Rank List Thread 2011 Edition
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You're being paranoid.
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Yeah, this is an annual tradition on this forum, and I've never heard of it causing any problems.
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Sorry, but just to clarify... Is this thread just to tell others how you plan to rank programs... Or, as in the IM forum, are we allowed to mention programs and get resident/fellow input on what they think?
In the past the thread has just been people listing what their top five choices are - most people do not list them in actual rank order but instead some sort of random way (alphabetical, east to west, west to east, # of letters in state or program name, whatever).
In that case, I guess I'll start it off (alphabetically):
New Mexico
Phoenix Children's
UC Davis
UC Irvine / CHOC
UCLA
Good luck everyone!
Alphabetically:
BCRP
Stanford
UCSF
U Colorado
U Washington
BCRP
Stanford
UCSF
U Colorado
U Washington
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Cleveland Clinic
Mayo Clinic
Nationwide
Hope Children's Hospital
Cleveland Clinic
Mayo Clinic
Nationwide
Hope Children's Hospital
Alphabetical:
Children's Mercy (UMKC)
Children's National Categorical
Children's National Community Health
Northwestern
Pittsburgh Children's
Children's Mercy (UMKC)
Children's National Categorical
Children's National Community Health
Northwestern
Pittsburgh Children's
Children's DC
CHLA
CHOP
Duke
Northwestern
CHLA
CHOP
Duke
Northwestern
Ranked by distance, closest to farthest, from my current address
UCI/CHOC
UC Davis
UCSD
OHSU
Oakland Children's
UCSF
Stanford
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Lots of folks don't post until the ROL is certified.....Wait until Feb. 23rd. After that, it's hard for even the most cautious/paranoid to keep their alphabetized list secret.
George Washington (CNMC)
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Stanford
UWash
lol, okay that was painful... but I got it to 5. actual ROL submission is going to be super stressful if I can't even do a list here without anxiety.
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Stanford
UWash
lol, okay that was painful... but I got it to 5. actual ROL submission is going to be super stressful if I can't even do a list here without anxiety.
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Don't be. What only matters is what you think of your list, not others. My list doesn't compare in prestige to many of the others in this thread, but I'm not embarrassed because it's the right list for me, since the most important things to me are location/smaller program size/strong primary care training.
Alphabetical:
CHOP
Cincinnati
Hopkins
Pittsburgh
Seattle
UCSF
good luck, all!
CHOP
Cincinnati
Hopkins
Pittsburgh
Seattle
UCSF
good luck, all!
Couldn't agree more!
Based on how many U.S. presidents each state claims:
UT-Southwestern
Tennessee
UAMS
Emory
UAB
(Before anyone starts to argue with the order, TN claims Jackson, Polk, and Johnson; TX claims Eisenhower, Johnson, Bush #1, and Bush #2. Arkansas and Georgia each have one, but Clinton served one more term than Carter.)
Good luck to everyone.
UT-Southwestern
Tennessee
UAMS
Emory
UAB
(Before anyone starts to argue with the order, TN claims Jackson, Polk, and Johnson; TX claims Eisenhower, Johnson, Bush #1, and Bush #2. Arkansas and Georgia each have one, but Clinton served one more term than Carter.)
Good luck to everyone.
Listed from earliest to latest date of interview:
Nationwide/OSU
UT-Southwestern
Children's National
Vanderbilt
OHSU
Good luck, everyone!
Nationwide/OSU
UT-Southwestern
Children's National
Vanderbilt
OHSU
Good luck, everyone!
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Speaking of rank lists, has anyone heard from any programs about being "ranked to match"? I've heard from a couple programs, but wasnt sure about how many actually send out such correspondence.
I have heard to this effect from Children's Hosp of Wisconsin, U of C, Mayo, and Nationwide
I'm not sure why people take Rush so seriously quite honestly, it's not a great program. I would rank CNMC and Rainbow over Rush by far. I don't know much about the other too. DC seems like a better place than Cleveland and Cleveland Clinic has really been muscling Rainbow a little. I'd go CNMC, Rainbow, and then the other 3
In alphabetical (yeah that's it) order:
Baylor Categorical
Baylor Global Health
Cinci
Denver
WashU
Vandy
😎😀
Thoughts?
Good luck all! In just over 24 hours it'll be all out of our hands and there will be nothing more to do but wait (thank God!)
Hope everyone has a happy St. Patrick's Day! (or match day, if you will)
Baylor Categorical
Baylor Global Health
Cinci
Denver
WashU
Vandy
😎😀
Thoughts?
Good luck all! In just over 24 hours it'll be all out of our hands and there will be nothing more to do but wait (thank God!)
Hope everyone has a happy St. Patrick's Day! (or match day, if you will)
I have heard (through the grapevine mostly), that Baylor, BCRP, Cincinnati, and Vanderbilt have all sent out such letters.
Outa curiosity, when you say U of C, what does the C stand for? Chicago and cincinnati both referred to themselves that way...
Chicago
I've gotten a phone call and two on stationery. While they were handwritten, they both seemed mass produced with my name inserted, and the call gave the feel of a telemarketer going down a list of names.
How so?
BCRP was just one of the many programs that explicitly stated they were not sending any correspondence or placing any phone calls to applicants after the interview day.
And personally, they are within my top 5 or so and well I did not get a letter. (haha) 😛 Oh well ...
And personally, they are within my top 5 or so and well I did not get a letter. (haha) 😛 Oh well ...
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Top 5 from smallest to largest city (based on population of the city proper, not the metro area):
Pittsburgh
Wash U
Children's National
CHOP
Baylor
Pittsburgh
Wash U
Children's National
CHOP
Baylor
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Ah i see. If it's any consolation, I interviewed there and did NOT get a letter. I was just passing on what a classmate told me. He's kinda sketchy. I trust him 70%... which means, the BCRP thing isn't a definate.
Since it's after the ROL submission time, I will say the only program i can speak for 100% is Baylor, b/c that's who I heard from. Everything else, just consider rumors.
Really interesting to see how different people's interests/perspectives are - I only applied to one program in a city bigger than Pittsburgh, and I ended up ranking it last because it was too big for me!
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There are some smaller than the smallest and some bigger than the biggest in the top 5 that are on my list too 🙂
