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Profile #00317
Demographics
Match Year: 2009
This profile will remain anonymous for two years from the match date above.
Academic Information
USMLE Step 1: 255
USMLE Step 2: 240
Step 2 score not available to residencies during application.
AOA: Selected
Class Rank: Top 10-25%
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| Family Medicine: | Honors | |
Internal Medicine: | Honors |
| Pediatrics: | Honors | |
Surgery: | High Pass |
| Neurology: | Honors | |
Psychiatry: | Honors |
| OB/Gyn: | Honors | |
Radiology: | Honors |
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Other Information
some radiology research with eventual acceptance as an exhibit at a radiology meeting, lots of random research but no major publications
Applications
California| Stanford U: |  | | - Applied
| | U California (San Diego): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| LOTS of interviews-- 8 i think? but very short and laid back. no super tough questions or malignant interviewers. |
- Program Advantages:
| The LOCATION and the RESIDENTS; both absolutely fantastic. can't be beat. enough said! |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Works the residents relatively hard, tough calls without much inhouse back up, but the residents say while really stressful, it trains them well |
| | U California (San Francisco): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| very nice late start 10:45am, let us sleep in. didn't like that interviews were much later in the day; interviewers seemed tired. Of note, this was the only place on the trail where 2 interviewers (including PD) were not at all familiar with my applicati |
- Program Advantages:
| location, program, lots of great perks, 8am start every day! |
- Program Disadvantages:
| in my brief experience there on interview day, there seems to be some malignancy; also did not get to meet many residents at all |
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District of Columbia
Florida| Mayo (Jacksonville): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Organized, laid back day. 4 interviews with 3 attendings and 1 chief resident. PD Dr. Berquist was unfortunatey out of town, but heard glowing remarks about him throughout the day. Everyone very friendly and laid back, offering lots of info about the p |
- Program Advantages:
| Laid back, friendly program in a great location. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Small (4 residents/yr), New (~8yrs old), LOTS of procedures (can be good or bad..) |
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Illinois| McGaw Med Ctr of Northwestern U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Very well run and regimented. Not too many interviews; everyone interviews with the PD, Dr. Ryu, who is sooo cool. He's a blast to talk to, and just a cool guy. Some of the other interviewers didn't seem as interested in the process, but everyone was n |
- Program Advantages:
| Location (very nice area of Chicago, although not as lively and youth-oriented as others), great name |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Lots of changes with unknown consequence; they lost the Evanston hospital, which will mean less call but also possibly no moonlighting |
| | U Chicago: | | | - Applied
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Maryland| Johns Hopkins U: | | | - Applied
| | U Maryland: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Fantastic. Super laid-back interviews, residents lots of fun, attendings are actually hilarious and love to joke around, to the point of being a little mischievous (in a lovable way). entertaining, and laid back. |
- Program Advantages:
| very technologically advanced. on the cutting edge of all the new cool techno toys. 'reading room of the future' and an informatics fellowship. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Sort of a 'boys club' feel, lots of men, possibly bordering on politically incorrect jokes (but only if you're very sensitive to that stuff) |
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Massachusetts| Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
| | Brigham and Women's Hosp/Harvard: | | | - Applied
| | Mass Gen Hosp/Harvard: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Interview Experience:
| Really great. Amazing pre-interview social event, with drinks first (really helped everyone including me relax, hehe) and then dinner, both at these amazing places in the Liberty Hotel. Interview day was run really well, with 4 interviews. Everyone int |
- Program Advantages:
| everything! But of note, for such a world-renowned place, everyone I spoke to was so down-to-earth and fun... really pleasant surprise! |
- Program Disadvantages:
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Michigan| U Michigan: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Great ppt presentation, and opportunity to spend some time in the reading room with an attending, which was interesting. Everyone interviews with the PD, who I really liked a lot; she's very honest and funny. |
- Program Advantages:
| Reputation, lots of vacation days (birthday, extra holidays, etc), very large program |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Ann Arbor (can be plus or a minus), weather |
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Minnesota| Mayo (Rochester): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Great, laid back 4 interviews, very chic restaurant the night before |
- Program Advantages:
| MOONLIGHTING, low cost of living-- can make lots of money as a resident! Plus absolutely fantastic personality of the program, really nice people. very education friendly, allows the residents to really learn without ever feeling like workhorses. Also |
- Program Disadvantages:
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| | Missouri
New Hampshire
New York| New York U SOM: | | | - Applied
| | Rochester Gen Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Really laid back, conversational interviews. |
- Program Advantages:
| Veryy friendly! Amazing hospital. Good sized program |
- Program Disadvantages:
| | SUNY Upstate Med U: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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North Carolina
Ohio| Cleveland Clinic Found: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| one of my favorites! so friendly and fun, had a really nice time |
- Program Advantages:
| Dr. TLM!!!!! He's the best. enough said.
Plus, amazing hospital, resources, more dedicated lecture time than most, very education focused and friendly |
- Program Disadvantages:
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Pennsylvania| Albert Einsteincare Network: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Exhausting- 6 interviews for the radiology, plus another one for the combined transitional. everyone was very friendly, though. |
- Program Advantages:
| Fantastic attached transitional year. PD is great, and wrote the fantastic 'Learning Radiology' book-- veryy into teaching, and a cool guy. |
| | Thomas Jefferson U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Standard. PD is really friendly, fun resident-advocate. |
- Program Advantages:
| Fantastic MSK, great location in philly |
- Program Disadvantages:
| | U Pennsylvania: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| fantastic. everyone really friendly and down to earth and make an effort to get to know you. |
- Program Advantages:
| it's penn! fantastic reputation, philly is a fun city, great people, lots of opportunities. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| can't really think of any. |
| | U Pittsburgh Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
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Rhode Island| Brown U: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Tennessee
Virginia |
Match Experience
it's random, and crazy, but make the best of it and enjoy it as much as possible! i met some fantastic people on the trail, which made me really excited about our field :) enjoy it, it flies by!
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