41 out of the 104 first-years answered this survey. 51% were female and 49% were male.
Well, the average age of those who answered the survey is 24. and 75% of the respondents were between 20-25. 53% of us took some time off between college and entering Pritzker. 61% of first years are single, 17% are “attached” and 22% are married.
10% of us have another graduate degree. Of those who responded, this included 3 M.S. degrees and 1 PhD. Those that took time off did a variety of things: worked for a non-profit and internet startup, had a career in journalism, did research in a nuerobiology lab, Air Force Officer, tutored, freelance journalis, technical director of a theater, did neurology research, psychiatric partial hospitalization program internship, worked for a consumer finance corporation, worked and went to graduate school, taught college biology labs and studied in the Dominican Republic, worked as a counselor with homeless women, did research on mental health and substance abuse treatment services, did management consulting, went to graduate school, worked as a foreign correspondent in Africa and China, taught, did research, got an MBA and worked, worked for Parke-Davis Pharmeceuticals, computer instructor, did research and got married, legal research specialist, did behavioral science research at UCSF and volunteered as an HIV test counselor.
85% of us live in Hyde Park. 24% of us live with other medical students, 46% of us live with roommates who are not medical students and another 30% of us live alone.
75% of us have a car and 93% of us have a computer with us at Pritzker.
Well, 73% of us were biological science majors and 41% of us speak another language fluently. 26% of us were in a sorority/fraternity in college.
The top three favorite courses were Physiology, then electives and Neuroanatomy. About 54% of us say we attended 75% of all the coursese and another 46% of us say we attended all of the lectures. But 56% of us admit to falling asleep at some point in lecture. And 71% of us took biochemistry, with the rest testing out. Check out the section on biochemistry to find out what options you have if you pass the biochemistry placement exam.
The average hours studied per week is 17.2 hours, with the range given being 0-50 hours. 49% of us like to study from home and another 44% say the library is the favorite place to study. But on average, we still get at least 7 hours of sleep per night!
Definitely!
93% of us had time to do community service
80% of us participated in medical school-affiliated groups
34% of us participated in non-meical school affiliated groups
12% of us TA-ed a course
7% of us had a job during first year
32% of us participated in intramurals this year
76% of us had time to hang out with other med students
78% also spent time with non-medical students
39% of participated in research
37% of us also spent time shadowing physicians in the hospital
73% of us still have time to watch TV
76% of us found time to exercise
68% of us liked to explore Chicago during our free time
32% of us liked exploring Hyde Park.
Only 60% of us are staying in Chicago to do research but another 13% of us are staying in Chicago this summer to pursue other activities.
At this point, 76% of us say we could name everyone in our class and another 20% say that we could name 3/4 of our classmates.
While only 5% of us always feel safe in Hyde Park, 93% of us feel safe “most of the time.”
95% of us say that we are happy here. Over 50% of respondents said that the BEST thing about Pritzker was our classmates. The administration, the Pass/Fail system, and Hyde Park were other answers given.