Thoughts about Cornell?

[gerber]

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I'm looking to move from the West Coast to the East and interviewed at Cornell this season. I really enjoyed my day there: amazing morning report, fun dinner with residents, great noon conference. I've heard mixed things about it though; opinions seem to range from it being friendly to malignant and am wondering if the interview days were variable.
Any thoughts on your interview experience?

 

[gerber]

bump

did no one interview at cornell this year? lol

 

[BrainBuff]

Just make sure you do not jump off a gorge!!

🙂

 

[hcrunner82]

Haha, while Ithaca(where Cornell undergrad is located) may be "gorges", the med school/hospital is located in NYC which is gorge free😉

Cornell was probably my favorite NYC program from the interview trail. Things that stood out for me were the friendly residents and attendings, the location and the best/cheapest subsidized housing in NYC(at least of the programs I saw). All in all I thought it was an outstanding program. Haven't finished my rank list but it will likely be high.

Good luck

 

[neuromusic]

Not sure if the rank lists were submitted already, but I'm a resident at Cornell and I LOVE IT! I could not be happier, and I'm not just saying that. I really like my fellow residents, the teaching is awesome, the hospital runs relatively well for a NYC hospital, and the housing/location can't be beat.

It's the little things also that make me happy day to day like: 10 dollars a day for food (!), respect for census caps/work hours, and taking a tunnel to work when it's cold outside 🙂

Down sides are very hard PGY-3 year. Despite this, I highly recommend the program.

 

[PhakeDoc]

Neuromusic - any info you can give about the number of MDs vs MD/PhDs in the program currently? I don't think the Cornell website has that info/residents names/med schools available (unless I'm missing something obvious). If you could get your program to publish that, like many other programs' sites, that'd be great!