im not saying USF is superior, but for me, it was an easy decision to make. I wanted a large city atmosphere (tampa) with an emphasis on clinical practice. usf arguabley has the most clinicial experience in the state. they have a longitudinal clinical experience program where you are are paired with a preceptor starting from the first week or so i think. tampa general is a huge hospital with much trauma and transplant cases. what you say about the cooperative students is true. when your admissions has a strong emphasis on community service, rather than mcat and gpas, that's bound to happen. i think in florida - its best to choose based on what you're looking for, each school has their own marketing strategy as they are all good at different things. FSU does have the new facilities and problem based learning; they also have a program geared towards making primary care physicians (family practice, internal medicine, etc.). look more stuff up and choose according to what YOU like. no school is far superior to the others, per say.
