<p>I have been accepted to the accelerated 7 year Physician-Scientist program at RPI, which I am most likely going to join. I'm just wondering if anyone in here is in it or knows a lot about it or has friends in it or anything. </p>
<p>My main question is, how stressful is it? Do people in it have free time to do things besides studying? If so, what? If anyone here is in it, how is the program? Pro and con list would be great. What are the students in the program generally like? How are the teachers?</p>
<p>Really, anything anyone can tell me would be great.</p>
<p>One of my fraternity brothers is in it and will be at Albany Med next year. </p>
<p>Almost any course at RPI is difficult so the program will naturally be hard. I don’t think he is too over stressed because they’re all just normal classes at RPI. It is nice to have a definite schedule laid out in front of you and not have to worry about it, so I guess that is nice. Also the lack of MCAT requirement takes a huge stress off of you.</p>
<p>I recently got accepted to this program too but the tuition rates at both RPI and AMC are really high and that is probably one of the only down side to this program. How are students in the program handling that? I really don’t want to take out too many loans. Anything about financial aid would be helpful.</p>
<p>Hey,
I’m currently a part of the program and there are a lot of pros and a lot of cons.
You don’t have to take the MCAT or apply to Med school which is a big weight off of your shoulders, but on the other hand you have to maintain a very high GPA, which if you’ve been accepted doesn’t sound like a big deal. However, at RPI it is a big deal. RPI is one of, if not the harshest grading school on the east coast, in every department, and Getting A’s (which is what you need) takes much more effort and dedication than it did in high school.
That being said, the atmosphere here is a very good one. Because everyone has already been accepted, and no one is really vying for position, there is a lot of cooperation and friendship, which is more than can be said for most schools. There is time for hanging with friends, but you’ll find that you have much less time to chill than they do, which can be frustrating. There is also time for extracurriculars, but that goes down as time goes on.
Tution is very high, it’s true. Even though the vast majority (its something like 70%) of accepted students get Scholarships and Financial Aid, it can be hard to get by and I have a lot of loans. But at the end of the day, I think its worth it.
Final con, the student body is 75% male. Let that speak for itself.</p>
<p>What the rules about when a student fails to meet the GPA requirement after one semester or after two semesters in a row in the physician scientist program?</p>