Alabama Arkansas U Arkansas: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Nice faculty. Great building. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Location not ideal for me. The staggered start also didn't sound appealing |
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California Colorado U Colorado: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Nice faculty. New building. Denver is a great city. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Cover too many hospitals that are20-30 minutes away from each other. |
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Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky U Kentucky: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Very nice faculty. Great surgical numbers. Happy residents. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Facilities leave something to be desired. |
| U Louisville: | | | - Applied - Received interview
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Massachusetts Michigan U Michigan: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Fantastic program. Great faculty. Happiest residents I met on the trail. New building on its way. Great benefits. Ann Arbor is a cool town. | - Program Disadvantages:
| None. Well, it's cold up there. |
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Minnesota Missouri | | Missouri U Missouri - Columbia: | | | - Applied - Received interview
| Washington University: | | | - Rotated at this institution - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Great faculty and all are super nice. Lots of research and good fellowship opportunities. | - Program Disadvantages:
| None really but the program is definitely front-loaded and you work very hard. |
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New York U Rochester: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Chairman is great and personable and he is really upgrading the department. Good research ops and good fellowship placement. New facilities being built. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Mainly just that Rochester wasn't the greatest place in the world. |
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North Carolina Ohio Case Western Reserve U: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Residents all nice and happy. Good clinical experience. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Lot's of driving time to all locations that you rotate through. 4 total, one is 25 minutes away from the main hospital. |
| Cleveland Clinic Found.: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Amazing facilities. Many well-known faculty. Great fellowship placement. | - Program Disadvantages:
| They are very fellowship oriented. I am undecided at this point but I want the option to just do general and they seemed to look down upon that idea. |
| Ohio State University: | | | - Applied
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Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee U Tennessee - Memphis: | | | - Applied - Received interview
| Vanderbilt University: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Matched here - Program Advantages:
| Great program. Very nice, young faculty. Fantastic chair who is really building the program. Program director is very involved in resident education. Building new facilities. Good clinical exposure with good fellowship ops. Nashville is a fun town. |
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Texas Utah Virginia U Virginia: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Nice faculty and very happy residents. Charlottesville sounded great. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Faculty is small and they don't cover all subs. |
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