Rootstown, OH
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Overall, students rated the program a 1.6 out of 10 for satisfaction. The student body is described as competitive. The environment is considered supportive for underrepresented minorities, LGBTQ+ students, married students, students with disabilities, non-traditional students. Graduates feel underprepared for board exams. Faculty members are seen as less approachable.
🎓 The Basics ▼
Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?
What was the zip code of your residence in high school?
| Response Avg | # Responders |
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| 45,124.29 | 7 |
What do you like most?
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non-integrated curriculum
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Students are friendly but also immature.
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Some of the faculty are ok
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Nothing. The student life here is tough due to the poorly organized curriculum and depressing given the bad and isolated location.
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Curriculum. Match list.
What do you like least?
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the administration
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Believe everyone when they say this school doesn’t care about its students. Most of the programs are barely accredited or constantly at risk of losing accreditation status which is ultimately at the expense of the students-the school will make choices not at all in the interest of individual student outcomes but in what will save the school’s numbers-evidenced by apparently forcing repeat years with a practice Step 1 exam and restricting when students can apply to residency based on whether they’re up to the mark or not. They publish a high Step 1 pass rate but many students are not even allowed to attempt Step 1 unless the school allows it so don’t get the idea that students are passing easily and timely. Curriculum is poor and the school is managed worse than my middle school was. Don’t be fooled by the impressive match list either-successful students here were bred to success for reasons completely unrelated to this school whether that’s through family connections, being tippy top students to begin with, who just had some personal reasons for staying local, or any reason you can produce that has nothing to do with the school itself. Crummy and getting worse everyday. Useless admin that are harsh and unkind towards students-they don’t know how to handle anything because they are used to having a bunch of 19 year olds running around from the ex BSMD programs. Now that they have actual adult students they don’t know how to manage a sophisticated adult institution
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The curriculum is terrible they started doing this PI think and I learn nothing there and waste 3-4 hours of my day there. On top of that there is a ton of busy work that makes it even worse. The students keep telling on each other to the admin over petty things making the experience even worse. The admins don't really care about the students and don't take us seriously. Feels like I am back in elementary school. If you want a nice school that will actually support you avoid this school. Got bullied by other students talked to the admin about it and didn't care as well. If you actually want to do well on step and get into a good residency would avoid the school like the plague.
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Students are treated like a number here. The mental health and well-being of students is not prioritized. The curriculum is objectively awful as the accreditation offices are constantly giving the school low ratings and closely monitoring them. I would highly recommend against attending this school. Very few medical students have a satisfactory experience during their 4 years here.
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Location, BS/MD program
🧾 The Details ▼
Does the student body seem cooperative or competitive?
Does the environment seem supportive for underrepresented minorities?
Does the environment seem supportive for lesbian/gay/bisexual/transsexual students?
Does the environment seem supportive for married students?
Does the environment seem supportive for students with disabilities?
Does the environment seem supportive for older/non-traditional students?
Do you/did you feel well prepared for your board exams?
How approachable are faculty members?
What are the facilities and clinics like (old/new, well maintained, etc.)?
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Average, nothing noticeably good or bad.
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Some newly built areas but mostly old and drab looking.
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Recently built and well-maintained
How do students from this program do after graduation - are they adequately prepared for practice?
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From my understanding, as medical students we see way less patients than the average medical school severely underpreparing us for high volume residencies. Additionally, it is evident admin only cares about money and not about student success and have actively harmed the medical career of several students. Choosing to come here was essentially career suicide.
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Really varies -every medical school is going to have successful students but that doesn’t mean the school was helpful in that-there are top-notch grads from here but most will tell you they did everything all by themselves.
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Most students are prevented from reaching their full potential as future providers.
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They do just fine. Every year a handful make their way into competitive subspecialties. About half end up in internal medicine.
What are rotations like?
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School has connections with decent area hospitals
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Rotations are low quality as many are in rural communities where students can’t make any useful connections. NEOMED doesn’t have a direct affiliation which is a serious disadvantage compared to other medical schools.
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Well-managed
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6
How do students from this program do in the Match?
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The stats show that students match below the national average. Very few students get into competitive specialities because the school restricts its students in major ways.
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Well.
Any other information you want to share?
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Yeah legally neomed covers their bases but only does so so they can quietly fuck students over. NEOMED is the "23rd most diverse school" yet REFUSES to hire a single counselor of color and many minority students feel unsafe here (I am white but my friends have shared numerous stories of microaggressions they have faced on behalf of admin). They are currently in the process of getting rid of the majority of our dedicated STEP 1 study time. While the school claims to be pass-fail, there is a general understanding that you need to high pass or do a certain % above passing (like over 5% over passing) to actually be seen as a passing, compliant student. While I get wanting to make sure struggling students get extra help, there is a toxic focus on % grades for a school that claims to be pass-fail. Admin will not communicate important information and yet expects us to know that info and penalizes us for not knowing said info that was never communicated. When admin does communicate, it is oftentimes unprofessional and mainly just denying students' lived experiences.
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This school does not put its student’s best interest in mind when making executive decisions. Very bad curriculum that is slow to adapt to change. The problem likely stems from the administrators who come off as extremely clueless.
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