"The people. Don't underestimate this when choosing a school. Med school is hard and having classmates & faculty that have you back is HUGE. Also, the ultrasound curriculum is a huge bonus. Faculty very accessible and responsive to student feedback. Students consistently outperform national averages on the boards across every subject category. Graduates match well. Tons of opportunities for research, global health involvement, leadership, electives, additional degrees (MPH, MBA, etc)." | Report Response

"prepared me well for Step 1, residents/attendings enjoy teaching students that work hard" | Report Response

"The environment. There are plenty of opportunities to make medical school exactly what you want (which is probably true at many schools). If you want to study all the time and honor everything you can. If you want to have a personal life and pass and still do ok in the match, you can. If you want to be involved in the community, a specific cause or just stay in excellent shape - you can do that too." | Report Response

"Distance between the campus (MS1/MS2) and med center (MS3/MS4). Not a huge deal, as long as you're not trying to drive from Irvine to Orange at 5pm." | Report Response

"distance between med school and hospital" | Report Response

"Med school is hard. Period. Some of the first and second year professors STINK, because they are PhDs that don't get the medicine and they don't care that much. Its unfortunate, but also probably true at every school. Depending on your study style this may be very frustrating for you. But we also have some incredible award winning teachers (anatomy, physiology, pathology). Again, no school has an awesome teacher for everything. Overall the curriculum and teaching is above average from speaking to other students at other schools and I wish I had put more faith in the curriculum for teaching me what I needed to know." | Report Response

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"NOT frequently. Sometimes for labs or when a special speaker comes in." | Report Response

"very frequently" | Report Response

"Very rarely. There are a few small group discussions first year that have sign ins (literally like 4). Other than that you are supposed to go to at least 80% of class but many people who learn better on their own do not attend at all." | Report Response

"None" | Report Response

"BRS physio, BRS histo, goljan/big robbins, netters, leonard's anatomy" | Report Response

"Most people just use review books" | Report Response

"Personal preference" | Report Response

"No one really uses the text books they "require"" | Report Response

"no" | Report Response

"No. It was historically a family medicine school so there is still some inkling of that if you're looking for it. But we have tons of people who match into very specialized competitive fields." | Report Response

"Never lived there" | Report Response

"Cost is 500-1000 depending on what you get. They are graduate apartments but the 1 bdrms are almost impossible to get. 2/3 bdrm apartments are pretty available if you wait/harrass the housing office." | Report Response

"Descent. Some better than others." | Report Response

"varies, in general they care about teaching and do a good job. there are some very poor lecturers and some very excellent lecturers" | Report Response

"We have some incredible professors. We also have some poor ones. It varies as I'm sure it does with every school. Overall I'm very pleased with the faculty here." | Report Response

"Great." | Report Response

"very helpful. the harder you work, the more they'll invest in you" | Report Response

"Faculty in clinical years are generally incredible. As all schools we have a few who are less interested in teaching. But I'd say 90% of the clinical faculty love med students and love teaching and will really TEACH YOU. They are extremely approachable and are eager to help students acheive." | Report Response

"For me it was P/F for MS1 and H/P/F for MS2. Not sure if they've changed it since." | Report Response

"h/pf" | Report Response

"H, P, F - percentages not kept. A 100% honors looks the same as a 90% honors and an 70% pass looks the same as an 89% pass when it comes time to write dean's letters and rank. This is a great system - those who want to do something competitive can work their butts off and get their honors, and the rest of us enjoy the generally non-competitive atmosphere" | Report Response

"H/P/F" | Report Response

"h/p/f. class ranking is top 10%, middle 85%, and bottom 5%" | Report Response

"H, P, F - percentages not kept. A 100% honors looks the same as a 90% honors and an 70% pass looks the same as an 89% pass when it comes time to write dean's letters and rank. This is a great system - those who want to do something competitive can work their butts off and get their honors, and the rest of us enjoy the generally non-competitive atmosphere" | Report Response

"Internal Medicine (8 weeks), Surgery (8 weeks), OB/Gyn (6 weeks), Psychiatry (6 weeks), Pediatrics (6 weeks), Family Medicine (4 weeks), Ambulatory Medicine (4 weeks), Neurology (4 weeks), Vacation (6 weeks)" | Report Response

"3rd year - everyone takes the same 6 things. Schedules are just given out in the middle of third year. While people can switch for weddings, etc we do not choose the order of the schedule. Required rotations include: OB/gyn-8wks, Internal medicine-8wks, Family medicine/ambulatory medicine-8wks, Psychiatry-6wks, Pediatrics-8wks, Surgery-8wks. There is changing though, I believe neuro and radiology are going to be included as well. As of now there is 6 wks of vacation time to enjoy yourself or take electives and shorten your 4th year. 4th year - Only required rotations are a Sub I (family, med, surg, peds), ICU (surg, med, peds), substance abuse, and emergency medicine. Then you do 20 or so weeks of electives (they are in the process of changing it). Signing up is complicated with a lottery but I've never heard anyone say they couldn't get what they needed/wanted." | Report Response

"Depends on the rotation, team, and location" | Report Response

"Depends on the service and team. Mostly writing notes, following up on stuff, assisting with procedures, H&Ps, etc." | Report Response

"Great. UCIMC is very new and nice." | Report Response

"Great. Brand new building. All our affiliates are doing well." | Report Response

"More diverse than you would think (not all patients are typical OC fancy people- most of those go to Hoag). Good amount of Spanish-speaking patients" | Report Response

"Very diverse which is great. Lots of male veterans at Long Beach VA. UCI has a very diverse patient population with a variety of ethnicities/languages and both insured and uninsured patients." | Report Response

"Beach, bars and restaurants, sports (IM sports teams), sporting events (Angels, Dodgers, Lakers, Kings, Ducks, Rams, etc.), make local weekend trips" | Report Response

"Clubbing, bowling, parties, salsa dancing. Really depends on your interests." | Report Response

"Very well. Students match very well" | Report Response

"Very well. We are looked upon well by programs and match well" | Report Response

"Most residency directors like us. ESPECIALLY those in California if you want to end up in CA." | Report Response

"Very diverse matches. Students can pursue whatever specialty they want" | Report Response

"Historically it was a DO school (30+ years ago) so there is some history of primary care. But that is mostly gone" | Report Response