Ditto. For NYC have also interviewed at sinai and NYU. Has anyone else been to either of those two and also WCMC? What were your thoughts? How do they stack up for you?
Thanks and great luck to everyone wherever you end up!
Been to all 3
If research is your thing, Cornell takes the cake w/ Rockefeller & Sloan-Kettering. NYU has mediocre-not great research, while Sinai is decent/beefing up.
Cornell is the only one who's hospital is on the US News rankings (NY-Presb is #6). Not to say Sinai/NYU are bad, but not in the super-elite in terms of clinical prestige. If Ortho is your thing, HSS (Cornell-affiliated is the top in the country, though NYU's HJD is also solid).
Most MS3s & 4s I met on the trail say to ignore the pre-clinical curriculum, as it is not important in the grand scheme of your education (only clinical experiences are), but Cornell is PBL heavy, so if that's not your thing...NYU has the new 1.5 pre-clinical curric, so if you're really undecided on specialties, that might be a good idea. Sinai is the most traditional, though they try to advertise their flex time/place exams & anatomy table conferences.
Cab fare after a night of drinking on Lower East Side would be cheapest to NYU, and highest to Sinai.
If you pick med schools based on proximity to Starbucks it's closest at Sinai and furthest at Cornell.
NYU has Bellevue & Sinai has their Bellevue-esque hospital in Elmhurst, Queens.
I think the moral of the story is that all med schools are the same, despite the fact that they tell you otherwise. The price tags on these schools are roughly similar (ignoring financial aid. I think Sinai offers 5 full-rides/year?). The location is the same, despite my LES/cab joke. So I guess the only thing left to pick based off of is rankings and vibe. You really can't go wrong w/ any of these!