There's not much any current student can tell you about the curriculum. The class entering this coming August will be the first year of the new curriculum. They've given us a basic idea of what they're doing, trying to limit formal lectures and increase the number of small groups. The year will start out with history, ethics, communication, and other things to prepare you for dealing with patients. Then you'll do a few months of basic sciences, then move into the organ system modules that will take you through second year. The classes on the new curriculum begin third year a couple months earlier than we will (April vs. June). They're also adding in a requirement for a "scholarly project" with more options than just research.
People live all over the city, some commute to school from far out, some live within walking distance, others in between. I like the city a lot, it's pretty laid back and there's a good bit of stuff to do. There's a good mix of people, and it's not really too uptight.
My only complaint is that lectures and professors tend to be too basic science oriented, talking about experiments with mice instead of the practical uses of the knowledge. Hopefully with the change in curriculum, that will be less of a problem. They're making an effort to involve more clinical faculty to solve that problem.
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