Help with Choice to Cancel Interviews

[anestheticman]

I need to cancel one or two of the following interviews due to time and money constraints and I was wondering what people think about the programs/locations... thanks!

U of Arizona
U of New Mexico
UTSW
Tulane

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[Coastie]

Cancel UNM and Tulane.

 

[Curare]

I need to cancel one or two of the following interviews due to time and money constraints and I was wondering what people think about the programs/locations... thanks!

U of Arizona
U of New Mexico
UTSW
Tulane

Anestheticman, you usually offer good advice so I will try and do the same.

I have interviewed or I am going to interview at these schools.

U of Arizona: Very few perks, nothing impressed me but nothing scared me.
U of New Mexico: location, location, location. The only reason I consistently found that the residents went there is because they love the outdoor activities. To me that was a huge factor.
UTSW: I went there for an interview because it was convenient. It blew me a way in terms of quality, experience and perks for the residents.
Tulane: scared me, understandable but everything in the program was about what they are going to do if they get a chance nothing about what they had done or implemented to that point. I would label it potential.

I vote for canceling Tulane and Arizona, unless you aren't an outdoor type person then tulane and NM. The program director for NM posts occasionally on this board.

 

[anestheticman]

I'm much more of a city person although outdoors are nice I prefer urban areas.

Thanks for the advice... I probably can't do NM anyway just based on the day.

Tulane sounds like it is in transition which I was not aware of.

I know I would prefer Dallas location-wise of these places but I heard UTSW was a rough program and that residents were not happy there...

 

[Kandy2012]

I also have an interview at Tulane coming up. I would not recommend cancelling yours. Tulane is a great institution. I deal with the med school a lot although I am in the MsPH program. Many of my professors also teach for the med school. New Orleans needs as much help as they can get and can benefit from a fresh group of bright students. They probably are in transistion but I don't believe that will intefere with the quality of education (at Tulane at least). Change is a postive aspect of any program.