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Profile #00488
Demographics
Match Year:  2009
This profile will remain anonymous for two years from the match date above.

Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  264
USMLE Step 2:  264
Step 2 score not available to residencies during application.

AOA:  Selected
Class Rank:  Top 10%
Family Medicine:  High Pass Internal Medicine:  Honors
Pediatrics:  Honors Surgery:  Honors
Neurology:  Honors Psychiatry:  Honors
OB/Gyn:  Honors Ophthalmology:  High Pass
Other Information
Some ophtho research, one ARVO poster (not first author), no publications

Applications
California
  Stanford University:
- Applied
  U California - LA:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Unparalleled facilities and training
- Program Disadvantages:
LA, moderate driving although not as bad as described elsewhere
  U California - SF:
- Applied
  U So California:
- Applied

Colorado
  U Colorado:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 2)
- Program Advantages:
Young, approachable faculty, new facilities, Denver
- Program Disadvantages:
2 years of primary call

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

Florida
  U Miami / Bascom Palmer:
- Applied

Georgia
  Emory University:
- Applied

Illinois
  Loyola U / Hines VA Hosp.:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
VA experience, good numbers, small program without fellows so lots of primary exposure, call schedule not bad
- Program Disadvantages:
Not very well known, little research
  Rush/Presby/St.Luke's/PG1:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Great numbers
- Program Disadvantages:
2 residents per class, have to do their surgical intern year
  U Illinois - Chicago:
- Applied

Iowa
  U Iowa:
- Applied

Maryland
  J. Hopkins -Wilmer, GBMC:
- Applied

Massachusetts
  Boston University:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Didn't get to meet very many residents
- Program Advantages:
Interesting patient population
- Program Disadvantages:
Very busy, old facilities
Massachusetts
  Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary:
- Applied
  Tufts/New England Eye Ctr:
- Applied

Michigan
  U Michigan:
- Applied

Minnesota
  U Minnesota - Mpls.:
- Applied

Missouri
  Washington University:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Amazing research, supportive faculty, busy first year but otherwise not too bad call schedule
- Program Disadvantages:
St. Louis

New York
  New York Eye & Ear Infirm:
- Applied

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

Oregon
  Oregon HSU:
- Applied

Pennsylvania
  Scheie Eye Inst / U Penn:
- Applied
  Wills Eye Hospital:
- Applied

Tennessee
  Vanderbilt University:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Not a ton of exposure to the residents
- Program Advantages:
Great facilities, lots of research opportunities, awesome dept. chair

Texas
  Baylor CoM:
- Applied

Washington
  U Washington:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
New chair is awesome, good changes in the future
- Program Disadvantages:
New facilities are still in the works, a program in flux although headed in the right direction

Wisconsin
  U Wisconsin:
- Applied
Match Experience
I had good numbers and grades but so does everyone else - it's hard to stand out on paper. Luckily I interview well so made the most of the interviews I did get and was very happy with my match.

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