Random, i don't know if it is true or not...but i was told if you are from the West coast, it's good to do an East coast away rotation in order to "show" residencies that you are interested in leaving the west and willing to travel to another location. While i was told this, i didn't follow through with it due to the immense cost of doing an east coast away...though at virtually every non-west interview i was asked if i would really come out to their program given my history of being on the west. Extrapolating, i would assume this applies to East coast people trying to come to the West coast...i don't know about the mid-West.