My daughter got accepted without interview in 4+4 BS-MD program for the class of 2020. After googling so much of hrs for reviews I couldn’t find any reliable source. The college looks shady to me. We live in NJ and before visiting college in CA I would like to get some information. Any reviews/suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!
@Radah17: I moved this discussion to the Pre-Med Topics thread where you might get better information.
CNU is a controversial school. It’s the only for-profit MD school in the US. The administration refuses to apply to become a part of the federal student loan program.
This means students are forced to take out private loans to finance their education. Federal loans often students a variety of loan deferral and repayment options,–including the federal loan forgiveness program–that are not available for private loans.
The LCME has twice refused to advance the school’s accreditation status from provisional to full due to numerous administrative concerns.
CNU’s first class graduated this past spring. The match list for the school was…umimpressive.
Very many question marks about this school, so proceed with caution. But the number of graduates going into primary care specialties was encouraging.
I don’t know what match list you’ve looked at but Northstate is quite good, esp. if you’re staying in California.
You may be better off trying regular MD at your state schools - Rutgers- NJMS and RWJ. It is a for profit organization.
CNU is not for everyone, you need a big hart to go to their 4+4 program as you will totally commit 8 years to that school, a questionable school. The BS part of the program is basically worth very little had you not going through its MD program. Unlike a program even for Drexel, the choices of BS program in its affiliated UG has much better choices.
To be very fair, however, I just went through their matching list and while it does not land very well in a comparison of more established MD schools such as Rush, Drexel or Albany for example, but quite frankly, it’s better than some established DO schools. I’d say it is at the bottom of the MD school range but at the top or near the top of DO schools. To say the least, PDs are still DO school biased.
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