Milwaukee, WI
Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
Overall, students rated the program a 6.7 out of 10 for satisfaction. The student body is described as moderately cooperative. 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 reasonably approachable.
🎓 The Basics ▼
What was the zip code of your residence in high school?
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| 57,717.00 | 10 |
What do you like most?
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Course directors are extremely supportive, as is most of administration. There are lots of people to help you if you seek it out. Early clinical exposure. Tons of opportunities for shadowing and research.
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MCW gives students lots of independent time for studying or using your time as you see fit.
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The students are generally nice, Midwest people with a variety of life experiences and ages.
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Study spots, and location
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The students and the collaborative, friendly environment
What do you like least?
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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With the new curriculum I think this will be addressed, but pre-clinical coursework, in my experience, was left far too much to be what the instructor thinks is important, rather than USMLE.
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MCW offers poor clinic training and unorganized preclinical courses. They are mostly concerned with testing, not teaching. So most of your learning will have to be independent.
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I would not regard this as a "student friendly" administration. I have either experienced personally or are aware of the most authoritarian, irrationally strict enforcement of various institutional rules that have been incredibly frustrating over the years.
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The price
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Poor name recognition, like the above poster said. The curriculum is undergoing change, which eventually will be a good thing.
🧾 The Details ▼
What are the facilities and clinics like (old/new, well maintained, etc.)?
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How do students from this program do after graduation - are they adequately prepared for practice?
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Fair
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People who succeed in med school here get whatever specialty they want.
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Do well, both in the midwest and on the coasts, and most ppl match in their top 3, everyone coming from MCW has the opportunity to do anything they want for residency as long as they put the work in the rest will take care of itself
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Very well, in my opinion
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Well
What are rotations like?
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How do students from this program do in the Match?
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Any other information you want to share?
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LOTS of legacy admits and an overwhelming amount of admits are the children of MCW physicians/surgeons. In general, most students have at least one doctor parent. Many many students have parents who went here, and quite a few people in administration also have kids going here... They advertise it at the white coat ceremony too. I feel very unsupported and unwelcome as a first-gen student here. All first-gen programming is geared toward students who have parents who went to college, just not med school. If you are in the minority of being a true first-gen student, you will be forgotten about and treated as less than. MCW does not do a great job at recognizing intersectionality and recruiting physicians from less prestigious and privileged backgrounds.
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Highly underrated, great experience!
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Great Facilities, large academic hospital. Good place to go. First 2 years are pretty disorganized though, with a lot of really bad profs. That may be universal though. I hear the 3rd and 4th year are great
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