Entering Class Fall 2013 / Graduating Class of 2017
American University
“Good price, in the city, close to family and friends”
Barnard College
“Renowned clinical training”
“Diverse population”
“Support for public institutions”
“Price, location, reputation, students!”
Bates College
“Integrated pathways curriculum”
“Proximity to family”
“Strength of clinical rotations”
“State tuition”
Boston College
“Tuition, close to home, clinical education, opportunities”
“I’m from NY and wanted to stay in NYC.”
“Great reputation, state tuition, and because it’s awesome”
Boston University
“I decided to attend SUNY Downstate because of its excellent clinical reputation”
“I chose SUNY Downstate because of the location and opportunity. I feel I could really benefit form the urban setting. I also have a strong support network in the area.”
Brandeis University
“Diverse student population & community, MD/MPH, In-State tuition, location in Brooklyn, residency stats”
“SUNY Downstate offers a prestigious level of medical education for a cost of almost half of other competitors. I would like to use this opportunity to pursue the career in medicine”
Brigham Young University
“Cost, location, felt good about decision”
Brown University
“Awesome residency list”
“State school- proximity”
“Lots of contact with patients”
Canisius College
“Between the fact that it is local, and cheaper as a NYS resident it was an easy choice”
Carnegie Mellon University
“Proximity to home”
Colgate University
“New York City”
Columbia University
“Tuition”
“Proximity to family”
“I heard the people are amazing and the clinical experience is out of this world”
“Proximity to home, money”
“NYC and Brooklyn Nets”
“Great clinical exposure”
“Its location and affordability”
“Wonderful clinical experience”
“Proximity to home”
“Tuition cost”
“The great curriculum appealed to me, in addition to the emphasis on clinical experience”
“Great clinical experience, NY, not expensive”
Cooper Union
“I wanted to stay at home and the clinical exposure here is unparalleled. The state tuition is also wonderful.”
Cornell University
“NYC, “cheap””
“I lived and worked in this area and I think it’s a great place to learn.”
“Location”
“Curriculum”
“In-State”
“New curriculum”
“Cost”
“Location”
“Clinical experience”
“Diversity”
“I wanted to be in a diverse and exciting city”
“Unprecedented clinical experience”
“Very down to earth!”
“State prices unbeatable, NYC is great and looking forward to diverse patient population.”
“Cheaper tuition”
“To serve NYC”
“To have access to diverse population of patients.”
“I liked the chance to meet and treat in a diverse patient population”
“Close to home”
“Cousin attended”
“The excellent training provided”
“Location”
“In-State tuition”
“Downstate has the programs and personalities I was looking for in medical school. State tuition will also help me in the future in my career. Downstate is near my fiancé and family”
“Love NYC”
“Great clinical”
“I heard the clinical opportunities were unrivaled anywhere else.”
“A great school, close to home, in state!”
CUNY- Brooklyn College
“The diversity at Downstate is like no other medical school in the country”
“Downstate is located in the city and treats patients of multicultural, linguistic, socioeconomic levels. I think that working with a wide diversity of patients will help me become more understanding of patients and gain experience in treatment of variety of conditions that may be more common in certain ethnic groups.”
“Location in New York City, diversity of student population and patient population, reputation and residency placements.”
“I decided to attend Downstate because of the excellent clinical exposure I would experience here. I was also in the 8-year B.A.-M.D program at Brooklyn college”
“Warm sense of community”
“Good clinical experience”
“Diverse student body”
“Tuition”
“Located in NYC”
“Early Acceptance”
“I decided to attend Downstate b/c of its great clinical reputation and affordability”
“I was born & raised in New York”
“Excited about all the opportunities the school offers”
“Because it is the best school in the NY area and I love NY, its diversity and live. By attending SUNY Downstate I am able to stay in NY and have a chance to help fellow Brooklynites & New Yorkers”
“Security”
“Close to school”
“Living with classmates”
“Because of the hands on experience I’ll be receiving”
“I was a part of a research lab at Downstate for almost 3 years. Great interview day, familiar with the area/school, and close to home.”
“I was interested in Downstate since high school when I was deciding between BA/MD programs and this medical school was the one I wanted to go to”
“Clinical experiences, friendly environment, close to home”
“I decided to go to Downstate because it’s one of the best downtown hospitals/medical schools in NY!”
CUNY- City College of New York
“Brooklyn!”
“Serves a diverse population”
“Early clinical exposure”
“In-State tuition”
“Clinical experience”
“Strong ties with the community”
“Live nearby, most accessible”
CUNY- Hunter College
“Close to home, great reputation for clinicals and was highly impressed during my interview”
“Because of SUNY Downstate prestigious history, possibilities of diverse community service and location”
“Close to home, great opportunities in Brooklyn and NYC”
“Diverse student body, affordable education”
“It’s a community school that gives great medical training & felt like a good fit for me.”
“Brooklyn location, NY State tuition, multiple clinical sites.”
“Good residency match, clinical training, cost, location”
“Close to home”
CUNY-Queens College
“Diverse patient population”
“Affordable tuition”
“Have friends here”
“Hands on experience”
“Close to home”
Dartmouth College
“Clinical experience”
“Community health/involvement opportunities”
“Cost (In-State tuition)”
“Match list”
“NYC”
“Location and cost of attendance”
“Clinical opportunities”
Drake University
“The location and patient population seemed ideal for learning.”
Duke University
“Great training/education/curriculum/location/proximity to home”
“Location, mission, patient population”
“Diversity, clinical exposure”
“Diversity of area”
“Location”
Fudan University
“The outstanding clinical training”
“The location”
“Patient population”
“1.5 years pre-clinical education”
Georgetown University
“Location in NYC and being part of a public hospital system. The diversity of student body.”
“MD/MPH program and NYC and great reputation”
Johns Hopkins University
“Location, In-State tuition, match list, convenience to home”
“PBL/ small group learning”
“Responsive administration”
“In-State tuition”
“Great class vibes”
“To experience the practice of medicine in the diverse & dense population of Brooklyn”
Lafayette College
“Location & alumni networks”
“I wanted to go to medical school in an urban environment that would give me the opportunity to work mainly with medically underserved patients.”
Loyola University New Orleans
“Location, clinical opportunities, low tuition”
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Great clinical training and close to home!”
McGill University
“Location”
“Population served”
“New curriculum”
“Clinical focus”
McGill University
“Clinical experience”
“Alumni recommendation and location in Brooklyn”
“The location is ideal, and the clinical training is great & many professionals I know have attended or recommend the school and the SUNY fee helps.”
“Cheap tuition”
Middlebury College
“Clinical reputation”
“Great location”
New York University
“SUNY is in Brooklyn, New York. Close to the city and Brooklyn is awesome to live in. lots to do, lots of different people”
“Reputation, price, location”
“Mostly location, but also the patient population & clinical care”
“SUNY Downstate’s curriculum and location.”
“Best place I got in, good patient experience”
“Great education at a good price”
“Close to home, in-state tuition”
“Diverse student population in NYC, which is where I hope to practice one day.”
“Because I wanted to work with an underserved community and be in a diverse atmosphere. Plus it was a great deal.”
“Fantastic clinicals; In NYC, close to home, cheap (in-state tuition)”
“I am a NY State resident; it’s a great school, relatively inexpensive and close to home.”
“Clinical experience, close to home, reasonable tuition”
Northwestern University
“To pursue medicine in an urban, underserved context”
Pennsylvania State University
“Location, new curriculum, general atmosphere”
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
“Good research”
“Convenient”
“Located close to family, great reputation for clinical exposure”
Saint Louis University
“I decided to attend because I like the location and the goals of the school.”
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
“In the city; state tuition and good reputation”
Saint Louis University
“I decided to attend because I like the location and the goals of the school”
St. John’s University
“It’s in NYC and pretty close to home”
“The tuition is hard to beat and I know the clinical rotations are excellent”
“Location”
“Strong clinical exposure”
SUNY-Albany University
“It is a wonderful school”
“Closeness to college and clinical”
“Its vision will prepare me to practice culturally competent medicine in the future.”
SUNY-Binghamton University
“Strong clinical opportunities, liked the institution more than I thought I would at interview, In-State tuition”
“Good school, good price”
“NYC, better residency, I got accepted here”
“Because it’s a SUNY”
“Brooklyn”
“Reputation for great clinical experience”
“I am from Brooklyn, so the proximity to home, good school reputation, and SUNY tuition were factors. Plus my girlfriend is currently a third year here.”
SUNY-Downstate Health Sciences University
“The reputation for great clinical education, and my time spent here as an undergraduate”
SUNY-Geneseo
“Great clinical reputation at an (relatively) affordable SUNY price, in an awesome area.”
“Reputation”
“Close to home”
“Affordability”
“I wanted to attend medical school in NYC, and the in-state tuition was huge plus!”
SUNY- Stony Brook University
“SUNY Downstate is known for providing its student- physician with excellent clinical experience & it’s located in NY. Also low tuition costs made it an easy choice.”
“The great value of tuition of a SUNY and the high quality education. Not to mention the diverse clinical experience”
“It was my first choice”
“Interview experience, amazing”
“Reputation”
“Location”
“Students”
“Great school, location and in-state tuition”
“Cheap”
“Student diversity, tuition, clinical reputation, location. ”
“I love Brooklyn, New York and I am very familiar with the area. I also appreciate the time and attention Downstate gives to its people in order to improve the surrounding community.”
“Diversity, great clinical opportunities, opportunity to continue research with Downstate faculty”
“It’s a solid medical school with a hardcore hospital and of course state tuition always helps”
“Great clinical reputation”
“Close to friends and family”
“Close to home”
SUNY-University at Buffalo
“Urban setting”
“Price”
“Clinical experience”
“Proximity to home”
“Great surveys”
Swarthmore College
“I liked the location, commitment to diversity, and clinical exposure. And I also only got into 2 schools so it was a pretty easy decision!”
Touro College
“Location and financial”
“Great reputation, close to home, in-state tuition”
“And it’s a great school in an awesome location”
Tufts University
“A chance to learn at a busy city hospital. Also I have family in Park Slope so I have a support system”
Tufts University
“A public university in NYC with clinical exposure I had heard great things about perfect combination for me.”
University of Arizona
“I enjoyed the people and staff I met during my visit to the campus during my interview”
University of California, Berkeley
“Diverse environment in the best city in the world”
“I wanted to learn medicine in a diverse, urban area. Downstate’s location and clinical reputation provided a good environment for what I was looking for.”
“Love the staff & location”
“I was accepted, & also because my family lives in the Brooklyn, NYC area.”
University of California, Davis
“The clinical opportunities are unparalleled. Also, exposure to a diverse patient population.”
University of California, Irvine
“Great clinical opportunities”
“Location”
University of California, Los Angeles
“I’m excited to be part of a public hospital system that takes excellent care of the full urban population”
“Clinical exposure, location, cost”
University of California, Riverside
“I have decided to attend Downstate because I think studying medicine in Brooklyn be a exciting and rewarding for me.”
University of California, San Diego
“Because New York City is sexy”
“Opportunities to work w/ underprivileged and it was the only school I got into”
University of Chicago
“The history and I really wanted to be in another large city near my family. Plus, you can’t beat New York!”
University of Connecticut
“Close to home & affordable tuition”
University of Miami
“Preference, location”
“Teaching hospitals”
“Wanted to move to another state”
“Cost of education”
University of New Hampshire
“It was the perfect fit for me- the mission of serving an underserved community, an excellent clinical training site and numerous opportunities for service.”
University of Pittsburgh
“I am from NY State so the price was good for me. But also the location of the school in Brooklyn was the main reason. ”
“Student body was friendly when I visited”
University of Rochester
“Superior clinical experience compared to other schools I was accepted to.”
University of Vermont
“Location, clinical experience, cost/value, and sense of community/class composition”
University of Washington
“Fabulous program & I really felt I’d have a home here for the next four years”
University of Wisconsin
“Good clinical experiences and location in New York City”
Washington University in St. Louis
“In State & close to home (Brooklyn). I also loved the vibe of people I met when I came to visit (shadow-a-student)”
Wesleyan University
“The diversity of students, staff and patients we would be interacting with, Downstate the perfect place for me.”
“The proximity to home, patient population and value of the education here at Downstate was too good of a combination to give up.”
Wheaton College
“Location, reputation, cost”
Yale University
“Excellent clinical training and the opportunity to experience New York City.”
Yeshiva University
“I grew up in Brooklyn and I wanted to study medicine in the community where I am from.”
“It has a great reputation, students gain really good clinical experience”
Other Comments
“I love New York and the students and professors at Downstate.”
“This university was close to home, in the city area and offers a great amount of clinical experience”