"Early clinical exposure, seeing patients in first month of med school through volunteering and preceptor" | Report Response

"Broad exposure to pathology- rotations through urban academic center, cook county hospital (huge inner city safety net hospital- clinical experience here is unbeatable)- plus opportunities to work in inner city health clinics and suburban ambulatory primary care" | Report Response

"clinical curriculum is excellent as Rush is a top hospital in the country. Definitely a hidden gem as it does not have the name recognition of other places because it is a small school with no undergrad or large grad programs. Also very down to earth classmates who are engaged and like to learn, but also have a good time. Not a class full of pointdexters." | Report Response

"I love the the faculty, the students, and the location. The faculty will bend backwards to help you. They are extremely accessible and really want to make sure you are learning. The same can be said for the students. There is no feeling of competitiveness - everyone wants to see everyone else succeed and is very down to earth. Chicago is also an incredible city and they are building a whole new hospital!" | Report Response

"close-knit community" | Report Response

"The people" | Report Response

"Administrative disorganization" | Report Response

"No association with undergrad- so not as much infrastructure" | Report Response

"preclinical classes, but they have changed curriculum" | Report Response

"Technology is a little behind, but they are working on it." | Report Response

"more food choices" | Report Response

"the technology" | Report Response

"Residency programs loved the Rush grads they had during my interviews which was a huge positive" | Report Response

"Rush selects for interesting people with a variety of cool backgrounds and thus tends to have lower MCAT/GPAs, but the class is made up of awesome people with diverse interests. Clinical training is excellent- you graduate feeling prepared." | Report Response

"excellent" | Report Response

"it's really good. the profs do all that they can to help you pass and understand the info. they give you complete syllabi for everything you need to know, which makes studying much easier!" | Report Response

"Rarely? I never went to lecture. Small groups are mandatory and 1 to 2 times per week" | Report Response

"Only afternoon small groups (2-3x/week)" | Report Response

"very rarely" | Report Response

"about 1 hour per day in the afternoon. ALso any day there is anatomy lab (3 hours)" | Report Response

"infrequent" | Report Response

"just a couple of afternoon activities and labs. lectures are NOT mandatory. the curriculum is becoming systems based next year" | Report Response

"None m1. Standard step 1 prep books m2. Standard nbme prep books m3 (which I shared costs with classmates)" | Report Response

"Review books (First Aid, BRS)" | Report Response

"none" | Report Response

"Greys anatomy is very useful - but you could easily get by with just the syllabus in every class and most students do." | Report Response

"determined by course" | Report Response

"depends on learning style" | Report Response

"All M1." | Report Response

"Textbooks" | Report Response

"Some student bought the histology and physio books, but the syllabus are so thorough they are not needed." | Report Response

"none" | Report Response

"depends on learning style" | Report Response

"None There is a separate family med track available" | Report Response

"no" | Report Response

"There was some talk it was designed to produce primary care physicians but is changing in the recent years" | Report Response

"primary care" | Report Response

"Something is being worked on nkw" | Report Response

"Never used but has studios, 1 and 2 bedrooms, typically much cheaper than other parts of the city." | Report Response

"didnt live there, but kinda like a mod/cheap motel room. right by campus." | Report Response

"There are studios, 1br, and 2br. The apts are a little older, but very spacious and convenient to the school." | Report Response

"900 for studio per quarter" | Report Response

"studio, 1 br, 2 br etc between 800-1100" | Report Response

"Overall great. Pharm instructors werent great m2." | Report Response

"For the most part above average, particularly anatomy and pathology." | Report Response

"Of course there are good and bad, but overall I am extermely impressed. No matter the lecture style, all faculty is very accessible outside of class and want to make sure students succeed. One teacher shows up at the lecture hall every saturday morning and is online every night before the test for questions. Others may not go that far, but are very responsive to questions and are more than happy to make appointments outside of class." | Report Response

"excellent" | Report Response

"amazing. have gchat and stuff. very accessible by email and appointments" | Report Response

"Overall amazing. Only a couple were uninterested or rude to students." | Report Response

"Fantastic" | Report Response

"1st year - unknown" | Report Response

"excellent" | Report Response

"N/A" | Report Response

"Honors pass fail" | Report Response

"Honors/Pass/Fail" | Report Response

"Honors/P/F" | Report Response

"P/H" | Report Response

"h/p/f" | Report Response

"Honors high pass pass fail" | Report Response

"Honors/HighPass/Pass/Fail" | Report Response

"P/HP/H" | Report Response

"h/hp/p/f" | Report Response

"Lottery (not as bad as it sounds) Required 4 weeks of family/outpatient internal clinic, neuro, psych, EM in m4 6 weeks ob (2 labor and delivery, 2 surgery and 2 clinic) 8 weeks internal medicine (4 at rush 4 at stroger) surgery and peds" | Report Response

"Scheduled as part of a "track"- class is broken up into six groups and each group starts on a different rotation. Required rotations = Ob/gyn, Surgery, Peds, IM, Ambulatory Medicine (either FM or IM), Emergency, Psych, Neuro, SubI" | Report Response

"lottery. Medicine, surgery, family practice, peds, ob/gyn, neuro, psych" | Report Response

"OB/Gyn Family Internal Medicine Peds Surgery Psych neuro" | Report Response

"surg, neuro, fam med, int med, obgyn, peds, psych" | Report Response

"N/A" | Report Response

"Overall job is to learn, accomplished by carrying patients and playing active role on team including writing notes that are cosigned" | Report Response

"Varies based on site. Traditionally, seeing patients every day and writing notes, following up on records, labs, etc. At Cook County increased responsibility- coordinating with consultants, doing lab draws, etc." | Report Response

"not much scut work. Writing notes, seeing patients, presenting, doing procedures. No orders." | Report Response

"Unsure - 1st year" | Report Response

"per service" | Report Response

"n/a" | Report Response

"New Rush tower is gorgeous. The older part is still nice. Cook County is less nice/new but still clean and kept up." | Report Response

"Spend 1/3-1/2 of time at Cook County. Also spend time at associated outpatients sites." | Report Response

"exceptional" | Report Response

"Building a brand new hospital to be completed 2012" | Report Response

"excellent" | Report Response

"good" | Report Response

"Rush has a mix of the upper class/insured and charity care. County is a county, largely uninsured and immigrant populations" | Report Response

"Huge mix (big advantage of Rush)- wealthy/educated that come to Rush and other ambulatory sites as well as underserved/uninsured that go to both Rush, Cook county, and our student run health clinics" | Report Response

"varies. Spend time at Rush which has very good mix and a cook county which is a poor to indigent patient population." | Report Response

"unsure - I believe you get a little of everything" | Report Response

"inner city" | Report Response

"hispanic, african american, underserved" | Report Response

"Bars, music, trivia, the lakefront" | Report Response

"Tons of restaurants/bars/places to hang out. Also we have med school sports teams. Lots of getting together just to hang out." | Report Response

"go out to bars mostly." | Report Response

"There are always get togethers after tests as well as most weekends. The social chairs of our class usually can get wristband/discounted deals at bars and clubs in chicago. The only time the class is not as social is right before midterms and finals." | Report Response

"hang out" | Report Response

"go out, shopping, food" | Report Response

"Very well" | Report Response

"Some block getting into places like BWH, JHH but once people are in residency they do very well. I got several comments from PDs that Rush graduates are well prepared." | Report Response

"very well in both" | Report Response

"The match list seems strong" | Report Response

"excellent" | Report Response

"really good" | Report Response

"Was told multiple times in residency interviews that Rush grads were strong clinically (skills wise and with patients )" | Report Response

"As said above, most have very positive opinions." | Report Response

"respected as far as I know. Ive gotten plenty of interviews." | Report Response

"I believe Rush is a top institution and is respected by residency directors" | Report Response

"good program" | Report Response

"good" | Report Response

"Clinically" | Report Response

"Strong generally, but Rush has a particular reputation for being good at Ortho." | Report Response

"rush is big into orthopedics, but dont know if that translates to the student population" | Report Response

"I believe a large percentage go into internal/family med/peds - but I don't believe they are known for it." | Report Response

"primary care" | Report Response

"orthopedics, neuro and neuro surgery, family med, internal med" | Report Response