Does anyone know anything about Cedars-Sinai Internal Medicine residency? How competitive is it? (My stats: Top 20 east coast medical school, 240 Step 1, honors in half of 3rd year rotations including Medicine, not AOA, no publications but some research experience, typical volunteer/extracurriculars)

What is their schedule/call schedule like? What is the patient population like? Etc. I am quite interested in living in LA, and know I am not a super strong candidate for UCLA, so Cedars seems like one of my best options. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

you should be fine. cedars has one of the relatively larger cali programs (~40 categorical interns). mixed batch (good number of mid west and east coast peepz). stepped up the game with solid fellowship (especially GI/Cards) match this past year so it may become more competitive for future class competition pool. if really concerned can try doing an away rotation if not too much of a burden.

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based on a mtg i had going thru programs with my PD the other day at home school i think u will be beyond fine. he recommended i take it off my list in fact ("you could do better!" kind of things) and i am very similar to u in competitiveness. so def apply and i think based on that chances are awesome. i too saw the fellowship match and am still thinking about putting it on my list.

here is a question - u are 240/99, good rep school, good grades...how competitive does one have to be to go to UCLA?

based on a mtg i had going thru programs with my PD the other day at home school i think u will be beyond fine. he recommended i take it off my list in fact ("you could do better!" kind of things) and i am very similar to u in competitiveness. so def apply and i think based on that chances are awesome. i too saw the fellowship match and am still thinking about putting it on my list.

here is a question - u are 240/99, good rep school, good grades...how competitive does one have to be to go to UCLA?

I just had my MSPE/Dean's meeting and was told that places like UCSF, UCLA, Stanford, etc. are not only some of the biggest names on the west coast for medicine, but the location makes them even harder to get a spot and thus they are ultra-competitive. I am a similar candidate as you two, and I was told that UCSF/UCLA are definitely within reach but I better apply to a lot of places if those are my top choices and I really want to live in California (eg. Less competitive academic places like Davis, or highly respected community programs like Cedars/Scripps).

Anyone know anything else about Cedars?

Are there any US-IMGs there?

cedars isn't competitive, with your stats you will get in.

Does anyone know anything about Cedars-Sinai Internal Medicine residency? How competitive is it? (My stats: Top 20 east coast medical school, 240 Step 1, honors in half of 3rd year rotations including Medicine, not AOA, no publications but some research experience, typical volunteer/extracurriculars)

What is their schedule/call schedule like? What is the patient population like? Etc. I am quite interested in living in LA, and know I am not a super strong candidate for UCLA, so Cedars seems like one of my best options. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

You're good enough for Cedars. And I'd sent UCLA an app anyway, you might be surprised. Besides UCLA's main program there is a program at Harbor and Olive View, close by is UCLA's Pasadena program. If you want LA, don't forget about USC - it's a solid program, and you'll def get an interview there if you apply.

From what I remember, the call schedule was nice, work load is nice, patient population is your run-of-the-mill IM. Some people argue that Cedars doesn't get many of the poorer and indigent and while this is true, you'll have some of that too. LA is a melting pot, so you'll see all races and types of patients. They have decent fellowship match - and have a pretty big cards and GI programs and they seem to save a few spots for Cedars guys every year.

You're good enough for Cedars. And I'd sent UCLA an app anyway, you might be surprised. Besides UCLA's main program there is a program at Harbor and Olive View, close by is UCLA's Pasadena program. If you want LA, don't forget about USC - it's a solid program, and you'll def get an interview there if you apply.

From what I remember, the call schedule was nice, work load is nice, patient population is your run-of-the-mill IM. Some people argue that Cedars doesn't get many of the poorer and indigent and while this is true, you'll have some of that too. LA is a melting pot, so you'll see all races and types of patients. They have decent fellowship match - and have a pretty big cards and GI programs and they seem to save a few spots for Cedars guys every year.

ditto. pretty cush, not super competitive other than is a socal program. good gi/cards. esp cards. not much indigent stuff.

except didnt care that much for usc. that's me personally though. dont read too much into it.

ditto. pretty cush, not super competitive other than is a socal program. good gi/cards. esp cards. not much indigent stuff.

except didnt care that much for usc. that's me personally though. dont read too much into it.

does anyone know if cedars matches DO grads?

does anyone know if cedars matches DO grads?

I didn't see any on interview day. If you stats are good enough then apply. DO's show up in the strangest places ;)