I knew I wanted to be a physician since high school
For students who are certain that their future is in the
house of medicine the REMS program gives them an
opportunity to secure that future while also exploring other opportunities it
allows an enormous advantage to students who know that they want to go into
medicine at the tender age of 15 16 or 17 and when they come here they are able
to explore every avenue without having to sacrifice any of their interests they
get the guarantee of going to medical school. The programs stood out to me for the flexibility
in the undergraduate program to be able to study exactly what I wanted to be
able to study while the students you know meet all the or take all the pre-
medical requirements that other medical student applicants would there's also a
unique aspect to REMS where undergraduate students can really major
in whatever they would like University of Rochester initially caught my eye as
being a school that possesses a really unique form of curriculum. They are an open curriculum school.
So it allows you to take a breath of different studies.
The reason why I chose the REMS program is because of the classes I can take most pre-meds
have strict schedules being bio major stuff like that however I have like a
business minor I'm taking some Comp Sci classes to students entering the REMS
program will be identified as people who have the opportunity to pursue a broad
variety of intellectual interests while maintaining focus on ultimately becoming
great doctors the ability to lay down foundations and tracks so that you can
develop them into longitudinal experiences is what makes a REM student
unique if you're interested in something special the longer you spend doing it
the more expertise you have the more ability you have develop and hone
mentorships and sponsorship experiences that's why REMS is so special when a
faculty member here is that they potentially have somebody that will be
with them for four five six seven eight years it changes how a faculty
member perceives a student and how much investment they have with that student
when you first start runs one of the first things that you're told is that
you do have this advantage of being in Rochester for eight years and any type
of research any type of opportunity the longer you can stay the better you can
do in terms of helping a project or making a difference the transition from
U of R to the medical school especially as a REM student is very smooth as a REM
student you're here on campus and the Medical Center is right across the
street so you have constant interaction with faculty members you have so many
opportunities to get involved at the Medical Center even before you enter
Medical School that's one of the most convenient parts about Rochester the
medicine there is literally a 15-minute walk away it's so helpful to have these
upperclassmen and medical students always there to support you it also
gives them the opportunity to join a community of scholars who have a unique
perspective on what it means to be going into medicine my introduction to REMS
and especially my transition from high school to college was extremely fluid
due to my being in this program I really appreciated having other students who
were the same grade as me who have the prospect of spending eight years
together or so like-minded on the same path as me it was just amazing to have
our REMS community like in my class is already so strong from the second that
you get to U of R you are built into a community of some of the best and
brightest individuals on campus so if you ever have a question about classes
even as a medical student you have 40 of the brightest students that are willing
to help you at any time you need it when a student enters this program and what I
hope is clear is that they are entering into a community of scholars the remans
program really focuses on developing each and every student to their full
potential our goal is to make these students in two broad interesting
creative human beings because we think that that creates a broad interesting
diverse and creative physician and that is the benefit of the Rochester
Early Medical Scholars Program