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<li><p>WashU strikes me as one of those schools like…those who NEED to know about it, will know about it. Even though they added the “In St. Louis” part to the University name to avoid any confusion about location, it still gets the same old reply of “Why would you go all the way to the west coast?”. It’s getting a lot more popular these days, but I think that generally, WashU is sort of the “hidden prize”. I admit I hadn’t known about it beforehand, but now, I can’t even imagine a time where I haven’t known about it. If that’s…weird…enough.</p></li>
<li><p>Definitely a work hard AND play hard atmosphere. Kids there are very serious about their education and progress, but also are very social and looking for a good time. The general atmosphere is also very supportive and cooperative - not cutthroat or UBER competitive.</p></li>
<li><p>Everyone I’ve met from the University are actually quite laid back.</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t know anything about the program itself, but whenever I see Medicine and WashU associated, I never really have a doubt that it’d be a poor decision.</p></li>
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