California Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience: - Program Advantages:
| Geography, friendly attendings, busy service, robust clinical training | - Program Disadvantages:
| Not academic- lack of research potential |
| Stanford U: | | | - Rotated at this institution - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience: - Program Advantages:
| Robust clinical and research opportunity | - Program Disadvantages:
| Smaller than some; limited depth; high cost of living |
| U California (San Francisco): | | | - Rotated at this institution - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience: - Program Advantages:
| Geography, excellent research opportunities, busy clinical service, excellent attending teaching | - Program Disadvantages:
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Massachusetts Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience: - Program Advantages:
| Boston; affiliation with Harvard and Dana Farber provide excellent research opportunities; busy clinical service | - Program Disadvantages:
| Boston; bad weather; suffers from perceived lower ranking relative to other two academic programs in Boston. |
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| | Massachusetts Brigham and Women's Hosp/Harvard: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Super-friendly! Gave me taxi vouchers to the airport. It was difficult not to rank them first after that...Ranked in them in my top 3. | - Program Advantages:
| Excellent clinical and research opportunity. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Boston has a relatively high cost of living (although much better than the West Coast). Cold. |
| Mass Gen Hosp/Harvard: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Very friendly. Ranked them in top 3. | - Program Advantages:
| Unparalleled academic and research opportunities. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Boston has a relatively high cost of living (although much better than the West Coast). Cold. No dedicated IR service. |
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Pennsylvania U Pennsylvania: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Matched here - Interview Experience: - Program Advantages:
| Robust clinical and research opportunities; dirt cheap cost of living | - Program Disadvantages:
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