well, I can offer a different prospective here for all of you.
I graduated from NYMC 11 years ago and now have an academic position in a large well known academic center in NYC. I also did residency at a highly desirable NYC program.
There is a lot of posturing on the residency interview trail about who went where from med school, but once you match, that's the end of that for the most part. When you are out and about in the world, yes, it is nice to have Harvard med on your CV, but if it says CHOP for residency, well, that's going to count a lot. I now interview med students for peds residencies, and the school you come from is not nearly as important as what you did while you were there. Did you sit on your butt all through Columbia? Then I support you less than the woman who founded a free clinic and published, but maybe went to SUNY Downstate or a "lesser" NY program.
The grumbling about the put out admin and about being stuck in Westchester made me lol. The admin apparently hasn't changed at all (although they are a LOT nicer when they ask you for money as an alum
). And you don't HAVE to live in Westchester, you know. Even if the lottery isn't perfect, it wasn't all that hard to craft your schedule to get a pretty decent one for a particular person. I did not one single rotation outside of NYC.
I don't know anyone in my class who feels the NYMC name held them back, even when competing for NYC spots. My class was 50% from CA, so most of the West coast knew of it. The mid west thinks you're from NYU, of course. I would be upset if Touro does take over while I was attending, but really, med school is what you make if it. I don't think my diploma is any less worthy even if NYMC ceased to exist.
Hope all you class of 2009 folks are happy with your match. Noone from NYMC matched here this year, but that's pretty unusual, actually, there is usually one every year of two..
I graduated from NYMC 11 years ago and now have an academic position in a large well known academic center in NYC. I also did residency at a highly desirable NYC program.
There is a lot of posturing on the residency interview trail about who went where from med school, but once you match, that's the end of that for the most part. When you are out and about in the world, yes, it is nice to have Harvard med on your CV, but if it says CHOP for residency, well, that's going to count a lot. I now interview med students for peds residencies, and the school you come from is not nearly as important as what you did while you were there. Did you sit on your butt all through Columbia? Then I support you less than the woman who founded a free clinic and published, but maybe went to SUNY Downstate or a "lesser" NY program.
The grumbling about the put out admin and about being stuck in Westchester made me lol. The admin apparently hasn't changed at all (although they are a LOT nicer when they ask you for money as an alum
). And you don't HAVE to live in Westchester, you know. Even if the lottery isn't perfect, it wasn't all that hard to craft your schedule to get a pretty decent one for a particular person. I did not one single rotation outside of NYC.I don't know anyone in my class who feels the NYMC name held them back, even when competing for NYC spots. My class was 50% from CA, so most of the West coast knew of it. The mid west thinks you're from NYU, of course. I would be upset if Touro does take over while I was attending, but really, med school is what you make if it. I don't think my diploma is any less worthy even if NYMC ceased to exist.
Hope all you class of 2009 folks are happy with your match. Noone from NYMC matched here this year, but that's pretty unusual, actually, there is usually one every year of two..
