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Can anyone compare or contrast these few programs for me? They sort of fall in the middle or high middle of my list so I'm having trouble picking one over the other.
Penn
- pros: i like that the PD was completely dedicated to teaching, it was clear from noon conference/morning report that he points out educational learning points to the residents. Philly was a surprisingly cool and young city, less crowded than NYC which I like, but also safer than baltimore. Seem to be pretty well balanced in many subspecialties.
Hopkins
- jived really well with the residents and some of the faculty, fantastic hospital with great reputation, strong stroke and critical care and neurohospitalists, endless research opportunities. cons are basically baltimore (I think this will be lowest just given my family's wishes for me to be basically anywhere else). A little put off by the poor reviews I read on doximity (although I know it shouldn't matter as much), but I admire how hard they work and the fact that they want to train leaders in neurology.
Columbia
-didn't jive as well with the residents, but i agree with what other users have said about the culture of each class being unpredictable until you meet your co-residents. It's got a great reputation for academic neurologists, nice to be in NYC but I don't want to be there long-term. It's also great that they serve a more underprivileged area. Very strong NCC. Not sure I'd want to do the categorical program here though, will prob rank the advanced first (although for almost every other program I'm ranking categorical first).
Stanford
-loved the residents and faculty I met. Love california, although palo alto seems more like the suburbs and not exactly exciting city life. Crazy expensive but so are most major cities I'm considering. Very strong research, but they have a reputation for lacking clinical training. It's great they have a VA, county, and tertiary center though, and by the time I start PGY2 they will open their brand new hospital which could mean greater volume of patients. With Penn, Hopkins, Columbia I don't feel like I'd worry about not seeing enough patients.
Penn
- pros: i like that the PD was completely dedicated to teaching, it was clear from noon conference/morning report that he points out educational learning points to the residents. Philly was a surprisingly cool and young city, less crowded than NYC which I like, but also safer than baltimore. Seem to be pretty well balanced in many subspecialties.
Hopkins
- jived really well with the residents and some of the faculty, fantastic hospital with great reputation, strong stroke and critical care and neurohospitalists, endless research opportunities. cons are basically baltimore (I think this will be lowest just given my family's wishes for me to be basically anywhere else). A little put off by the poor reviews I read on doximity (although I know it shouldn't matter as much), but I admire how hard they work and the fact that they want to train leaders in neurology.
Columbia
-didn't jive as well with the residents, but i agree with what other users have said about the culture of each class being unpredictable until you meet your co-residents. It's got a great reputation for academic neurologists, nice to be in NYC but I don't want to be there long-term. It's also great that they serve a more underprivileged area. Very strong NCC. Not sure I'd want to do the categorical program here though, will prob rank the advanced first (although for almost every other program I'm ranking categorical first).
Stanford
-loved the residents and faculty I met. Love california, although palo alto seems more like the suburbs and not exactly exciting city life. Crazy expensive but so are most major cities I'm considering. Very strong research, but they have a reputation for lacking clinical training. It's great they have a VA, county, and tertiary center though, and by the time I start PGY2 they will open their brand new hospital which could mean greater volume of patients. With Penn, Hopkins, Columbia I don't feel like I'd worry about not seeing enough patients.