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U Michigan
WPIC
WashU
Vanderbilt
Emory
Hopkins
Duke
...but I'd be thrilled to match at any of them. Good luck to everyone!
Damn, did anyone NOT rank Michigan first? wow.
U Michigan
WPIC
WashU
Vanderbilt
Emory
Hopkins
Duke
...but I'd be thrilled to match at any of them. Good luck to everyone!
Damn, did anyone NOT rank Michigan first? wow.
Damn, did anyone NOT rank Michigan first? wow.
It looks like Michigan is this year's OHSU. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't many, many people rank OHSU 1st last year on SDN?
Did you guys who ranked Michigan 1 have much contact with the PD in the last few weeks?
Did you guys who ranked Michigan 1 have much contact with the PD in the last few weeks?
Received a handwritten letter back in January along with an aluminum U of M Health System coffee mug. I replied with an email of interest at the beginning of this month and received an email reply the next day. Good sign? I hope so...
Sounds like a good sign. I didn't get any coffee-mug-type goodies in the mail from the places on my rank list.
One thing I'm really curious about: nobody else ranked Longwood first. It seems to show up as #4 a lot. If you wouldn't mind sharing . . . why? The program blew me away. Is it because of Boston? Did I miss something majorly negative about it?
One thing I'm really curious about: nobody else ranked Longwood first. It seems to show up as #4 a lot. If you wouldn't mind sharing . . . why? The program blew me away. Is it because of Boston? Did I miss something majorly negative about it?
One thing I'm really curious about: nobody else ranked Longwood first. It seems to show up as #4 a lot. If you wouldn't mind sharing . . . why? The program blew me away. Is it because of Boston? Did I miss something majorly negative about it?
One thing I've found interesting through this application cycle is the "residents work hard there" thing.The residents work hard there.
I've noticed that you hear it sometimes and sometimes not about almost all psychiatry programs. But I've heard it said nearly universally about all of the truly top programs. It makes sense, as I can't imagine a program with a particularly light load really producing the best psychiatrists in the country.
One thing I've found interesting through this application cycle is the "residents work hard there" thing.
I've noticed that you hear it sometimes and sometimes not about almost all psychiatry programs. But I've heard it said nearly universally about all of the truly top programs. It makes sense, as I can't imagine a program with a particularly light load really producing the best psychiatrists in the country.
Not saying that Longwood is one of the truly top programs or that they work their residents hard, but if they are, I'd be surprised if they didn't.
That's well worth mentioning. You can be worked hard and smart or just hard.I agree, except I would also guess that you hear the same about the programs at the very bottom of the barrel (i.e., sweatshops).
Yes the residents at Longwood work hard but it's all actually clinically useful work. Wouldn't have done a thing differently in terms of choosing to train there (and thankfully have them choose me).
How hard do they work there? I looked at the call schedule, and it's actually easier than the call schedule at my program.
Just wondering what "hard work" means with these top programs.
How hard do they work there? I looked at the call schedule, and it's actually easier than the call schedule at my program.
Just wondering what "hard work" means with these top programs.
Hmm, so maybe applicants shouldn't rely on residents statements about working hard because it's possibly more of a reflection of the values of the program/community rather than a reflection of the actual work done. I didn't get the vibe that residents at my program were at a program where people "work hard" (by that, meaning harder than usual), but we do. Of course, we're in the NW, where hard work isn't a big cultural value. Instead, we're all supposed to have time to be mountain climbing, snow boarding or making our own soaps.
Hmm, so maybe applicants shouldn't rely on residents statements about working hard because it's possibly more of a reflection of the values of the program/community rather than a reflection of the actual work done. I didn't get the vibe that residents at my program were at a program where people "work hard" (by that, meaning harder than usual), but we do. Of course, we're in the NW, where hard work isn't a big cultural value. Instead, we're all supposed to have time to be mountain climbing, snow boarding or making our own soaps.
She's not even kidding about making our own soaps. I know people who do this. And it seems every other resident I run into describes him or herself as a triathlete or a marathoner.
And on another note, here's why working hard here truly sucks. People in places like the NE value hard work, so you can brag about all those hours you're putting in. Here, you work hard, and yet you feel ashamed of yourself for being such a not-cool hard working person. Jeez.