it was faaaaaantastic! 🙂
our prospective classmates are great and the first-years were really cool ... everybody's done these impressive things but is still really chill and laid-back. the weather was beautiful and san francisco was awesome.
i am really excited about the faculty ... the people i met just blew me away ... senior people who were just so approachable and down-to-earth and interested in teaching the students. at one of the panels, the med students talked about how at UCSF, teaching is a pretty important criterion for advancement in the faculty ranks, which is definitely not the case at a lot of the other top-tier schools. so they really take a lot of pride and care in teaching their med students.
one of the faculty members was talking about how they feel like it's their collective responsibility to help us realize our potential ... to help us believe in our abilities and to become explorers and discoverers in whatever field we enter -- whether it be primary care in the community or super sub-specialized academic medicine. i know it sounds kinda cheesy, but they just seem to be genuinely invested in the students there. i think the sense of community there is really special. (note: these comments are only in relation to the med school I'm currently working at and the other couple preview weekends I've been to.) 🙂
also, the students' lives there are so nice. Some of the second years were telling me that their first two years of med school were the most fun they've ever had ... because the curriculum is so chill and there's so much to do in san francisco. they would go biking across the golden gate bridge and camp out on the other side, take day-trips to santa cruz and napa valley, go kayaking at monterey, go skiing at tahoe, but then also do all the city stuff like explore all the great restaurants in sf, cheer for barry bonds with subsidized tickets, go to the museums and philharmonic, and go clubbing and bar-hopping.
And at the same time, they're so passionate about social/political activism and getting involved in homeless clinics and rallies. and there are such awesome research opportunities there too!
i know i sound like a cheerleader but i can't help it! 😍 i am so happy that i'll be attending in the fall and really excited to start!
our prospective classmates are great and the first-years were really cool ... everybody's done these impressive things but is still really chill and laid-back. the weather was beautiful and san francisco was awesome.
i am really excited about the faculty ... the people i met just blew me away ... senior people who were just so approachable and down-to-earth and interested in teaching the students. at one of the panels, the med students talked about how at UCSF, teaching is a pretty important criterion for advancement in the faculty ranks, which is definitely not the case at a lot of the other top-tier schools. so they really take a lot of pride and care in teaching their med students.
one of the faculty members was talking about how they feel like it's their collective responsibility to help us realize our potential ... to help us believe in our abilities and to become explorers and discoverers in whatever field we enter -- whether it be primary care in the community or super sub-specialized academic medicine. i know it sounds kinda cheesy, but they just seem to be genuinely invested in the students there. i think the sense of community there is really special. (note: these comments are only in relation to the med school I'm currently working at and the other couple preview weekends I've been to.) 🙂
also, the students' lives there are so nice. Some of the second years were telling me that their first two years of med school were the most fun they've ever had ... because the curriculum is so chill and there's so much to do in san francisco. they would go biking across the golden gate bridge and camp out on the other side, take day-trips to santa cruz and napa valley, go kayaking at monterey, go skiing at tahoe, but then also do all the city stuff like explore all the great restaurants in sf, cheer for barry bonds with subsidized tickets, go to the museums and philharmonic, and go clubbing and bar-hopping.
And at the same time, they're so passionate about social/political activism and getting involved in homeless clinics and rallies. and there are such awesome research opportunities there too!
i know i sound like a cheerleader but i can't help it! 😍 i am so happy that i'll be attending in the fall and really excited to start!
