<p>Case is actually now affiliated both with University Hospitals AND Cleveland Clinic (in 2002 an agreement was established with the Clinic). While Case and UH are intertwined physically, the Clinic is just a couple blocks away. It's a great opportunity for a medical education.</p>
<p>Univ. of Florida / Shands</p>
<p>It doesn't matter. If you're in college, you don't go to medical school classes. And vice versa. It might MARGINALLY hel you gain access to that particular school, but this variable shoud probably not play a role in selecting a college.</p>
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Oh, I think it does matter. The OP wants to know about places where it is easy to do research and/or volunteer at a hospital. For anyone who wants to consider the possibility of the med school route, it is essential to volunteer to get exposure to patients and/or to shadow a doctor. One of the important differentiators in med school admissions is showing that an applicant knows what a doctor actually does and in fact, having some real experience being around treating patients on a long term basis. Being on a campus where the hospital is large and right on campus, like Case or URochester, is a nice advantage.</p>
<p>Also, I think you'll see for med schools that are part of a university, about 20% of their medical students did their undergraduate study at the same university.</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania........The Quad is smack up against a hospital. Many kids do research and also work in the hospital. Close and readily accessible for early experiences.</p>
<p>For the OP:</p>
<p>Hopkins medical is located away from the main campus</p>
<p>UPenn has a very good hospital on its campus in philly</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pennhealth.com/hup/%5B/url%5D">http://www.pennhealth.com/hup/</a></p>
<p>UPENN is excellent</p>
<p>Those are reasonable points, so I'll retract some of what I said.</p>
<p>Availability of a volunteer program in a hospital is useful. Research can be important, but it doesn't have to be in a hospital.</p>
<p>As for admissions, I'm of mixed minds. The admissions committees that I've been on give some preference to students from the home college. The preference is not dramatic but does include looking a bit more carefully at the applicant before rejection. One reason for the high percentages, however, is that virtually all of the more competitive applicants apply to the "home" school, and there is often a high yield for those accepted. It also helps that members of the committee are familiar with typical courses and letter writer.</p>
<p>I went to Duke, by the way, and their volunteer program and their research opportunities were fantastic and within easy walking distance of the main quad. If I'd gone to someplace like Williams, however, I've always assumed they have some sort of parallel opportunities without the immediate availability of a huge medicoindustrial complex. I could be wrong about that.</p>