school comparison in terms of mission statements and focus

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I'm looking for a site that compares or gives info on schools based on the school's major focus, so that I can get a general understanding of what schools would fit me best. I'm not looking for numerical comparisons.
 
As a place to start--there is a brief description of each of the schools in the book--I started there and made a list of all the schools that interested me both in mission and geography..

and then once I had my list, spent time on each school's website gathering more information. (I actually made a spreadsheet with info that I learned, and ended up using this information once I got around to my secondaries).
 
Get the MSAR to cut down your list of possibles, and then peruse each school's website for specifics...there really is no easy way to do this.
 
Agree with using MSAR for this.
However, you'll find once you get into medical school that despite how they all try to "sell" themselves by emphasizing certain angles, most medical schools are very, very much alike in terms of what they end up teaching you. This is because what they are required to teach you is very much standardized. Also, you'll find that despite the mission statements of certain schools, a lot of the student have their own ideas about what they want to do and that may not jive with what the school says it is trying to do (i.e. lots of students at supposedly primary care focused schools want to specialize, and lots of students at the basic sciency famous research schools don't plan to spend their lives chained to a lab bench).

Picking out schools by where you want to live (geographically), where you might be competitive to get in (MCAT and grade averages) and cost might be helpful, in addition to looking at their mission statements.
 
ruraldr- "The book"? as in the bible?

dragonfly- half of the reason I want to find this information is for tailoring my apps/interviews. I figure showing some awareness of their stated intentions would help. However, I'm absolutely with you on location. I think that's the primary factor for me.
 
scratch that... I figured it out. MSAR = the book?
 
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