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Are you talking about med school or undergrad?
 
Heroic Combo said:
I disagree. Our class was ~30 people. Ours was the most dysfunctional of all the classes, lol (socially).
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Who cares about social. You don’t go to med school for social. Smaller classes mean the school needs to provide a lesser number quality rotations so there is a better chance it happens. As a DO school that’s very important. You will get to know your professors better. If there is in house research then there’s less people to fight over it with. Smaller number it becomes a more controlled product. Could go on and on. My class was 162 and there was just as much drama and sleeping around I’m sure
 
DO2015CA said:
Who cares about social. You don’t go to med school for social. Smaller classes mean the school needs to provide a lesser number quality rotations so there is a better chance it happens. As a DO school that’s very important. You will get to know your professors better. If there is in house research then there’s less people to fight over it with. Smaller number it becomes a more controlled product. Could go on and on. My class was 162 and there was just as much drama and sleeping around I’m sure
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I care about social, and so do others. It's a big chunk of your life, and your class dynamics contribute to your social health. I did really enjoy the small class size for other reasons such as academic relationships like you mentioned.
 
Over 100, and you will never know everyone in your class. DO schools have huge classes
 
Heroic Combo said:
I care about social, and so do others. It's a big chunk of your life, and your class dynamics contribute to your social health. I did really enjoy the small class size for other reasons such as academic relationships like you mentioned.
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And that’s why other things need to be incorporated into your life. Life choices are always a balancing act. The small class size benefits severely outweigh the downsides. One should not rely on intraclass relationships to stay happy. Join young professional groups, city sports, a church if religious.
 
We are at 160 and it feels too big.
But can't complain overall.
 
Mine is 230 and I feel that it is a good size.

If I don’t personally know each person in my class (I do know probably 70-80%), I do know of everyone in the class.

None of us have really ever had a problem with “fighting over resources” and we are fortunate to have an almost exclusive partnership with a large county hospital for our third-year rotations; it is my understanding that very few, if any, students attend rotations away from the school during third year without electing to do so.

Of course, it’s also worth noting that I am in Texas along with several other large medical schools on the MD side, with Baylor, UTSW, UTMB, UT Houston, and UT San Antonio all being over 200 students.
 
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