Sutler Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 why would anyone pick another med school over mcmaster (it's only 3 years!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apt Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 3 years - means increase burning out- less time to work up your resume for residency applications and figure out what you want to do for residency - problem based learning and working in small groups is definitely NOT for everyone - Hamilton is not the greatest city to live in FYI I am a Mac student Agreed....being physician is a long term learning commitment. Can't afford to get burnt out. Just to save 1 year , I would not like to jeopardize my chances of getting in my preferred specialty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notERDoc Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Agreed....being physician is a long term learning commitment. Can't afford to get burnt out. Just to save 1 year , I would not like to jeopardize my chances of getting in my preferred specialty. I don't know if you are still trolling, or if you just have poor communication and tact, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. (rant: I'm not really sure why you applied to mac, nor why you still spend so much effort trying to bash mac meds.) What specialty do you prefer anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RightHandMan Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 I hear that you can take an extra "enrichment year" after ur third year, to buff-up ur application, and/or finish up your current research if any, and/or if you wanna try a couple of electives. In that sense, a third year program can be easily turned into a fourth year program.... although, with that being said, historically, I hear that most students end up in family medicine, but every year there are still students end up in every single speciality. Heard all that from a recent graduate from Mac. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RightHandMan Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Although... just to add... I do feel that hamilton ain't an exciting city to live in... but thats coming from someone who has always lived in big cities (aka Toronto), so i think it really depends on the person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMG007 Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 My BF just went through carms, so I spent quite a bit of time on carms website with him. I went back to check out Mac: In 2007 Mac had 136 first round matches, of which 96 specialized in something other then family, and 48 went into family med. That is 33% of the class (UofT31%, Queens 44%, Western 38%, Ottawa 35%, 5 went into anesthesiology, five diagnostic imaging, 3 the five year emergency med program, 58 family (I'm not positive why there is a difference here it might be to do with 2nd round etc.), 12 internal med, 1 lab med, 5 neurology, 1 ped neuro, 5 obs/gyn, 10 pediatrics, 7 psych, 17 surgery of many different types, 7 'other' and they list less common areas. Since these are all random facts you are more then welcome to check it out yourself as well as look at other schools. If you work hard to be competitive, I believe you can be competitive from any school. The one bias that most schools will admit is if you are the equivalent with another applicant and you attended that particular school for your MD you might have a better chance. Mac has some great programs with their internal medicine program being one of the most competitive internal programs this past year. Good luck making your decision everyone. http://www.carms.ca/eng/operations_R1reports_07_e.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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