Ophthalmology Residency 2006 Post-match Poll

It's match time again and every year I collect and post applicants' stats anonymously. Your participation provides data that is not available elsewhere and is helpful to those who follow in your footsteps!

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THIS THREAD IS CLOSED UNTIL AFTER MATCH DAY, JAN 19, 2004
Reminder: ranklists due by JAN 11, 2005, 12:00 PM (PST)

In addition to the poll above, if you would like to participate in the anonymous detailed listing of matched and unmatched applications (hopefully all matched on this board), then please submit a personal message to me. I'll post your stats without identification (Click here for 2005 SDN Match Poll).

If you send me a PM or post, then please use the template below:

--Board Scores:
--AOA and class rank: if known
--Reputation of medical school: (top 10, top 25, etc)
--Research: (none, some ophtho with no publications, ophtho publications)
--Honors in clerkships: (especially surgery and medicine)
--# and where you did away rotations:
--# of programs you applied to:
--Where invited for interviews:
--Where matched:
--Anything that helped your app: (ie: a phone call from your advisor to another program, big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD, other degree, SDN Forum, etc)

Stats
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--Board Scores: step1 244
--AOA and class rank: n/a
--Reputation of medical school: top 25
--Research: ophtho publications, PhD
--Honors in clerkships: neuro, family
--# and where you did away rotations: 1, UCSF
--# of programs you applied to: 35
--Where invited for interviews: 20
--Where matched: Utah
--Anything that helped your app: MD/PhD
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--Board Scores: Step I 223, Step II 240
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, unknown
--Reputation of medical school: unknown, but not a top med school
--Research: some ophtho with no publications
--Honors in clerkships: none
--# and where you did away rotations: one away rotation, at UCSD-Shiley
--# of programs you applied to: 67
--Where invited for interviews: invited at 15 programs
--Where matched: Mason Eye Institute, Columbia Missouri
--Anything that helped your app: Great letters and international work
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--Board Scores: Step 1 236
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, 81/116
--Reputation of medical school: top 50, state school
--Research: 1 non-ophtho publication
--Honors in clerkships: Psych, Neurology
--# and where you did away rotations: 2, MUSC & USF(Tampa)
--# of programs you applied to: 58
--Where invited for interviews: 16
--Where matched: LSU-Shreveport
--Anything that helped your app: , strong LOR
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--Board Scores: 212, 222
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, 2nd quartile
--Reputation of medical school: I don't know, SUNY
--Research: ophtho publications, several posters
--Honors in clerkships: Ophtho, Family Medicine
--# and where you did away rotations: 1 at Rochester
--# of programs you applied to: 29
--Where invited for interviews: 3 (NS-LIJ, URMC, NUMC)
--Where matched: NS-LIJ
--Anything that helped your app: MD/PhD
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--Board Scores: Step I 217
--AOA and class rank: Middle third
--Reputation of medical school: top 3
--Research: Some ophtho with no publications
--Honors in clerkships: Surgery, Ophtho, Medicine sub-i
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: 85
--Where invited for interviews: 8
--Where matched: South Carolina
--Anything that helped your app: Strong letters of rec, strong med school reputation
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(2002 MD grad)
--Board Scores: 227, 220, 218
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, no class rank
--Reputation of medical school: top 25
--Research: none
--Honors in clerkships: medicine, psych, FP, SICU, ophtho
--# and where you did away rotations: 2 - Wilford Hall (Air Force), Walter Reed (Army)
--# of programs you applied to: 28
--Where invited for interviews: 8
--Where matched: Penn State
--Anything that helped your app: strong letters of rec, international ophtho experience
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--Board Scores: step I: 260 Step II: Who cares.
--AOA and class rank: if Senior AOA. No class rank
--Reputation of medical school: Top 25
--Research: A little research, including Ophtho chart review
--Honors in clerkships: Honors or near honors in most clerkships
--# and where you did away rotations: No aways, 2 electives at home
--# of programs you applied to: 48
--Where invited for interviews: Iowa, Michigan, USC, MEEI, Baylor, UCLA, Bascom, Wilmer, Wills, Scheie, Casey, CPMC, WashU, etc, etc.
--Where matched: Iowa (#1 choice)
--Anything that helped your app: Strong letters from big wigs, research, interesting personal statement (I'm serious), home program (Iowa) with strong rep.
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--Board Scores: 241
--AOA and class rank: not AOA
--Reputation of medical school: top 10, great ophtho dept.
--Research: a lot of exp. in diff. labs, some ophtho research with an LOR
--Honors in clerkships: medicine, psych, ophtho
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: a bunch
--Where invited for interviews: Cole Eye, Baylor, Umich, NYEEI, NYU, Brown, NW, UIC, UCIrvine, etc.
--Where matched: Baylor
--Anything that helped your app: big wig letters, research, good backing of dept., and
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--Board Scores: Step I: 225
--AOA and class rank: No AOA, don't know rank
--Reputation of medical school: MCW, you tell me
--Research: geriatrics poster & research, a little ophtho reserach
--Honors in clerkships: Surgery, Fam Med, Amb Med, Anesthesia, Optho, Surg Sub-I (ENT)
--# and where you did away rotations: 0 away
--# of programs you applied to: 56
--Where invited for interviews: 20 (went on 17) - Loyola, Cook Co, Tufts, UW Madison, U Minn, MCW, Colorado, AECOM, U Maryland, St Vincent's, St Luke's, U So Carolina, EVMS, LSU-Ochsner, Dean McGee, Geisinger, Nassau -- didn't attend SUNY-Syracuse, Henry Ford, Rochester NY
--Where matched: Dean McGee (OK), my #1!
--Anything that helped your app: good letters (optho, geriatrics and psych), told pers. statement was good, interview coaching from Dr. Doan (I really felt awesome after the Dean McGee interview!), I called and talked to the chairman (after he invited applicants to) & said they were #1, also involved in work with victims of foreign torture (interviewers loved to talk about torture) and international health and speak 3 languanges & finally, the awesomeness of the SDN forum contributors!
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--Board Scores: step1 220, step2 223
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, middle third
--Reputation of medical school: Unknown, average
--Research: over 2 years full time, 2 GI publications, numerous abstracts
--Honors in clerkships: psych, neuro, family, ophtho
--# and where you did away rotations: 1
--# of programs you applied to: 60
--Where invited for interviews: 8
--Where matched: UNMC
--Anything that helped your app: Masters, research, great letters
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--Board Scores: Step-1 250, Step-2 Not yet
--AOA and class rank: Senior AOA
--Reputation of medical school: Top 20
--Research: Mostly private sector and some academic basic science research, no ophtho research or publications
--Honors in clerkships: All honors except FP
--# and where you did away rotations: No aways, 1 month at home institution
--# of programs you applied to: 30
--Where invited for interviews: 14
--Where matched: Wash U, woo hoo!
--Anything that helped your app: Nothing extra that I know of except a great LOR from Ophtho Chair.
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--AOA and class rank: +AOA (top 15%)
--Reputation of medical school: (top 10, top 25, etc)
--Research: (none, some ophtho with no publications, ophtho publications). MD/PhD, no ophtho research.
--Honors in clerkships: (especially surgery and medicine). Medicine, Surgery, Family Practice, Psychiatry.
--# and where you did away rotations: No externships.
--# of programs you applied to: 45
--Where invited for interviews: Mayo, Wills, Wash U, Cleveland Clinic, Oklahoma, Baylor, Loyola, USC, UCLA, Northwestern, Rush, Ohio State, St. Louis U., Texas Tech, Ohio State, Penn State, Cincinnati, U. Kentucky, U. of Louisville, William Beaumont, Georgetown (U Wash Hosp), and a few more I can't think of off the top of my head after celebrating all night . (25 total).
--Where matched: Mayo Clinic!!! Number 1 choice!!!
--Anything that helped your app: (ie: a phone call from your advisor to another program, big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD, other degree, SDN Forum, etc). I don't know for sure. I told the program director that they were my number 1; maybe that helped?
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--Board Scores: ~230
--AOA and class rank: non AOA
--Reputation of medical school: Average
--Research: Published Peds research, MSK research, Neuro Research, Ophtho research unpublished
--Honors in clerkships: None first 2 years, all honors third year
--# and where you did away rotations: 1 away
--# of programs you applied to: ~60
--Where invited for interviews: went on 13/20...including UTSW, Texas Tech, Tulane, Maryland, Penn State, MCV, Penn, Temple, Drexel, St. Vincents, St. Lukes, Albany, Sinai, OSU, SUMMA
--Where matched: #4
--Anything that helped your app: Very supportive home program, great letters, advice, calls, etc

Congrats! Let's keep it all in one thread. You can announce your match results here too.
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Continuation of Stats
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--Board Scores: 260
--AOA and class rank: AOA
--Reputation of medical school: Not top 10
--Research: few ophtho posters/presentations graduating with "honors in research"
--Honors in clerkships: Med, Surg, Peds...
--# and where you did away rotations: No Aways
--# of programs you applied to: 40
--Where invited for interviews: 30 invites (Madison, Iowa, Michigan, Cleveland Clinic, Case, Wash U...)
--Where matched: UW Madison
I've been waiting a long time to post this!
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--Board Scores: 259 Step 1, Step 2 not taken yet
--AOA and class rank: guessing top 1/3-1/4 based on Dean's letter. AOA unknown
--Reputation of medical school: top 10
--Research: HHMI year-long research fellowship in ophtho basic science with ARVO abstract but no pubs yet. 1st author Radiology paper earlier in school.
--Honors in clerkships: Surgery, Medicine, OB/GYN, Ophtho sub-i
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: 37
--Where invited for interviews: 32
--Where matched: MEEI (#1 choice)
--Anything that helped your app: Really strong letter from a well known faculty person at my school (was mentioned at many interviews). Research interests and desire to go into academics (genuine). Being damn fine (hee hee hee... )
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--Board Scores: Step 1 - 224
--AOA and class rank: not AOA
--Reputation of medical school: top 25
--Research: none in ophtho
--Honors in clerkships: surgery
--# and where you did away rotations: 1
--# of programs you applied to: >50
--Where invited for interviews: 8 (Storm, Loyola, DMEI, Texas A&M, UT Memphis, and others)
--Where matched: #1 choice !!!!
--Anything that helped your app: phone call from advisor to my #1 program was HUGE, 2 big-wig letters, international medical mission experience, the grace of God
**numbers aren't everything**
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--Board Scores: Step1-253
--AOA and class rank: not ranked, AOA unknown at the time of application
--Reputation of medical school: top 10
--Research: PhD in neuroscience, no ophtho-specific research
--Honors in clerkships: Honors in Med and Surg
--# and where you did away rotations:None
--# of programs you applied to:30
--Where invited for interviews:USC, UCLA, Stanford, Yale, George Wash, Bascom, Emory, UChicago, UIC, Indiana, Wilmer, BU, UMich, UMinn, Mayo, WashU, UMDNJ, Duke, UCinn, ClevelandClinic, Scheie, Baylor- Interviewed at UChicago, Wilmer, UMich, UMinn, Mayo, WashU, Duke, CClinic, Scheie, Baylor.
--Where matched: UMich
--Anything that helped your app: big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD
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--Board Scores: 268/267/Pass (CS)
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, top quartile
--Reputation of medical school: (middle tier)
--Research: (some ophtho with no publications, 1 non-ophtho publication)
--Honors in clerkships: (most everything but medicine)
--# and where you did away rotations: ucla
--# of programs you applied to:42
--Where invited for interviews: 23: BU, UTSW, Cleveland Clinic, UIC, University of Michigan, University of Alabama, NYMC, Wash U , Duke, UC Irvine, JHU, NYU , Mount Sinai , UCLA, GWU, Drexel, Wills, Columbia, NYEEI, St. Vincent’s, Cornell, AECOM, LIJ
--Where matched: UIC
--Anything that helped your app: (not sure, extra degree- masters)
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--Board Scores: 260/260
--AOA and class rank: Senior AOA, unknown class rank
--Reputation of medical school: top 50 (large state school)
--Research: some ophtho with no publications ongoing since second year of med school
--Honors in clerkships: Honors in Medicine, Psych, Surgery, OB/GYN, Ambulatory, Ophtho. Letter/High Pass in Neuro, and all 4th year required clerkships and electives (so far).
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: 21
--Where invited for interviews: 17 (went to 14)
--Where matched: #1 choice
--Anything that helped your app: unique personal statement (seriously) and ability to talk about things outside of medicine at my interviews. I haven't read the letters of rec I received, but they must have helped also.

Offers and didn't go (3): UTSW, U South Florida, UAB
Offers and went (14): OSU, UW, Mayo, MUSC, Baylor, Iowa, UVA, Michigan, U Florida, Vanderbilt, Emory, Wake Forest, Bascom Palmer, Utah.
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--Board Scores: Step I 258/99, Step II 252/99
--AOA and class rank: first in class, not AOA
--Reputation of medical school: foreign
--Research: two publications (one pathology, one ophtho) plus several
posters and presentations
--Honors in clerkships: all, 1 year US experience (mostly clinical)
--# and where you did away rotations: Cornell (medicine), Wilmer, Duke and
Baylor
--# of programs you applied to: 44
--Where invited for interviews: invited at 3 programs
--Where matched: Did not match
--Anything that may have helped your app: Great US letters, but they did not
help too much it seems
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--AOA and class rank: AOA, top 16.67%
--Reputation of medical school: top 50, strong ophtho dept
--Research: ARVO poster presentation
--Honors in clerkships: ophtho, medicine, surgery, peds, ob/gyn, psych, fp, medicine sub-i
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: 40
--Where invited for interviews: 17 invites, went to 14, ranked 12
--Where matched: home program (#2)
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--Board Scores: 247
--AOA and class rank: AOA unknown (probably not though)
--Reputation of medical school: top 10, awesome ophtho program
--Research: 4 non ophtho, non first author publications, 2 ophtho papers in press, 1 ophtho project ongoing
--Honors in clerkships: Medicine, a bunch of electives including Derm, Ophtho, Med Sub-I
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: 30
--Where invited for interviews: UCLA, USC, UCSD, UCI, UCSF, Hopkins, MEEI, U Chicago, Wills, Scheie, Case, Bascom. (Cancelled: UMaryland, Tufts, Georgetown, NYU, Cleveland Clinic)
--Where matched: UCLA!!!
--Anything that helped your app: good letters (especially one "power letter" from an accomplished attending), strong leadership experiences, research (ophtho and non-ophtho)
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--Board Scores: Step I-240 / Step II-253
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, top 1/3 of class
--Reputation of medical school: top 10 (Wash U)
--Research: one non-ophtho publication
--Honors in clerkships: Medicine, Surgery, OB/GYN, Peds, Neurology, Psychiatry
--# and where you did away rotations: 2-Madigan AMC in Ft. Lewis, WA and Brooke AMC in San Antonio, TX
--# of programs you applied to: 3
--Where invited for interviews: all
--Where matched: Madigan Army Medical Center, Ft. Lewis, WA (first choice)
--Anything that helped your app: prior military service, West Point graduate (Army HPSP student)
--Patrick Munson or "Armyguy" on SDN

Butters415 said:

The poll only lets me choose one option among all of the choices instead of one in each category. I can't choose "I matched" plus "Interviewed at # schools" "Applied to # schools"...etc.

Click to expand...

Sorry. Poll is not working as intended. Please post your information in this thread instead.

Congrats to the new residents at Iowa! Go Hawkeyes!

http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/dept/RESFELO/match/resmatch06.htm

Gandhi, Nandini G. (University of California, San Francisco)
Cohen, Alex (Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Bronx, NY)
Pham, Leslie (Brown Medical School)
Wendel, Lucas (University of Iowa)
Roller, Aaron B. (University of Rochester School of Medicine - Rochester, NY)

I heard these were all highly ranked! Good job!