at what I said before about exams at Einstein. The monday is review day, tuesday is day off, wednesday is test, thursday is day off, and friday is test). We have exams once every 4-5 weeks, varying by each block. During histo, the quizzes are typically between the exams, so roughly 2 week?. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT PASSING EINSTEIN. YOU WILL ALLLLLLL PASS.
Hey Doc Einstein, do you know when the school sends out room assignments?
There really isn't a rush to know this. But I believe I got it at the end of June last year. I did the Biochem course so I had to move in early, so I found out who my roommates were early.
Can some of Einstein's current students comment on this thread?
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=593648
It's been a few years since then, but it's still a little troubling. That policy sounds ridiculous, but I think I remember hearing about it from someone else as well. The school should be trying to get their students into the best residencies possible, if only for their own image, such a policy works against both the school and the students? Hopefully they've addressed this? I was specifically referring to the "ugly" portion.
Let's see.
1) For the Good: I would agree with the poster in that the students that you find at Einstein are freaking awesome. It is hard to describe it, but everyone that I have talked to, are amazed at the students at Einstein. There is so much collaboration, sharing, having fun, etc. that you see in students at Einstein that you don't see elsewhere.
2) The Bad: Living in the Bronx cost me $412. Living in the city would cost me an excess of $1000. I would rather pay the $2.5 per subway ride and live in the Bronx than to live in the city. I would agree that the commute is a hassle, but I am saving money living in the Bronx. Also, you would mainly go to the city to hang out with friends or go out on a friday/saturday night. You will most likely be in a group, so the long train ride is not as bad.
3) Since I just finished first year, I don't really know how the scenario is for 3/4th years. What I can say is that for the taxi part, Einstein is now with Vitals. They have a pretty good taxi service. They bring you anywhere you need to go that is clinical and it is fully paid for my the school. You don't tip or give anything. The school covers it for you. If you need a ride, you call a number and they will usually come in 15 minutes. Also, if you look at Einstein's match list, a large group of students go into Ortho and Radiology, so I don't think whatever the poster was saying would influence our competitiveness for competitive specialty. Once again, this is just my view, and since I haven't gone through 3rd or 4th year, I cannot be sure. Also, I would like to emphasize that the administration is very receptive to students. If you ask BloodyHell, he would send anonymous dropbox comments to the dean to fix something, and something will usually be done right away. Although we are affiliated with Yeshiva, we are pretty much our own school since Yeshiva is in Manhattan. The administration at Einstein is pretty much focus on the medical students and provide services mainly towards us. This is a pro of attending a non-undergrad campus like Einstein. The sole focus of the school is the medical student. I think we that, we get a lot of attention and say in how we shape the school. If something is not going smoothly, Einstein will get feedback from students to fix it (that is one thing that I am sure they are done because so much things have been fix this year already and will continue to do so every year).