Alabama
California| Stanford U: |  | | - Applied
| | U California (Davis): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Great interview, residents very personable, very easy going, no tough questions |
- Program Advantages:
| extremely strong in plastics, ENT does all the clefts, 3 oto attendings, very little tubes/tonsils etc., ranked highly |
- Program Disadvantages:
| most of time spent in 1 hospital, but VA may be up and coming rotation |
| | U California (San Diego): | | | - Applied
| | U California (San Francisco): | | | - Applied
| | UCLA Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
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Colorado
District of Columbia
Georgia
Illinois| Loyola U: | | | - Applied
| | McGaw Med Ctr of Northwestern U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| very laid back interviewers, but seemed a little ill prepared |
- Program Advantages:
| big county and peds hospitals, strong in sinus/skull base |
- Program Disadvantages:
| hands off feeling at the main teaching hospital, weak in H&N |
| | U Chicago: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| strange presentation at the beginning, large number of interviews making them fairly short |
- Program Advantages:
| nice peds hospital, strongest H&N in Chicago, recently picked up Evanston hospital for another rotation |
- Program Disadvantages:
| political battles (no thyroids at home hospital), no trauma at home hospital, must do 'aways' during PGY4 year |
| | U Illinois COM at Chicago: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Iowa
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts| Boston U Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| got a few tough questions but overall the attendings were very easy to talk to, interviews for a half day, good breakfast and lunch |
- Program Advantages:
| superior didactics program, diverse facilities, really nice to have the VA and trauma hosp in Boston |
- Program Disadvantages:
| unimpressive case log (but it will probably improve shortly), fairly weak H&N, didn't fit in with residents |
| | Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard: | | | - Applied
| | Tufts Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| really good breakfast, probably most laid back interview of the whole trail, lots of sitting around though |
- Program Advantages:
| Boston is a cool city, residency director is awesome |
- Program Disadvantages:
| half time in Boston, half time in Providence, very small program |
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Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri | | Missouri| U Missouri-Columbia: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| great lunch, very nice attendings who actually came up to me to introduce themselves at the pre-interview dinner |
- Program Advantages:
| If you want to live in a college town Columbia is as good as they come, very nice faculty who like to teach, good program if you have a family (less hours/stress and very livable city) |
- Program Disadvantages:
| smaller program with average case numbers, perhaps some barriers to overcome if you want to go into academics (but if you're concerned about this just ask the attendings, I'm sure they'd give plenty of support if you're applying for fellowship) |
| | WUStL/B-JH/SLCH Cnsrt: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Limited resident interaction. Chairman was among the best I've met. |
- Program Advantages:
| Great facilities, strong research and political power |
- Program Disadvantages:
| I didn't fit in with the residents, case log was mediocre |
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New Mexico
New York| Albert Einstein COM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Tough questions but not in a malignant way, interview for half day with a fun get-together in Manhattan |
- Program Advantages:
| Best overall program in NYC, very diverse, residents are very hands-on from the beginning, SUPERIOR fellowships, lots of faculty support, among the best group of residents I met on the trail, this is a top program |
- Program Disadvantages:
| hospitals are spread out, main time is in the Bronx |
| | Mount Sinai SOM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| had one 'malignant' interviewer, chairman and director are very nice |
- Program Disadvantages:
| seemed very hands off at Mt Sinai hospital, no resident clinics |
| | New York Presb Hosp (Columbia and Cornell): | | | - Applied
| | NYMC (New York Eye and Ear Infirmary): | | | - Applied
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North Carolina
Ohio| Ohio St U Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| lots of interviews! no malignant questions, seemed interested in why you want to come to Ohio State |
- Program Advantages:
| politically powerful at institution, great facilities, residents are treated very well, top 3 operative program |
- Program Disadvantages:
| | U Hosp/U Cincinnati COM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| awesome.....ranked #2, faculty are incredibly professional, expect lots of them to have read most of your app, residents are great at answering your questions, one of the most fun social events of the trail |
- Program Advantages:
| all hospitals in one location, great resident culture, superior peds but also well-rounded, good experience at the VA, residents are extremely pleased with their program |
- Program Disadvantages:
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Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania| Thomas Jefferson U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| relaxed interviews, young attendings, very nice dinner after |
- Program Advantages:
- Program Disadvantages:
| no research (which could be an advantage for some), pretty much all time spent in single hospital, didn't feel that I fit in here, didn't like Philly |
| | U Pennsylvania: | | | - Applied
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South Carolina| Med U S. Carolina: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Best opening presentation out of all the interviews I went on, got the feeling that the interviewers took the day seriously and really wanted to get to know you, great tour, very nice dinner after |
- Program Advantages:
| ranked it #1, very large and diverse faculty, great faculty-to-resident ratio, residents are awesome and know each other very well, superior chairman, extremely strong H&N, lots of autonomy in OR, great research if you want it, faculty stability, great fe |
- Program Disadvantages:
| hard to say....superior program |
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Tennessee
Texas| Baylor COM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Not so great, most limited resident interaction of all my interviews, but most faculty were laid back during the interview, tour was fun because you get the drive around a little bit |
- Program Advantages:
| superior facilities, biggest VA in country, large peds hosp, big county hosp, great private hosp, MD Anderson for CA |
- Program Disadvantages:
| still trying to 'not be malignant', could be the most over-worked residents I've seen, but there's a lot of potential, they need another resident per year |
| | U Texas at Houston: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | U Texas Ctr at San Antonio: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | U Texas Southwestern: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| would have been nice to have some sort of ppt at beginning, VERY difficult to find interview (get there early and ask for directions), interviews were pretty chill |
- Program Advantages:
| superior operative experience (probably top 3 in nation), lots of autonomy, diverse clinical experience |
- Program Disadvantages:
| didn't fit in with resident culture, some rotations are crazy busy (q2 and q3), intern year you are thrown to the general surgeons because they don't have enough intern coverage, fairly weak politically (turf battles for plastics/OMFS) |
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Utah
West Virginia |
