Programs you love....programs you hate

[njib]

thought this was an interesting thread from last year.....
please submit your impressions.

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[njib]

with half of my interviews down...

Loved: GW, Mt. Sinai

+/-: Georgetown, Montefiore

Hated: RWJ, Washington Hospital Center

 

[MI48104doc]

What was so bad about Washington Medical Center? The program itself or the people there?

 

[njib]

both

 

[dharmabum7]

why didn't you like rwj?

 

[exjersey]

Loved: Brown, BU

+/-: Montefiore (albert Einstein) and Tufts/NEMC

 

[Renovar]

Based purely on impression made on interview day.

Loved: UAB, UVa, NYU

+/-: Emory, Baylor, T-NEMC

Negative: Columbia

 

[Mick Turition]

Loved: UAB, UVa, NYU

Renovar, I recently visited your med school's IM program, as well as Wake Forest and UNC among others. I'm having some trouble deciphering these programs in terms of "academic emphasis" given such brief interview day exposures.

To some degree, I think the extent to which a program is considered a "high-powered academic program" corresponds to their emphasis on research and their national prestige. (I haven't yet decided how important these factors are to me.)

My impression of Vandy: Intense, no frills-academic environment; high emphasis placed on research and evidence-based decisions.

How would you compare UAB and UVa to Vandy as far "academic environments?"

BTW, did you interview at these places for categorical IM?

 

[Renovar]

Originally posted by Mick Turition

BTW, did you interview at these places for categorical IM?

Why would I love a program without internviewing there? And yes, I am applying to categorical.

 

[Mick Turition]

The question wasn't whether or not you interviewed already; this thread assumes that you have. Just curious how these other programs compare to Vandy in terms of academic tenacity. And BTW, I'll try to stick to the point of this thread from now on. ie. love/hate, etc

 

[Renovar]

Originally posted by Mick Turition
The question wasn't whether or not you interviewed already; this thread assumes that you have. Just curious how these other programs compare to Vandy in terms of academic tenacity. And BTW, I'll try to stick to the point of this thread from now on. ie. love/hate, etc

If you can define "academic tenacity" for me, then perhaps I can have a straighter answer for you. If you can't define it for yourself, I am afraid that someone over the internet cannot as well.

This is a thread that everyone posts their gut feelings about the programs they have visited, not some thread for 2nd-person directed questions. If you want to ask those questions, I think everyone would appreciate the use of PM.

and BTW#3, if you are not interested in answer, dont ask the question.

 

[Da Vinci2]

Like: U of Fl
+/-: VCU, Miami
Didn't like: USC

 

[Mick Turition]

So far:

Liked: UNC, Wake Forest
+/- Northwestern, Vandy
Disliked: MUSC

More to come...

 

[Mick Turition]

bump

 

[emmitfitzhume]

liked: U of Chicago, Harbor-UCLA, Stanford
+/-: Northwestern, UCLA, UCSD, UWash
not so much: USC,
jury is still out(haven't been yet): Colorado

 

[tedbrownel]

Liked: Loyola, U. of Wisconsin, Minnesota
+/- : U of Chicago, Rush