<p>If this were an 8 year program there would be no issue however in this scenario I think he would be applying to medical school as a student who is already matriculated at another med school and if I am right (which I could easily not be), no one will accept him anyway.</p>
<p>^I agree.
My D. has applied out of 4+4 combined bs/md. However, while she was accepted at the Med. School in her program simply becasue she has met the requirements, she did not start at the Medical School yet when she has applied to other Medical Schools. She has applied after her junior year just like other pre-meds pursuing the regular route. Her advantage was that she had a spot already, so if she was unsuccessful applying out, then she would have attended the Med. School in her program. However, she was accepted to 3 additional schools and decided to attend at one of them.<br>
This is the only way that I am aware of. If you are bs/md participant in non-binding program that let you to retain your spot while applying out, then you apply out the year before your graduate from UG so that you have choices BEFORE you start attending at Med. School.</p>
<p>A friend of my D’s just got off the waitlist at the Cleveland Clinic. I was under the assumption that it is <em>part</em>? of Case Western. If so, why and how is it different from CW?</p>
<p>Completely different curriculum, profs, focus , and tuition free. Clinical scientist training. Tiny. Like 30 or so. Fantastic for the right kid.</p>
<p>DS will stay in his dorm room for the next year. It appears most of his classmates have out. But he stay put.
STEP-1 is about a month away. His attitude about this test: I am not gunning for any of those competitive specialties, so I only need good enough score.</p>
<p>^ D1’s attitude also. Her unofficial motto was : just don’t f*** up.</p>
<p>In semi-related news. D1 started her pediatric rotation at the med center this week.</p>
<p>^My motto (echoed by many of my friends) as well.</p>
<p>D1 said the sweetest thing to me today.</p>
<p>I passed on somemom’s suggestion (made in another thread) that D1 ought to get a airline credit credit so she can accumulate points towards airline miles. I mentioned that I knew residency interviews were expensive since there’s so much travel involved. I said I might be able to give her some money to help pay her expenses. </p>
<p>Her reply, “Thanks for the offer, mom, but I’m going to be a doctor and I’m going to be [financially] OK.”</p>
<p>Turning down money from mom—it’s a first!</p>
<p>This kid’s not quite there yet 
Took a night off from boards studying and went to the baseball game with boyfriend–my parents happened to have tickets for that game too (much better seats!), so we let them drive, pay for parking, buy beer, and smuggle us into their section…</p>
<p>Maybe someday! Give me a few years…</p>
<p>I think DS is there yet,</p>
<p>When he got into a med school and heard we would not be able to pay everything like in UG, he asked whether we would still chip in something.</p>
<p>Well, it turns out the med school would help decide how much the parents need to contribute - so that the average debt level for the students at graduation would be reasonable ($150k - $200k, I think.)</p>
<p>i’m going to be honest - i’ll never turn down free money. Usually money from my parents is “free” but not always.</p>
<p>At first, our D. said that we could not possibly pay for her Med. School. We promised we would and more so told her not to consider financial side while choosing her Med. School. The most important reason #1 was that she not only worked so hard as to get full tuition Merit for UG, bu also was smart to choose the UG that offerred her that much. Not everybody (actually many in her position) would be so mature in the second step. She simply did not even apply to UGs that we knew would not offer substantial Merit award. I had hard time convincing her to forget about money choosing her Med. School. I did not sink in right away, but when it did…she choose the most expansive one and we were happy that she happened to choose her “dream” school way back from HS years. Again, if our situation change, then she might end up with loans. She applies for FA every single year and we file FASFA every single year. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow.</p>
<p>Priceless Perk of Being a Med Student</p>
<p>A close family friend was on the losing side of a pick-up truck vs. bicycle accident yesterday morning. Multiple broken bones, but no life threatening injuries. </p>
<p>Friend had ortho/trauma surgery this morning and because there were no post-surgical beds available, he’s been stacked in the recovery room all day. Recovery room means NO VISITORS–except, of course, anyone wearing a hospital ID badge and a white coat. D1 has dropped by to cheer the friend several times during the day and brought him a book to read. (No TV in recovery either.) </p>
<p>It’s amusing–his wife can’t visit, but D1 can…</p>
<p>hell, you often don’t even need the coat. My hospital ID is an all access pass to anything as long as I don’t look lost.</p>
<p>Well, my kid is finished as of 30 minutes ago with her customized third year. Customized in the sense that she gave up her slot in a required clerkship (OB/Gyn) to somebody who needed it to graduate. </p>
<p>After having dreaded psychiatry, and making fun of it, she actually had a great rotation. Much more respectful of what they do. That will come in handy …because her mother and I are likely to need institutionalization.</p>
<p>[The</a> Changing Face of Medical School Admissions - NYTimes.com](<a href=“The Changing Face of Medical School Admissions - The New York Times”>The Changing Face of Medical School Admissions - The New York Times)</p>
<p>so will she have to make up the ob/gyn rotation?</p>
<p>Yup. But she gets her pick of when and where. She’ll do it in her research year. Not that critical as she won’t be going into that area.</p>
<p>You never know, Curm, you just never know!</p>
<p>Cool NYT article. the comment : “It’s easier to teach an excellent doctor good bedside manners than it is to turn a mediocre doctor with good bedside manners into a brilliant surgeon.” was interesting. </p>
<p>What do you guys think, which is easier?</p>