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It's match time again and every year I collect and post applicants' stats anonymously. Your participation provides data that is not available elsewhere and is helpful to those who follow in your footsteps!
Also, several faculty and I are starting a monthly ophthalmology newsletter/review for new and current residents. The purpose of the newsletter is to provide you with review articles and questions that will help new residents get up to speed and to stimulate review for current residents. If you would like to opt into this newsletter, then please e-mail me with your Name and E-mail address at: [email protected]
Your email will be kept confidential and not sold to any third party.
THIS THREAD IS CLOSED UNTIL AFTER MATCH DAY, JAN 19, 2004
Reminder: ranklists due by JAN 11, 2005, 12:00 PM (PST)
In addition to the poll above, if you would like to participate in the anonymous detailed listing of matched and unmatched applications (hopefully all matched on this board), then please submit a personal message to me. I'll post your stats without identification (Click here for 2005 SDN Match Poll).
If you send me a PM or post, then please use the template below:
--Board Scores:
--AOA and class rank: if known
--Reputation of medical school: (top 10, top 25, etc)
--Research: (none, some ophtho with no publications, ophtho publications)
--Honors in clerkships: (especially surgery and medicine)
--# and where you did away rotations:
--# of programs you applied to:
--Where invited for interviews:
--Where matched:
--Anything that helped your app: (ie: a phone call from your advisor to another program, big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD, other degree, SDN Forum, etc)
Stats
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--Board Scores: step1 244
--AOA and class rank: n/a
--Reputation of medical school: top 25
--Research: ophtho publications, PhD
--Honors in clerkships: neuro, family
--# and where you did away rotations: 1, UCSF
--# of programs you applied to: 35
--Where invited for interviews: 20
--Where matched: Utah
--Anything that helped your app: MD/PhD
========
--Board Scores: Step I 223, Step II 240
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, unknown
--Reputation of medical school: unknown, but not a top med school
--Research: some ophtho with no publications
--Honors in clerkships: none
--# and where you did away rotations: one away rotation, at UCSD-Shiley
--# of programs you applied to: 67
--Where invited for interviews: invited at 15 programs
--Where matched: Mason Eye Institute, Columbia Missouri
--Anything that helped your app: Great letters and international work
========
--Board Scores: Step 1 236
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, 81/116
--Reputation of medical school: top 50, state school
--Research: 1 non-ophtho publication
--Honors in clerkships: Psych, Neurology
--# and where you did away rotations: 2, MUSC & USF(Tampa)
--# of programs you applied to: 58
--Where invited for interviews: 16
--Where matched: LSU-Shreveport
--Anything that helped your app: , strong LOR
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--Board Scores: 212, 222
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, 2nd quartile
--Reputation of medical school: I don't know, SUNY
--Research: ophtho publications, several posters
--Honors in clerkships: Ophtho, Family Medicine
--# and where you did away rotations: 1 at Rochester
--# of programs you applied to: 29
--Where invited for interviews: 3 (NS-LIJ, URMC, NUMC)
--Where matched: NS-LIJ
--Anything that helped your app: MD/PhD
========
--Board Scores: Step I 217
--AOA and class rank: Middle third
--Reputation of medical school: top 3
--Research: Some ophtho with no publications
--Honors in clerkships: Surgery, Ophtho, Medicine sub-i
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: 85
--Where invited for interviews: 8
--Where matched: South Carolina
--Anything that helped your app: Strong letters of rec, strong med school reputation
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(2002 MD grad)
--Board Scores: 227, 220, 218
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, no class rank
--Reputation of medical school: top 25
--Research: none
--Honors in clerkships: medicine, psych, FP, SICU, ophtho
--# and where you did away rotations: 2 - Wilford Hall (Air Force), Walter Reed (Army)
--# of programs you applied to: 28
--Where invited for interviews: 8
--Where matched: Penn State
--Anything that helped your app: strong letters of rec, international ophtho experience
========
--Board Scores: step I: 260 Step II: Who cares.
--AOA and class rank: if Senior AOA. No class rank
--Reputation of medical school: Top 25
--Research: A little research, including Ophtho chart review
--Honors in clerkships: Honors or near honors in most clerkships
--# and where you did away rotations: No aways, 2 electives at home
--# of programs you applied to: 48
--Where invited for interviews: Iowa, Michigan, USC, MEEI, Baylor, UCLA, Bascom, Wilmer, Wills, Scheie, Casey, CPMC, WashU, etc, etc.
--Where matched: Iowa (#1 choice)
--Anything that helped your app: Strong letters from big wigs, research, interesting personal statement (I'm serious), home program (Iowa) with strong rep.
========
--Board Scores: 241
--AOA and class rank: not AOA
--Reputation of medical school: top 10, great ophtho dept.
--Research: a lot of exp. in diff. labs, some ophtho research with an LOR
--Honors in clerkships: medicine, psych, ophtho
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: a bunch
--Where invited for interviews: Cole Eye, Baylor, Umich, NYEEI, NYU, Brown, NW, UIC, UCIrvine, etc.
--Where matched: Baylor
--Anything that helped your app: big wig letters, research, good backing of dept., and
========
--Board Scores: Step I: 225
--AOA and class rank: No AOA, don't know rank
--Reputation of medical school: MCW, you tell me
--Research: geriatrics poster & research, a little ophtho reserach
--Honors in clerkships: Surgery, Fam Med, Amb Med, Anesthesia, Optho, Surg Sub-I (ENT)
--# and where you did away rotations: 0 away
--# of programs you applied to: 56
--Where invited for interviews: 20 (went on 17) - Loyola, Cook Co, Tufts, UW Madison, U Minn, MCW, Colorado, AECOM, U Maryland, St Vincent's, St Luke's, U So Carolina, EVMS, LSU-Ochsner, Dean McGee, Geisinger, Nassau -- didn't attend SUNY-Syracuse, Henry Ford, Rochester NY
--Where matched: Dean McGee (OK), my #1!
--Anything that helped your app: good letters (optho, geriatrics and psych), told pers. statement was good, interview coaching from Dr. Doan (I really felt awesome after the Dean McGee interview!), I called and talked to the chairman (after he invited applicants to) & said they were #1, also involved in work with victims of foreign torture (interviewers loved to talk about torture) and international health and speak 3 languanges & finally, the awesomeness of the SDN forum contributors!
========
--Board Scores: step1 220, step2 223
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, middle third
--Reputation of medical school: Unknown, average
--Research: over 2 years full time, 2 GI publications, numerous abstracts
--Honors in clerkships: psych, neuro, family, ophtho
--# and where you did away rotations: 1
--# of programs you applied to: 60
--Where invited for interviews: 8
--Where matched: UNMC
--Anything that helped your app: Masters, research, great letters
========
--Board Scores: Step-1 250, Step-2 Not yet
--AOA and class rank: Senior AOA
--Reputation of medical school: Top 20
--Research: Mostly private sector and some academic basic science research, no ophtho research or publications
--Honors in clerkships: All honors except FP
--# and where you did away rotations: No aways, 1 month at home institution
--# of programs you applied to: 30
--Where invited for interviews: 14
--Where matched: Wash U, woo hoo!
--Anything that helped your app: Nothing extra that I know of except a great LOR from Ophtho Chair.
========
--AOA and class rank: +AOA (top 15%)
--Reputation of medical school: (top 10, top 25, etc)
--Research: (none, some ophtho with no publications, ophtho publications). MD/PhD, no ophtho research.
--Honors in clerkships: (especially surgery and medicine). Medicine, Surgery, Family Practice, Psychiatry.
--# and where you did away rotations: No externships.
--# of programs you applied to: 45
--Where invited for interviews: Mayo, Wills, Wash U, Cleveland Clinic, Oklahoma, Baylor, Loyola, USC, UCLA, Northwestern, Rush, Ohio State, St. Louis U., Texas Tech, Ohio State, Penn State, Cincinnati, U. Kentucky, U. of Louisville, William Beaumont, Georgetown (U Wash Hosp), and a few more I can't think of off the top of my head after celebrating all night . (25 total).
--Where matched: Mayo Clinic!!! Number 1 choice!!!
--Anything that helped your app: (ie: a phone call from your advisor to another program, big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD, other degree, SDN Forum, etc). I don't know for sure. I told the program director that they were my number 1; maybe that helped?
========
--Board Scores: ~230
--AOA and class rank: non AOA
--Reputation of medical school: Average
--Research: Published Peds research, MSK research, Neuro Research, Ophtho research unpublished
--Honors in clerkships: None first 2 years, all honors third year
--# and where you did away rotations: 1 away
--# of programs you applied to: ~60
--Where invited for interviews: went on 13/20...including UTSW, Texas Tech, Tulane, Maryland, Penn State, MCV, Penn, Temple, Drexel, St. Vincents, St. Lukes, Albany, Sinai, OSU, SUMMA
--Where matched: #4
--Anything that helped your app: Very supportive home program, great letters, advice, calls, etc
Also, several faculty and I are starting a monthly ophthalmology newsletter/review for new and current residents. The purpose of the newsletter is to provide you with review articles and questions that will help new residents get up to speed and to stimulate review for current residents. If you would like to opt into this newsletter, then please e-mail me with your Name and E-mail address at: [email protected]
Your email will be kept confidential and not sold to any third party.
THIS THREAD IS CLOSED UNTIL AFTER MATCH DAY, JAN 19, 2004
Reminder: ranklists due by JAN 11, 2005, 12:00 PM (PST)
In addition to the poll above, if you would like to participate in the anonymous detailed listing of matched and unmatched applications (hopefully all matched on this board), then please submit a personal message to me. I'll post your stats without identification (Click here for 2005 SDN Match Poll).
If you send me a PM or post, then please use the template below:
--Board Scores:
--AOA and class rank: if known
--Reputation of medical school: (top 10, top 25, etc)
--Research: (none, some ophtho with no publications, ophtho publications)
--Honors in clerkships: (especially surgery and medicine)
--# and where you did away rotations:
--# of programs you applied to:
--Where invited for interviews:
--Where matched:
--Anything that helped your app: (ie: a phone call from your advisor to another program, big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD, other degree, SDN Forum, etc)
Stats
========
--Board Scores: step1 244
--AOA and class rank: n/a
--Reputation of medical school: top 25
--Research: ophtho publications, PhD
--Honors in clerkships: neuro, family
--# and where you did away rotations: 1, UCSF
--# of programs you applied to: 35
--Where invited for interviews: 20
--Where matched: Utah
--Anything that helped your app: MD/PhD
========
--Board Scores: Step I 223, Step II 240
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, unknown
--Reputation of medical school: unknown, but not a top med school
--Research: some ophtho with no publications
--Honors in clerkships: none
--# and where you did away rotations: one away rotation, at UCSD-Shiley
--# of programs you applied to: 67
--Where invited for interviews: invited at 15 programs
--Where matched: Mason Eye Institute, Columbia Missouri
--Anything that helped your app: Great letters and international work
========
--Board Scores: Step 1 236
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, 81/116
--Reputation of medical school: top 50, state school
--Research: 1 non-ophtho publication
--Honors in clerkships: Psych, Neurology
--# and where you did away rotations: 2, MUSC & USF(Tampa)
--# of programs you applied to: 58
--Where invited for interviews: 16
--Where matched: LSU-Shreveport
--Anything that helped your app: , strong LOR
========
--Board Scores: 212, 222
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, 2nd quartile
--Reputation of medical school: I don't know, SUNY
--Research: ophtho publications, several posters
--Honors in clerkships: Ophtho, Family Medicine
--# and where you did away rotations: 1 at Rochester
--# of programs you applied to: 29
--Where invited for interviews: 3 (NS-LIJ, URMC, NUMC)
--Where matched: NS-LIJ
--Anything that helped your app: MD/PhD
========
--Board Scores: Step I 217
--AOA and class rank: Middle third
--Reputation of medical school: top 3
--Research: Some ophtho with no publications
--Honors in clerkships: Surgery, Ophtho, Medicine sub-i
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: 85
--Where invited for interviews: 8
--Where matched: South Carolina
--Anything that helped your app: Strong letters of rec, strong med school reputation
========
(2002 MD grad)
--Board Scores: 227, 220, 218
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, no class rank
--Reputation of medical school: top 25
--Research: none
--Honors in clerkships: medicine, psych, FP, SICU, ophtho
--# and where you did away rotations: 2 - Wilford Hall (Air Force), Walter Reed (Army)
--# of programs you applied to: 28
--Where invited for interviews: 8
--Where matched: Penn State
--Anything that helped your app: strong letters of rec, international ophtho experience
========
--Board Scores: step I: 260 Step II: Who cares.
--AOA and class rank: if Senior AOA. No class rank
--Reputation of medical school: Top 25
--Research: A little research, including Ophtho chart review
--Honors in clerkships: Honors or near honors in most clerkships
--# and where you did away rotations: No aways, 2 electives at home
--# of programs you applied to: 48
--Where invited for interviews: Iowa, Michigan, USC, MEEI, Baylor, UCLA, Bascom, Wilmer, Wills, Scheie, Casey, CPMC, WashU, etc, etc.
--Where matched: Iowa (#1 choice)
--Anything that helped your app: Strong letters from big wigs, research, interesting personal statement (I'm serious), home program (Iowa) with strong rep.
========
--Board Scores: 241
--AOA and class rank: not AOA
--Reputation of medical school: top 10, great ophtho dept.
--Research: a lot of exp. in diff. labs, some ophtho research with an LOR
--Honors in clerkships: medicine, psych, ophtho
--# and where you did away rotations: none
--# of programs you applied to: a bunch
--Where invited for interviews: Cole Eye, Baylor, Umich, NYEEI, NYU, Brown, NW, UIC, UCIrvine, etc.
--Where matched: Baylor
--Anything that helped your app: big wig letters, research, good backing of dept., and
========
--Board Scores: Step I: 225
--AOA and class rank: No AOA, don't know rank
--Reputation of medical school: MCW, you tell me
--Research: geriatrics poster & research, a little ophtho reserach
--Honors in clerkships: Surgery, Fam Med, Amb Med, Anesthesia, Optho, Surg Sub-I (ENT)
--# and where you did away rotations: 0 away
--# of programs you applied to: 56
--Where invited for interviews: 20 (went on 17) - Loyola, Cook Co, Tufts, UW Madison, U Minn, MCW, Colorado, AECOM, U Maryland, St Vincent's, St Luke's, U So Carolina, EVMS, LSU-Ochsner, Dean McGee, Geisinger, Nassau -- didn't attend SUNY-Syracuse, Henry Ford, Rochester NY
--Where matched: Dean McGee (OK), my #1!
--Anything that helped your app: good letters (optho, geriatrics and psych), told pers. statement was good, interview coaching from Dr. Doan (I really felt awesome after the Dean McGee interview!), I called and talked to the chairman (after he invited applicants to) & said they were #1, also involved in work with victims of foreign torture (interviewers loved to talk about torture) and international health and speak 3 languanges & finally, the awesomeness of the SDN forum contributors!
========
--Board Scores: step1 220, step2 223
--AOA and class rank: not AOA, middle third
--Reputation of medical school: Unknown, average
--Research: over 2 years full time, 2 GI publications, numerous abstracts
--Honors in clerkships: psych, neuro, family, ophtho
--# and where you did away rotations: 1
--# of programs you applied to: 60
--Where invited for interviews: 8
--Where matched: UNMC
--Anything that helped your app: Masters, research, great letters
========
--Board Scores: Step-1 250, Step-2 Not yet
--AOA and class rank: Senior AOA
--Reputation of medical school: Top 20
--Research: Mostly private sector and some academic basic science research, no ophtho research or publications
--Honors in clerkships: All honors except FP
--# and where you did away rotations: No aways, 1 month at home institution
--# of programs you applied to: 30
--Where invited for interviews: 14
--Where matched: Wash U, woo hoo!
--Anything that helped your app: Nothing extra that I know of except a great LOR from Ophtho Chair.
========
--AOA and class rank: +AOA (top 15%)
--Reputation of medical school: (top 10, top 25, etc)
--Research: (none, some ophtho with no publications, ophtho publications). MD/PhD, no ophtho research.
--Honors in clerkships: (especially surgery and medicine). Medicine, Surgery, Family Practice, Psychiatry.
--# and where you did away rotations: No externships.
--# of programs you applied to: 45
--Where invited for interviews: Mayo, Wills, Wash U, Cleveland Clinic, Oklahoma, Baylor, Loyola, USC, UCLA, Northwestern, Rush, Ohio State, St. Louis U., Texas Tech, Ohio State, Penn State, Cincinnati, U. Kentucky, U. of Louisville, William Beaumont, Georgetown (U Wash Hosp), and a few more I can't think of off the top of my head after celebrating all night . (25 total).
--Where matched: Mayo Clinic!!! Number 1 choice!!!
--Anything that helped your app: (ie: a phone call from your advisor to another program, big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD, other degree, SDN Forum, etc). I don't know for sure. I told the program director that they were my number 1; maybe that helped?
========
--Board Scores: ~230
--AOA and class rank: non AOA
--Reputation of medical school: Average
--Research: Published Peds research, MSK research, Neuro Research, Ophtho research unpublished
--Honors in clerkships: None first 2 years, all honors third year
--# and where you did away rotations: 1 away
--# of programs you applied to: ~60
--Where invited for interviews: went on 13/20...including UTSW, Texas Tech, Tulane, Maryland, Penn State, MCV, Penn, Temple, Drexel, St. Vincents, St. Lukes, Albany, Sinai, OSU, SUMMA
--Where matched: #4
--Anything that helped your app: Very supportive home program, great letters, advice, calls, etc