i interviewed at NYU today and it was awesome. for those of you that have been following along, last fall i rotated at NYU and mt. sinai, and it's basically going to be a toss-up between those two hospitals for my #1 and #2 spots on my rank list. the part that causes me anxiety is if i'm going to end up being anywhere on either of those two hospital's rank lists (i.e., if they rank me at #35 or something, the likelihood of me getting in is nil). so next week i interview at sinai but today was NYU and i was determined to make an impression and secure my spot there.
and i honestly feel like it worked. i interviewed today with the program director and associate program director, and both interviews went really well. we talked about the band, about why i'd like to move to nyc, about how important it is to rotate at the hospital i'm interviewing at (the PD mentioned that he woudl feel more comfortable ranking an applicant such as myself that has spent time at the hospital already, versus a complete stranger. not to say that it guarantees me anything either way, but that it does play somewhat of a role). also, both interviewers mentioned several times that i'd fit in well and be a "perfect fit" for them at NYU, and i kept that train of thought going and told them that i would really love to come to the program and would be hard-pressed to find a better one (it's true.. and if there is a better one, i'm pretty sure it must be sinai... but i guess we'll see).
the kicker was when the PD very off-handedly mentioned that if i ranked them #1 then it shouldn't be a problem for me to match there. since it's kinda sorta not-kosher to discuss these "where would you rank us" sort of things, i merely said that it would be very difficult for me to consider them as anything less (i think that dances around the issue enough while still making it obvious), and that i would LOVE to come there (and i really would).
anyway, i left the interview feeling great about things and hopefully this confidence can carry me through so i can perform equally well at sinai. and then we'll see who gets the top spot on my list, and who lets me in on theirs.
so why do i like NYU so much? after all, sinai is the big popular residency-advocacy program in NYC (which is why i contacted them about an away rotation first). some reasons:
1) a more diverse residency class, not just in terms of ethnicity but also in geography. i met kids from miami, chicago, california, etc. seemed to have a broader representation than sinai (based on my limited observations).
2) a more diverse caseload/patient population. bottom line, these guys see trauma all the time at bellevue. sinai residents only see trauma at elmhurst, which is an away rotation for like one month a yr or something.
3) more diverse environments. NYU has 3 hospitals you rotate through: bellevue, the big city hospital that also functions as a level 1 trauma center, academic teaching HQ, and is known to be "resident run." they also feature team captain call, which means as a CA-3, you run the show on a call night as a junior attending, essentially. Tisch is the bigger private hospital, and hospital for joint surgery does a lot of outpatient ortho cases, which allows for a lot of regional techniques.
4) better location. bellevue is at 28th and 1st ave. tisch is at 33rd and 1st. and HJD is 17th and 2nd or something like that. sinai is 100th and madison. nice view of central park up there, and a nice safe upper east side neighborhood, but kinda bo-o-o-oring, if you ask me. expensive wives walking alongside expensive nannies pushing their expensive children in expensive strollers, drinking starbucks.
5) better $$$. cuz that's what it all bout anyway, shit. love and education never bought no rims.
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why the hell is the corn red in the top picture?
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on 05 January, 2006 23:07 [*]
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That looks sooo disgusting....
and the food looks even worse.
dropped by on 06 January, 2006 08:15 [*]
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dude, sounds like you're in like clin(-ton, as in the former president NOT CLINTON SPARKS ok), nice work.
when you're not working at NYU you can roam the streets of boerum hill and fight crime... provided you have the rang of power
dropped by on 06 January, 2006 21:45 [*]
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ooh nice j. lethem ref there, stv slzy
dropped by on 07 January, 2006 13:25 [*]
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Yo JZN - I'm very happy for you that the interview at NYU went swell. That sure aounds promising. Not to rain on your parade, and also not to repeat what you already know...but the wisdom on the trail to the match is that such promises should be filed away under "nice things to warm my worried heart, but upon which I'll base no decisions". Every year PD's promise spots to unmatched applicants - it sucks, but it happens. I doubt that's what was going on with you - since you are a good applicant & the praise sounded genuine, but just don't go cancelling interviews now that you were promised a spot out east.
I know you prolly know this, but I had to make sure you did. Really what I meant to say was, "The interview at NYU went really well!?! That's great man, congrats!"
dropped by on 09 January, 2006 21:57 [*]
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thx for the concern dan, and thx for the congrats! i'm taking what they say with a grain of salt, but it really did seem genuine.
then again, i'd like to think that i always seem real genuine on all of my interviews. esp when i'm not.
dropped by on 09 January, 2006 22:12 [*]
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drop some science: