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Decided I applied to too many schools. Didn't want to pay for the secondary and felt sure I would get into a school higher on my list than these.
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Most beautiful campus, can\'t beat it. Unfortunatedly no hospital attached or within walking distance of he med school. A big positive of UCSD is their student services. Four full-time PhDs whose sole purpose is to tutor/teach the med students, including putting on review and overview (optional) courses for USMLE and during the summer before matriculating for those who would like to review important subjects prior to starting first year.
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Wow! Pitt moved way up on my list! Pittsburgh is a very nice city, contrary to my preconceived notions of the city. Fastastic clinical opportunities associated with UPMC. NIH funding is impressive, several ways you can fund any type of project you may be interested in doing. Students are friendly, appear happy, and gave good reasons for why they had chosen UPSOM when asked. Living is cheap too!
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Top Choice - UCSF comes with a name, a friendly enthusiastic faculty that appear to love their institution, a diverse group of very friendly students, and the best anatomy lab I've ever come across bar none. The campus is compact and the medical school is physically attached to the hospital. Free shuttles connect to outlying hospitals. Pharm, dental, and nursing students all in same location which I feel is a potential benefit and conducive to integration and collaboration between the fields. San Fran is a beautiful, exciting, progressive, but also expensive city. UCSF does try to emphasize primary care and work with the underserved. The first of which is not really for me, although I'm all about the second. Student run clinics and clinical opportunities are excellent. Research opportunities include, almost literally, anything you want.