The med school has some great resources for students, in particular they have a lab where you can learn proper technique for a variety of procedures on computer-controlled dummies. They also hire actors to act out diseases and disorders to teach proper diagnosis and to learn how to develop a rapport with the patient.
What impressed you negatively?
If you stray a few blocks away from the med school, you quickly get to some REALLY bad parts of town. Also they're renovating the med school so a bunch of stuff, like the library is getting shuffled around. Also, the library isn't open 24-7. I think it only stays open until 12.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
After going to school for a year in Ohio, you can get in-state tuition