Omg wow please don't take this personal. I've visited Montefiore and I feel compelled to say that after spending 2 days (1 at each site) there it's in my top 3. Dr. Ahmad spent 30 min chatting with me and he is busy with a capital B. Most genuine director I've been around. He's a great listener and we spoke about his passion for cleft care and then he was walking around the clinic holding a baby, who does that lol. I met 2 African American females both were great and so kind. So if they're the only 2 ones who have ever been accepted into the program, that means he is the only director there to ever accept African American females, so that's a good thing right since he brought them in. So yeah extremely diverse , Spanish, Asian, Middle Eastern. The hallway has pics of previous years and def 10 years ago it was less diverse for sure, but it's actually very diverse now so...? Schools rep'd include Rutgers, UConn, Virginia, Harvard, U of Buffalo, Pacific and more. Yeah so most hospital based orthos get 70K or more stipend but Montefiore pays tuition after that stipend so they're left with much less, but I'll take that over these other programs charging 100K+ tuition yearly (robbery). A couple residents told me it takes planning but at least they're not accruing 500K debt to become an ortho and that makes total sense. Resident vibes were cool and working as a team in the clinic. The lectures were interesting too. Tbh I left there really inspired. So that's my 2 cents about that.