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who here is/was attending med school in their state, and doing residential in their state? Is that possible?
Doctor_GirL said:My advisor said that it is nearly impossible for that to happen, very rare. It made me real sad.
Doctor_GirL, if you're sending this from the UW, I know who your advisor is, and he's bitter about something. He tells everyone that they have no chance at getting into the UWSOM. I had a 3.7/36, and he said that I should look at other schools because I didn't have a chance. I came back to him in early December, acceptance in hand, and he was flabbergasted.Kazema said:Your advisor is...a not good advice giving advisor.
Usually your best shot at getting into a medical school is at your state school. And once at your state school, your best shot with residencies are probably at your school's hospital. Or failing that, then at some hospital nearby.
So it's actually fairly common to go to your state's med school and then do your residency in your state. That is pretty much exactly the goal of most state schools - to train students from their state to practice in their state.
+1 The "advisors" I spoke with were terrible. I'm soooooo glad I was non-trad and did have to use them. Had I listened to them, I would be starting next yr instead of beening an MS2.Sweet Tea said:One thing I've found about med school advisors: they lie. My med school advisor wasn't worth crap; he told me that I never had a chance of going to med school and hey look...I'm an M3 now. So take everything they say with a very large grain of salt.
I'm in med school in my home state, and I know that if I were to choose to stay here I could. But I don't want to do my residency here.
Doctor_GirL said:My advisor said that it is nearly impossible for that to happen, very rare. It made me real sad.