New York Mount Sinai SOM: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Super casual interview day. Had to wait a long time in between interviews. Seemed like many of the interviewers were busy with their clinical work. | - Program Advantages:
| Nice subsidized housing. Located on the east side of NYC (if you prefer the west side this may be a disadvantage). Friendly residents. Strong Interventional radiology presence. | - Program Disadvantages:
| No university affiliation. Weak research potential outside of IR. Residents get little (currently no) exposure to reading CT's on call bc they use a NightHawk service. I thought this was a red flag. Facilities seem subpar (except for their mammography are |
| New York Presb Hosp (Columbia): | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Organized and easy going interviews. Pre-interview dinner was extremely fun. Could have invested a little more effort in their interview presentation/day. (I.e a formal introduction to the Chairman and Program Director and a more descriptive folder of inf | - Program Advantages:
| Great location. Very easy access to the (A) line which means you have a lot of housing options on the west side. New chairman who has been making substantial improvements. Several new scanners coming over the next few years. Recent acquisition of Sinai's | - Program Disadvantages:
| The subsidized housing is not in an ideal location. Program has a distant history of having issues, but people on the trail or on forums blow this way out of proportion (the pre-interview dinner easily convinced me that the residents were very happy with |
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| | New York New York Presb Hosp (Cornell): | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| They put A LOT of resources into the interview day (the chairman gives a two hour tour twice each interview day). Very organized. Wish they give the applicants some exposure to the resident lectures/didactics. | - Program Advantages:
| Great location. Happy faculty/residents. Very strong musculoskeletal and oncology exposure. | - Program Disadvantages:
| The housing they offer is pretty expensive for a subsidized option. IR department not a strength. Seemed like the training intensity was a little too cushy/light - one of the senior residents casually told me NYU residents were better trained clinically. |
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