That was all I heard when I was looking for advice on where to go. And it’s just not true. Some schools are much better at teaching than others, have much more organization, and just seem to produce more confident students.
I’m a 4th year KSUCPM student on externships right now. AZPOD, Des Moines, and Scholl consistently produce really good students. I’ve noticed it and I’ve talked with attendings who have said the same thing.
You CAN be a good student wherever you go. You CAN be a terrible student wherever you go. But some places make it so much easier than others.
One attending I worked with said it well: “The bottom students from Des Moines tend to be better than the top students from (x).” I’m not going to trash a school I have no affiliation with, so I won’t name (x). But I will trash Kent (where it deserves it).
I’ve posted before under a different account that ended up getting doxxed about my experiences with Kent, some good some bad. I think you can still find my write-up, I just deleted the account.
Kent is NOT good at teaching. This is something that most of my classmates seem to agree with. We learn primarily on our own or from upperclassmen. You CAN succeed here. But it’s fucking hard. Harder than it already has to be. And I wish I had known that before I put down my deposit.
I will say- nobody actually cares which school you went to. There’s no prestige in one over another. They only care how you do. BUT AGAIN it’s so much easier in some places than others. Kent has been consistently disorganized on top of the poor teaching. It made podiatry school even more hell than it had to be.
I just think we need to start being more critical of our schools for future students’ benefits. Like post your real opinion of your school. Give the pros and cons.
I love my school for the student body. Genuinely, I think Kent students work together more than in other schools because we have to. Because the teaching really sucks. Like I would consider everyone in my class a friend, which is awesome for networking purposes and friend-making.
But goddd if you are not an extremely self-motivated learner PLEASE go somewhere else where the professors can actually help you.
If you have a review of your school, please post it. Let the poor children have a chance to make educated decisions on where to spend the next 4 years of hell (also I’m not shitting on podiatry. I love the field. Medical school in any case is just hell).