Comments from the Class of 2018

College	Strengths	Liked Best
Bard College	Great hands-on training	My friends
Barnard College	Clinical experience Variety/severity of pathology	Everything that's why I'm staying here.
Boston University	Great patient population and faculty	My classmates, supportive staff
	Unparalleled clinical experience Great resources to learn from	Clinical clerkships. Student body
Brandeis University	Great clinical training Lots of responsibility	Great community of awesome people; 3rd & 4th year rotations, especially electives in 4th years
Columbia University	Community spirit—Supportive Deans Hands-on exposure	The people
	Clinical education Student body	Student body
	Clinical training Patient diversity Diversity of students Some attendings Autonomy as students	Living in Brooklyn!
	Outstanding and diverse clinical experience Hands-on rotations Relevant basic science education Amazing research opportunities	Classmates
	Clinical experiences	I have made lasting friendships with several students, all of which will make great doctors. This is a testament to Downstates' admissions policies. The faculties were accommodating and easy to get along with. Education was valued, as was personal growth and development.
	Clinical experiences	Classmates
Cornell University	Clinical exposure Education on the wards Clinical experience	Clinical exposure and experience
	Medicine clerkship at Kings County	Friendly environment, not cut-throat Plenty of opportunity to pursue your career goals
	Clinical years, autonomy on wards	Classmates, camaraderie in class
	Clinical experience Opportunity to rotate at different schools in NY area (but downstate was best)	Closeness amongst classmates The strip
	Clinical exposure	Clinical exposure
	Good clinical experience overall Confident to function as intern after graduation	Friendly environment, not cut-throat Plenty of opportunity to pursue your career goals
	Very supportive staff at student affairs.	The people; Confident to function as intern after graduation
	Hands-on clinical experience	Classmates
	Clinical experience, approachability of faculty, faculty blended, knowledge, willingness to take time from schedules to teach	The cafeteria – sitting with professors and other students
	Clinical experience	The experience The people
CUNY Brooklyn College	Great clinical experience Good education Great faculty	Good team support
	Clinical exposure	Flexibility of faculty- made accommodations
	Case based learning Early clinical experience MS3 clinical experience Step 2 CS preparation Broad array of electives Clinical mentors	Diversity of student body Campus activities Convenience of residence halls MS3 clinical experience
	Faculty	Camaraderie w/ students
	Didactics during wards by fellows, residents and attendings	Camaraderie w/ students; Teaching Hands-on clinical training
	Support, community	The people
	Very thorough	The people
	Clinical rotations excellent hands on training Patient population is warm and friendly	Faculty
	Support, community	Faculty
	The faculty is receptive to students. The curriculum is innovative and accepting to change.	I enjoyed the clinical exposure. After completing my rotations at Downstate, I felt competent when I compared my experience with colleagues at other schools. The cafeteria is very nice. It's important to have a great cafeteria when students are working so hard and good nutrition around this neighborhood is scarce.
	Clinical years experience CBL & small group sessions Great class & supportive staff	My class!
	Clinical med and practicing skills	Student Life
	3rd and 4th year… being on the floors at downstate and KCH… very strong clinical experience	Creating sculpture based dissections for 1st year medical students & activity as far as instructions to teach anatomy
	The people, the curricula and most importantly the patients!	The support of the faculty
	Clinical experience	My classmates
	Clinical experience	Small groups Study sessions
CUNY City College	Diversity of clinical experience Breadth of pathology	My classmates
	Clinical experience Friendly administration	My experience w/ patient interaction on the floor
CUNY Hunter College	Student body The approachable doctors The Patients Location	All of the above
	Patient exposure Great, fun, knowledgeable faculty	My friends and classmates
	The clinical training was extensive and prepared me to be a resident	The people
	Clinical experience	Classmates
	Clinical experiences Teaching	Classmates Rotations
	Experience on the floors, great attendings, wonderful faculty	The students and the floor work
	Clinical experience Hands on environment Given a lot of responsibility early on Research	Orientation Camaraderie
	Great patient experience Very amazing faculty who are dedicated to education Location	My classmates The patients Faculty
CUNY Queens College	Case Diversity Autonomy for students on wards Strong clinical experience Dedicated faculty teaching	Faculty teaching Dedication of deans and staff to assist students in all processes throughout medical school.
	Clinical training, hands-on training	Brooklyn, close proximity to Manhattan Working in an urban setting
	Diversity & Mentorship	Location, other students – supportive not competitive
	Working and learning in a service-oriented hospital while enjoying the benefits of a diverse academic environment. A strong emphasis on working for the undeserved both domestically and internationally. The faculty and administration were fantastic in nurturing a global perspective on health, and they take pride in educating students with unique goals and perspectives	The clinical experience of KCH and UHB were diverse, challenging, and interesting
	Diversity – of patients, physicians, faculty, staff and fellow students Accessibility of faculty – their commitment to our education was obvious throughout p>	Hands-on aspect of training – I always felt encouraged and that my getting involved was even essential
Duke University	Clinical exposure Atmosphere & camaraderie of student body	Camaraderie Faculty who like to teach
Emory University	Exposure to pathologies Class community	Classmates Brooklyn
Fordham University	The diversity	Carrel B
Georgetown University	Clinical experience	Clinical Great people
Georgetown University	Clinical exposure	People Diversity
	Clinical experience People Patients & students	Student Center
Harvard University	Opportunity to do service (Brooklyn Free Clinic) or research opportunities	3rd year rotations. I was able to rotate through about 10 hospitals in third year, gaining unmatched experience in clinical medicine.
Haverford College	Great resources especially the product service, transcribing service, and academic development. The school has been open to change.	The friends I made The experiences I had during my clinical rotations
Hofstra University	The faculty and administration were fantastic in nurturing a global perspective on health, and they take pride in educating students with unique goals and perspectives	Rotate through a variety of hospitals with wide variety of patients. Faculty trust medical students
John's Hopkins University	Clinical years were the best	My classmates
	Clinical experience Anatomy lab	The students The faculty
	Exceptional clinical education w/ opportunities for meaningful involvement in clinical care. Unparalleled diversity of both patients and my fellow students.	The students and faculty. I have never worked with such a loving and dynamic group of people.
	The clinical hands-on experience	The people I met (students, residents, attendings)
	Clinical experience	Learning medicine, meeting new people
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Clinical, hands on training	Amazing classmates!
	Great clinical experience
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Diverse clinical experiences	the camaraderie between classmates
	Great clinical exposure Friendly attendings and faculty	My co-students
New York University	3rd & 4th year clinical years at the Downstate and Kings County sites	My fellow students
	Independence	Fun
	Clinical experience	Found great friendships
	Curriculum, Academic Development	Campus events
	Clinicals	Clinicals
	Clinical experience	My class, professors and attendings
	Great clinical exposure Teaching all year round!	Working with the people Making friends
	The clinical experience was unparalleled	Getting the necessary clinical skills
	Good clinical experience
	Clinical years	People
	Clinical education Engaging faculty Great student class	Students
	Great teachers Great clinical experience Great student body	The people I worked with including students & faculty Being able to work with underserved population
	Clinical education	Good people, fun clinical experiences
	The variety of practice settings within urban communities. Contact with those for which medical care access is a continued issue. Variety of faculty and professional role model, a vast majority of which showed compassion for patients and students. Heterogeneity of the student body and community groups.	People, people, people. Always people.
	Clinical experience is unmatched	My classmates
	People	People
	Excellent clinical and hands on training A wonderful and rewarding patient population to work with	Meeting all my classmates and making life long friends
	Clinical training	Tutoring Block parties
Pennsylvania State University	Excellent support from staff and faculty to develop individual learning habits and clinical skills Patients are incredible in this community.	Awesome student body
	Clinical training Hands on	Classmates
	Clinical rotations	The people & atmosphere
Pennsylvania State University	Excellent support from staff and faculty to develop individual learning habits and clinical skills Patients are incredible in this community.	Awesome student body
Princeton University	The people (peers & professors) Hands-on experience	Being close to friends & family
	Opportunity to be involved with care of patients from diverse backgrounds with differing levels of disease severity and a variety of clinical entities Ability to significantly contribute to the medical team in meaningful ways	Clinical experience
	Clinical skills Great attendings Great anatomy	Classmates were supportive
Rutgers University	The exposure to diverse cases & autonomy given to the students	The students The faculty
	Clinical experience Patient care responsibility	People
St. John's University	The Academic Development The clinical rotations	The many friends I made
	Hands on clinical training Great faculty/staff Amazing community	Connections/friendships made
Stanford University	The people: nurses, doctors, patients and students	The friends I've made The way it opened my eyes to see things differently
SUNY Binghamton University	Responsive faculty Technology in education	Activities at student center
	Clinical exposure Advanced pathology Hands on experience	My fellow classmates
	Great clinical experience	Working with my class
	Great clinical experience Significant name in "street cred"	My classmates & Green Deli guys
	Diversity of pathology seen on the wards	People & Carrels
SUNY Geneseo	Strengths were the clinical experience and rotation sites Many students at other medical colleges are not exposed to as much hands on experience as Downstate students	I liked the diversity of both the student and patient population
SUNY Stony Brook University	Awesome teachers Great student diversity Brooklyn	Meeting awesome people
	Clinical exposure and strong academic support	The friends I made
	Good teachers	4th year People are relaxed
	Great teaching Great staff Lots of hands on experience	The people
	People, patient population, clinical experience	The clinical experience
	Camaraderie among students	My classmates
	Great clinical experience	Great faculty and student body
	Excellent teaching	The people
Syracuse University	Good clinical experience	Terrific people that I have met!
	Clinical experience Camaraderie among classmates	Classmates Interaction with professors
Touro College	The diversity of the patient population	My friendships
Tufts University	Hands on experience	My classmates
University at Albany	The hands on clinical experience	All the great people I have had the privilege of being friends and working with them
	Clinical	Flexible
University of California, Berkeley	Clinical years Opportunities for hands on experience	Literally everything
	Great exposure to diverse populations Friendly co-students Enthusiastic staff & attendings Virtually every hour relevant to teaching	I matured a lot in the last 4 years have both personally & in terms of my educational goals.
	Great clinical training Amazing colleagues	Making lifelong friends
University of California, Los Angeles	Clinical training	The people I met
University of California, Santa Barbara	diversity	Sense of community
University of Chicago	Clinicals	The student body
University of Maryland	The clinical experience Mentorship and teaching by residents	The environment, students and faculty were a pleasure to work with
University of Massachusetts	Great teaching, great hospitals	Camaraderie
University of Miami	Amazing clinical experience	Clerkships and amazing classmates
	The people	The people
	Unique clinical experience with many opportunities to learn hands on Wonderful patient population with unique, complicated problems Character building challenges in every rotation Diverse class of students	The classmates and life long friends I made The chance to live in NY
University of Michigan	Great clinical education	Students and faculty
University of Notre Dame	Clinical training was amazing. Students were amazing.	I made friends for a lifetime.
	Clinical exposure with a diverse patient population Great faculty that really cared for students education	Fellow students Faculty
University of Pennsylvania	Clinical education- great education The faculty really supports the students	The people, classmates, faculty, etc
	Clinical experience Diversity of pathology	Classmates Gym
University of Pittsburgh	Clinical rotations/experience Patient population	Diverse student populations
Vasser University	Diversity among students & patients	Students are amazing
	Clinical experience Podcasting of lectures and posting of slides	Great stories of interesting patients
	Clinical experience Awesome class	The people
Wesleyan University	The clinical education is unparalleled My ownership of my patients on the wards is something I doubt I could find at any other med school	The friends I made and the excellent camaraderie of the student body
	Clinical experience A lot of autonomy	Great student body
Whitman College	Great clinical experience	Great friendships
Yale University	Great school	People
	The strengths are good clinical clerkships with diverse patient population.	Studying in a place where diversity is celebrated and being involved in club activities.
	Clinical experience Class camaraderie Mentorship	My class
Other Comments	Clinical experience People	3rd year
	Good clinical experience, very hands on very early on	3rd year. Fellow classmates
	Great clinical training Small group sessions in 1st & 2nd year	The closeness of the class
	Clinical experience	Interaction with patients and faculty support
	Some excellent faculty clinicians who lead by example	Brooklyn
	Academic advising was the best department for students at Downstate	It's finally over
	Clinical rotations Hands on experience	Experience Relationships w/ classmates & professors
	Diversity, lots of experience	My peers
	Clinical education	Diversity
	Clinical experience Attending physicians	3rd year