Timeline for I got an offer of admission to a post-graduate program in a totally different field. How to know if it is legit?
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| Nov 13, 2023 at 5:45 | history | edited | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 29, 2022 at 4:35 | comment | added | cag51♦ | Students at the school in question can participate in the match in the US. The matching rate is relatively low, however (65% rather than 95%) | |
| Dec 29, 2022 at 4:23 | comment | added | paul garrett | Well, also, the U.S. medical schools have the so-called "match", which is a very systematic mechanism that finds internships for essentially all U.S. medical school grads. I have no idea what non-U.S. med-school grads do to get into the system... but there's certainly no comparable virtual guarantee... | |
| Dec 28, 2022 at 18:53 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | Indeed, and all schools in general. Sometimes applicants are too focused on admission and not enough on success. This is a recurring theme on this site: other common instances are in the form "I got admitted to this ultra-busy lab with an ultra-busy PI and now they aren't mentoring me personally" or "how should I lie about my research interests/career goals to pass an interview". | |
| Dec 28, 2022 at 18:39 | comment | added | cag51♦ | To be fair, that's true of all medical schools. This one has lower average outcomes, but also lower cost and lower admissions criteria. The same dilemma I discussed in this answer. | |
| Dec 28, 2022 at 18:28 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | In other words, acceptance means "we will accept your tuition payments" and presumably provide some level of education that has earned them accreditation. It does not mean they guarantee accepted students a successful career in medicine. | |
| Dec 28, 2022 at 17:10 | vote | accept | user366312 | ||
| Dec 28, 2022 at 16:20 | history | edited | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 28, 2022 at 16:18 | comment | added | cag51♦ | Yes, I saw that in the Wikipedia article. It seems that they have now added the fine print. | |
| Dec 28, 2022 at 16:17 | comment | added | Neuchâtel | They have just recently been fined by FTC for deceptive marketing. | |
| Dec 28, 2022 at 16:16 | history | answered | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |