It was not exactly the impression that I was getting from my D. about 'away" rotations. First, they had 3 main hospitals to rotate at locality and while one was connected to her Med. School, 2 others were not. It was entirely up to a student to apply to whatever rotation (aside from the fact that they had to complete a core set of specialties). And that included applying to away rotations if it is desired. My D. contemplated on one, but decided that it is way too inconvenient. But the only reason that she would be doing it was to obtain additional II. Specifically, in her chosen specialty, the med. students are not allowed to do anything at all (aside from taking history). She knew that.