I've only had scattering experience with the Rossies (kids that went to Ross for vet school and have to finish at an accredited vet school in the US) (Ross is one of the vet schools in the Carribean.)
And they haven't been that bad. It seems that either they really know their stuff or they are complete idiots.
Last block, there were 13 people on the block. Six were from Ross. This allowed them to form their own little clique. In the morning, there were tons of Ross stories. And I guess its okay, after all we all have our inside jokes after four years of being together. And it was super annoying though.
In path, we broke up into two groups and my group only had one person from Ross. She was explaining to us how Ross allowed three classes in a year and the classes were like 150 each and how they only graduated like 50% though. We asked why and she told us all sorts of reasons why Ross was so hard. Its hard to adjust to life on the island and being away from people and stores, the classes are so hard, etc. We all listened respectfully and then one of our professors came in and said essentially, 'well it may not be polite to say, but the people that get into Ross probably didn't get into another school elsewhere and can't handle the stress.'
The next day, this girl left to do something and all of us MU kids were there. We all looked at each other and were like 'I can't believe that he said that! But its true! And I didn't want to say it!' I believe its the belief of many of the people from MU.
Another thing-they give crappy presentations. Really crappy presentations. I worked superhard on my path presentation so that it would be good since one of the pathologists gave me all of the information. One of the Rossies, also got their presentation case from the same pathologist. And copied word for word what they wrote. Seriously, that's not cool.
After I had the first ICU shift and had to round with Dr.Mann, I came back and told everyone that it happens everyother Wednesday. Two weeks later, when one of the Rossies had to round with Dr.Mann, they were shocked. I warned them and then when I reminded them of that, they acted like its my fault.
And they complain about professors that have only lectured once. We've had these professors more than once. We have some right to complain. Not them.
[EDIT-Sorry if this offends anyone out there. I know its not the rule but it really seemed like it at Missouri. 5/31/11]
[EDIT-Originally published to Blogger on May 31, 2011]
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