What applicants said about Johns Hopkins Hosp-MD in the 2022 cycle

reapplicants who matched this year - any advice for us in the unmatched boat? and CONGRATS

Once we make it out on the other side, we need to make this process better for posterity. Culture of elitism is causing so much anxiety and $$$. I think we can all agree that med school/undergrad "pedigree" is probably one of the worst variables to consider for residency app. We should judge people on their own merit (holistically). It makes me sad to see the lack of "training" diversity in academic programs; when most of the residents & faculty trained at the same "elite" institutions: Ivy League, Stanford, Hopkins, MIT etc. Programs say they care about DEI but the only 1 or 2 URMs they have trained at Harvard, Princeton, Stanford etc. This is why people feel the need to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars at an elite private institution, so they an achieve their career goals or take on an unpaid RY to crank out papers for a big shot at an elite institution. This toxic culture of "elitism" has cost each of us so much $$ and family time; it has given us impostor syndrome, and serious FUCKING anxiety. We have to be better.

how many internals do hopkins and washu have this year?

Johns Hopkins- is the Howard County rotation just 1 month/year? or sprinkled all over < i think it's sprinkled in

Didn't find Hopkins interview day impressive at all... am I missing something here? Sounds like they also have a ton of inbox stuff to do and also have to rotate at Washington DC... < they don't rotate at DC, they do have a satellite clinic there though (Sibley) < Did I misunderstand? Residents said they have a month of rotation there, can't remember if it's every year. Could someone clarify? < I don't think the residents rotate there at all

"what do people think of the doximity rankings? are they useful at all? << Depends what your criteria are for filtering through programs. < at one point I thought they had actual criteria for the rankings, but apparently it's just alumni opinion? Or am I reading that wrong? Seems like a less than objective way to rank < It's all based on opinion. In the past, there have been a few publications that have attempted to rank programs based on NIH funding, faculty, residents, research output, etc (https://cdn.mdedge.com/files/s3fs-public/Document/September-2017/CT094100189_REV.pdf) but this is outdated now. From what I've been told, you've got the big powerhouses (NYU, Penn, UCSF, Harvard, Yale, Stanford), the great but not quite top programs (Emory, Northwestern, Sinai, Wake Forest, Johns Hopkins, Miami, UTSW), a bunch of solid programs that aren't particularly famous for research or anything but will still train you well and prepare you for a career, and then a few bottom tier programs that have been known to have issues (ie flagged by ACGME, residents don't match to fellowships, program closes midway through a year, etc) < is there anything more recent?"

UCSD vs Hopkins? Location is not the factor here (hence the difficult decision), more about the program, faculty and culture < use the X vs Y tab < this person did, but no one is answering it on that tab (not OP, but I noticed it earlier and couldn't answer) <OP: thank you for having my back lol

A lot more people than i expected on hopkins interview today. Are they interviewing closer to 70?

Man that Hopkins interview day was loooonnnggg

and just like that ladies and gents, we have a new #1 program. NW was such a delightful experience < NU or NW? < Chicago and #1 program are mutually exclusive my friend < i know, trust me but they are killing me here with how great experience it was < I love a little mugging with my morning walk. < mugging with -10 wind chill on the side < delicious < i feel like we rained on OPs parade a little and i'm sorry OP, glad you liked the program and hope u end up there and love it < kinda like the rain in chicago? < OP: nah they actually covered all the reasons my family is looking at me like I'm high rn after i told them I liked NW so I definitely hear you guys haha < Hopkins & NW are at the bottom of my list for these exact reasons. I choose life, thx < did you also interview at both today? i hated hopkins so at least that part is figured out for me < You aren't getting shot walking around Northwestern. It's in the cushiest part of Chicago. The rent is like SF levels in Streeterville and the most basic grocery store is a Whole Foods. < People must be mixing up Northwestern and U Chicago, very different areas < lol we are not mixing anything up. We know NW itself is in a boujie part of town but people will have lives outside the immediate NW area< outside the NW area is fine, stay away from the southside and westside (not including south loop or west loop)

anyone else not love hopkins after their interview day lol

back to the other question though, why is NW (NU whatever) interviewing as many people as hopkins when they have like half the # spots < because there's 14 internal applicants plus and eff ton of research fellows and gap years < sure but it is still for 4 spots < they must fall pretty low on their rank list to interview so many

hopkins gave me $10 gc and GW gave me $40 swag. Who would have thunk it

When in Johns Hopkins last interview? < 1/12

how did people who interviewed at hopkins today think it went? < too long, most hadn't read my app, and it was repetitive but they were nice