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5.7 / 10
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Anonymous posters frequently described NYU Grossman as a highly regarded, competitive dermatology program with strong clinical volume and hospital-based training. Several posts noted long working hours and mixed accounts of resident satisfaction, while others raised questions about housing costs and salary. A few commenters described the program as more clinically than research focused.
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❌1. Very fucking weird vibes while rotating there. Attendings are nice to your face, harsh behind your back. Residents (including chiefs) are talking shit about certain nurses. Everyone can be super cold (esp some of the nurses? idk maybe just a NYC thing). Residents ask you to do little personal errands not related to patient care.
💬1. Might be a NYC thing with the nurses; they've been on strike in the past few months and tensions been building up. Frequent discussions on r/residency about the dynamic between NYC nurses and residents. > personal errands sounds like some bullshit > a friend who did an away there told me he was asked to help with picking up a resident's child lol > that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard respectfully a crazy thing to ask a med student
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Thoughts on Columbia interviews?
some rooms were good, most were bad lol
same with NYU meepl
bad how?
I thought it was fine/standard idk (for both NYU/columbia)
same thought they were both as expected, nothing bad
the questions were definitely harder than average but doable I thought... and I totally was expecting cold demeanor but overall they were nice!
thoughts on NYU interview? see below
NYU interview thoughts?
some rooms felt very serious/dry
yeah
were the questions hard or pretty standard?
the questions were definitely harder and not generic haha, felt like a higher level of intensity than average
yeah
were the questions hard or pretty standard?
what part of nyc do nyu residents live
upper east side, kips bay, Williamsburg> how do residents manage living there financially?
everyone is comfortable. Some people have roommates or live with SOs. Many live alone and are fine. Living in queens/brooklyn is obviously cheaper. I promise that no one is struggling to pay for rent or food
Anyone else interviewing at NYU on Friday not gotten any interview day information?
no but we got dat grubhub
bro share with us plebs too dumb to get an II to NYU
interviewing thursday and just got the interview itinerary
Best program in NYC? All around, not just prestige?
on a similar note: what's the best program in a major city?
Harvard or Penn (if you consider Boston and Philly decent sized cities)
NYC Power Rankings: Mount Sinai
Columbia = NYU
Cornell
Albert Einstein
Rochester
SUNY Downstate = Stony Brook
Northwell
NYMC
St. John's Episcopal
St. Barnabas
I'd say it goes: NYU
Montefiore = SUNY Downstate
Sinai = Columbia = Cornell
Northwell
NYMC. (Rochester and Stony Brook are not NYC, and idk anything about St John's/St. Barnabas)
Really?? What makes montefiore above Sinai /columbia?
NYU
Sinai >= Columbia = Cornell
Columbia = NYU
Cornell
Albert Einstein
Rochester
SUNY Downstate = Stony Brook
Northwell
NYMC
St. John's Episcopal
St. Barnabas
Montefiore = SUNY Downstate
Sinai = Columbia = Cornell
NYMC. (Rochester and Stony Brook are not NYC, and idk anything about St John's/St. Barnabas)
Sinai >= Columbia = Cornell
Can someone explain to me why the match list tab is going to unlock in January…? Like we won't know who matches until March lol. Am I missing something??
some programs like Stony Brook and NYU have early guaranteed spots
I thought we confirmed Stony brook does not do that…
Stony Brook has a 3 year accelerated MD program that guarantees a residency of their choice spot to those students, not sure if there are any Stony Brook 3 year students going into derm this year though
wow, what if a bunch of them wanted to do derm
i guess its no different than 1 spot at every institution being held for home students
the difference being those specific NYU/Stony Brook/etc folks generally already know they have a spot by early fall of their last year (the process happens before match)
I think the NYU early matches actually find out as early as summer of their last year so they don't even end up applying to other programs in ERAS
still though... some home student must know
It's time to make a blank match list page> ahhhh no stawppp wait till January. I also think we should make one for prelim/TY programs to help future applicants with a point of contact . I know in my TY prelim interviews they asked a lot about how I knew of the program so it's nice to have a personable connection too.
tbh could be helpful for the programs that do early match too (ex NYU) to see how many spots are left
or just to see how many spots each program has
oh my god this is scary
tbh this made me excited
tbh this made me excited
Any residents who ranked a lower ranked/community program over T10s who could speak to whether they're happy with or regret their decision? My current top choice is a lower ranked program close to family and near my partner (who won't be able to move for the next 2 years), but wondering if I'll regret this down the line
resident here, it would help if you gave some more info - throw a couple of names out or regions. Because what specific high tier are we talking about and what community program?
mostly debating NYU/Yale vs a smaller Chicago program
This is just my opinion, but I would go with NYU/Yale personally. NYU>>> for me though because it's a much better location. If we're talking Rush, UIC, Loyola then it would be fine to go there. But if it is cook county I definitely wouldnt recommend it.
NYU rocks
OP here, thanks everyone! have lots to think about (it's not cook county, so I guess need to do some reflection on how strongly I feel about academics)
doxxing students # of aways is not the answer lmao im sure if you were accepted to 3+ aways and they all fit in your schedule you would have done them too
i disagree. follow the rules
rules are dumb this is a zero sum game. Why would i cost myself an opportunity to rotate and potentially match at a program in favor of helping some random person out. Not to mention the fact that people who do research years or have connections prior to aways already have a separate advantage
honestly it'll depend on how strict your home program is, some home programs are quite adamant about only doing 2 aways, in which case you don't want to burn a bridge with your home program by going against your home PD guidance and doing more than that - if you don't have a home program/they don't care, I suppose go ahead and do as many as you want/can
reminder that the "max 2 away" guideline is a GUIDELINE, not a rule!
2/3 of my aways said when they check your rotations, they'll ding you (in whatever capacity) for going over
4/4 of mine did not even ask lol
all 3 of my aways asked where else I was rotating - obviously you could lie, but I'm not a great liar lol
a PD I worked with told me if he found out an applicant was breaking the APD guidelines for aways, they wouldn't consider the applicant same for all 3 of mine. (Northeast)
I suspect the more this becomes an arms race, the more restrictions will be implemented. It’ll just reach a point where so many people apply to aways that it’s not sustainable, and then doing an away will simply not mean anything anymore.
doing an away will always help bc it helps programs put a face to the name (unless you have no social skills/don't make a positive in person impression), it's just that it's becoming harder and harder to get them and some people hog them (ex., have heard of some MD students doing 7-8 aways) while others are struggling to even get 1 away
But it’s becoming more common that programs don’t prioritize away rotators, e.g. UTMB no longer guaranteeing interviews for away rotators
Presumably you still have a higher chance of matching as an away rotator who got an interview, than someone who got an interview with no connections though. I think people forget that aways are essentially a month long interview and they get to know you better than a half day formal interview. I know personally I would prefer no interview to a guaranteed courtesy interview for all aways. Like if for whatever reason they decided they weren't going to interview/rank you after spending a month there, I don't think a half day of interviews will change their mind much?
people fixate on number of interviews when it should be about quality, if an away program interviews everyone but is only going to rank half of those rotators high enough to potentially match, it benefits both the program and applicant for them to not guarantee interviews
POOP
i disagree. follow the rules
rules are dumb this is a zero sum game. Why would i cost myself an opportunity to rotate and potentially match at a program in favor of helping some random person out. Not to mention the fact that people who do research years or have connections prior to aways already have a separate advantage
honestly it'll depend on how strict your home program is, some home programs are quite adamant about only doing 2 aways, in which case you don't want to burn a bridge with your home program by going against your home PD guidance and doing more than that - if you don't have a home program/they don't care, I suppose go ahead and do as many as you want/can
reminder that the "max 2 away" guideline is a GUIDELINE, not a rule!
2/3 of my aways said when they check your rotations, they'll ding you (in whatever capacity) for going over
4/4 of mine did not even ask lol
all 3 of my aways asked where else I was rotating - obviously you could lie, but I'm not a great liar lol
a PD I worked with told me if he found out an applicant was breaking the APD guidelines for aways, they wouldn't consider the applicant same for all 3 of mine. (Northeast)
doing an away will always help bc it helps programs put a face to the name (unless you have no social skills/don't make a positive in person impression), it's just that it's becoming harder and harder to get them and some people hog them (ex., have heard of some MD students doing 7-8 aways) while others are struggling to even get 1 away
But it’s becoming more common that programs don’t prioritize away rotators, e.g. UTMB no longer guaranteeing interviews for away rotators
Presumably you still have a higher chance of matching as an away rotator who got an interview, than someone who got an interview with no connections though. I think people forget that aways are essentially a month long interview and they get to know you better than a half day formal interview. I know personally I would prefer no interview to a guaranteed courtesy interview for all aways. Like if for whatever reason they decided they weren't going to interview/rank you after spending a month there, I don't think a half day of interviews will change their mind much?
people fixate on number of interviews when it should be about quality, if an away program interviews everyone but is only going to rank half of those rotators high enough to potentially match, it benefits both the program and applicant for them to not guarantee interviews
What programs are volume madhouses that give residents the most autonomy / early independence?
no
yes
inside you there are two wolves
POOP
UCSF 100%< NYU < most community programs are known for having better volume than academic but have less or no specialty clinics
UTMB gives very early autonomy
Wake Forest is crazy high volume with lots of autonomy.
Lol this is absolutely not true; WF has their PGY3 derms presenting all their cases to their attendings like a med student. Saw a senior last year beg to sneak an extra excision
yes
inside you there are two wolves
UTMB gives very early autonomy
Lol this is absolutely not true; WF has their PGY3 derms presenting all their cases to their attendings like a med student. Saw a senior last year beg to sneak an extra excision
Did anyone who performed an away rotation at NYU receive an interview?
POOP
for those who signed up for the NYU interview 1/8 PM session, it's probs just an error on their end that it's from 1-6pm right? since on friday it says 1-3:30pm
POOP
NYU open and filled
did anyone get a Friday spot?
no lol
ugh why was everyonhe so fast
I feel like the spots didn't actually open
they did
they did
those with NYU interviews, do you see a bunch more dates listed other than the 1/8 and 1/9 mentioned in the thalamus email?
yes, maybe they're for internals? i'm confused lol
probs an error. thalamus is not the most user friendly as im sure you have noticed
For NYU what deadline did they give everyone to sign up for interviews?
bro where is mt sinai at
they are famous/infamous for only interviewing internals so I wouldn't be shocked if nobody on this sheet reports an II (á la NYU prelim)
oop but fr if any mt sinai people are on the spreadsheet have yall heard anything
oop
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