Hematology/Oncology 2019-2020 Fellowship Season

[KKman206]

How many you have as of now? Are you guys contacting the program by phone or email?

Just three...

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[Onclover]

Interested in academics but not decided on subspec but leaning towards malig heme vs breast ca. Can you help rank?

1. U Mich
2. U Colorado
3. OHSU
4. Moffit
5. u Minnesota
6. Indiana Univ
7. Univ of Iowa
8. NIH
9. Cleveland Clin
10. UCSD
11. City of Hope
12. Henry Ford
13. Univ of Nebraska
14. NYU

 

[liquidlarotrectinib]

Interested in academics but not decided on subspec but leaning towards malig heme vs breast ca. Can you help rank?

1. U Mich
2. U Colorado
3. OHSU
4. Moffit
5. u Minnesota
6. Indiana Univ
7. Univ of Iowa
8. NIH
9. Cleveland Clin
10. UCSD
11. City of Hope
12. Henry Ford
13. Univ of Nebraska
14. NYU

Very impressive list. The weakest one there is Henry Ford. The rest are all reasonable to be ranked 1-13. Would just rank based on what you thought of them on interview day.

 

[Icrydacrocytes]

If we submitted an abstract and it got rejected, there is zero point in mentioning it during interviews right? It’s part of a larger project so I feel comfortable talking about the project as a whole of course but I figured it would come off as ridiculous to mention working on something that won’t actually be published or presented.

Sorry if this is a really dumb question. Another resident I worked on the project with is adamant that he’s going to continue talking about the abstract during interviews and since my PD constantly tells me I have a tendency to sell myself short, I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t overlooking some reason why anyone would care about this.

Anyone able to offer some quick advice about this situation?

 

[IM_applicant]

Anyone able to offer some quick advice about this situation?

At this point I think it's more important to show that we understand the research we are doing and are taking a meaningful part of it so I don't think it'll make a big difference.

The other thing is - what do you mean rejected and from where? If it didn't get an oral presentation or poster at ASCO and you prefer not putting your data out there for anything less, that is one thing (in that case you could mention it if you wrote the abstract for example). If it got rejected from a small conference that's another thing (probably would not mention it).

 

[IM_applicant]

Interested in academics but not decided on subspec but leaning towards malig heme vs breast ca. Can you help rank?

1. U Mich
2. U Colorado
3. OHSU
4. Moffit
5. u Minnesota
6. Indiana Univ
7. Univ of Iowa
8. NIH
9. Cleveland Clin
10. UCSD
11. City of Hope
12. Henry Ford
13. Univ of Nebraska
14. NYU

Great list. Congrats!

Any geographical preferences for fellowship/post or any specific considerations that made you rank them this way? I am not a flyover-state type of person and I think that if you train in California or NYC your opportunities for finding a job at another institution may be better. But if you think you'd enjoy living in Nebraska or Indiana more than you would in LA/San Diego or NYC (both short and long term), that looks like a reasonable way to rank.

Did not apply to Colorado so don't know but I heard from several people on the trail that they have a very tough call schedule and fellows are pretty burnt out.

 

[Onclover]

Great list. Congrats!

Any geographical preferences for fellowship/post or any specific considerations that made you rank them this way? I am not a flyover-state type of person and I think that if you train in California or NYC your opportunities for finding a job at another institution may be better. But if you think you'd enjoy living in Nebraska or Indiana more than you would in LA/San Diego or NYC (both short and long term), that looks like a reasonable way to rank.

Did not apply to Colorado so don't know but I heard from several people on the trail that they have a very tough call schedule and fellows are pretty burnt out.

Thank you for your input..I really don’t have a geographic preference. I have a family so being affordable and having good schools for the kids are also priority but the quality of training is of course the most important.

 

[Icrydacrocytes]

At this point I think it's more important to show that we understand the research we are doing and are taking a meaningful part of it so I don't think it'll make a big difference.

The other thing is - what do you mean rejected and from where? If it didn't get an oral presentation or poster at ASCO and you prefer not putting your data out there for anything less, that is one thing (in that case you could mention it if you wrote the abstract for example). If it got rejected from a small conference that's another thing (probably would not mention it).

That’s a good point. It did get rejected from a big deal conference. I guess it wouldn’t be totally unreasonable to mention it as a result.

 

[liquidlarotrectinib]

How many interviews are people planning to go on? Was initially thinking about 10. But have heard a lot of applicants say 10-15 at interviews. Not sure if I should plan for 15+.

 

[Icrydacrocytes]

How many interviews are people planning to go on? Was initially thinking about 10. But have heard a lot of applicants say 10-15 at interviews. Not sure if I should plan for 15+.

If you look at the nrmp data 15 seems totally ridiculous. You already have a 95% chance of matching with 8. I also find that it is not possible to be at your best and giving each program your all when you go on too many (case in point, one dude legit fell asleep during a talk at one of my interview days and mixed up the name of the NYC program we were at with another). I’m interviewing at 8. I applied to 30 and was invited to 15. Other people at my program are interviewing anywhere from 4 (a chief) to 9.

 

[HEMOT]

I do get interview today for assigned date.

 

[AMPK92]

Anyone interviewing at ETSU who's interested in exchanging dates? Mines on 10/18/19.

 

[dp2016]

During interviews, I have had interviewers say that "you are a strong candidate, hope you match with us ". Does this mean anything or is it just a generic statement made to everyone these days in Hem/Onc..?

 

[frisbeefreak123]

hi guys, any thoughts on my RL. I have a rough idea.

1) Emory
2) UVA
3) Fox Chase
4) Yale
5) UT Southwestern
6) Penn State
7) Albert Einstein
8) University of Wisconsin
9) Boston University
10) UConn
11) UT San Antonio
12) UMass

 

[liquidlarotrectinib]

hi guys, any thoughts on my RL. I have a rough idea.

1) Emory
2) UVA
3) Fox Chase
4) Yale
5) UT Southwestern
6) Penn State
7) Albert Einstein
8) University of Wisconsin
9) Boston University
10) UConn
11) UT San Antonio
12) UMass

Wisconsin has a great program. Unless you have a major problem with the location would definitely rank it above Penn State and Einstein (Montefiore?). Could make an argument for ranking it #1 on your list.

 

[Icrydacrocytes]

Whoa I hadn’t read sdn all season and now that I have I’m nervous I’m at the bottom of the barrel in terms of my application... I figured I was about average before. Coming from a top/mid academic residency, US MD school. Average step scores. I have been told my LORs are strong. I have 6 pubs in the form of abstracts/posters presented at small things like ACP and 2 book chapters. Thought I might get an ASCO abstract but was rejected. 3 translational science projects in progress - one of which I’m working on the manuscript for now.

It seems like everyone on here has multiple first author papers though, or at least papers period or ASCO abstracts. Am I a far worse candidate than I thought?

For what it’s worth I’m interested in solids, maybe GI or lung. I applied broadly and got what seemed like plenty of invites ranging from places like OHSU to Rutgers.

 

[bethebestyou]

If you are AMG or coming from a big academic residency program, none of the programs care much about how many papers you have etc. You get a lot of IVs anyways. So no need to worry about anything.

There are candidates with many pubmed indexed articles but gets way less IVs. So I really question the value of research to get IV.

Whoa I hadn’t read sdn all season and now that I have I’m nervous I’m at the bottom of the barrel in terms of my application... I figured I was about average before. Coming from a top/mid academic residency, US MD school. Average step scores. I have been told my LORs are strong. I have 6 pubs in the form of abstracts and posters presented at small things like ACP and 2 book chapters. Thought I might get an ASCO abstract but was rejected. 3 translational science projects in progress - one of which I’m working on the manuscript for now.

It seems like everyone on here has multiple first author papers though, or at least papers period or ASCO abstracts. Am I a far worse candidate than I thought?

For what it’s worth I’m interested in solids, maybe GI or lung. I applied broadly and got plenty of invites ranging from places like OHSU to Rutgers.

 

[whoknows2012]

Whoa I hadn’t read sdn all season and now that I have I’m nervous I’m at the bottom of the barrel in terms of my application... I figured I was about average before. Coming from a top/mid academic residency, US MD school. Average step scores. I have been told my LORs are strong. I have 6 pubs in the form of abstracts/posters presented at small things like ACP and 2 book chapters. Thought I might get an ASCO abstract but was rejected. 3 translational science projects in progress - one of which I’m working on the manuscript for now.

It seems like everyone on here has multiple first author papers though, or at least papers period or ASCO abstracts. Am I a far worse candidate than I thought?

For what it’s worth I’m interested in solids, maybe GI or lung. I applied broadly and got what seemed like plenty of invites ranging from places like OHSU to Rutgers.

Short answer, no. Good letters, research activity, good academic program. Those all check boxes. You certainly don’t have a superstar resume but you’ll definitely match at a solid academic program presuming no red flags and you’re a normal person

 

[HEMOT]

I have the same f

If you are AMG or coming from a big academic residency program, none of the programs care much about how many papers you have etc. You get a lot of IVs anyways. So no need to worry about anything.

There are candidates with many pubmed indexed articles but gets way less IVs. So I really question the value of research to get IV.

I have the same feeling during this season, maybe double 250s count more than many PMIDs;

 

[Phase1Phase2]

Interested in academics but not decided on subspec but leaning towards malig heme vs breast ca. Can you help rank?

1. U Mich
2. U Colorado
3. OHSU
4. Moffit
5. u Minnesota
6. Indiana Univ
7. Univ of Iowa
8. NIH
9. Cleveland Clin
10. UCSD
11. City of Hope
12. Henry Ford
13. Univ of Nebraska
14. NYU

Malignant heme vs breast cancer... this just means you don't know what you want to do, and that's fine.
You have a lot of good programs there... where do you want to live?

In my group 1, I would select NIH, City of Hope, Ohio State due to desire to train at an ETCTN LAO site. If not so interested in phase 1/2 clinical trials, I would rank by where you wanted to live.

 

[Phase1Phase2]

hi guys, any thoughts on my RL. I have a rough idea.

1) Emory
2) UVA
3) Fox Chase
4) Yale
5) UT Southwestern
6) Penn State
7) Albert Einstein
8) University of Wisconsin
9) Boston University
10) UConn
11) UT San Antonio
12) UMass

Yale should be #1. Unless you hate New England... I would much rather live in Atlanta... but that is lifestyle stuff.

 

[Phase1Phase2]

Hey guys, any opinions on the following rank order?
1. Moffitt
2. University of Minnesota
3. Albert Einstein/Jacobi
4. Henry Ford
5. Roger Williams, Providence
6. Medstar/Georgetown, DC
7. University of Toledo
8. Ascension providence, MI
9. Gundersen, La Crosse

I am pretty sure about 1 and 2. 3 to 9 is a blur.

Agree on 1-2 and everything else a blur. Choose by geography/lifestyle if no clear preference.

 

[Phase1Phase2]

Interested in solids, looking to come out clinically strong with some clinical research. Would likely practice after graduating in a large clinical center focusing on two or three areas of solids. Would you be able to help me rank these programs? Currently ranked according to my opinion. Thank you so much for your help.

Boston University
Dartmouth
Brown
OHSU
Tufts
UMass
Uni of South Carolina

I went to undergrad at Dartmouth... living in the Upper Valley from 18-22 is one thing. Living there as an adult would be difficult for me now as an unmarried, childless person. If you are married with a family, it is a nice area. But often hard for significant other to find employment if that is needed. Something to consider...

 

[Nutella-addict]

Does this ranking seem reasonable? Interested in solids
1. Case Western
2. Moffitt
3. University of Cinncinati
4. Ochsner
5. University of Louisville
6. University of New Mexico

 

[PatNanym]

I went to undergrad at Dartmouth... living in the Upper Valley from 18-22 is one thing. Living there as an adult would be difficult for me now as an unmarried, childless person. If you are married with a family, it is a nice area. But often hard for significant other to find employment if that is needed. Something to consider...

Thank you! Yes, I thought so too. I have an SO and finding employment/school is important, for which Dartmouth might not be ideal. I might have to forsake quality of training for location in this case. Would you happen to know if Brown might be equally good as Dartmouth? Providence is larger than Lebanon NH and is also closer to Boston..

 

[PatNanym]

Any thoughts on Tufts vs BU in Boston? And how Brown compares to these two?

 

[PatNanym]

First time poster, looking for some guidance!
I'm interested in academics. I slightly prefer heme but could be swayed to solids, especially if I had strong mentorship opportunities where I end up for fellowship that could launch my future career.

I think a fellowship with strong clinical and/or translational research opportunities would be crucial to a future academic career.

My SO is finishing up a phd and started seeking post-doc postions. He's been in touch with a lab at MIT that do similar biotech research and they have been receptive to having him join their lab. We both went to college in Boston and liked living there. For those reasons, I am looking to be in/near Boston.

I'm considering the following ROL:
1. NYU
2. BU
3. Brown
4. Dartmouth
5. Tufts
6. Fox chase/Temple
7. Rutgers

Are my 1&2 easily interchangeable?

I know 6 is reputable, but Philadelphia would make seeing each other every week, at least on weekends, unlikely. Boston/NYC may be more manageable, especially as he'd be a postdoc with a flexible schedule.

Appreciate any tips.

Sounds reasonable, but if you prefer staying in Boston, why did you rank Tufts fifth? Also, you ranked BU over Brown because you liked it better or is it solely based on location? Also, why Dartmouth as 4th? Being an NCI-designated center, shouldn't it be above Brown?

 

[Icrydacrocytes]

Personally I would put Brown below Dartmouth (however I get that location may be a no go) and Tufts which is obv in Boston like you want. Brown has the recognizable name but surprisingly not as much research esp translational going on as the other 2 and their fellows seem to have more scut. Also no BMT or CART if that matters to you.

 

[lulu09]

Any thoughts on Tufts vs BU in Boston? And how Brown compares to these two?

First time poster, looking for some guidance!
I'm interested in academics. I slightly prefer heme but could be swayed to solids, especially if I had strong mentorship opportunities where I end up for fellowship that could launch my future career.

I think a fellowship with strong clinical and/or translational research opportunities would be crucial to a future academic career.

My SO is finishing up a phd and started seeking post-doc postions. He's been in touch with a lab at MIT that do similar biotech research and they have been receptive to having him join their lab. We both went to college in Boston and liked living there. For those reasons, I am looking to be in/near Boston.

I'm considering the following ROL:
1. NYU
2. BU
3. Brown
4. Dartmouth
5. Tufts
6. Fox chase/Temple
7. Rutgers

Are my 1&2 easily interchangeable?

I know 6 is reputable, but Philadelphia would make seeing each other every week, at least on weekends, unlikely. Boston/NYC may be more manageable, especially as he'd be a postdoc with a flexible schedule.

Appreciate any tips.

I interviewed at both BU and Tufts last year and preferred Tufts over BU.

BU appears extremely scutty with the amount of clinical work demanded of fellows while they are on consults (the fellows don't hide this fact when you interview). Also, their research output just seems....meh (on interview day they only had faculty present their research and many of the senior fellows didn't even have a set research project established when you talk to them). Yes, they have you tour a stem cell laboratory during the interview day but even the PhDs who are working in the labs when we were walking through were like...we haven't seen any onc fellows work on projects here... *shrug*. They did recruit a big name from DFCI to head their department when I interviewed last year, but I'm not sure what he has done in this past year -- perhaps it has improved for the better.

Tufts, although small, appear to be very invested in their fellows. The third years I met uniformly said that they received good mentorship in the program and are doing interesting research projects (each fellow completes a mentored longitudinal project before graduation, and one presented on the interview day). The downside of the program is the small size of their hospital (their entire heme/onc division resides on one floor of the hospital and patients can be admitted from outpatient to inpatient simply by moving down the hallway and into the inpatient ward, which is kind of odd...). They did also feel somewhat pigeonholed without a defined niche in Boston which is oversaturated with oncology programs.

I graduated from a very "clinically strong" (codeword for scutty) residency program, and although I feel I did benefit from my strong clinical training in residency, much of it was excessively mundane/waste of time and I have become wary of programs that bill themselves as clinically strong but over-utilize housestaff as a source of cheap labor. As such, I felt I saw through the scutty programs pretty easily when I was interviewing. At this point, I'd rather go to an organized program with good mentorship and perhaps fewer/weaker clinical exposure and actually do research than to immerse myself with patients during the day but barely have time to read or sleep at night...(however, I assume if I were going into general oncology, then increased patient exposure will be more important).

ps. I didn't match at either program, so I have no skin in the game.

 

[IM_applicant]

I interviewed at both BU and Tufts last year and preferred Tufts over BU.

BU appears extremely scutty with the amount of clinical work demanded of fellows while they are on consults (the fellows don't hide this fact when you interview). Also, their research output just seems....meh (on interview day they only had faculty present their research and many of the senior fellows didn't even have a set research project established when you talk to them). Yes, they have you tour a stem cell laboratory during the interview day but even the PhDs who are working in the labs when we were walking through were like...we haven't seen any onc fellows work on projects here... *shrug*. They did recruit a big name from DFCI to head their department when I interviewed last year, but I'm not sure what he has done in this past year -- perhaps it has improved for the better.

Tufts, although small, appear to be very invested in their fellows. The third years I met uniformly said that they received good mentorship in the program and are doing interesting research projects (each fellow completes a mentored longitudinal project before graduation, and one presented on the interview day). The downside of the program is the small size of their hospital (their entire heme/onc division resides on one floor of the hospital and patients can be admitted from outpatient to inpatient simply by moving down the hallway and into the inpatient ward, which is kind of odd...). They did also feel somewhat pigeonholed without a defined niche in Boston which is oversaturated with oncology programs.

I graduated from a very "clinically strong" (codeword for scutty) residency program, and although I feel I did benefit from my strong clinical training in residency, much of it was excessively mundane/waste of time and I have become wary of programs that bill themselves as clinically strong but over-utilize housestaff as a source of cheap labor. As such, I felt I saw through the scutty programs pretty easily when I was interviewing. At this point, I'd rather go to an organized program with good mentorship and perhaps fewer/weaker clinical exposure and actually do research than to immerse myself with patients during the day but barely have time to read or sleep at night...(however, I assume if I were going into general oncology, then increased patient exposure will be more important).

ps. I didn't match at either program, so I have no skin in the game.

Interviewed at BU and canceled Tufts so obviously I'm biased towards BU being better. Seems like BU made a lot of changes since Kulke from DFCI took over. Fellows said they split the consult services into heme and onc and they are no longer covering the inpatient teams at all. PD said that they re-structured the schedule so you have more continuous research time and one of the chief fellows said she was doing research with the stem cell group. I got the sense the place was growing and recruiting faculty too. It's definitely overshadowed by DFCI and to some degree BIDMC but I think academic opportunities are better than at Tufts. I'm assuming Tufts will let you do this as well (correct me if I'm wrong) but BU let you do research wherever you'd like in the city.

Brown is a pretty small program. Reputation is slightly better than BU (unless you're into Amyloid) and they recruited El-Deiry from Fox Chase in case you convert to onc. You can probably live somewhere between Boston and Brown but you'd need two cars and neither of you will have an easy commute.

Didn't interview at NYU so can't say anything about that but Fox Chase is IMO by far the strongest program on your list in terms of preparing you for an academic career. Post-doc opportunities are abundant in Philly too so you could always see if your SO finds something interesting by ROL submission.

 

[IM_applicant]

Does this ranking seem reasonable? Interested in solids
1. Case Western
2. Moffitt
3. University of Cinncinati
4. Ochsner
5. University of Louisville
6. University of New Mexico

Seems reasonable to me.
Case and Moffitt are IMO the stronger programs on your list. Any reason you ranked Case above Moffitt? Don't know much about the rest.

 

[IM_applicant]

Whoa I hadn’t read sdn all season and now that I have I’m nervous I’m at the bottom of the barrel in terms of my application... I figured I was about average before. Coming from a top/mid academic residency, US MD school. Average step scores. I have been told my LORs are strong. I have 6 pubs in the form of abstracts/posters presented at small things like ACP and 2 book chapters. Thought I might get an ASCO abstract but was rejected. 3 translational science projects in progress - one of which I’m working on the manuscript for now.

It seems like everyone on here has multiple first author papers though, or at least papers period or ASCO abstracts. Am I a far worse candidate than I thought?

For what it’s worth I’m interested in solids, maybe GI or lung. I applied broadly and got what seemed like plenty of invites ranging from places like OHSU to Rutgers.

If you got plenty of interviews you're a good candidate. All these statistics about pubs, scores etc are much less relevant at this point and you're coming from an academic residency as an American grad so you should be fine.

 

[NLRdNLR]

Would appreciate any input on the following list. These are not my top programs (mid to lower third of my ROL). Eventual goal is to practice oncology in hybrid academic setting but want a good exposure to experimental therapeutics and phase I/II trials. Overall program reputation is also important. Not factoring the location at this time.

VCU ( strong clinically, decent research opportunities, ok phase I program, don’t have big names in the program)

University of Cincinnati ( a good balance of clinical and research opportunities, have good clinical trial program, don’t have faculty trained from big centers)

University of Miami ( weak in oncology, strong in heme with some attendings from reputable places, decent phase l/ll program, potential of growth. Big downsize is Spanish speaking patient population and I don’t know Spanish)

Levine cancer institute ( have not interviewed here yet. Heard it is a decent program though)

UCSF-Fresno ( have not interviewed here yet, not sure about the reputation)

Would greatly appreciate any input.
Thanks

 

[Cilostazol]

If you look at the nrmp data 15 seems totally ridiculous. You already have a 95% chance of matching with 8. I also find that it is not possible to be at your best and giving each program your all when you go on too many (case in point, one dude legit fell asleep during a talk at one of my interview days and mixed up the name of the NYC program we were at with another). I’m interviewing at 8. I applied to 30 and was invited to 15. Other people at my program are interviewing anywhere from 4 (a chief) to 9.

That's very representative of people I've met at the interviews as well as myself.

 

[liquidlarotrectinib]

Would appreciate any input on the following list. These are not my top programs (mid to lower third of my ROL). Eventual goal is to practice oncology in hybrid academic setting but want a good exposure to experimental therapeutics and phase I/II trials. Overall program reputation is also important. Not factoring the location at this time.

VCU ( strong clinically, decent research opportunities, ok phase I program, don’t have big names in the program)

University of Cincinnati ( a good balance of clinical and research opportunities, have good clinical trial program, don’t have faculty trained from big centers)

University of Miami ( weak in oncology, strong in heme with some attendings from reputable places, decent phase l/ll program, potential of growth. Big downsize is Spanish speaking patient population and I don’t know Spanish)

Levine cancer institute ( have not interviewed here yet. Heard it is a decent program though)

UCSF-Fresno ( have not interviewed here yet, not sure about the reputation)

Would greatly appreciate any input.
Thanks

If this is the bottom "third" that mean you have approximately 15 interviews booked. VCU and Miami are probably the best on that list. Sylvester is a good cancer center, and I think the best locations you've got there are Charlotte and Miami.

The order you have them in is fine. My order would be Miami > VCU > Levine > Cinci. Would drop UCSF-Fresno all together if it's like #15 for you and presumably have quality programs above it, based on what you've posted, unless you're somewhat local and don't have to travel far for it.

 

[NLRdNLR]

If this is the bottom "third" that mean you have approximately 15 interviews booked. VCU and Miami are probably the best on that list. Sylvester is a good cancer center, and I think the best locations you've got there are Charlotte and Miami.

The order you have them in is fine. My order would be Miami > VCU > Levine > Cinci. Would drop UCSF-Fresno all together if it's like #15 for you and presumably have quality programs above it, based on what you've posted, unless you're somewhat local and don't have to travel far for it.

Thank you very much for your response. This rank is from number 6-10. I have 13 in total and may toss-up between Fresno and Beaumont for number 10 and 11.

Is there any reason you are placing Cincy that low? I think it is an overall well-rounded program. I am overall impressed with Miami but oncology is a little weak and Spanish speaking pt. population is still a concern. Wasn't sure if Levine has that good reputation.

I am sure about my top 5 (Cornell, UCSF, Michigan, Dartmouth and Jefferson, although rank order is still to decide and have not interviewed at all of them yet) and bottom 2-3.

 

[liquidlarotrectinib]

Thank you very much for your response. This rank is from number 6-10. I have 13 in total and may toss-up between Fresno and Beaumont for number 10 and 11.

Is there any reason you are placing Cincy that low? I think it is an overall well-rounded program. I am overall impressed with Miami but oncology is a little weak and Spanish speaking pt. population is still a concern. Wasn't sure if Levine has that good reputation.

I am sure about my top 5 (Cornell, UCSF, Michigan, Dartmouth and Jefferson, although rank order is still to decide and have not interviewed at all of them yet) and bottom 2-3.

Cinci lower just because of location, I'm biased. I would suggest putting Jackson/Sylvester and VCU over Dartmouth, strictly based on location. If you're single Lebanon is a tough place to find a SO, if you're in a relationship Lebanon is tough place for your SO to find work.

 

[NLRdNLR]

Cinci lower just because of location, I'm biased. I would suggest putting Jackson/Sylvester and VCU over Dartmouth, strictly based on location. If you're single Lebanon is a tough place to find a SO, if you're in a relationship Lebanon is tough place for your SO to find work.

Thank you. I am not factoring the location much. I liked dartmouth a lot and certainly better than miami and VCU in my opinion in terms of training and reputation.

 

[CorneliusVanDerBroke]

I'm not sure if Tufts should be 5. My feel was it had a less defined niche in Boston, with the Harvard programs close by and BU/BMC caring for a more underserved population. But I may be mistaken and would like to hear how it compares to the rest. It isn't higher for location alone because I'd be happy near Boston if trading some distance from the city resulted in better training opportunities. I liked each of the top 5 on the ROL for different reasons, which is why I'm having trouble ranking them andI I'mhoping to hear what others suggest and why.

Also, NYU vs. BU: are they in the same tier? Location aside, how would people rank them?



Thanks for the insight into Brown vs. Dartmouth.

How would you rank 1-5, disregarding location? I think I could make most of those locations work (I'll have to give NH more thought, of course).

Thanks.

I think they are in very separate tiers. NYU is a very strong program, probably top 20-30. NCI Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. BU is not.

 

[frisbeefreak123]

Hows is Emory's program?

 

[Applicant5813]

Hey guys,

Any thoughts on University of Michigan vs Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University?

 

[IM_applicant]

Hey guys,

Any thoughts on University of Michigan vs Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University?

I am not interviewing at either but in the northeast, I feel Michigan has a substantially better reputation and more academic collaborations. I'd much much rather live in Ann Arbor than Detroit but I don't know what your impression was and what you are interested in.

 

[CorneliusVanDerBroke]

I am not interviewing at either but in the northeast, I feel Michigan has a substantially better reputation and more academic collaborations. I'd much much rather live in Ann Arbor than Detroit but I don't know what your impression was and what you are interested in.

Fwiw, you could still live in Ann Arbor or the surrounding area if you went to Karmanos/somewhere else in Detroit commute by car is 40 minutes to an hour in traffic. Detroit actually has some nice suburbs, e.g. Ann Arbor, so people who don't apply/interview/rank at those programs are little loco.

 

[bethebestyou]

I would appreciate any input regarding pros and cons of these 3 programs: ( Interested in malignant heme and clinical research)
- Case Western Reserve Univ (Ohio)
- Buffalo Univ (NY)
- Washington Univ (St Louis, Missouri)

How would you rank them and why?

 

[gutonc]

I would appreciate any input regarding pros and cons of these 3 programs: ( Interested in malignant heme and clinical research)
- Case Western Reserve Univ (Ohio)
- Buffalo Univ (NY)
- Washington Univ (St Louis, Missouri)

How would you rank them and why?

WashU >>>>> CWRU >>Buffalo

 

[Doc870]

Hi All,
I would really appreciate your assistance with my rank order list. Thanks in Advance

Wash U (St Louis MO)
University of Iowa
OHSU
Dartmouth
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Medical University of South Carolina
Medical College of Wisconsin
Rush Medical Center
St Louis University

 

[Applicant5813]

I am not interviewing at either but in the northeast, I feel Michigan has a substantially better reputation and more academic collaborations. I'd much much rather live in Ann Arbor than Detroit but I don't know what your impression was and what you are interested in.

I live in metro detroit area so location is not an issue for me. My main interest is malignant hem and/or BMT/CAR-T cells.

 

[liquidlarotrectinib]

Hi All,
I would really appreciate your assistance with my rank order list. Thanks in Advance

Wash U (St Louis MO)
University of Iowa
OHSU
Dartmouth
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Medical University of South Carolina
Medical College of Wisconsin
Rush Medical Center
St Louis University

What are your interests? MCW is strong for both liquids and solids. In general, it’s a highly underrated program.

Edit: also should add that your rank list looks very reasonable as is.

 

[hemeonccandidate123]

Hey everyone,
Can you please help me with this list:
- Emory
- CWU
- IOWA
- Georgetown
- UVA
- Montefiore Albert einstein
- mayo Florida
- UF
- UNMC
- Baylor H
- MUSC
- San Antonio
- U mass
- VCU
- Hershey's
- SLU

leaning toward solid, without big/major interest. I prefer to avoid very cold weather.
Thanks in advance

 

[Phase1Phase2]

Hi All,
I would really appreciate your assistance with my rank order list. Thanks in Advance

Wash U (St Louis MO)
University of Iowa
OHSU
Dartmouth
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Medical University of South Carolina
Medical College of Wisconsin
Rush Medical Center
St Louis University

Seems reasonable if that's how you liked them.