"Diversity of students, patients, and cases seen on rotations" | Report Response

"-clinical experience great -board prep excellent -strong match outcomes" | Report Response

"Some great professors and deans who are always willing to help a student in need. Linda Costanzo, physiology guru!" | Report Response

"The clinical experience really is top notch. I was allowed to do things that students at other schools never got the chance. I did multiple paracenteses, I opened during surgical cases and even got to sew using the Da Vinci surgical robot." | Report Response

"My fellow medical students here are really cool. Most of them are laid-back and have fun when they are working." | Report Response

"Solid board preparation." | Report Response

"Dr. Costanzo does a board review course for Step 1 (she is the author of BRS Physiology). The hospital is incredible for 3rd-year clerkships." | Report Response

"Research ease" | Report Response

"-financial aid office is not helpful -hard to schedule electives during M3" | Report Response

"Foundations of Clinical Medicine could be better integrated. Wish we had more simulation time in our first two years." | Report Response

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"THE ADMINISTRATION!!! They are totally unresponsive to student concerns. Student mistreatment is a HUGE problem at VCU. Anytime student mistreatment occurs here, the administration always sides with the faculty member who is being charged with mistreatment. Also, students are discriminated against here for everything from having ADD to outside activities." | Report Response

"Preclinical science year Foundations of Clinical Medicine course." | Report Response

"It's in the south." | Report Response

"-had a great time" | Report Response

"The board prep is excellent." | Report Response

"I am currently interviewing for residency. I have double 99 (averaged over 250 on steps I and II) so I got interviews at competitive programs. i cannot tell you how many interviewers have never heard of VCU. I have to explain at every interview that I do not go to UVA. I would not go here unless you have no other options. I only applied to three medical schools, and ended up going here to save money on in-state tuition. Apply broadly. Good luck." | Report Response

"A few times weekly" | Report Response

"-not very often" | Report Response

"Probably about 4 hours per week" | Report Response

"Once per week" | Report Response

"Infrequently" | Report Response

"Occasionally." | Report Response

"All have PDFs...Only true needed resourced are Qbank, Pathoma, SketchyMicro, and FirstAid" | Report Response

"-course texts are available for free in med school computer lab if you don't want to purchase them -easy to buy used books from upperclassmen" | Report Response

"Goljan, Micro Made Simple, First Aid" | Report Response

"Bates Guide to Physical Exam An Anatomy atlas (I like netters and Rohen) The Haines Neuroanatomy atlas" | Report Response

"Bates" | Report Response

"None." | Report Response

"-i never bought a required course book" | Report Response

"Almost all of the ones that are "required" are not necessary." | Report Response

"Basically everything else" | Report Response

"All other books are unnecessary" | Report Response

"None/All" | Report Response

"-minor emphasis on primary care, not much" | Report Response

"The curriculum is changing to more of a PBL type picture. It does not promote any one specialty." | Report Response

"No" | Report Response

"No." | Report Response

"Almost no one lives on the on-campus housing. Apartments are relatively cheap in Richmond. The more expensive apts run $1400 for a 2 bedroom. I live in a 2 bedroom about 2.5 miles from campus (10-15 min drive even in rush hour) for $1060/mo (split between 2 people)" | Report Response

"Solid" | Report Response

"-great instruction" | Report Response

"Generally excellent. There is going to be a move toward fewer PhD lecturers and more MD lecturers during the first 2 years which will make everything much more clinically relevant." | Report Response

"Not very approachable" | Report Response

"Highly varied. Some excellent instructors, some terrible instructors." | Report Response

"Solid" | Report Response

"-great instruction" | Report Response

"Really excellent on average. Most attendings do teaching rounds where a few times a week you sit down and they teach a pertinent subject. Of course there are the normal teaching rounds during actual rounds where they will discuss pertinent topics about that patient and go over important clinical maneuvers." | Report Response

"More approachable" | Report Response

"P/F but students are also placed into quartiles. Specific classes are issued a numeric value on a 100 percent scale" | Report Response

"Honors/High Pass/Pass/Marginal/Fail" | Report Response

"Fail, Marginal Pass, Pass, High Pass, Honors" | Report Response

"Fail, Marginal, Pass, High Pass, Honors" | Report Response

"H/HP/P/M/F" | Report Response

">92 Honors 86-91.9 High Pass ~70-85.9 Pass" | Report Response

"Specific classes are issued a numeric value on a 100 percent scale" | Report Response

"Honors/High Pass/Pass/Marginal/Fail" | Report Response

"Fail, Marginal pass, Pass, High Pass, Honors" | Report Response

"Fail, Marginal, Pass, High Pass, Honors" | Report Response

"H/HP/P/M/F" | Report Response

"Depends on the clerkship" | Report Response

"Lottery. Required rotations are Ob, Peds, IM, Psych, Neuro, Surgery, Family Medicine, and Ambulatory" | Report Response

"Peds, Surgery, Family, Neuro, Psych, OBGYN, Medicine" | Report Response

"Yes they are scheduled. 4 weeks FP (outpatient) 4 weeks Neurology (both inpatient and outpt) 6 weeks OB/GYN (mostly inpt with some outpt clinics) 6 weeks Psych (all do some inpt, some do all inpt) 8 weeks surgery (all inpt) 8 weeks peds (4wks inpt, 4 outpt) 12 weeks medicine (8 inpatient, 4 outpt)" | Report Response

"Surgery, IM, FM, Peds, Neuro, Psych, OB/GYN" | Report Response

"Manage their (1-4) patients" | Report Response

"-as much responsibility as you seek out" | Report Response

"Each will carry multiple patients. They will admit the pt and write an H&P when they enter the hospital (so will the intern). They will follow that patient during their entire hospital course and present on that patient every morning. During those morning presentations they will discuss the change in clinical status and offer their own plan as to what should be done. The attending will then discuss their plan and the merits and why that course or another should be taken. In the OR they will scrub for every case and will assist (generally not first assist). In OB they will help deliver babies doing a few on their own, will do tons of pelvics, ultrasounds and other stuff." | Report Response

"Pre-rounding on all patients" | Report Response

"Medical University and a Veterans Hospital" | Report Response

"-both MCV hospital and VAMC are in pretty decent shape, though the VA is a bit run-down" | Report Response

"MCV Hosp is a roughly 800 bed hospital on the medical campus. The vast majority of rotations are here. It is attached to where you take classes first and second year. The hospital is in good shape. We have a large level 1 trauma center that sees the major trauma for central Va, we have a new critical care tower (that is gorgeous) so all of our ICUs are brand new. This hospital has been taking students since the 1800s so it is a great place to train. There is also a VA medical center that is one of the largest VAs in the country. That is right down the road (10min drive) and you can choose do do some rotations like surgery here. All students must do 4 weeks of in patient medicine there. Outside of that 4 weeks, you can choose to do some rotations there. INOVA- 24 students choose to go up to northern virginia to do rotations here. This is almost universally people who grew up in northern Va so they stay with their parents. There are a ton of students each year from NoVa so there is often a waitlist for this program. You will not be forced to go if you dont want to." | Report Response

"Average" | Report Response

"Excellent condition." | Report Response

"Both are huge (even the VA is >400 beds)" | Report Response

"Underserved / Minority" | Report Response

"-at MCV hospital it is largely a mix of inner-city indigent and the poor with lots of referrals for weird stuff mixed in, great mix -the VA is a mix of 50+ older male vets with chronic conditions as well as active-duty injured soldiers" | Report Response

"For the most part, the patients are the indigent, underserved patients of Richmond. MCV/VCU serves almost all of the indigent patients of Richmond and more than half of the indigent patients in the state of Virginia. I would guess 60% are African American, 10% are latino, and 30% are white." | Report Response

"Poor. Urban. Non-compliant." | Report Response

"Inner city population." | Report Response

"Socialize, City festivals, Hike/Run/Bike, Outdoor Activities, River Activities, Beach trips, ski trips" | Report Response

"-lots of outdoor activities -drink/party" | Report Response

"Play sports together (basketball, golf) volunteer at free clinics, go out, go to shows or plays, hang out at Belle Island, run (lots of marathoners) and normal everyday life stuff." | Report Response

"Drink heavily. Hike. Mountain bike. Go to VA Beach. See live music. Wine tours. Team sports." | Report Response

"Abundant outdoor activities available. James River runs right through the city." | Report Response

"Well" | Report Response

"-they fare excellently" | Report Response

"They fare well. The main match has not yet happened this year but the early match has. We have multiple matches to the most competitive specialties and one of my friends is doing her Urology at MGH (Harvard)" | Report Response

"Average" | Report Response

"Solid match list." | Report Response

"Solid but not the best" | Report Response

"-during residency interviews I got very good feedback from program directors about graduates from VCU" | Report Response

"Generally it is a well respected program especially in the Mid-Atlantic where many of our graduates stay. I have interviewed at almost all of the top programs in my field including 2 Harvard programs, Johns Hopkins, Penn, and a slew of others. I had no problems with interviews. I'll let you know how the match goes." | Report Response

"Most directors at top programs have not heard of VCU" | Report Response

"-internal medicine, radiology, PM&R, OBGYN, surgery are very strong programs -neurology by far the weakest program" | Report Response

"Transplant and GI are traditionally very strong. The Internal Medicine program is very highly regarded nationally." | Report Response

"No" | Report Response