Tracey Isidro, SOM Class of 2017, offers her 10 tips for how to stay happy in medical school, despite the ups and downs: To some fellow medical students, happiness may be shrugged off as a weak emotion or a last priority. Other medical students would say that happiness is the key to making the medical school experience memorable and positive. I believe that to be happy is a wonderful feeling, and when I am happy, I am more efficient, productive, and enthusiastic.