How is the social atmosphere in med school?

[LAman10]

I'm wondering how med school is in the social sense. I mean, you're in a 100-person class, taking all the same courses, seeing a lot of each other while you're studying or in class or whatever... it seems like med students should get pretty close with each other. Does this actually happen? do they all go and hang out with each other and stuff like that? I'm an engineering major, and we pretty much have the same situation, where we're in a relatively small class size (<100, which is small at my large state school), and we are all in the same classes and study with each other and do homework together and even hang out with each other and celebrate end of midterms and whatnot together. It seems like medical school would have the same type of atmosphere, but does it really?

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[go lakers]

Very cliquey.
You'll figure out who your actual group of friends are after getting to know everyone superficially. Then, you mostly study/grab food with those friends, but you (should) be able to stay friendly with everyone

 

[denaliem0515]

I think it also depends on class size. Some schools have class sizes that are smaller than 100, where you probably have the opportunity to get to know everyone a little bit more. If a school has a larger class size, friends might be more grouped.

 

[RedPhys]

Previous threads on this topic have mostly said med school resembles high school.

 

[Dr.Jekyll75]

Previous threads on this topic have mostly said med school resembles high school.

Really? I feel like everyone would be more friendly and not as territorial

 

[asdf123g]

how bad are we talking? Like lots of people spreading rumors? People using yik yak? gossipy?

 

[Mad Jack]

The social atmosphere is closer to that of high school than it is of college, from my observation. It isn't bad, it just is what it is.

 

[touchpause13]

Ya'll realize this is a necro-thread right?