As a third year student this means absolutely nothing. A lot of the pathology that will walk in through the door will go right over your head. Scholl's clinic is not busy at all and even the stuff that comes through (that is not simply chip and clip) you still don't grasp 100% of everything that is going on. Especially when you are juggling 6-7 classes at a time and all you want to do is try and learn the **** that is being taught to you.
I had shadowed two well known programs after my first year of podiatry school and was fortunate to come across the directors of both programs. They pretty much flat out told me that I won't learn crap in my school's clinic until I finally get out.
My best advice to everyone that is applying this cycle is go to the school that will best teach you the basic (anatomy, LEA, pharm, path, micro) and clinical sciences (radio, PVD, Surgery & Anesth, peds, etc). This is the backbone in which all students rely on.
Another thing, instead making assumptions about how great each school's clinic is you might want to reach out and try and get in contact with a student who actually attends the school. Your best bet is to contact admissions and see if they have a student you can speak with. Hopefully you can get an accurate gauge of how things really are.
