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Profile #03682
Demographics
Match Year:  2014
This profile will remain anonymous permanently.

Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  238
USMLE Step 2:  238
Step 2 score not available to residencies during application.

AOA:  Not Selected
Class Rank:  Bottom 50%
Family Medicine:  Satisfactory Internal Medicine:  Satisfactory
Pediatrics:  High Pass Surgery:  Satisfactory
Neurology:  High Pass Psychiatry:  Satisfactory
OB/Gyn:  Satisfactory Ophthalmology:  Honors
Other Information
Many organizations/volunteer experiences, 4 abstracts, presented poster at ARVO

Applications
Alabama
  U Alabama - Birmingham:
- Applied

Arizona
  U Arizona:
- Applied

Arkansas
  U Arkansas:
- Applied

Colorado
  U Colorado:
- Applied

Connecticut
  Yale University:
- Applied

District of Columbia
  George Washington U:
- Applied
  Georgetown U/Wash Hosp:
- Applied
  Howard U - Wash, DC:
- Applied

Florida
  U Florida - Gainesville:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Good, well organized
- Program Advantages:
VERY impressive surgical numbers, decent area
- Program Disadvantages:
No residents clinic/limited autonomy, high faculty turnover
  U Miami / Bascom Palmer:
- Applied
  U South Florida - Tampa:
- Applied

Georgia
  Emory University:
- Applied
  Med C Georgia:
- Applied

Illinois
  Loyola U / Hines VA Hosp.:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
  Northwestern University:
- Applied
  Rush/Presby/St.Luke's/PG1:
- Applied
  Stroger/Cook Cty-Chicago:
- Applied
  U Chicago:
- Applied
  U Illinois - Chicago:
- Applied

Iowa
  U Iowa:
- Applied

Kansas
  U Kansas - Kansas City:
- Applied

Kentucky
  U Kentucky:
- Applied
  U Louisville:
- Applied

Louisiana
  LSU - Shreveport:
- Applied
  LSU / Ochsner:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Good, mix of 1-1, 2-1 and 3-1 interviews, well organized
- Program Advantages:
Very good exposure, supportive faculty, decent research opportunities
- Program Disadvantages:
LOTS of traveling
  Tulane University:
- Applied

Maryland
  Friedenwald/Maryland Gen.:
- Applied
  J. Hopkins -Wilmer, GBMC:
- Applied
  Sinai Hospital -Baltimore:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Good, several 1-1 interviews, well organized
- Program Advantages:
Small program, good faculty, decent pathology/surgical numbers
- Program Disadvantages:
Small program, area?
  U Maryland:
- Applied

Massachusetts
  Boston University:
- Applied
  Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary:
- Applied
  Mass.Eye&Ear/Spec Program:
- Applied
  Tufts/New England Eye Ctr:
- Applied

Michigan
  Henry Ford Hosp - Detroit:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
GREAT!!! several 1-1 interviews
- Program Advantages:
Loved the program!!! Amazing faculty and facilities (wetlab, eyesi, etc), decent level of autonomy
- Program Disadvantages:
Research?
  U Michigan:
- Applied
  W. Beaumont-Detroit:
- Applied
  Wayne State University:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Awesome!! well organized
- Program Advantages:
Great pathology exposure, good autonomy
- Program Disadvantages:
Blah facilities, Too busy?

Minnesota
  Mayo Clinic:
- Applied
  U Minnesota - Mpls.:
- Applied

Mississippi
  U Mississippi / PGY1:
- Applied

Missouri
  St. Louis University:
- Applied
  U Missouri - Columbia:
- Applied
  U Missouri - Kansas City:
- Applied
  Washington University:
- Applied

Nebraska
  U Nebraska:
- Applied

New Jersey
  UMDNJ - New Jersey MS:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Very organized, 5-6 one-on-one interviews
- Program Advantages:
Very good exposure, decent research, good reputation
- Program Disadvantages:
In house call all 3 years, very crappy area, have to commute, cost of living not low

New York
  Albany Medical College:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Good, well organized, 4-5 2-on-1 interviews
- Program Advantages:
Very good faculty and facilities
- Program Disadvantages:
Small program, only 50% of residents do fellowship
  Albert Einstein CoM:
- Applied
  Bronx-Lebanon Hosp., NY:
- Applied
  Columbia U / Harkness:
- Applied
New York
  Mount Sinai SoM - NY:
- Applied
  Nassau University MC - NY:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Horribly disorganized
- Program Advantages:
Underserved population, good exposure
- Program Disadvantages:
Very underfunded however no longer in a trailer, no research opportunities, no help with board prep
  New York Eye & Ear Infirm:
- Applied
  New York Medical College:
- Applied
  New York University:
- Applied
  North Shore - LI Jewish:
- Applied
  NY Presb. Hosp-Weil MC/Cornell U:
- Applied
  NYMC Brooklyn&Queens:
- Applied
  St. Lukes/Roosevelt-NY:
- Applied
  St. Vincent's MC - NY:
- Applied
  SUNY - Downstate:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Awesome, well organized, 3 2-on-1 interviews, everyone very friendly
- Program Advantages:
Very good exposure to pathology, pay for 3 different review courses throughout residency
- Program Disadvantages:
VERY busy, inhouse call (boooo) for the first year, crappy area, hard to find parking (parking not covered for residents either)
  SUNY Upstate - Syracuse:
- Applied
  SUNY-Buffalo /Ed.Consort.:
- Applied
  U Rochester:
- Applied

North Carolina
  Duke University:
- Applied
  U North Carolina:
- Applied
  Wake Forest U:
- Applied

Ohio
  Case Western Reserve U:
- Applied
  Cleveland Clinic Found.:
- Applied
  Ohio State University:
- Applied
  Summa Health Sys. - Akron:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Ok, well organized
- Program Advantages:
Ok exposure/autonomy
- Program Disadvantages:
Very small program, everyone there was from Ohio, 1 of the interviewers was very unfriendly
  U Cincinnati:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Awesome, well organized 1-1 interviews with several faculty
- Program Advantages:
Great facilities and faculty, good level of autonomy, very family friendly
- Program Disadvantages:
No real research opportunities

Oklahoma
  U Oklahoma-Oklahoma City:
- Applied

Oregon
  Oregon HSU:
- Applied

Pennsylvania
  Drexel U - Philadelphia:
- Applied
  Geisinger MC:
- Applied
  Penn State U - Hershey:
- Applied
  Scheie Eye Inst / U Penn:
- Applied
  Temple U - Philadelphia:
- Applied
  U Pittsburgh:
- Applied
  Wills Eye Hospital:
- Applied

Rhode Island
  Brown University:
- Applied

South Carolina
  Med U South Carolina:
- Applied
  U South Carolina:
- Applied

Tennessee
  U Tennessee - Memphis:
- Applied
  Vanderbilt University:
- Applied

Texas
  Baylor CoM:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
  Texas A & M/Scott & White:
- Applied
  Texas Tech University:
- Applied
  U Texas - Galveston:
- Applied
  U Texas - Houston:
- Applied
  U Texas - San Antonio:
- Applied
  U Utah:
- Applied
  UT Southwestern- Dallas:
- Applied

Virginia
  Eastern Virginia MS:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Very weird, waited around for hours for 1 2-1 interview... Interview wasn't even with anyone important to the residency program
- Program Advantages:
None?
- Program Disadvantages:
Only 1 full time faculty member, very weird vibe
  Med C Virginia:
- Applied
  U Virginia:
- Applied

Washington
  U Washington:
- Applied

West Virginia
  West Virginia University:
- Applied

Wisconsin
  Med C Wisconsin:
- Applied
  U Wisconsin:
- Applied
Match Experience
Emailed several PDs with interest statements to try and get more interviews. Actually worked very well. I recieved 3-4 interviews that way.

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