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Clearly any anecdotal note that your friends tell you are going to be skewed towards their Cornell experience.
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<p><em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>It is anecdotal to their department and, more especially, their field and advisers. My prejudices against Princeton aside, I was simply trying to make the point that you really need to look beyond the numbers to get a sense for the undergraduate experience may be like for any given student at any given school.</p>
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I think you've been very insightful and I largely agree with your comments. I do take issue with the idea that a small-class format somehow constitutes "hand-holding." Small courses can be challenging, rigorous and motivating.
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<p>Yea, you're right. That was an unfair and inaccurate comment I made. I apologize for that.</p>
<p>Basically, it comes down to your learning style. Socially, med school resembles a LAC. There's 120-170 kids per graduating class. You'll see the same faces over and over again. Academically, med school resembles a large impersonal public university.</p>