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Profile #00682
Demographics
Match Year: 2011
This profile will remain anonymous for two years from the match date above.
Academic Information
USMLE Step 1: 226
USMLE Step 2: 251
AOA: Not Selected
Class Rank: Top 10-25%
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| Family Medicine: | High Pass | |
Internal Medicine: | High Pass |
| Pediatrics: | Honors | |
Surgery: | Honors |
| Neurology: | Honors | |
Psychiatry: | Honors |
| OB/Gyn: | Honors | |
Anesthesiology: | Honors |
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Other Information
Honors in Research program. 1 basic science pub, 3rd author. 1 clinical review/chapter, 1st author. 1 basic science paper submitted, but not yet published. 1 poster presentation of basic science results for student research week.
Applications
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas| U Arkansas for Med: |  | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Somewhat disorganized. Lunch was not until very late, people complained of hunger. Little enthusiasm from chief resident, chair, or PD. Interviews were suprisingly formal with several behavioral questions, they grill you a bit. Interviewers did not seem f |
- Program Advantages:
| Tons of peds at a great children's hospital. Long hours translate into clinical competency. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Long hours, few perks. Residents don't seem thrilled to be there. |
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California| LAC-Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
| | Stanford U: | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| No weaknesses. Tons of technology, very well funded program. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Long hours, no CRNAS, little help from techs. You are kind of a one man show.Palo alto is nice, but SUPER EXPENSIVE. |
| | U California (Irvine): | | | - Applied
| | U California (San Diego): | | | - Applied
| | U California (San Francisco): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Slick. They know they have a reputation for being 'malignant', and it doesn't bother them. Does NOT seem like a malignant program |
- Program Advantages:
| I doubt you will get better training elsewhere. Famous faculty, obviously. Very progressive place, always on the cutting edge. SF is an amazing, one of a kind city. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Rotate through 6 or so different hosptials. SF is crowded and SUPER EXPENSIVE. |
| | UCLA Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
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Colorado
Georgia| Emory U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 2 day interview with tour starting at noon on 1st day, actual interviews on 2nd day. Hotel paid for x2 nights, nice. Very welcoming and hospitable. They memorize your name before you walk through the door. Interviews low key. |
- Program Advantages:
| Atlanta is an amazing city. Seems well rounded. Graduates are well prepared clinically. Emory is a nationally recognized name. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Rotate through 5-6+ different hospitals. Facilities are dated at both Emory U Hosp and Grady. Still rely heavily on paper charting (although transitioning). Call at Grady seems rough. The patient care areas of Grady look a bit like a prison. |
| | Med Col of Georgia: | | | - Applied
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| | Massachusetts
New York| Maimonides Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | Mount Sinai SOM: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | New York Presb Hosp (Columbia): | | | - Applied
| | New York Presb Hosp (Cornell): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| OK. Some awkward questions from faculty. Chairman came across as slightly arrogant. |
- Program Advantages:
| Training is very solid. Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering, etc. Great location on UES. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Subsidized housing didnt seem very nice, and was still expensive. Some residents expressed unhappiness. Long hours. Weak peds. Not a friendly atmosphere. |
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Oklahoma| U Oklahoma Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Very low pressure. Sort of a long day, 8-4ish. 4 total interviews, about 15 min each. |
- Program Advantages:
| Laid back residents who seemed happy, very cushy intern year, workload/hours seem reasonable. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| OKC not the most exciting place to live. |
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South Carolina| Med U S. Carolina: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Pretty well organized. Residents seemed like happy, adjusted people. Everyone was very polite. Awesome dinner at a cool restaurant downtown. |
- Program Advantages:
| Residents seem happy. Hours seem amazing, out at 3 on noncall days (main OR). Charleston is an awesome city. PD is young, enthusiastic, energetic. Some moonlighting. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| You wonder if lighter hours, focus on resident well-being impacts the clinical training at all...? |
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Tennessee| U Tennessee Med Ctr at Knoxville: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | Vanderbilt U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Interview Experience:
| Very slick interview day. A tad formal, but not off-putting. Very efficient, not too long (out by 2:30), professional. Behavioral interview much less formal than anticipated, questions not bad, I only had 3, although they do make it slightly more awkward. |
- Program Advantages:
| Seems well rounded, great exposure in all areas. Tons of ICU experience; ICUs are brand new x4 and are PALACES. Residents seemed normal, easy going. Tons of perks. Great computer system, fancy technology. Nashville is an awesome town. Centralized, with VU |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Rumor has it that intern year sucks. The 'Vanderbilt syndrome'? |
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Texas| U Texas Med Branch Hosps: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | U Texas Southwestern: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| TOO LONG, somewhat disorganized. Sort of an odd experience. Residents looked tired, didn't appear thrilled to be there. |
- Program Advantages:
| Tons of volume = lots of experience and expousre. There's a lot going on in Dallas, housing is affordable. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Long hours, questions about 'malignancy', residents being unhappy. |
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Match Experience
My application was turned in late, on 9/24. Took a little longer, but a lot of interviews came thru the pipe.
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