Hmm, that's a toughie. Here are some points to consider:
- Dartmouth's name is recognized by the lay public because it's an Ivy. In the world of medicine, however, it's on par with schools in the top 20-40 range. It's definetely not an "Ivy" in the medical world. Then again, neither are the other two.
- Dartmouth has tons of outdoors stuff and their own skiing mountain. If that's important for you, then Dartmouth is amazing.
- I presonally liked everything about Dartmouth except that their facilities are a bit outdated and that they don't get much variety of pathology. If you want lots of emergency medicine, gun shot wounds, that sort of thing, you won't really get it at Dartmough.
- Rochester has perhaps one of the best curriculums. They integrate their clinical and basic science years. Awesome.
- It's really, really cold in Rochester and there's tons and tons of snow.
- I don't know much about OHSU except that it's in Ohio.
Good luck!! All great choices!!
Quid
By the way, you might want to PM ZekeMD about Rochester - he's going there next year.