California Connecticut Yale University: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| 2 on 1 or 3 on 1 interviews. Nice chairman though some of the younger faculty seemed arrogant. I found some of the residents to be unfriendly. Many FMG residents as well. | - Program Advantages:
| Good name, some great faculty and excellent chairman. Great benefits (free indirect etc) | - Program Disadvantages:
| New Haven isnt the best place for most people |
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District of Columbia Howard U - Wash, DC: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Very short interview day. Panel - 5 to 1, for 10 minutes. | - Program Advantages:
| Affiliation with a great va | - Program Disadvantages:
| In a bad neighborhood in DC. Residents seemed overworked and the surgical numbers were low. |
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Louisiana Maryland Sinai Hospital -Baltimore: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| A bunch of 2 to 1 interviews. Extremely nice faculty and program coordinator. | - Program Advantages:
| Excellent teaching and very nice and friendly residents and faculty. | - Program Disadvantages:
| only 2 residents per year, which some people may prefer |
| U Maryland: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Half Day interview day, 2 to 1 and 1 on 1 interviews. Great faculty and residents - seemed like a friendly program | - Program Advantages:
| Great Surgical Numbers and trauma exposure. Beautiful hospital/nice location | - Program Disadvantages:
| Residents work hard - not a cush program. |
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New Jersey UMDNJ - New Jersey MS: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience: - Program Advantages: - Program Disadvantages:
| Residents worked to the bone and seem miserable, one even dropped out. In house call. Newark is not safe city. |
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New York Albany Medical College: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Great interview day but long. 2on 1 interviews | - Program Advantages:
| Great faculty and very nice Chairman and PD. Very cool residents who seemed to know their stuff. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Location isnt the best for most. |
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| | New York Albert Einstein CoM: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience: - Program Advantages:
| Beautiful facilities. Nicest PD on the interview trail. Very friendly residents who love their program. |
| Bronx-Lebanon Hosp., NY: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| 1 panel. long wait to get interviewed. | - Program Advantages:
| Busy clinic in the bronx. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Bad neighborhood in the bronx, not the nicest facilities. |
| Nassau University MC - NY: | | | - Applied - Attended interview
| North Shore - LI Jewish: | | | - Applied - Received interview
| NY Presb. Hosp-Weil MC/Cornell U: | | | - Applied - Received interview
| St. Vincent's MC - NY: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience: - Program Advantages:
| great pd, great housing, great location | - Program Disadvantages:
| SUNY - Downstate: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Horrible. Stuck in a hallway all day. PD was flat out rude on the interview to many of the interview candidates | - Program Advantages:
| Nice chairman. Great surgical numbers. Cool wet lab | - Program Disadvantages:
| PD. residents overworked and exhausted. Hospital located in a rough part of Brooklyn. |
| SUNY Upstate - Syracuse: | | | - Applied - Attended interview
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