@PursuitToExcel, No one here has said this program is not a good fit for anyone. That doesn’t make a lick of sense bc we all do not have the same specialty career goals. The goal of UMKC’s medical school is to train a certain type of physician to treat the healthcare needs of Missourians and is funded by local state taxpayers and is accountable to them. All MD schools in the US give you the tools you need to succeed as a practicing clinician. UMKC doesn’t put you so far ahead of the pack clinically, when the real learning takes place in residency, where nearly everyone catches up.
All med schools screen for empathy and compassion in their applicants - that’s why they interview. Schools with BS/MD programs such as Baylor, NW, UPitt, Case, PennState/Jefferson, etc. can also be even pickier and choose applicants who not only have empathy and compassion, but also do very well on standardized tests and have accomplished great things on their CV beyond your typical student. These high achieving, stellar students are captured early on, when they could have easily gone somewhere else. That doesn’t reflect at all on a student that chooses to go to UMKC.
If you’re interested in a “competitive” specialty, then you will need to be more than just a good clinician. Some schools have these resources/opportunities available on site, and some don’t. The main difference here is cost, strength of research opportunities, and resources available to successfully match into the more competitive, and hard to get specialties. The resources needed to match into Family Medicine are very different than the resources needed to match into Radiation Oncology.
Much of your posts have either misinformation/omission of information, along with the usual name-calling and accusing, although you kept it to a minimum this time. There are tons of alumni and current students on CC so saying that it’s advice from those who are “unqualified” is stupid on your part. Whether you believe who I am or not, I don’t care. There are students here like @illinois1234 or @docstudent, who have several acceptances at hand and CC helps in the decision making process. It’s not the sole contributor to anyone’s decision making process.
You don’t get to judge “fit” for anyone. They and their families judge it for themselves. You’re not that important. To add up tuition all you need is this and a calculator: <a href=“http://med.umkc.edu/bamd/finance/”>http://med.umkc.edu/bamd/finance/</a>, takes less than a minute. I’m pretty sure knowing how much things cost is “actually helping anyone”. Unlike yourself, other American families need to know how much money they have to shell out, they don’t have the luxury that you do, of not considering cost in their decisions.
There are tons of professions out there in which you can have an impact on people’s lives, not just medicine. Even PAs and NPs have an impact on people’s lives in medicine in which you can live a relatively good life. But don’t try to sit on your soapbox as someone who has already decided as an 18 yr old to pursue Neurosurgery (which just coincidentally happens to be a high paying specialty), and lecture about how you’re only doing it bc you’re a caring person who wants to make a difference.