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Comments from the Class of 2015

College Strengths Liked Best
Barnard College Price Classmates
  A lot of hands-on experience, opportunities to practice skills like blood draws, IVs, surgical skills, procedures. Clinical rotations in geriatric psychiatry, Global Health Elective, Brooklyn Free Clinic
Binghamton University Self-monitored learning Camaraderie of student body
Great clinical experience, helpful faculty Had the opportunity for a lot of hands-on experience on clinical rotations
Diverse pathology, hands on experience Prepared you for dealing with difficult encounters
Boston College Well organized. Thorough. Excellent clinical experience. Nice staff. Many interesting cases as MS3/MS4. MS3/MS4 - great clinical experience. I felt it was a major edge to my education.
  Great people Friends
Brandeis University Clinical experience during 3rd year rotations and having peers who were willing to cooperate and work together and share and be supportive. My peers. I literally had the greatest class ever. Way to go, office of admissions.
CUNY Brooklyn College Comprehensive and hands on learning of medicine A lot of opportunities to learn
City College of New York Faculty really cared about making sure we learned. Working with patients and being actively involved in their care.
  Hands-on experience Teaching rounds
  Great Clinical training Great clinical exposures
  The clinical experience was amazing given the patient population. Also a lot of hands on experience. Preceptors were excellent and left a lasting impression and were role models for how one should carry themselves.
  Clinical experience Staff support
CUNY Queens College Great hands on clinical exposure, students are able to make significant contributions to patient care and develop all required technical skills, strong focused on patient centered care The strong sense of community
  Clinicals 4th year
  clinical training and numerous sites All the training sites and variety of pathology
  clinical experience Faculty are very helpful
  Hands on learning that I felt friends at other medical schools did not get The people were always friendly and down to earth and the atmosphere always made me feel useful and needed even as a student
  Hands on experience Students
  Pathology, unparalleled experience Learning a lot and being around great people
  Hands on experience Diversity, had an opportunity to see a lot
Columbia University Clinical Experience MS4
  Teaching me all aspects of healthcare and how to be self-sufficient, able to handle nursing and tech duties too How much hands on time I got as a student, especially with phlebotomy and blood draws. I'm the most comfortable in those at my residency program
Cornell University Clinical training was great Patient care, emergency medicine and cardiology rotations, MS3 rotations
  Clinical experiences It was in NYC
  Able to have great hands on training, taking care of patients like they were my own people, the professors, the experience
  Independence, preparation for intern year The lifelong friends that I made in med school
  Autonomy in the clinical years classmates
  Location in NYC The Student Center and Dormitory had many activities
  Clinical experience. Great EM department. Friendships I made. Becoming a doctor.
Georgetown University Faculty Faculty
Harvard Clinical exposure/experience Diversity of clinical exposure and working with humble and knowledgeable attendings
Haverford College Clinical responsibilities, diverse patient and student populations Friends I made
Howard university Clinical training Wide exposure to the different specialties
Johns Hopkins University Clinical experience The emergency room
  Fellow students were incredibly welcoming and helping, warm sense of comraderies. clinical experience was unparalleled Clinical experience. administration was relatively responsive to change
Marist College Clinical experience, relationships with other students, supportive urology faculty Relationships with other students
New York University Learning how to learn things quickly Commuting to different sites
  Seeing complex cases, good attendings who loved to teach My fellow classmates were genuine, wholesome, kind people
  Hands on experience, diversity of cases not usually seen elsewhere, strong infectious disease/trauma problems Fellow classmates and the clinical experiences
  Lots to do during clinical years Rotations
  Basic science courses and multiple sites for clinical electives Student center activities held every week
Northwestern University Hands-on activities, extensive inpatient workups Friendly attendings/residents, ability to care for patients in need
SUNY College of Medicine Clinical experiences My 3rd year and 4th year Sub-I rotations
SUNY Downstate The teachers, the students, the clinical experience for the most part Friends
SUNY New Paltz Great pathology in the clinical years My classmates
SUNY Stony Brook Great clinical experience working in an urban environment and great exposure
UC Irvine Value, diversity of educational opportunities, knowledge of faculty, student camaraderie Dedicated faculty and staff committed to our student body
University of Chicago Clinical experience Being in NYC
UCLA Working with underserved, diverse patient population, complex or rare pathologies Living in Brooklyn
University of Delaware Unparalleled clinical training and experiences that most of my new co-residents haven't experienced even a fraction of Crazy clinical experiences. Amazing, diverse, group of friends. Can't explain how much I loved my friends from medical school.
University of Michigan Autonomy on the wards Learning in a collegial environment
  Clinical experience 4th year
  Clinical experience The people I met
University of Pennsylvania Clinical years were excellent The people
  It was a medical school and I enjoyed living in Brooklyn. Lots of student activities. I got to do a lot as a 3rd and 4th year medical student. I'm sure the new curriculum has made the first 2 years more prosperity and less competitive.
  Hands-on clinical experience Interventional Radiology Elective
Yale University Patient interaction and Real Clinical Experience The interactions with my classmates and physicians
Yeshiva University Tuition, clinical experience Going through third year
  The clinical years The patients
  Interesting patient population Interesting patient population
  Good clinical experience Sense of community among medical students
  Diversity of faculty and students. Educational experiences at different hospitals The ability to study in ways that worked for me while having access to PPTs and audio files and handouts
  Hands on training The other students