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What are the best outside resource pq you did for GI mini 1?

This is the wildest policy I have heard of from ross. delaying students further 4 months to join a bs program just to keep them enrolled. Students should have the option whether or not they want to take private loans or govt loan.

I'm hearing that Ross let a bunch of people pass comp so that they can make space on the island to take as many new students as possible. This is in hopes of getting as many students as possible to be locked into the grandfather plan for financial aid?

What? Is this true? The conditions of the new bill don't make sense to me, but this is what is being said. Ross and AUC also started waiving parts of people's applications and interviews before this term if their stats were enough to get admitted into the school.

I guess this is good in a way because many people will get a chance to go to medical school under the grandfather plan, but this is a very confusing strategy to understand, and I'm wondering how this will affect students after this term and later down the road, because the number of students will increase, but clinical affiliations are not increasing as much at the same rate.

Need a haircut soon and I’m not feeling the vibe of the barbershop in the Villages.

I’ve been reflecting a lot on social dynamics in medical school, especially as an American minority student in the Caribbean system, and I honestly think people don’t talk enough about how much race, appearance, social validation, and group identity can affect the experience outside of academics.

One thing I noticed is that certain people seem to move through the social environment with much more ease. In dating, friendships, study groups, networking, and general validation, there are definitely beauty standards and social preferences that become very visible over time. If you fit the dominant aesthetic or social norm of the environment, people often approach you more, include you faster, and assume comfort around you automatically.

Meanwhile, if you’re outside of that norm, it can sometimes feel like you have to “prove” yourself socially before people fully open up to you. That doesn’t mean nobody will connect with you — I’ve made genuine friendships — but the process felt harder and more emotionally exhausting than I expected.

I also noticed a lot of social groups naturally revolving around race, culture, lifestyle, or sexual identity. I understand why people gravitate toward familiarity and comfort, but sometimes it can unintentionally make other people feel isolated or peripheral.

The hardest part honestly wasn’t even dating. It was realizing how much social validation can affect confidence, belonging, motivation, and mental health in a high-pressure environment like medical school. When you already deal with academic stress, isolation can hit even harder.

At the same time, I don’t want this post to come across as bitterness or blaming individuals. I think a lot of these dynamics are bigger than one school. They reflect broader societal standards and insecurities that get amplified in competitive environments.

I’ve still met good people and formed meaningful friendships. But I think conversations about race, belonging, social exclusion, attractiveness standards, and emotional isolation in medical school deserve to be discussed more honestly instead of pretending everyone experiences these environments the same way.