What should I do during medical school to improve my chances?
Hi all!
I am starting medical school in the fall, and I am really interested in becoming a psychiatrist. I would ideally like to match into a competitive psychiatry residency (Ex: Yale, University of Washington, etc.) and I am hoping to get some advice from others that are more experienced than myself. My main question is, what can I do during medical school to make sure that I am a great applicant for these types of residencies? So far, I have a first-authored publication about autism in a...
What should I do during medical school to improve my chances? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 1, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Dr. Morticia Source Type: forums
Yale MPH 2017
I thought I would create a thread to discuss any thoughts or questions about the program/housing as the deadline to commit approaches.
I'm most likely attending Yale, and I will also be going to the Open House on April 3rd. Who else is leaning towards committing? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 30, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: sloth17 Source Type: forums
Harvard vs. Yale vs. UCSF vs. Weill Cornell
Hi everyone! I find myself in a very lucky position, deciding among great schools. I feel very grateful to have these opportunities, but wanted to get some input from fellow SDNers! I've been admitted to several schools this cycle, but the ones I'm considering the most are Harvard, Yale, Weill Cornell, and UCSF. I'm interested in neurology and would like to incorporate research into my career. While I'm leaning towards neurology, I like neuroscience in general and could also see myself in...
Harvard vs. Yale vs. UCSF vs. Weill Cornell (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 18, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: dr. sushi roll Source Type: forums
WashU vs CCLCM vs Yale vs Vanderbilt
I'm pretty stuck even between the four schools. Final financial aid hasn't come out yet, but I'll be at the unit loan level for two schools (Yale and WashU(potential for merit aid here as well)). I've been accepted to all but Yale - I'm on their wait list and I have a substantial update I can send them with a LOI if I decided that is the direction I want to take. I am very interested in academic medicine and I am open to living in an area I don't like (read: anywhere but the PNW), but my...
WashU vs CCLCM vs Yale vs Vanderbilt (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 8, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Thenewguy02 Source Type: forums
Why is "Step Up to Medicine" reviewed by mostly medical students at "lower-tier" schools?
Completely unimportant, just-because-I-was-wondering type of question. I was simply surprised, I was expecting contributors from Harvard, Yale, Vanderbilt, etc, but nope. It's a lot of people from places like Lake Erie, Edward Via. Not saying that's bad I'm sure they're brilliant people. Like I said I was just surprised, there may not even be a real answer. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 2, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: SterlingMaloryArcher Source Type: forums
3.81 gpa, 511 mcat
I was wondering about my possibility of getting into the following respective schools: Harvard, Hopkins, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, Georgetown, BU, Tufts, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (My TOP, dream school), UCLA, UCSF, USC, Emory. Of course, I will be applying broadly to many other target and safety schools.
East Asian from the top 10 institution
cGPA: 3.81
sGPA: 3.85
MCAT: 511 (129/123/132/127) My CARS is low as I am international (English is my second...
3.81 GPA, 511 MCAT (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 26, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: neuroyale Source Type: forums
Ranking Help
I am having difficulty ranking the following programs: MIR, Yale, UPMC and NYU.
Location is not a problem to me. I really appreciate your help. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 21, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RadsApplicant80 Source Type: forums
Rol
Hi all,
I was wondering if you could help me organize my rank list. Just trying to get a feel for what others think about these programs.
UCLA
NYU
Columbia
Jefferson
Brown
Yale
Mt. Sinai
Mt. Auburn
BMC
Vermont (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 21, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Rad2017 Source Type: forums
How to Attain Academic-Oriented Predoctoral Internship
Hi all,
I would please appreciate any advice on this issue. I am currently choosing between a few counseling and clinical psychology programs, and I'd like to know what factors are most important to secure a predoctoral internship at sites that have a reputation for sending their students into academic careers (e.g., Brown, Yale, etc.). I quickly read over this guide, but I was wondering if there are...
How to Attain Academic-Oriented Predoctoral Internship (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 14, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: therapist89 Source Type: forums
Thoughts on choosing location/family over program strength
I am 4th year applying to internal medicine and my wife and I are struggling with the rank process. I am fortunate that as an average med student, I've been granted interviews at some really great programs. To give you a sense of the reputation spread of my programs, my most "prestigious" is maybe Yale or Mayo and least "prestigious" is Rutgers. Within that range of programs I did occasionally feel I had a better fit at many programs that were on the lower end of the name-brand spectrum too....
Thoughts on choosing location/family over program strength (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 7, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: boromirmycaptain Source Type: forums
How would you rank these Neurology residency programs?
Hi! I'm having a hard time deciding how to rank some programs.
How would you rank these in terms of perceived quality of education / best reputation, and why? I want the best possible training and also of course want a reputation that will propel me for fellowship.
Duke
University of Florida in Gainesville
Harvard - BIDMC
University of Miami
Mount Sinai
NYU
Rush
University of Texas - Houston
Yale
Thanks for your help! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 24, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RedheadTX Source Type: forums
How would you rank these?
Having trouble making my ROL. How would you rank these by reputation and general quality? Yale, BIDMC, UCLA, Northwestern, UVA, Vanderilt... thanks. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 24, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Wakaflakaflocculus Source Type: forums
No idea what's going on
I applied to 17 schools back in July been denied by 4 and haven't heard back from the rest. Assuming I'm just gonna take the L for this cycle since it's basically over, I'm trying to find out what I need to do to improve my app. I applied to a lot of schools that are on the lower end of stats (in state Florida) and nothing however I've been offered post bac research positions at Yale, NIH, Mayo, UCSF and Harvard.
3.9 gpa/509 mcat
2 summers doing clinical research at Mayo with 1 publication...
No idea what's going on (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 18, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Typatt50 Source Type: forums
How much weight does being related to faculty have for MD admission?
My friend keeps bragging about how he's set for Med School because his father is an assistant professor at the Yale School of Medicine. Is he spouting hot air, or does this have a tangible impact on matriculation chances? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 3, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ar707 Source Type: forums
Program vs. Program
So, as rank lists are due in less than 3 weeks and seeing how a lot of programs have changed over the past year, I figured we could start a new program comparison thread to get some other viewpoints. Starting out:
Mayo vs Yale:
- Enjoyed both, really liked Yale's new Chair but that could mean a lot of change. Mayo seems pretty well established but I don't know too much how residents fair in terms of fellowship match (other than plastics). Thoughts? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 2, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ophthoudini Source Type: forums
