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Profile #02674
Demographics
Match Year: 2012
This profile will remain anonymous for three years from the match date above.
Academic Information
USMLE Step 1: 228
USMLE Step 2: 241
AOA: Not Selected
Class Rank: Top 25-50%
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| Family Medicine: | High Pass | |
Internal Medicine: | Honors |
| Pediatrics: | High Pass | |
Surgery: | High Pass |
| Neurology: | High Pass | |
Psychiatry: | High Pass |
| OB/Gyn: | Satisfactory | |
Ophthalmology: | Honors |
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Other Information
1 publication; 3 posters; 2 ongoing projects; 2 eye mission trips; ophtho volunteer work; worked as technician.
Applications
Alabama| U Alabama - Birmingham: |  | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Interview Experience:
| Great! Nicest residents and faculty I came across on the interview trail. 15 min panel interview (~8 ppl). Very collegial atmosphere. |
- Program Advantages:
| Eye ER; Facilities all right there; Great clinical and surgical experience; Great fellowship matching; Lots of research & easy to publish. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Great learning experience, but some are discouraged by q5 inhouse call as PGY2. |
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California
Connecticut
District of Columbia| George Washington U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Really sold the program. 5 faculty (1 on 1) interviews and 1 PGY2 (3 on 1). |
- Program Advantages:
| DC. Great fellowship matching. Friendly faculty and residents. Residents seemed very happy. Good private practice physician supervision/teaching. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Poor surgical volume. Travel to Martinsburg VA. +- depending on career goals: most of the trauma goes to Georgetown (WHC). |
| | Georgetown U/Wash Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 5 or 6 (3 on 1) interviews with faculty/chief residents. Great program overview. |
- Program Advantages:
| DC. Trauma. Busy clinics w/ diverse pathology at WHC. Cover a lot of sites. In general, very good fellowship matching. Resident run clinics/lots of autonomy. Clinically, well-trained. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Poor surgical volume. Poor fellowship match this year (3 of 4 didn't match in cornea). Residents nice, but seem stressed. |
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Florida
Illinois| Loyola U / Hines VA Hosp.: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Great program overview. ~7 (2 on 1) interviews. Very friendly. |
- Program Advantages:
| Awesome chair. Friendly faculty. Facilities all right there. Very good surgical volume for Chicago (150+ cats; good in other subs as well). Very good/busy clinic experience. Residents work hard, but are happy, and see a lot. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| | Rush/Presby/St.Luke's/PG1: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| ~6 (1 on 1) interviews. 8am-2pm. Faculty very nice. Left thinking highly of program. |
- Program Advantages:
| Lots of personalized attention; Great didactics; Great surgeons supervising every surgery you do. Awesome facilities. Leave ready to go out and practice general. Great rep in Chicago. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| No VA. Less academic than UIC, but more clinical. Very few, I'd definitely recommend this program. |
| | Stroger/Cook Cty-Chicago: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | U Illinois - Chicago: | | | - Applied
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Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky| U Kentucky: | | | - Applied
| | U Louisville: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Chair was nice to me, but spotted past at Emory and WashU. Other retina faculty member was rude (his way of finding out if you want to be there). Others pleasant. ~6 (1 on 1's) |
- Program Advantages:
| If you're a DO/FMG, they have a track record of taking 1 or 2 applicants/year. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Wasn't a good fit for me and most of the PGY2/3's didn't seem happy. I left the interview pretty disappointed. |
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Louisiana| LSU - Shreveport: | | | - Applied
| | LSU / Ochsner: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| ~7 interviews (one with the chiefs). All very friendly. Long interview day. |
- Program Advantages:
| Great new cornea chair. Good clinical exposure. Decent surgical #'s. Residents are really fun. New Orleans. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Program rep seems to be on the upswing. Lots of commuting: 4.5-6 months/year you are put up in housing outside New Orleans. |
| | Tulane University: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Maryland| Sinai Hospital -Baltimore: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Good program introduction. ~6 interviews (most 2 on 1) and all asked many negative questions (talk about weaknesses/mistakes you made/difficult situation/criticized my step score). Not a way to make a positive impression! |
- Program Advantages:
| Happy residents. Good technology. Chair was very nice. Overall, faculty seemed nice. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Overshadowed by JHU/Maryland. Poor surgery numbers, clinics not busy enough?? Baltimore. |
| | U Maryland: | | | - Applied
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Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota| U Minnesota - Mpls.: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Poor program overview--just showed pictures of Minneapolis. 15 (1 on 1's)--way too many, but I really liked the faculty! All very friendly. |
- Program Advantages:
| Minneapolis. Great surgical #'s. Good clinical training. Very nice faculty. Good rep in the Midwest. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Lots of recent change: shift from cornea-strong to retina-strong with new chair. Poor board prep. Cold! |
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Mississippi| U Mississippi / PGY1: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 6 or 7 interviews (mix of 1 on 1 and 3 on 1). Very friendly faculty. |
- Program Advantages:
| Brand new facilities. Facilities all right there. Great equipment. Very nice faculty. Lots of retina. Residents nice and happy. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Jackson. If you're okay with the city, the program is definitely worth a look. |
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Missouri | | Missouri| U Missouri - Kansas City: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Great interview day. Impressive chair. 3 interviews (mix of 1,2, & 3 on 1). |
- Program Advantages:
| Friendly program. More of a guided autonomy program. Decent surgical #s. Good didactics. Great glc exposure. Residents were happy. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| No VA. Decent fellowship match-?? (glc-heavy). I was pleasantly surprised with the program after my interview--solid middle tier. |
| | Washington University: | | | - Applied
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New Jersey
New York| Columbia U / Harkness: | | | - Applied
| | Mount Sinai SoM - NY: | | | - Applied
| | SUNY - Downstate: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 3 (2 on 1's). Nice faculty. Want to see if you'll work hard. Long interview day. |
- Program Advantages:
| You'll work your butt of but at the end you will be very efficient and clinically very well-trained. Good research. Great Grand Rounds on interview day. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Residents overworked. Very busy call and cover many sites. Brooklyn. Busiest program in the nation? (seems too busy) |
| | U Rochester: | | | - Applied
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North Carolina| U North Carolina: | | | - Applied
| | Wake Forest U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 1 panel interview ~15 minutes. Not that nice to me during my interview, but outside that faculty were friendly and residents were happy. |
- Program Advantages:
| Strong clinical and surgical training. Good #'s. Good fellowship matching. Great opportunities whether you pursue general or a fellowship. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Winston Salem. They interviewed 75 ppl for 3 spots, which I think is unfair to applicants. |
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Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina| Med U South Carolina: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| A bit of sitting around with many 3-4 on 1 interviews. Friendly residents/faculty. I was impressed with the program. |
- Program Advantages:
| Great clinical/surgical training. Charleston. Friendly. New chair making + changes w/ didactics and retina exposure. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Only thing I can think of is maybe not top notch fellowship matching. I'd definitely recommend looking at this program. |
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Tennessee
Texas| Baylor CoM: | | | - Applied
| | U Texas - San Antonio: | | | - Applied
| | U Utah: | | | - Applied
| | UT Southwestern- Dallas: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Very impressive PD. Great program overview. Faculty very nice and interested in getting to know me. Really sold the program. |
- Program Advantages:
| Great facilities/equipment. Good research. Great fellowships. Great clinical/surgical exposure. Dallas. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Busy clinics--sink or swim. Rumors of malignancy did scare me a little, but I left thinking very highly of the program. |
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Virginia
West Virginia
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Match Experience
Step 1 is important, but can be overcome. Apply broadly, and you might get lucky!
I didn't think there was a geographic bias with where I got my interviews.
Aways: Not as important as other fields. I didn't do aways at the higher tier programs I got interviews at.
**Contact programs for interviews: I didn't do it, but I hear it works. Thank you emails aren't a big deal, saying to a school that they're one of your top programs means nothing except that they are not your #1, which might even hurt. Saying they're you're #1 will likely help if you do it right after your interview (don't lie and say this to multiple programs though). Thank you letters will get there after they've already ranked you and they likely won't reconvene just to adjust your ranking based on a letter.
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