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Demographics
Match Year:  2009
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Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  261
USMLE Step 2:  258
Step 2 score not available to residencies during application.

AOA:  Selected
Class Rank:  Top 25-50%
Family Medicine:  High Pass Internal Medicine:  High Pass
Pediatrics:  High Pass Surgery:  High Pass
Neurology:  High Pass Psychiatry:  Honors
OB/Gyn:  Honors Radiology:  Honors
Other Information
Some research, no publications.

Applications
Alabama
  U Alabama Med Ctr:
- Applied
  U S. Alabama:
- Applied
- Received interview

California
  Stanford U:
- Applied
  U California (San Francisco):
- Applied

District of Columbia
  George Washington University:
- Applied
  Georgetown U Hosp:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Somewhat disorganized. Lots of downtime.
- Program Advantages:
Great IR department.
- Program Disadvantages:
Old school mentality. Small program (4 res/year)

Florida
  Mayo (Jacksonville):
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Excellent rapport between staff and residents. Near the beach. Very resident-centered education.
- Program Disadvantages:
Small program, living in shadow of 'the mothership'
  U Florida:
- Applied
  U Florida COM Jacksonville:
- Applied

Georgia
  Emory U:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Very well-coordinated.
- Program Advantages:
Big program, solid faculty, and great research available. Cost of living second to none if willing to live outside the perimeter.
- Program Disadvantages:
Atlanta traffic.
  Med Col of Georgia:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Extremely friendly people.
- Program Advantages:
Family-oriented (residents brought their spouses and children to pre-interview dinner). Collegial atmosphere.
- Program Disadvantages:
Small program, small name. Augusta isn't for everyone.
  Mercer U SOM (Savannah):
- Applied

Illinois
  U Chicago:
- Applied

Kentucky
  U Louisville:
- Applied
- Received interview

Maryland
  Johns Hopkins U:
- Applied
Maryland
  U Maryland:
- Applied
- Received interview

Missouri
  WUStL/B-JH/SLCH Cnsrt:
- Applied

North Carolina
  Duke U Hosp:
- Applied
  U N. Carolina Hosps:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Good reputation.
- Program Disadvantages:
Chapel Hill. Faculty were less than warm.
  Wake Forest U SOM:
- Applied
- Received interview

South Carolina
  Med U S. Carolina:
- Applied

Tennessee
  Baptist Mem Hosp:
- Applied
  U Tennessee Med Ctr at Knoxville:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Extremely friendly residents and faculty. Lots of downtime in between interviews.
- Program Disadvantages:
Weird call system - one week of nightfloat every month for your entire second year.
  Vanderbilt U:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
No breakfast so eat beforehand.
- Program Advantages:
Nice campus, very well-funded department. Big name, well-connected and has its own radiology research building.
- Program Disadvantages:
Old school?

Texas
  Baylor U Med Ctr:
- Applied
  U Texas Med Branch Hosps:
- Applied
  U Texas Southwestern:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Big name, nice people.
- Program Disadvantages:
The Dallas I saw while there was less than pleasant.

Virginia
  Eastern Virginia:
- Applied
- Received interview
  U Virginia:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Big name people, especially in IR.
- Program Disadvantages:
Old school, very hard working program (CT rotation there until 7-8pm everynight)
  Virginia Commonwealth U:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Close to DC, if you're into that kind of thing.
- Program Disadvantages:
Department seems unfocused and stagnant.
Match Experience
Apply early and broadly. 2009 seemed to be an extremely competitive year so don't take anything for granted.

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