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Demographics
Match Year:  2010
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Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  264
USMLE Step 2:  272

AOA:  Selected
Class Rank:  Top 10%
Family Medicine:  Satisfactory Internal Medicine:  High Pass
Pediatrics:  High Pass Surgery:  Honors
Neurology:  High Pass Psychiatry:  Honors
OB/Gyn:  Honors Radiology:  Honors
Other Information
One second author paper (non-radiology), 2 poster presentations (non-radiology), good research background, solid and extensive volunteer experiences.

Applications
California
  Stanford U:
- Applied
  U California (San Diego):
- Applied
  U California (San Francisco):
- Applied
  UCLA Med Ctr:
- Applied

Colorado
  U Colorado:
- Applied
- Received interview

Georgia
  Emory U:
- Applied

Illinois
  McGaw Med Ctr of Northwestern U:
- Applied
  U Chicago:
- Applied

Indiana
  Indiana U SOM:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Positive. Great dinner the night before. Low-key interviews. Very informative.
- Program Advantages:
Solid, huge program. Friendly residents and faculty. Everyone was extremely happy
- Program Disadvantages:
4-5 rotating hospitals

Iowa
  U Iowa Hosps:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Awesome.
- Program Advantages:
Strong MSK and neuro. Awesome faculty and residents. Beautiful hospital. Pretty cool city. Big Ten college town. Close to some bigger cities.

Kansas
  U Kansas Med Ctr:
- Applied
- Received interview

Maryland
  Johns Hopkins U:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
5-6 10 minute interviews. Kind of felt a little weird. Most people were cool and down-to-earth.
- Program Advantages:
Reputation of hospital. Strong departments all around.
- Program Disadvantages:
Baltimore.

Massachusetts
  Brigham and Women's Hosp/Harvard:
- Applied
  Mass Gen Hosp/Harvard:
- Applied

Michigan
  U Michigan:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Amazing! Faculty were awesome. PD was one of the coolest I met. Very low key, relaxed.
- Program Advantages:
Great residents and faculty. Reputation. Ann Arbor is a fun town. Solid fellowships. Strong research.

Minnesota
  Mayo (Rochester):
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Four interviews. Each person interviewed differently; one asking questions, one showing you the software they use, one answering your questions; very structured. Dinner was the best i had on the interview trail. They put you up at the Marriott.
- Program Advantages:
Best moonlighting in the nation (part of the curriculum). State-of-the-art facilities. Awesome call schedule and hours. Most perks of any program I visited.
- Program Disadvantages:
Rochester.
  U Minnesota:
- Applied
- Received interview

Missouri
  WUStL/B-JH/SLCH Cnsrt:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Very structured. Faculty very nice. Heard rumors about the malignancy of this program. I didn't see any signs of that while interviewing or talking to residents.
- Program Advantages:
Reputation. Arguably the best in the country. Solid departments and fellowships.
- Program Disadvantages:
I still think they may work a little harder than the average program.

Nebraska
  U Nebraska Med Ctr COM:
- Applied
- Received interview
New Mexico
  U New Mexico:
- Applied
- Received interview

New York
  New York Presb Hosp (Cornell):
- Applied
  New York U SOM:
- Applied

North Carolina
  Duke U Hosp:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Interview Experience:
Awesome faculty and residents. Very low key and relaxed. Dinner was great. There was a resident for every applicant.
- Program Advantages:
Reputation. Combined residency/fellowship. Beautiful, affordable area. Very congenial environment. Built in research opportunities. Great group of residents and faculty.
  Wake Forest U SOM:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Great people and laid-back residents. Very relaxed day. Had a tour of city afterwards.
- Program Advantages:
Very private practice oriented it seems. Huge volume of studies. Great reputation. Residents were very happy.

Ohio
  Cleveland Clinic Found:
- Applied
  U Hosp/U Cincinnati COM:
- Applied

Oregon
  OHSU:
- Applied

Pennsylvania
  U Pennsylvania:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
A lot like Hopkins (selection chair is son of previous PD at Hopkins). 5-6 10 minute interviews. One or two seemed a little antagonistic. Great dinner. Smart residents.
- Program Advantages:
Reputation. Strong departments and fellowships all around. Direct IR track and Research track. Strong research. Arguably one of the best rads programs in the nation.
  U Pittsburgh Med Ctr:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Easy. Relaxed. Tour of city afterward.
- Program Advantages:
Nice faculty and residents. Pitt is kind of a cool city.

Tennessee
  Vanderbilt U:
- Applied

Texas
  Baylor COM:
- Applied
  U Texas Southwestern:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
The best interview experience on the trail. Faculty were so friendly and residents were very chill. Loved this place.
- Program Advantages:
Great moonlighting. Awesome hospital and they are building a new Parkland that is supposed to be amazing. Huge free-standing children's hospital. Dallas is one of the best cities in Texas (second to Austin). PD was great. Residents extremely happy.

Utah
  U Utah:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Great interview day. Honestly one of the best group of residents I met on the trail.
- Program Advantages:
Utah is a hidden gem. By far, the best neurorads program in the world. Faculty write all the big rads books. Beautiful city and wonderful people. Skiing in winter and hiking in summer.

Virginia
  U Virginia:
- Applied

Washington
  U Washington:
- Applied

Wisconsin
  Med Col of Wisconsin Hosps:
- Applied
- Received interview
  U Wisconsin:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Great interview experience.
- Program Advantages:
Strong faculty. Their goal is to be one of the top rads programs in the nation, and I can easily see this happening. Strong departments all around. Madison is a pretty cool city too, if you can handle the winters.
Match Experience
Attended 13 interviews; matched at #1 program. Makes me think I did not need to go to half of those places. It's better to over-apply and have too many options; you can then be selective about where you choose to interview. Be yourself on interview day; that's all they want to see. Big name LOR's are not as important as you think; find people who know you well. A thank you note to the PD after your interview is probably sufficient; you don't need to write one to every person you interview with. Regardless of how hard people try to downplay their importance, strong grades and high board scores are paramount and will open doors.

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