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Demographics
Match Year:  2012
Medical School:  University of South Dakota
Undergraduate Institution:  University of South Dakota

Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  228
USMLE Step 2:  237

AOA:  Not Selected
Class Rank:  Bottom 50%
Family Medicine:  High Pass Internal Medicine:  High Pass
Pediatrics:  High Pass Surgery:  Honors
Neurology:  High Pass Psychiatry:  High Pass
OB/Gyn:  High Pass Neurosurgery:  Honors
Other Information
5 Pubs (2 first author) - basic science research Lots of previous clinical medical experience (CNA, EMT, phlebotomy, etc) Did not take any years off to do research or get clinical experience

Applications
Arizona
  U Arizona:
- Applied
- Received interview

California
  Loma Linda U:
- Applied
- Received interview
  Stanford U:
- Applied
  U S. California/LAC+USC Med Ctr:
- Applied

Colorado
  U Colorado:
- Applied

Florida
  U Florida:
- Applied
  U S. Florida:
- Applied

Illinois
  Loyola U:
- Applied

Indiana
  Indiana U SOM:
- Applied

Kansas
  U Kansas Med Ctr:
- Applied

Kentucky
  U Kentucky COM:
- Applied

Michigan
  U Michigan:
- Applied

Minnesota
  Mayo (Rochester):
- Applied
  U Minnesota:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Not impressed with the program. Poor interview day.

Mississippi
  U Mississippi Med Ctr:
- Applied

Missouri
  U Missouri-Columbia:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Good organized interview day and dinner.
- Program Advantages:
Small, great residents
- Program Disadvantages:
Almost too small, have to leave for months in different years for training elsewhere.

Nebraska
  U Nebraska Med Ctr COM:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Loved it. Had rotated there before. Went very well.
- Program Advantages:
Great program, great residents. Ranked very highly.

New Hampshire
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr:
- Applied

New Mexico
  U New Mexico:
- Applied

New York
  Albany Med Ctr:
- Applied
New York
  U at Buffalo:
- Applied
- Attended interview
  U Rochester:
- Applied
- Attended interview

North Carolina
  U N. Carolina Hosps:
- Applied

Ohio
  U Hosp/U Cincinnati COM:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Interview Experience:
Different type of interview, many people didn't like it. Themed rooms.
- Program Advantages:
Large program. Almost 30 faculty and they take 3 students a year. 6 year program

Oklahoma
  U Oklahoma Ctr:
- Applied
- Attended interview

Oregon
  OHSU:
- Applied

Pennsylvania
  Penn St U/Milton S Hershey Med Ctr:
- Applied
- Received interview

Rhode Island
  Brown U:
- Applied

South Carolina
  Med U S. Carolina:
- Applied

Tennessee
  U Tennessee:
- Applied
  Vanderbilt U:
- Applied

Texas
  Baylor COM:
- Applied
  U Texas Southwestern:
- Applied

Utah
  U Utah:
- Applied

Vermont
  U Vermont:
- Applied
- Attended interview

Washington
  U Washington:
- Applied

West Virginia
  West Virginia U:
- Applied
- Attended interview

Wisconsin
  Med Col of Wisconsin Hosps:
- Applied
  U Wisconsin:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
Match Experience
10/5 - Rejected from Kentucky 10/10 - Rejected from Utah 10/13 - Rejected from Michigan

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