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hey everyone, this is my 1st post...
So I am apllying 4 ophtho in a few months & have a few ?'s for u all. I am engaged & my fiance is going for peds. we ideally want to end up in manhattan together, but would be happy anywhere in nyc. I originally was going to apply to all programs in nyc, LI, westchester, NJ, & philly which totalled 20 in all. I thought I would place in a program based on my stats. In summary I attend SUNY Upstate (syracuse), was nominated for Jr AOA (top 5%), have honored all clinical clerkships thus far, and scored 245 on step 1. I am a cornell grad. I expect strong letters from our ophtho chair, from an eye path elective that i am finishing up w/ Dr Barbara Streeten who supposedly is well known, and from my surgery attending. I also have a supplimental letter from a Dr at einstein that i did undergrad research for during a summer. l have completed a 2 wk elective at NYU, and will have other electives at mt sinai, einstein, & cornell.
I recently met w/ the residency director at my school to discuss my residency list & he suggested that I also apply to places in upstate NY, Boston, DC, Balimore, & western PA - just to be safe since NY is a competitive area to place. In discussing this w/ my fiance she agreed to also apply to balt, DC, Boston but not to places like rochester, buffalo, & western PA that aren't metropolitan cities. The count now has grown to like 30-35 places. 2 negatives come to mind: more expenses & more of a pain getting to all these places 4 interviews.
So my questions are:
1) do i really need to venture to boston, DC, balt w/ apps - & if so, any info on programs here would be appreciated?
2) what r my chances if sticking w/ the original 20 in the nyc area?
sorry this came out so long, any advice is appreciated.
So I am apllying 4 ophtho in a few months & have a few ?'s for u all. I am engaged & my fiance is going for peds. we ideally want to end up in manhattan together, but would be happy anywhere in nyc. I originally was going to apply to all programs in nyc, LI, westchester, NJ, & philly which totalled 20 in all. I thought I would place in a program based on my stats. In summary I attend SUNY Upstate (syracuse), was nominated for Jr AOA (top 5%), have honored all clinical clerkships thus far, and scored 245 on step 1. I am a cornell grad. I expect strong letters from our ophtho chair, from an eye path elective that i am finishing up w/ Dr Barbara Streeten who supposedly is well known, and from my surgery attending. I also have a supplimental letter from a Dr at einstein that i did undergrad research for during a summer. l have completed a 2 wk elective at NYU, and will have other electives at mt sinai, einstein, & cornell.
I recently met w/ the residency director at my school to discuss my residency list & he suggested that I also apply to places in upstate NY, Boston, DC, Balimore, & western PA - just to be safe since NY is a competitive area to place. In discussing this w/ my fiance she agreed to also apply to balt, DC, Boston but not to places like rochester, buffalo, & western PA that aren't metropolitan cities. The count now has grown to like 30-35 places. 2 negatives come to mind: more expenses & more of a pain getting to all these places 4 interviews.
So my questions are:
1) do i really need to venture to boston, DC, balt w/ apps - & if so, any info on programs here would be appreciated?
2) what r my chances if sticking w/ the original 20 in the nyc area?
sorry this came out so long, any advice is appreciated.
