Hmmm so many things...First and foremost I enjoy the strong family, community feel of the medical school. Classes here are very tight knit and supportive, not competitive with fellow students. The administration is friendly and always available to assist with any concerns. The thing I most enjoy about the curriculum is how fast you are given clinical exposure. Starting in the first week of first year you are split into groups of 5-6 students with a physician mentor where you learn history taking and physical exam skills for a few weeks before practicing on actual patients in the hospital connected to the med school. My mentor is an Emergency Med doc, so during my group's first week we took a tour of the ED. Coincidentally it just so happened that there was a new patient in the trauma bay with a double stab wound to the heart, so we got to see a thoracotomy with attempted surgical repair of the heart. It was crazy for a first week (and probably not the typical experience), but it sure made you feel excited to learn about the world of medicine.
