<p>I advice against the 6yr program at UMKC because some of the basic science courses are taken out or compressed which will not help you score well in USMLE. Many competitive residencies will not even consider you since your school cut corners or rushed through many important requirements to squeeze everything in 6 years. You don’t even get to dissect in medical school. Can someone post the link to that matchlist when 3 students went to Harvard residency from UMKC? I can not find that year’s matchlist when 3 students went to Harvard residency. And what are the specialties that they got? In 2010 no one went to Harvard residency and that is more of a norm at UMKC. I think you need to pay attention to the low ranking of your school because the residencies will. You have to ask ‘WHY’ UMKC gets the lowest research grant and not just accept it as it is. Why is the research almost nonexistant? Why is UMKC looking for cash infusion? Because residencies will pay attention to your resume which might not be stellar if you did not even get a chance to achieve much here because of the low quality of your school.</p>
<p>Try to find out all the answers before you enter this aweful program blindly. Why 25% students drop out? why most students don’t graduate in 6 years but extend to 7, 8, 9 years? why UMKC matchlists don’t even come close to Mizzou, SLU or WashU matchlists (please compare the specialties for yourself)? Why do they not get much NIH funding? Why are they looking for cash infusion unlike any other med school? Why students don’t perform well in USMLE? Why won’t they tell you the average StepI score? Why do they not get competitive residencies except only occasionally every few years?</p>
<p>UMKC is the lowest ranked program in the country for a reason. Students who go here know that but they might not tell you the truth of what they are going through. If you have a choice pick a better school over this dreadfully deficient program.</p>