Hey! First off congrats to everyone who received an interview!
1. You do have to repeat courses again in Med 1, but that just means it'll be easier. The Med 1's all say it's great because they don't have to focus as much on anatomy and can concentrate on other things. The summer courses are just for the medpathers, but its the same professor that we'll have in Med 1, thus the same lectures. She'll also be your grad histo teacher.
2. Ha ha yes you will see previous medpathers ALL THE TIME. We have our own study area so you'll get to interact with us and M2, M3 MAYBE even M4 medpathers. It's like a big family, they are all willing to help and give you advice and tips. I mean they just went through what we are going through now, and we'll be there to pass our advice on to you all.
3. Nah, you just have to get a 70%. I'm not too sure as to how that works though. I'll have to ask the M1's. Normally Med school classes are high pass/pass/fail, so I would assume it would be the same. I have never heard of anyone not making it in because of that part though. It's mainly the MCAT.
4. Unfortunately you do not. If you have any break it would be less than a week, then you have you Med 1 orientation, and white coat ceremony. You do get about a month break between spring and summer.
5. Well you get a mentor but it is up to you how often you meet with him/her. There is 1 community service thing but it's during your first week before classes even start.
And someone asked about paying for this. Pretty much everyone will get some amount from the MEDPATH scholarship. You also can get unsubsidized federal loans, so make sure you do your FASFA. If you need anymore money you will have to get private loans, but it will just be for this year. In Med 1 you can get the whole thing covered by federal loans if you need to.
Good luck everyone!