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Profile #03154
Demographics
Match Year: 2013
This profile will remain anonymous permanently.
Academic Information
USMLE Step 1: 243
Step 2 score not available to residencies during application.
AOA: Selected
Class Rank: Top 10-25%
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| Family Medicine: | High Pass | |
Internal Medicine: | Honors |
| Pediatrics: | High Pass | |
Surgery: | High Pass |
| Neurology: | High Pass | |
Psychiatry: | Honors |
| OB/Gyn: | Honors | |
Ophthalmology: | Honors |
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Other Information
Early interest in ophthalmology. 1 non-ophtho non-first author, 1 ophtho abstract. Two first author ophtho papers pending at time of application. Several ophtho posters. Lots of leadership activities
Applications
California
Colorado| U Colorado: |  | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Presentation from PD. 3 3or4 on 1 interviews, very laid-back. short tour. |
- Program Advantages:
| Beautiful eye center, mid-expansion and will be completed 2014? Will see huge volume here, good balance of autonomy and supervision (4 hospitals - VA, county, Univ, Childrens). Solid subspecialties and surg #s. DENVER. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Growing reputation, but not quite there yet. Very busy call - primary x2 years. County hospital is a little bit of a drive from the others. Very little ancillary staff at VA. |
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Connecticut| Yale University: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Short presentation, followed by 7 1-2 on 1 interviews and a tour |
- Program Advantages:
| Great VA experience, Bahamas rotation, location takes advantage of the Yale undergrad community |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Small program, some subspecialties only had 1-2 faculty.No simulator, no county hospital (but a clinic) |
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District of Columbia
Florida| U Florida - Gainesville: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Short presentation followed by 8ish 1on1 interviews. Very laid back. Walking tour. |
- Program Advantages:
| Huge surgical numbers, including refractive experience (80-100). |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Too much autonomy at the VA? No county. Small faculty (1-2/subspecialty). |
| | U Miami / Bascom Palmer: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Short presentation followed by hanging out in a conference room and sneaking out whenever you had an interview. 1 on 1 interviews, all very laid back |
- Program Advantages:
| fantastic reputation with strong subspecialties. Opportunities to particpate in community service clinics. Eye ER leads to continuity clinic patients. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Intense atmosphere. Very busy especially first year. Lots of Spanish speaking. Miami's culture may not be for everyone. |
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Georgia| Emory University: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Presentation early in the morning, then several (7?) 2 or 3 on 1 panel interviews, followed by a van tour. |
- Program Advantages:
| Great pathology, large faculty strong in all subspecialties |
- Program Disadvantages:
| busy call - 2 years primary. The county hospital is a bit of a drive and the residents are extremely busy there (work till 7pm). During my interview they discouraged my research interest. |
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Illinois
Iowa
Maryland
Massachusetts | | Massachusetts
Michigan| U Michigan: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Grand rounds followed by presentation, then broken into 2 groups. 1 interviews (all 1on1), the other group van tour of Ann Arbor. |
- Program Advantages:
| Research rotation, beautiful 7-story eye facility. All sites very close together. Less frequent call. Good technicians. Residents happy and very normal. Ann Arbor is nothing spectacular, but is very nice. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not a huge city, cataracts #s ok (150s) |
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Minnesota| Mayo Clinic: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Presentation followed by a walking tour (fast!!) and then 8ish 1on1 interviews, not intimidating. |
- Program Advantages:
| Great reputation and sees a huge amount of pathology, although still well balanced with bread and butter things. international opportunities and great research. Best surgical curriculum I encountered. Hours not bad (8-5). Beautiful facilities. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| VA rotation in Minneapolis as PGY4. No real indigent population. Rochester is definitely a small town, and somewhat hard to get to. |
| | U Minnesota - Mpls.: | | | - Applied
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New York
North Carolina
Oregon| Oregon HSU: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 2 interviews days are both split into AM and PM. In the AM the group was split into a tour group (great tour) and then 2 panel interviews, very poker-faced but not at all grilling and uncomfortable |
- Program Advantages:
| Very happy residents that are definitely not worked to the bone. Great training with international opportunities. Great perks. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Seems to be a well-regarded program by many, but doesn't show up in the rankings. Not as many match at big name fellowships |
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Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas| Baylor CoM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Great pathology with fantastic county and VA hospitals. Well-known faculty with strong subspecialties. They make finding research projects easy. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Work very hard, long days dont end till 7pm often. |
| | U Utah: | | | - Applied
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Virginia
Washington| U Washington: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| presentation followed by 1on1 interviews and a long bus tour of the city |
- Program Advantages:
| Really great teaching from many of the faculty, expanding to 5 residents, Seattle is beautiful. good surgical numbers. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Very busy call, faculty very young, lots of traffic in Seattle between sites |
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Match Experience
Matched at my #1 choice!!! To dispel some myths: I did not have a big wig letter (although it can't hurt) and my research was primarily basic science, PhD-based (and mostly unpublished at time of application), however I still got offers at some outstanding programs, and matched at a top program. Screening by geographic location was definitely more of a factor than I realized. Not coming from the East Coast, I had an impossible time breaking into East Coast programs for interviews. I didn't try emailing, but heard that often works. I think there's a lot to be said about being a well-rounded person, and many programs appreciate that. Interview slots go QUICKLY, if you can be on a rotation where you can check your phone constantly it will be to your advantage. Otherwise, just relax! Programs are just looking for people who will succeed with them.
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