SkipperDog

During the first set of clinicals for the med/surg rotation there are options for Marin General and San Rafael, but people carpool and it's not that bad. Otherwise, they are mostly all in SF. They try to keep clinicals near the campus so they save hospitals south of SF for the San Mateo campus and the hospitals in East Bay for Oakland. Mostly it won't be an issue getting clinicals in the city, but some hospitals are still hard to get to without a car.

The Oakland campus has access to all the school extras like the counseling center, health center, and book store. The SF and San Mateo campuses are satellite campuses and you have to travel to Oakland to take advantage of those things. However, there are messenger services that can send your books over to a satellite campus. There is also cheaper rent in East Bay and the program has been around much longer. The newer campuses still have some kinks they're working out. I chose San Francisco because the hospitals are the best. There aren't really any bad clinical choices and you get to go to UCSF, CPMC, SF General, Kaiser SF, etc. I wouldn't it trade for Oakland.

I'm getting a proctor so I can take the NET exam in southern California because they don't offer it around here. Is anyone else in SoCal that is interested in splitting the cost of hiring a proctor?