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Profile #02618
Demographics
Match Year: 2012
This profile will remain anonymous for two years from the match date above.
Advanced Degrees Obtained:
- MA
Academic Information
USMLE Step 1: 251
USMLE Step 2: 252
AOA: Not Selected
Class Rank: Top 25-50%
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| Family Medicine: | High Pass | |
Internal Medicine: | High Pass |
| Pediatrics: | High Pass | |
Surgery: | High Pass |
| Neurology: | Honors | |
Psychiatry: | Honors |
| OB/Gyn: | High Pass | |
Radiology: | Honors |
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Other Information
One 1st author pub, one 3rd author pub, 7 abstracts, RSNA research prize. Lots of teaching (tutoring, taught H&Ps, anatomy prosector). Despite all that, I was instead asked about my rock band at almost every single interview.
Applications
California| Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr: |  | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 2 extremely short interviews. |
- Program Advantages:
| Awesome location in Beverly Hills. Residents still manage to live in affordable apartments within walking distance. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Only 3 res/year. No voice recognition software. |
| | LAC-Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| California is its main draw. This attracts residents from some really great medical schools. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not the greatest area in SoCal. Facilities not good. |
| | Loma Linda U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Mid-tier university program in California. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| LL is an hour east of downtown LA. Most residents are self-selecting (went to LLU, are SDA), leading to a very specific environment you may or may not enjoy. |
| | Santa Barbara Cottage Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
| | Stanford U: | | | - Applied
| | U California (Davis): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Instead of morning/afternoon sessions, they group all applicants together and have you interview sporadically with long breaks between each interview. |
- Program Advantages:
| Really nice hospital, great facilities. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| | U California (Irvine): | | | - Applied
| | U California (San Diego): | | | - Applied
| | U California (San Francisco): | | | - Applied
| | U S. California/LAC+USC Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
| | UCLA Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| World-class hospital, top tier residency program. Best location out of all SoCal hospitals in my opinion. Friendly and down-to-earth PD. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Smelled the faintest whiff of arrogance from some attendings and residents. Not that you can blame them, but it's still there. |
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Connecticut
District of Columbia| George Washington University: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Great location in DC, within walking distance from the White House. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Hospital and residency programs are on the small side. |
| | Georgetown U Hosp: | | | - Applied
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Illinois
Maine
Maryland| Johns Hopkins U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| Most impressive hospital I interviewed at, period. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Baltimore. Didn't click with the PD; I also know a resident/fellow who had a bad experience with her. |
| | U Maryland: | | | - Applied
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Massachusetts| Baystate Med Ctr/Tufts U SOM: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | Boston U Med Ctr: | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Large residency class. Boston. The gentrification of South End helps, many trendy spots nearby. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Small for a university hospital. |
| | Brigham and Women's Hosp/Harvard: | | | - Applied
| | Lahey Clinic: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | Mass Gen Hosp/Harvard: | | | - Applied
| | Mount Auburn Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| The camaraderie between residents and attendings was clearly strong. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Despite the Harvard affiliation, at the end of the day it's still a small community hospital with a small residency class. |
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| | Massachusetts| Tufts-New England Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Heart of Boston. Chinatown nearby. Charismatic PD. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Small for an academic hospital. So-so fellowship matches. |
| | U Mass: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Michigan
New Hampshire
New York| Albert Einstein COM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| 9 res/year. Accessible with subway; most residents live on UES. Resident education and livelihood is clearly emphasized. Internal moonlighting. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Reputation doesn't match the strength of the program, which can be important if I decide to move out West. |
| | Albert Einstein COM (Jacobi): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| It's in NYC if you absolutely have to live there. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| There was a mousetrap set under the chairman's desk. |
| | Albert Einstein COM at Beth Israel Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
- Program Disadvantages:
| | Lenox Hill Hosp: | | | - Applied
| | Maimonides Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | Mount Sinai SOM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Program Advantages:
| Strong overall hospital in multiple fields means great learning opportunities in the reading room. Nice Manhattan location right along Central Park. I really liked the PD. The residents were especially down-to-earth and visibly happy to be there. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Despite its strong name in the Northeast, unsure of its reputation out West. We will see, come fellowship match. |
| | New York Presb Hosp (Columbia): | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| Strong reputation. The hospital does everything, so there are lots of interesting cases to learn from. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Residents did not appear happy there. If you look at a map, 168th Street makes it almost as far uptown as Montefiore. |
| | New York Presb Hosp (Cornell): | | | - Applied
| | New York U SOM: | | | - Applied
| | NSLIJHS-Albert Einstein COM at Long Island Jewish Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | NSLIJHS-N. Shore U Hosp/NYU SOM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Reputation-wise within the greater NYC area, it's up there right behind the big academic centers. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Some residents live in NYC and claim the commute is 'not bad,' but I didn't want to be that far from the city. |
| | St Luke's-Roosevelt Hosp Ctr: | | | - Applied
| | SUNY Ctr at Brooklyn: | | | - Applied
| | Winthrop-U Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island| Brown U: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Vermont
Washington |
Match Experience
I was invited late to Mount Sinai so I thought I had a low chance of matching; I was pleasantly surprised.
Apparently Philadelphia is a difficult city to break into.
Got more mid-tier California invites than I expected, thanks to my California permanent address. For Brown and BIDMC I got off the waitlist last-minute, and was given two days' notice for an interview spot... couldn't make either one.
Third-year grades mattered way more than I thought they would. Get as many honors as possible.
Lastly, send letters of interest. I got a few late invites following an email to the PC. In the case of one prelim program, I was granted an interview one hour after I sent a letter of interest.
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