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1) Explain the nickname 'College of Surgeons and Surgeons' and how clerkship experiences in surgery and surgical subspecialties at P&S differ from peer schools.
The nickname stems from the fact that, in general, about 30% of the class goes into surgery related fields (internal medicine is still the most common, however). Of that percentage a substantial amount includes the surgical subs. Ortho often reaches the mid 10s and ent and optho also often break ten depending on the year. Neurosurg averages about five a year and i think plastics 2-3 a year (both over the last ten years). Lots of folks in anesthesia and urology as well. The primary difference in our surgical curriculum is the fact that students spend a week in all of them during the clinical year (not graded), which I think contributes to higher rates of students aplying into those fields than schools with out such exposure.
2) Two third year females said there is a 'boys' club' and 'fratty' feel to the school, but maybe it's just their class. Is there anything in your experience indicating a male-leaning institutional culture, social life, clubs?
Not really, if anything columbia prides itself in being highly heterogeneous. Gender wise we arealso balanced both in terms of student body but also institutionally (4 of 7 of the major clinical rotationyear directors are female for example). So, yes, there is a boys club at columbia (our graduate league rugby team), but we 70+ other clubs that run the gamut of interests and personalities. Im typing from my pphone but im more than happy to go in depth on this question later tonight as well as your others.
Average step 1 was 238 last year, but that was the last often the old curriculum.
The nickname stems from the fact that, in general, about 30% of the class goes into surgery related fields (internal medicine is still the most common, however). Of that percentage a substantial amount includes the surgical subs. Ortho often reaches the mid 10s and ent and optho also often break ten depending on the year. Neurosurg averages about five a year and i think plastics 2-3 a year (both over the last ten years). Lots of folks in anesthesia and urology as well. The primary difference in our surgical curriculum is the fact that students spend a week in all of them during the clinical year (not graded), which I think contributes to higher rates of students aplying into those fields than schools with out such exposure.
2) Two third year females said there is a 'boys' club' and 'fratty' feel to the school, but maybe it's just their class. Is there anything in your experience indicating a male-leaning institutional culture, social life, clubs?
Not really, if anything columbia prides itself in being highly heterogeneous. Gender wise we arealso balanced both in terms of student body but also institutionally (4 of 7 of the major clinical rotationyear directors are female for example). So, yes, there is a boys club at columbia (our graduate league rugby team), but we 70+ other clubs that run the gamut of interests and personalities. Im typing from my pphone but im more than happy to go in depth on this question later tonight as well as your others.
Average step 1 was 238 last year, but that was the last often the old curriculum.
