I think everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion, but it truly is all about where you will personally be most happy. I would take people's criticism with loads of salt. If you get to the school and you are feeling the vibe there and you think you'd be happy there, then go for it. If you're the type of person that gets hung up on details and you know you will curse yourself forever for making that decision, then maybe you should keep your ear to the ground for others' criticisms. For the school I'm currently accepted at, someone shared that they were withdrawing because it wasn't a good fit and people could PM them for specifics. Then some specifics leaked into the forum, and a lot of it sounded hearsay-ish. I'm not going to let that bother me at all because when I was there, I thought it was an awesome fit and I know 3 people who graduated/will graduate this year and they are going to be amazing doctors. All I've gotta say is: haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate... shake it off!
That was for miami right?
My point was that I'm not willing to spend 300k+ for someone's experiment, even if it is successful. I'm not a trailblazer in that regard especially when the dean of admissions tells the interviewees that it's not the right fit for them if they want to do a competitive specialty. If you're interested in primary care, internal medicine, etc., then it's not a problem.
As someone that likes surgery and orthopedics, I'd be hard pressed to walk into something like that. The fact that one of the ortho programs affiliated with the med school misdiagnosed me personally makes me hesitant to want to learn anything from them.
I'm being very honest and direct in my criticisms. As others have pointed out, fellow interviewees don't really make the school what it is since they're not admitted students going to the school.
I don't want to go to a place that closes doors for me before I walk in. As you said, these are all personal reasons and people should evaluate accordingly. I never stated it was a bad place, but of the three schools I have interviewed at so far... it is the lowest on my totem pole. Given the other programs I have II's from, I have a feeling it will stay there.
Coming from a really big academic center, I'm also spoiled. The things I currently study and do research on are rare in general. Quinnipiac isn't a place to train academic physicians. That's not their mission. That's the reality.
I don't jive with their mission. It's not an attack or reflection on the character of the school.
Sorry guys I was not trying to start a debate. Just saying I really love Quinnipiac on paper. Hopefully they invite me to see them in person when it's my turn.
You're fine. Just because it's not a good fit for me, doesn't mean that it's not for you. This is a good kind of conversation to have because one needs to be realistic going into schools. I have been told to evaluate a schools reputation based on board scores and match lists. QU has neither. This doesn't really matter for primary care and IM.
That said a coworker also had that same impression between hofstra and quinnipiac. We're both working in ortho research in the same tertiary academic center...which quinnipiac doesn't compare to in mission or scale.
Regarding QU: 7800ish applications, 500 interviews will be offered, expecting to make acceptance offers to 220-230 for a class of ~90. I have a feeling they have a long waitlist.
When do you expect decisions post interview? Did they even give you a ballpark? I know you have more interviews too! I'm looking forward to hearing how the next one goes! Relax and hopefully researchismymiddlename's notes will help!