it's an old thread, but i'm a current utmb student. if you're looking for an opinion of the school, here it is: I LOVE IT! The profs are great (for the most part) and I've met some really interesting and unique people here. The class is really diverse since it's a goal of the SOM to make it as diverse as possible. The way the class schedule works leaves you with lots of free time, so there's no excuse to say that there's no free time in med school.