Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine UCLA, B.S. Biology Age 24 From Moorpark, CA What does your typical day of medical school at Touro look like? Lecture all morning, lunch break, and then OMM/pathology/anatomy/histology/neuro labs in the afternoon How do your classes and lectures compare to those at your undergraduate institution? Touro uses a flipped classroom, […]
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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, B.S. General Biology and Spanish Age 25 From Crete, Illinois What does your typical day of medical school look like? Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is unique for being a pioneer of problem-based learning (PBL) so our schedule at SIU varied everyday. Every
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Weill Cornell Medical College UC Berkeley, B.S. Molecular and Cell Biology From Cerritos, CA What does your typical day of medical school look like? We start the day at 8AM either PBL, small group discussions, or lecture, and run through 1PM. Our afternoons are anatomy labs during the first semester, preceptorship , electives, or free
Indiana University School of Medicine UCLA, B.S. Age 24 From Danville, CA What was the most difficult adjustment you had to make going from second to third year? This jump was the most difficult educational barrier I have faced. There is dramatically more self-studying with no clear best resource to use. Despite feeling like I
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UC Irvine School of Medicine UCLA, B.S. Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Age 24 From La Verne, CA What does your typical day of medical school look like? During first year, we usually have our basic science classes from 9-12 with afternoon classes on occasions. We also have mandatory small group sessions (either clinical foundations,
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine UC Santa Barbara, B.S. Microbiology Age 24 From Los Angeles, CA What does your typical day of medical school look like? Pre-clinical years: Begins with lecture at 8AM, usually there are 3-6 lectures a day with small group sessions and virtual microscopy (pathology) sessions mixed in. Mondays and Wednesdays
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Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Undergraduate at University of Colorado Age 26 From Denver, CO What does your typical day of medical school look like? 7AM wake up. 8-12 I’ll watch the days lectures and make my study guide. 1PM-4PM there are required classes usually twice per week. Evenings are usually for free time.
USC Keck School of Medicine UCSB B.S. Biological Sciences From Ranchos Palos Verdes Age 24 What does your typical day of medical school look like? I’ll wake up around 6:30-7:00, and start studying until around noon. Our classes are recorded and put online, so I usually will study Zanki flash cards for a couple of
Rush Medical College USC, B.A. Biological Sciences, M.S. Global Medicine Age 24 From Cerritos, CA What does your typical day of medical school look like? Our schedule depends on the day of the week. We are broken up into morning and afternoon groups. A normal class day for me would involve an 8am quiz from
UC San Diego School of Medicine From Los Gatos, CA UCLA, B.S. Psychology Age 23 What does your typical day of medical school look like? We have lecture at 8 AM every day, but because it’s never mandatory, I usually wake up at 8 AM, chug a disturbing amount of coffee, and videocast the lectures