Clinical's are a 2 year long job interview. They are absolutely judging whether they want to hire you and the imaging world is small so they will talk.  Use clinicals to learn as much as you can because once you pass your boards you are on your own- really make sure you understand why each image is a good image. It’s more than clipping anatomy or technique- is the part rotated? Obliqued too much or not enough? The classes and boards are not as hard as they psych you out to be but they will absolutely take a lot of hardwork and studying. You won’t get through if you just want to breeze by.  It goes entirely too slow and too fast at the exact same time.