At long last, there are new Pritzker Podcast episodes up: Episode 10 covering financial aid, and Episode 11 featuring the dean talking about new initiatives at the medical school. Check them out.
If you’re reading this and applying to med school now or soon, and you have questions about Pritzker, leave a comment here or email me so we can address it on the show.
There are many matters of business to attend to.
Another photo of mine was recently accepted for inclusion into the Schmap Guide, this one to Chicago. I’m happy to have been included again, especially since this was one of the first photos I took after first moving up to Chicago. Strangely, we’re most likely going to be moving about a block away from where it was taken.
The ninth episode of the Pritzker Podcast went up a few weeks ago. In this one, we spoke with two senior administrators at Pritzker about the curriculum and how it will be changing in the next few years. Take a listen at iTunes or on my podcast site.
Another of my posts at the Differential will be up shortly (and I’m just guessing at the links here). Check it to discover what, if anything, is different between being a med student and being a grad student.
Episode 5 has been released to critical acclaim. Not really, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it’ll hit the New York Times’ Best Podcast List one of these days. Also, that the Times makes a Best Podcast List in the first place, because that would be sweet.
(Psst. Someone told me that Episode 4 of the Pritzker Podcast is available now here. It will be up on iTunes on Friday morning.)
Episode 2 of the Pritzker Podcast is now available. To listen, subscribe in iTunes, go to its home page, or go here. Pick your poison.
At long last, the podcast is up and running. Subscribe here. I’m still figuring out a way to post the files here in case you’re an alien and don’t use iTunes…stay tuned.
UPDATE: Awesome. I just designed the podcast site and populated it with the first two episodes. Check it out here or using the link on the right. The second episode won’t be available on iTunes until Monday, but you’re special.
(UPDATE: The podcast is finally here. The files are all over the place, but they can be found on iTunes here, and random links to episodes in additional places are here. Email your questions and suggestions to pritzkerquestions@gmail.com.)
As Kamel (of bayblab blog and podcast fame) astutely noticed, I’ve had these non-functional links to a mysterious podcast up on the site for a while. Indeed, I plan to make these functional very soon, as I’m preparing to record the first few episodes of a podcast for my medical school shortly.
As it stands now, it’ll largely target applicants to the University of Chicago and what they can expect during the rest of the application process, but eventually we’ll be broadening the topics to cover things like financial aid, features of the school, likes, dislikes, and personal experiences. We’ll also be interviewing fellow students at various stages of their training to get a sense of what our students are all about and what experiences they’ve brought to the table, as well as members of the administration and admission staff to have their official input as well.
As this is geared toward Pritzker applicants, we’ll be depending on specific questions that come in to us so we can get them answered as thoroughly as possible. That’s the point of the podcast. In the past, we’ve participated in online text chats periodically with a select population of applicants, but that format is not entirely conducive to answering broad questions given the amount of people that are talking at once. Instead, this podcast will allow us to take the time to fully answer and address all aspects of questions that come in. As we gather more and more questions, we’ll be doing more focused, topical episodes to address a specific theme or aspect of the school. If there’s something you’re curious or confused about, don’t hesitate to ask. (Of course, the chats will still occur too.)
In doing this, we want for it to remain as transparent as possible. If you’ve ever applied to medical school, you surely have been frustrated at some point or other by the sheer amount of positivity that flows in the world of medical school admissions offices. Every school you come across is perfect. Perfect facilities, interesting students, great board scores, stress-free environment.
In the real world, no school is perfect, and this includes Pritzker. Thus, we want to remove the BS and relay the real deal. Most students I’ve talked to here generally enjoy themselves, but some don’t. Some things about this school are truly amazing and unique. Some things annoy everybody who comes through. We’ll talk about this stuff and let you decide for yourself if this school is for you without all the claims of awesomeness being shoved in your face.
The files very likely won’t be hosted here, but I’ll at least post them here as well to increase their general availability. As far as we know, this will the first school-specific admissions-style podcast, so we’re all really excited about it. Stay tuned!
