I'll start

1. UW
2. Mayo
3. Yale

have you lost your gord?!?! :scared: :eek:

have you lost your gord?!?! :scared: :eek:
Hey dude, I have arrived at my decision after much agony and I am proclaiming it to the world. Whassup.

I'll start

1. UW
2. Mayo
3. Yale

May I ask why BID is not up there, I'm just curious b/c you talked about them often and I thought they ae pretty high caliber. Thanx

May I ask why BID is not up there, I'm just curious b/c you talked about them often and I thought they ae pretty high caliber. Thanx
It's my concern about fellowship placement, plus difficulties of securing a job while competing against the true big dogs...BID is definitely not MGH or BW.

Hey dude, I have arrived at my decision after much agony and I am proclaiming it to the world. Whassup.
word... :meanie: just a joke, dude ;)

1) hopkins
2) brigham
3) ucsf

not set in stone.... :(

By the way, UW is by far the strongest IM on your list, Pili. I would have done the same. Good luck. :thumbup:

Excellent choices, congratulations to you all.

Mine are (soon to be certified):
1)BU (ranking PC and Cat)
2)Brown (Cat and PC/Gen Med)
3)UMass

and #4 and #5 that didn't get ranked higher due to family and location issues, but GREAT programs I'd love to match at:
4)Yale PC
5)University of Maryland (GO TERPS!)

The rest, probably (but may change):
6)Maine Medical Center
7)Lahey Clinic
8)Dartmouth
9)Baystate

VERY tough choice between BU and Brown, loved both programs and would be absolutely stoked to match at either. At this point, I'm pretty sure that I'll have a huge smile on my face if I get #1-5, and still smiling with most of the rest.. good luck!

yomanjr's order for me, but in reverse (when I end up at Hopkins and yomanjr at UCSF we will just have to switch identities :)

Alright, feels scary to put this somewhere so public...and #1 and #2 flip flop almost daily...

1. duke
2. unc
3. Wake Forest

(can you tell which state i want to stay in!)

Alright, here's my list though it keeps changing everyday. The only one's I'm sure about are my number 4 and number 5.

1. Mayo-rochester
2. Wash U
3. Univeristy of Minnesota
4. University of Wisconsin
5. Creighton University

1)U chicago - from the midwest, definitely the best in Chicago
2)Columbia - wouldn't mind NYC
3)MGH - gotta include the hahvads
4)Brigham

1)U chicago - from the midwest, definitely the best in Chicago
2)Columbia - wouldn't mind NYC
3)MGH - gotta include the hahvads
4)Brigham

:wow:

:wow:

Still joking?

Still joking?
who? me or him? ;)

1. University of Utah
2. UT Southwestern
.
.
.

Of course, this was 3 years ago..... :cool:
Matched at #1 and couldn't be happier.

cool.. so where do y'all think you'll match? I'm guessing I'll end up at UMass, as BU and Brown are very popular programs. that would be great.. If not UMass, I'd guess I'll drop down to Maine if that remains #6; after catching a glimpse of their ranking sheet during my interview, I'd guess that they rank at least 75% of interviewees (and may rank more this year since they have had trouble filling the past 2 years, who knows). Ah, I should really stop trying to figure this out.

I'll start

1. UW
2. Mayo
3. Yale

Hey Pili!!! After all your posts about the TMC, I was thinking I was gonna see either Baylor or UT Houston in or top three... May I ask you what made you change your mind?

:)

Hb

Hey Pili!!! After all your posts about the TMC, I was thinking I was gonna see either Baylor or UT Houston in or top three... May I ask you what made you change your mind?

:)

Hb
My fiancee!!! I would have stayed in Texas: many jobs, better pay, the TMC, a very strong Texas Medical Association...Buy my fiancee is feeling adventurous. She has links to the first and third places. The second (Mayo) is a program that really impressed me... :cool:

Although I am not at all sure this list is best for my sanity and/or the fleeting vestiges of dignity that are still mine, my list right now is:

1) MGH
2) BWH
3) UCSF

and considerably down the list is...
4) BID
5) Penn
6) Cornell


(Basically, I am looking for great academics, happy environment, and as little in the way of malignancy/axis II diagnoses as possible).

My fiancee!!! I would have stayed in Texas: many jobs, better pay, the TMC, a very strong Texas Medical Association...Buy my fiancee is feeling adventurous. She has links to the first and third places. The second (Mayo) is a program that really impressed me... :cool:


Hahaha!!! As I was reading your post, I was thinking " What does the fiancee want to do in Rochester?????" LOL Then I read the rest and it made sense.
Mayo is indeed an awesome program. I still havent decided if I am ranking Mayo or Baylor #1. Everyday I wake up with a different opinion in my head. Gosh, is this ever difficult?????? I hope I can make up my mind before Feb. 23rd. :laugh:

Best of luck to you!! :thumbup:

Hb

1. MGH
2. Hopkins
3. UCSF
4. BWH
5. BIDMC
6. Penn
7. Stanford
8. Columbia
9. Yale
10. Cornell
11. Michigan
12. Mayo
13. Wash U.
14. UTSW
What do you guys think? - I want to go into Nephrology...I love the KIDNEY! :love:

1. MGH
2. Hopkins
3. UCSF
4. BWH
5. BIDMC
6. Penn
7. Stanford
8. Columbia
9. Yale
10. Cornell
11. Michigan
12. Mayo
13. Wash U.
14. UTSW
What do you guys think? - I want to go into Nephrology...I love the KIDNEY! :love:


Unless you are dead set on boston, you have BIDMC ranked above some programs that are much better.

Unless you are dead set on boston, you have BIDMC ranked above some programs that are much better.
I think you're right...I think BIDMC should go belows Penn, Stanford, Columbia, and Yale. Just above Cornell. Also, I will probably put Mayo above Michigan. This is getting annoying and I think I went on too many interviews. I really wanted to see Duke but they rejected me...that's alright, maybe for fellowship :laugh: .

I think you're right...I think BIDMC should go belows Penn, Stanford, Columbia, and Yale. Just above Cornell. Also, I will probably put Mayo above Michigan. This is getting annoying and I think I went on too many interviews. I really wanted to see Duke but they rejected me...that's alright, maybe for fellowship :laugh: .


Given your stats on the other thread, all of the above is moot. Surely you have received "ranked to match" correspondences from multiple programs at the top of your list.

My top 4 are:

1. BWH
2. MGH
3. Hopkins
4. Penn

I think you're right...I think BIDMC should go belows Penn, Stanford, Columbia, and Yale. Just above Cornell. Also, I will probably put Mayo above Michigan. This is getting annoying and I think I went on too many interviews. I really wanted to see Duke but they rejected me...that's alright, maybe for fellowship :laugh: .


Why would you think Mayo should go above Michigan? Mayo is a good place for fellowships, not residency. I think they are also way less competitive than Michigan in selecting candidates, which transfers over to the quality of traning. I think Michigan should be above Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and BIDMC on that list and probably right on par with Penn. It is a great program that is very reputatable that puts out awesome fellowships, I think it is underratered though because it's located in the cold Midwest and isn't one of the "Ivy League" places. Does anyone agree?

Why would you think Mayo should go above Michigan? Mayo is a good place for fellowships, not residency. I think they are also way less competitive than Michigan in selecting candidates, which transfers over to the quality of traning. I think Michigan should be above Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and BIDMC on that list and probably right on par with Penn. It is a great program that is very reputatable that puts out awesome fellowships, I think it is underratered though because it's located in the cold Midwest and isn't one of the "Ivy League" places. Does anyone agree?
umm...nope

umm...nope

I agree. Mayo probably has training that is about as good as any of a number of top programs. However, the reputation for a top IM training program is simply not there. There are plenty of people in academic IM who just don't think this is a top program and it is not competitive to match there at all.

Flame away mayo lovers!!! :p

I would put wash u, michigan, and UTSW above BIDMC, stanford, colombia, yale.

I agree. Mayo probably has training that is about as good as any of a number of top programs. However, the reputation for a top IM training program is simply not there. There are plenty of people in academic IM who just don't think this is a top program and it is not competitive to match there at all.

Flame away mayo lovers!!! :p

I would put wash u, michigan, and UTSW above BIDMC, stanford, colombia, yale.

Mayo represents a paradox for me...we all know that Mayo isn't the most competitive program to enter and doesn't have the reputation of Harvard, Hopkins, etc. But what is amazing about Mayo is how well these "less-competitive" people who enter the program do...Their fellowship match list is quite impressive (supposedly it is exceedingly rare for people to go unmatched in the fellowship of choice and usually location of choice), they have a 100% pass rate on ABIM boards, and they avg. many publications. I have said this before, I judge programs on their outcomes, because that is truly an indication of "repuation" or at least that is what "reputation" should be based on. It seems to me that Mayo takes "less-competitive" candidates and turns them into "super-competitive" candidates and isn't that what you want in a program? Nevertheless, I am probably going to match higher.
-G
PS: They say over 1/3 of their class in IM is AOA, so it is really not that competitive???

Mayo represents a paradox for me...we all know that Mayo isn't the most competitive program to enter and doesn't have the reputation of Harvard, Hopkins, etc. But what is amazing about Mayo is how well these "less-competitive" people who enter the program do...Their fellowship match list is quite impressive (supposedly it is exceedingly rare for people to go unmatched in the fellowship of choice and usually location of choice), they have a 100% pass rate on ABIM boards, and they avg. many publications. I have said this before, I judge programs on their outcomes, because that is truly an indication of "repuation" or at least that is what "reputation" should be based on. It seems to me that Mayo takes "less-competitive" candidates and turns them into "super-competitive" candidates and isn't that what you want in a program? Nevertheless, I am probably going to match higher.
-G
PS: They say over 1/3 of their class in IM is AOA, so it is really not that competitive???
I think Mayo accepts awesome residents. Perhaps the "most spoiled" candidates would not rank Mayo ahead of say UCSF, their loss, not Mayo's loss, but Mayo truly selects globally outstanding candidates. Their IMGs, mostly European, are the cream of the crop and add to the educational experience. The PD is awesome. Fellowship directors know that Mayo puts out very well trained docs. I am a big Mayo fan, if you can't tell.

1.JHU
2.Wash U
3.Mayo

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wise men think alike, Fools seldom differ.

The clock is ticking and still undecided on the order....

UTSW, Baylor, UCSD, Colorado

You have to keep in mind, location is a big deal. It's why some california programs are probably more competitive than they ought to be. I'm sure Mayo's a great place, but I didn't even apply there because from my view, it's in the middle of nowhere. Most people probably look primarily east coast, west coast, or midwest. Mayo's not really any of those and geographically, is relatively isolated. That's probably what makes it less competitive.


Mayo represents a paradox for me...we all know that Mayo isn't the most competitive program to enter and doesn't have the reputation of Harvard, Hopkins, etc. But what is amazing about Mayo is how well these "less-competitive" people who enter the program do...Their fellowship match list is quite impressive (supposedly it is exceedingly rare for people to go unmatched in the fellowship of choice and usually location of choice), they have a 100% pass rate on ABIM boards, and they avg. many publications. I have said this before, I judge programs on their outcomes, because that is truly an indication of "repuation" or at least that is what "reputation" should be based on. It seems to me that Mayo takes "less-competitive" candidates and turns them into "super-competitive" candidates and isn't that what you want in a program? Nevertheless, I am probably going to match higher.
-G
PS: They say over 1/3 of their class in IM is AOA, so it is really not that competitive???

You have to keep in mind, location is a big deal. It's why some california programs are probably more competitive than they ought to be. I'm sure Mayo's a great place, but I didn't even apply there because from my view, it's in the middle of nowhere. Most people probably look primarily east coast, west coast, or midwest. Mayo's not really any of those and geographically, is relatively isolated. That's probably what makes it less competitive.

I'm pretty sure that Minnesota is in the midwest, unless Canada succeeded in getting it relocated to the Northwest territories in order to gain access to those mines but...I digress

I have read a number of postings that question the quality of the Mayo-Rochester program and the residents. Both the residents and the program are extraordinary. I have had the opportunity to look at many of the "top programs" (MGH, BWH, etc.), and if I was ranking the programs solely based on where I thought I would get the best training, I would not hesitate in ranking Mayo #1. Additionally, the residents at Mayo arrive very well qualified and competent and leave as absolute superstars. Even more surprising is the fact that they achieve their superstardom in a benign and supportive environment. All of this talk about malignancy in the Mayo IM program is the absolute furthest thing from the truth.

I'm pretty sure that Minnesota is in the midwest, unless Canada succeeded in getting it relocated to the Northwest territories in order to gain access to those mines but...I digress

technically, yeah, ok... but i still don't really consider it midwest as much as i consider it in the middle of nowhere.

technically, yeah, ok... but i still don't really consider it midwest as much as i consider it in the middle of nowhere.

The only thing I can assume is that you are one of those geographically challenged east coasters who think the only thing past Pennsylvania is California. Just FYI Minnesota, along with every city in the state, is in the midwest. Rochester is only 1 hour away from the twin citities and 30-45 minutes away from the closest suburb of the twin cities. Mayo is in just of small/middle of nowhere town as is Duke or Wake Forest.

the order still changes everyday:
Brown
OHSU
BU

NU
Wash U
Emory
BU

There are 3000+ views of this post but only 30-40 replies. Some 2,960 guys and gals are not cooperatin' but are takin' advantage of our honesty. Not good.

1. UW
2. UCSF
3. OHSU
4. Stanford

There are 3000+ views of this post but only 30-40 replies. Some 2,960 guys and gals are not cooperatin' but are takin' advantage of our honesty. Not good.

Amen. lurkers, get some guts and post.

Busted...I've been lurking, but I have also been trying to figure out my top three -- not in order as of yet

Duke
UNC
UVa
Dartmouth

Like Clay, I don't have my list quite finalized either.

Unordered top 5:
MGH
Stanford
BID
UVa
Penn

Hmmmmm... I still didn´t certify my final list, but so far my top 3 are:

1) Mayo
2) Baylor
3) BU

I believe I wont change it anymore... Let´s see!!! :)

Hb

NU
Wash U
Emory
BU

I definitely wouldn't put Northwestern above Wash U or Emory. I personally really liked Emory & would put it above the others on the list. I did an away rotation at NU & had a pretty negative experience. I don't want to get into details on the forum (I hate to publicly bash a program), but PM me if you have any questions about that.

My first 3 are the same as Hb (do you want to do heme/onc as well?)

Mayo
Baylor
BU

Not in any order yet:

MGH
Cornell
UCSF
Brigham
BID

1. Cornell
2. Montefiore
3. Mt.Sinai
4. Jefferson
5. JHU- Bayview
6. BU
7. U Pitt

1. Vandy
2. Baylor
3. Carolinas
4. WFU

My first 3 are the same as Hb (do you want to do heme/onc as well?)

Mayo
Baylor
BU

Hey! What a coincidence!!! Actually, I want to do cardiology. Good luck on the match!!! :thumbup:

Hb

1. Um
2. Uc
3. Nw

Hb, good luck in the match to you too! maybe we'll see each other next year :)

Hb, good luck in the match to you too! maybe we'll see each other next year :)

Yes, my fingers will be crossed for both of us! :o) May I ask where are you from? :thumbup:

Hb

1. University of Rochester
2. Brown -- PC and Categorical
3. JHU -- Bayview
4. Penn -- PC and Categorical


(Obviously I'm looking for different things than many of the people who post on this board :)

I'm still changing the order every few hours, but here is my current list:

1. JHU - categorical, main university program
2. UCLA
3. Stanford
4. Yale
5. BID

Any thoughts? Like lots of other applicants this year, I too am thinking of cards...and possibly heme/onc.

Goodluck everyone!

I've been sitting on the fence as well, sorry,
my list looks like this now

Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mayo-Rochester
UTS'western
Hopkins Bayview
Maine Medical Center

hoping for hopkins, thinking realistically bout Mayo

Would be happy at any!

1)UNC
2)UAB
3)Tulane
4)Maryland

1. UVa
2. Univ of Iowa
3. Univ of AZ

Officially certified yesterday, and no surprise or changes.
Top 4:
1)BU (PC and Cat)
2)Brown (Cat and PC)
3)UMass
4)Yale-New Haven (IM/PC)

Would be just about equally happy at any of these! going to be a long wait until March 17.

Here it goes...
1. NYU
2. UCLA-Harbor
3. UCLA-Westwood
4. UW
5. Hopkins (that's right, I'm ranking 'em #5)
6. Emory
7. UTSW
8. USC

1. Indiana University
2. Utah
3. Albany
4. Colorado
5. Boston U
6. Baylor

1. University of Washington
2. Penn
3. WashU PTSP

1. Tufts-NEMC
2. Einstein-Montefiore
3. Brown
4. Thomas Jefferson

Good luck everyone!! :)

1. UTSW
2. Indiana
3. UCSD

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1. Univ of Minnesota
2. Ohio State
3. Univ of Louisville
4. Univ of Iowa
5. Univ of Arizona
6. Unv of Kentucky
7. MUSC
8. Univ of Texas - San Antonio
9. Indiana
10. Univ of Nebraska
11. Univ of Kansas
12. Rush
13. Univ of Utah

list seems kind of long..but since i took the time out to interview, i figured i would get some satisfaction from ranking...

good luck..

1. Rush
2. UIC
3. MCV
4. Tulane

another lurker...

1) BIDMC
2) WashU PSTP

would be happy at any of these...

Hi guys,

I have the impression that when you certify the ROL you get the same feelings as when your girlfriend say "yes" to your marriage proposal. It feels like you crossed a "no return line" and if you took the wrong decision, no one in the world can help you now. But it is only a feeling. Actually, I think if we have more than one criterion to set the ROL up, and most of us do, there will be hardly a perfect ROL. In other words, if you give priority to one critrion, you will probably sacrifice the other criteron and we should live with it. Personally, I gave a lot of importance to the gut feelings I had about the programs. But that's me. At the end, it is a hard personal decision.


My first 3 choices:

1) MGH
2) U of W
3) U of Michigan


Best of luck to all of us... 3 weeks and counting dow....

Lobo.

After much deliberation btw 1 and 2, finally picked 1 based on location/hometown though would be happy at all.

1)Baylor
2)UTSW
3)UCSD

Which would you put first?

UNC or Tulane

Which would you put first?

UNC or Tulane

Tulane! New Orleans is a cool place to live for a few years. Tulane has a great PD and you will see amazing pathology there.

And UNC, while a great program, is still in the shadows of Duke. A negative in my opinion.

Good Luck

I lurk because I'm curious... but I'm just a little ol' IMG so don't have impressive names to throw around. That said, I'm very pleased with my list.

1. Prov. Portland Med Ctr (OR)
2. St. Vincent's Med Ctr (OR)
3. Norwalk (CT)
4. Geisinger (PA)
5. Bridgeport Hosp (CT)
6. UN Reno
etc... to 15: Roger Williams (RI)

1. Mayo
2. Wash U.
3. BID

Now what PERCENT CHANCE do you GIVE YOURSELF for getting your Top 3?
Mine are
1: 65%
2: 20%
3: 10%
Rest: 5%

I AM CERTIFIABLE

Tulane! New Orleans is a cool place to live for a few years. Tulane has a great PD and you will see amazing pathology there.

And UNC, while a great program, is still in the shadows of Duke. A negative in my opinion.

Good Luck

It's moot now...but NOT TRUE AT ALL. UNC is many things both good and bad and I am ranking Duke above it...but UNC and Duke are really two non-competing spheres...maybe Dukies feel differently, but UNC has no reason to have an inferiority complex, and no one does (except for a few interns from out of state who still don't get the big picture)...my 2 cents for future applicants.

it is now officially past 9:00 EST Feb 23. ROL are due for you and programs. anyone else care to share? ;)

Props to Kate D for breaking the cycle of gunnerdom. No disrespect meant, I'm sure MGH is a very nice place.

1. Providence Portland
2. UC Davis
3. UW
4. IM Spokane
5. UCSD

1. Duke
2. U Wash
3. U Michigan
4. U Chicago
5. Northwestern
6. Vanderbilt

Good luck everyone!

Now what PERCENT CHANCE do you GIVE YOURSELF for getting your Top 3?
Mine are
1: 65%
2: 20%
3: 10%
Rest: 5%

I AM CERTIFIABLE

For me, I'd guess my chances of matching are:
1) (BU)-35%
2) (Brown)-25%
3) (UMass)-20-25%
4) (Yale-IM/PC)-10%
rest:5-10%

list and percent chances:
1. tufts 30%
2. brown 20%
3. bu 20%
4. jefferson
5. maryland
6. uic

to irlandesa--good luck to you, hopefully we'll both end up in new england next year!! i know you heard from brown's assoc. pd...question--did u ever hear from/get emails/letters from the pd or interviewer at bu? u may pm me if u like! but good luck!

To all the folks I've probably met on the interview trail:
A bunch of nice folks, that I am sure will make great doc's and colleagues. Best of luck in the match. :)
-CC

list and percent chance
1. Duke 25%
2. UNC 70%
3. WFU 5%

now this its over im older and colder this way....

1. MGH
2. UCLA
3. Cornell
4. Mt Sinai
5. NYU
6. Hopkins
7. Stanford
8. BU
9. Colorado

Now I'm confident with my list! Thanks to Anthony328 and JHUgirl for helping me.

1. U. of Arizona.
2. U. Missouri, Columbia.
3. Henry Ford.
4. Einstein/Jacobi.

Best of luck for all of you! Just 3 more weeks... :)

For me, I'd guess my chances of matching are:
1) (BU)-35%
2) (Brown)-25%
3) (UMass)-20-25%
4) (Yale-IM/PC)-10%
rest:5-10%

To you, Irlandesa, and others who are putting up these projections--you all seem like great candidates, I'm sure you'll have a much better chance of matching at these places than you project! Give yourself a little credit! As my Grandpa used to say, "Have faith in yourself, and it will calm your fears." IM, with exception made for the very top programs, is still pretty much a buyer's market.

1. Univ of Minnesota
2. Ohio State
3. Univ of Louisville
4. Univ of Iowa

Jdoc. I ranked Univ of Minnesota #1 as well. Perhaps I'll see you there. While relative of course, heard anything about how hard it is to get in if you rank them #1. I know they went unfilled a couple of years ago.
David

My certified list follows; good luck everyone:

1. Brigham (80%)
2. MGH (1%)
3. Hopkins (15%)
4. Penn (3%)
5. Yale
6. Emory

Unless those bastards lied to me... :)

OK. Here is mine.

1- Hopkins
2- WashU
3- Duke
4- UCSD
5- Mayo
6- Vanderbilt

1. UTSW
2. BCM-Houston
3. Rush

1. brown
2. monte
3. nyu
4. bu

Hopefully, everyone gets what they want.

1. Baylor
2. Emory
3. Indiana U

1.utah
2.colorado
3.ohio state
4.ohsu
5.arizona

based largely on football record for the last 2 years, j/k

My certified list follows; good luck everyone:

1. Brigham (80%)
2. MGH (1%)
3. Hopkins (15%)
4. Penn (3%)
5. Yale
6. Emory

Unless those bastards lied to me... :)

:eek: Now THAT is confidence! good for you, had I been much a better candidate and interviewed there, I would have put Brigham at the top of my list.
thanks for your encouraging words cubby; I am nowhere in the league of many people on here, but I've been told I do underestimate myself at times.. I think I would revise the list as follows:
1)BU:25-30% (I think I overestimated a little before)
2)Brown-25% (everyone loves Brown, so this is a tough one)
3)UMass-35%-40% (though they like their own grads a LOT, they get fewer apps from US MD grads than many other NE programs, so that may be an advantage for me).
4)Yale-5-10% (interview a lot of ppl for a few spots)
rest-<10% (but if I didn't get the top 4):
5)Maryland-15% (they love their own, like UMass, and don't rank that many)
6)Maine Med-60-75%
7)Lahey + rest=pretty much 100% if I didn't get 5 or 6 (most likely to get ranked: Lahey>Dartmouth>Baystate)

well, time for me to get a life now; I'm sure I met some of you on interviews, and I don't think I met a single obnoxious applicant the whole time (except for a few from my class). Good luck!

1) MGH
2) B&W
3) Hopkins
4) Duke
5) Penn

The west coast sure isn't getting much love on this board.

The west coast sure isn't getting much love on this board.

I gave the west coast some love!! :love: :love:

Let's hoep they give me some love back. :D

1. UCSF

That's more like it! Someone who wasn't brainwashed by "House of God". :D

All Med-Peds:

1)UCSD
2)Brown
3)Yale
4)UCLA
5)Penn

Here's my list:

1) Duke
2) Wash U (PSTP)

1) Scripps Clinic La Jolla
2) Cedars-Sinai
3) UCLA-Olive View
4) USC
5) Tufts-NEMC

It's my concern about fellowship placement, plus difficulties of securing a job while competing against the true big dogs...BID is definitely not MGH or BW.

Delusional

Here's a list from another average candidate... I'm not in the same league as the vast majority of you... Or maybe you guys are the only ones who want to post (and by "post" i mean "flex") Just kidding... :)

1. Rush
2. Loyola
3. UIC

My certified list follows; good luck everyone:

1. Brigham (80%)
2. MGH (1%)
3. Hopkins (15%)
4. Penn (3%)
5. Yale
6. Emory

Unless those bastards lied to me... :)


I dont get it. How could someone have an 80% chance of going to B&W but only 1% and 15% chance at MGH and JHU, respectively? I am not saying you're lying or anything, I am just curious as to how you have figured to have such a good chance at one powerhouse and almost nil at another.

1. JHU
2. U Maryland
3. U Washington
4. U Michigan
5. OHSU

I dont get it. How could someone have an 80% chance of going to B&W but only 1% and 15% chance at MGH and JHU, respectively? I am not saying you're lying or anything, I am just curious as to how you have figured to have such a good chance at one powerhouse and almost nil at another.

ok, i'm not the OP on this one...but when I did my percentages, i was trying to guess the relative likelihood of actually matching at those places. 30% chance at my #1...70% at my number two (for example)...

ok, i'm not the OP on this one...but when I did my percentages, i was trying to guess the relative likelihood of actually matching at those places. 30% chance at my #1...70% at my number two (for example)...

Exactly. Equal chances (80%) at the top three would be: 1. 80%; 2. 16%; 3. 3.2%. I think I have an equal chance at BWH and Hopkins, but the chance of me matching at Hopkins is lower since it is lower on my list. I just didn't get a good "they want me" vibe from MGH. That being said, I really liked MGH and thus ranked it 2.

My top 3:

1.) Dartmouth
2.) Brown
3.) Maine Med Ctr.

Family friendly programs ranked at the top of my list since I'm a poppa. :D
Hoping my Irish roots will bring some good fortune on the 17th.

Best of luck to all!!

A few of my classmates' #1 picks (just for kicks, and that I know of):
each corresponds to 1 person; interesting how everyone seems to have a different top pick:

BU (me)
BIDMC (I imagine a lot of people will rank this first)
Dartmouth
Tufts-NEMC
Maine
RWJ
Arizona

Other popular programs (but no one's #1 that I know of):
Brown
Einstein-Montefiore
Cornell
Jefferson
Cedars-Sinai

Top Med/Peds choices

1. Baystate
2. UNC Chapel Hill
3. U. of Michigan
4. U. of Chicago
5. U. of Rochester

Good luck to everyone!!

1. Brigham
2. MGH
3. Hopkins
4. UCSF
5. UCSD
And many more...

1. UCSD
2. UW
3. Duke
4. Wash U
5. U Maryland

Best of luck to all! :luck: