OK, this is the best thread on here right now. So why are your dream schools your dream schools? Penn was mine bc of the curriculum, the faculty, and the fact that the students all seemed like normal people (at least the ones who came out on interview day and Penn Preview). I also like Philly as a city... everything's within close proximity and it just seems to be the ideal city to be a student. I liked Duke bc of their curriculum also, but nothing else attracted me to them. Baylor was cool bc of their curriculum (curriculum matters to me!) and the TX Medical Center is phenomenal. UTSW was even better than Baylor, but since they're a state school, they couldn't come with as good a financial package. Hopkins looks good on paper. No real reason why I applied there except that Hopkins is the 1st name in medicine. Overall, I think Penn is the best medical school. The structure of the curriculum is great, you have wide variety of electives you can do (and can do up to 12 of them!... won't find this in ANY other school), plus the oppurtunities to do research are unique. Penn's my fav school, but I still haven't found that PERFECT dream school that I elluded to earlier =)