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Profile #00006
Demographics
Match Year:  2007
This profile will remain anonymous for one year from the match date above.

Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  234
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:  High Pass Psychiatry:  Honors
OB/Gyn:  High Pass Ophthalmology:  Honors
Other Information
No research. Lots of community service projects, leadership position, and other activities.

Applications
Connecticut
  Yale University:
- Applied

District of Columbia
  George Washington U:
- Applied
  Georgetown U/Wash Hosp:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Probably my toughest interview day, long, with 4 panel interviews with 3-5 per panel.
- Program Advantages:
Great clinical experience, busy clinics.
- Program Disadvantages:
Rotations spread out over D.C, Maryland, Virginia
  Howard U - Wash, DC:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
1 panel interview. Laid back.
- Program Advantages:
Urban experience, faculty go to bat for residents for fellowships.
- Program Disadvantages:
Not enough full-time faculty.

Maryland
  Friedenwald/Maryland Gen.:
- Applied
- Received interview
  Sinai Hospital -Baltimore:
- Applied
  U Maryland:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
5 one on one interviews. Nice faculty members. Happy residents.
- Program Advantages:
Good clinical experience.
- Program Disadvantages:
VA hospital is far away.

Massachusetts
  Boston University:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
3 interviews. 1 on 1 with program director. One with chairman and a site director. One with a 1 and 3 year resident.
- Program Advantages:
Great clinical experience.
- Program Disadvantages:
Private clinic experience.
  Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary:
- Applied
  Mass.Eye&Ear/Spec Program:
- Applied
  Tufts/New England Eye Ctr:
- Applied

New Jersey
  UMDNJ - New Jersey MS:
- Applied

New York
  Albany Medical College:
- Applied
- Received interview
  Albert Einstein CoM:
- Applied
  Bronx-Lebanon Hosp., NY:
- Applied
  Mount Sinai SoM - NY:
- Applied
  Nassau University MC - NY:
- Applied
- Received interview
  New York Eye & Ear Infirm:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
  New York Medical College:
- Applied
  New York University:
- Applied
  North Shore - LI Jewish:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
6 two member panel interviews.
- Program Advantages:
Clinical experiences at Queens County. Outstanding pay and benefits.
- Program Disadvantages:
Clinic experience at North Shore with mainly upper class .
New York
  NY Presb. Hosp-Weil MC/Cornell U:
- Applied
  NYMC Brooklyn&Queens:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
1 panel. Asked a couple of odd questions.
- Program Disadvantages:
May be limited clinically it what you'll see. Probably not a great place if you want to do fellowships.
  St. Lukes/Roosevelt-NY:
- Applied
  St. Vincent's MC - NY:
- Applied
- Received interview
  SUNY - Downstate:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 5)
- Interview Experience:
Three interviews with 2 faculty members each. Laid back. Already knew 3 members of the panel and
- Program Advantages:
Amazing clinical experience, you will see everything and be well prepared when you graduate. Residents get great fellowships. Some really great faculty. Great PD. Interim responsive to resident input.
- Program Disadvantages:
Sometimes too busy, and Kings County can be daunting if you don't know what to expect. Luckily not a problem for me.
  SUNY Upstate - Syracuse:
- Applied
- Received interview
  SUNY-Buffalo /Ed.Consort.:
- Applied
  U Rochester:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
5 interviews one on one. Faculty were trying to sell the place to me.
- Program Advantages:
Affiliation with Bausch & Lomb. Brand new Eye Institute that will be doing great things. Progressive and caring program director.
- Program Disadvantages:
It's in Rochester.

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

Pennsylvania
  Drexel U - Philadelphia:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
A bit disorganized. 2 interviews and a check in with Dr. Yanoff.
- Program Disadvantages:
Overshadowed by other phila programs.
  Geisinger MC:
- Applied
- Received interview
  Penn State U - Hershey:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
13 brief interviews, Very nice faculty.
- Program Advantages:
Diabetic retinopathy center. Young and visionary PD.
- Program Disadvantages:
It's in Hershey.
  Scheie Eye Inst / U Penn:
- Applied
  Temple U - Philadelphia:
- Applied
  U Pittsburgh:
- Applied
  Wills Eye Hospital:
- Applied

Texas
  Baylor CoM:
- Applied
  U Texas - Houston:
- Applied
  UT Southwestern- Dallas:
- Applied
Match Experience
It was a crazy experience dealing with SF Match. I didn't receive interviews at as many NYC programs I thought I would. Recieved many more from out of NYC.

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