The great thing about EM is that, basically, you're well trained wherever you go. A four year program won't hire you as an attending out of a three year program -- no matter which one it is. At least, not four year programs in the city. The good news is that after a year as an attending, you can apply for those jobs. So you're at that disadvantage (which i don't think is a particularly large disadvantage, having gone to a three year program myself) no matter which 3 year you take. Then it depends on where in the city you want to be. Queens, Manhattan (Downtown), Long Island, Staten island, Brooklyn or Manhattan (East Village). They're all competitive secondary to location so I'd say go, see which you like and just rank 'em all. If you can't decide which sounds better, base it based on the part of the city you want to live in. They'll all train you. Variations lie in patient population mostly -some have many more foreign language speakers than others, so weigh how much you mind using language lines. They're all good. You can't go wrong. I'm at one of them, and I have friends at all the others. I'm confident in all of our abilities. We all got jobs we wanted and are excited about. Our weaknesses vary by location... but there is no perfect program. Isn't that good news? You can't make a bad choice. PM me if you have ?'s.
