Although it is theoretically possible that, if you quit one medical school, you could transfer to another school, in practical terms, that never happens If you did want to restart/transfer to another school here is what the student is facing:
1. Disprove the “can’t cut it” label that you acquired for quitting.
2. Convince your medical school Dean and/or faculty to give you letters of recommendation when they have absolutely no reason to put their reputation on the line for you.
3. Lose whatever tuition you already spent on medical school (if you are transferring you will have to start all over again and with another year of tuition- apples do not equal apples in terms of medical training).
4. Quitting medical school usually convinces students that they can’t handle the difficulty of the training anywhere.
This is the product of the sophisticated psychological hazing that can ruin a future doctor’s self-esteem and self-perception of resiliency whether they make it through medical school or not.
5. Except for privately sourced tutors, there is no system whatsoever to redress academic deficiencies (failing a course) without starting over. For example, if you flunk gross anatomy in the first semester, it is not offered again until the next year. Medical school courses cannot be taken during the summer. In other words, if you flunk any class, you lose a year.
6. Medical schools are simply not interested in nor are they equipped to redress deficiencies in incoming students. Why should they? The way they see it, why should they try to compensate for a proven loser when they can admit 200 naive and unsullied fresh minds who haven’t yet experienced the reality of school.