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So here's the deal:
I just graduated undergrad. NYU has a med school-to-residency pipeline program where accepted students get their MD in 3 years and then enter a residency at NYU. Applicants apply at the same time (or a few months after) they apply to medical school and they apply with a particular specialty in mind. They typically accept 1 to 2 spots per specialty. I want to apply for psychiatry. I think I have a good shot as I've already been accepted to their regular program and I have high stats and relevant experience.
There are several benefits to the program, such saving a year of med school tuition/rent/etc., having a guaranteed residency spot (and not having to stress about match or anything residency-related at all during med school), a mentor in your field from the first day of med school, and, last but not least, an entire year of your life back.
One thing that I'm concerned about is that, especially as someone who isn't even a med student yet, it's much more difficult to evaluate and compare residencies than med schools. There are no US News and World Report rankings to influence your decision and name recognition is not a good reason to pick an institution. Furthermore, I gather that certain residencies in the same field have different emphases. One might emphasize research vs. practice. And I know WashU is known for its biological focus, for example.
My question is: Even if we assume that picking a specialty before med school is okay, is picking a particular *residency* a bad idea? I don't want to be locked into a psych residency at NYU only to find out that they subscribe to a school of thought that I disagree with or that doesn't interest me. I know NYU has a competitive program so that's a good sign, I guess, but that's all I know. So my questions are:
1) Is it a bad idea to pick a particular residency before med school?
2) What can you tell me about NYU's residency?
3) What resources (besides the programs' websites) proved helpful to you when it came time to pick a residency? Are there any metrics or unofficial rankings that would help me get a better sense of NYU's situation?
I know that there is a good argument against picking specialties before med school, but let's just say for the sake of argument that I'm sure I want to do psych.
Read more:
http://school.med.nyu.edu/md-admissions/three-year-md-pathway-faqs
http://school.med.nyu.edu/student-resources/medical-education/md-curriculum/three-year-md-degree
I just graduated undergrad. NYU has a med school-to-residency pipeline program where accepted students get their MD in 3 years and then enter a residency at NYU. Applicants apply at the same time (or a few months after) they apply to medical school and they apply with a particular specialty in mind. They typically accept 1 to 2 spots per specialty. I want to apply for psychiatry. I think I have a good shot as I've already been accepted to their regular program and I have high stats and relevant experience.
There are several benefits to the program, such saving a year of med school tuition/rent/etc., having a guaranteed residency spot (and not having to stress about match or anything residency-related at all during med school), a mentor in your field from the first day of med school, and, last but not least, an entire year of your life back.
One thing that I'm concerned about is that, especially as someone who isn't even a med student yet, it's much more difficult to evaluate and compare residencies than med schools. There are no US News and World Report rankings to influence your decision and name recognition is not a good reason to pick an institution. Furthermore, I gather that certain residencies in the same field have different emphases. One might emphasize research vs. practice. And I know WashU is known for its biological focus, for example.
My question is: Even if we assume that picking a specialty before med school is okay, is picking a particular *residency* a bad idea? I don't want to be locked into a psych residency at NYU only to find out that they subscribe to a school of thought that I disagree with or that doesn't interest me. I know NYU has a competitive program so that's a good sign, I guess, but that's all I know. So my questions are:
1) Is it a bad idea to pick a particular residency before med school?
2) What can you tell me about NYU's residency?
3) What resources (besides the programs' websites) proved helpful to you when it came time to pick a residency? Are there any metrics or unofficial rankings that would help me get a better sense of NYU's situation?
I know that there is a good argument against picking specialties before med school, but let's just say for the sake of argument that I'm sure I want to do psych.
Read more:
http://school.med.nyu.edu/md-admissions/three-year-md-pathway-faqs
http://school.med.nyu.edu/student-resources/medical-education/md-curriculum/three-year-md-degree