Remember what I said abt the SSM6 briefing? The one that was cancelled? Apparently the GEP (Graduate Entry Programme) students had theirs after the PPD exam. Due to the large number of the ppl in my year (Undergraduates + GEPs), the GEPs had their exam at Barts, and the UGs at Mile End. AND THEY GOT THEIR BRIEFING!! Us UGs, sat in the lecture hall waiting like fools for almost an hour (well okla, some of the students did behave like fools after a while, but that's besides the point..). The point is we didn't get our briefing! And SSM6 is week after next!
I do realize that the GEPs are technically one year behind us (they did 1st and 2nd year syllabus within a year) in terms of seniority in the course, and the UGs are better during Comm. skills sessions as well as clinical skills, due to the fact that we practiced just too many times (for exams and firms and such) but there's no need for preferential treatment! These ppl are graduates, for goodness' sakes, they're definitely more mature and more knowledgeable than all of the UGs put together despite their number (although I must say, us UGs have acquired the skill of manipulating the minutest knowledge we have and seeming very impressive when we talk about random nonsense....hmm I'm not putting my case forth very well, am I?)
The bottom line is : UG or GEP, we deserve to be treated equally. Although on the grounds of maturity and knowledge, UGs are at a disadvantage. And in terms of knowing their way around med school the GEPs often feel a bit separated from the rest of us students. But hey, these differences shouldn't be the justification for differential treatment.
That's my two cents' worth of opinion.
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