<p>i get what you’re saying now, but I disagree with you. Plenty of kids were putting in 13 hours during the week and then going out on the weekends - I certainly didn’t find them to be miserable and I doubt they did either. Med students are a double selected group (had to do well in high school and college) and there are a large proportion who are capable of achieving those scores while not holing themselves up in the library. I generally find the people who I would say were “unhappy in med school” to be the ones who were struggling to pass, not the ultra studiers. I also would of course say there is a difference between hyper competitive (which can occur at any score level) and ultra studiers.</p>
<p>I think the only way you can get a sense of the student body atmosphere is to actually interact with the students.</p>