California Stanford U: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Great location for families! Lots of research. Relaxed atmosphere. Beautiful campus! | - Program Disadvantages:
| U California (San Francisco): | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Best name on west coast? Tons of research. Housing bonus! Great residents. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Lots of call. Cover half a dozen hospitals? Expensive city (but you get what you pay for). |
| UCLA Med Ctr: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Great residents. Nice locations. Awesome weather! Research is fine. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Traffic. LA people. Expensive. |
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Maryland Johns Hopkins U: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| very impressive. Best facilities of all programs I saw. Great didactics. Cheap cost of living. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Nice part of b-more is small. |
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Massachusetts | | Massachusetts Mass Gen Hosp/Harvard: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Great location in boston. Only cover one hospital on call. Tons of research. Theresa McCloud. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Expensive cost of living (although red line commute is easy). Cold city. IR is this programs Achilles heal. |
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North Carolina Duke U Hosp: | | | - Rotated at this institution - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Lots of research, great residents, cheap cost of living, wonderful location and weather. Fantastic didactics. | - Program Disadvantages:
| U N. Carolina Hosps: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Good location, great weather, friendly residents. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Smaller program than others. Less research than expected. |
| Wake Forest U SOM: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| Some big names on faculty. Fun residents. Good benefits. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Not tons of research opportunities IMHO, but they are there. |
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Pennsylvania U Pennsylvania: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Program Advantages:
| most Resident-centric program I visited. Amazing IR rotations for residents. Special tracks for different interests. Specialized didactics. Rotate at CHOP (#1 peds hospital). Research is huge. Very little call. | - Program Disadvantages:
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