Applicant sentiment — from 80 anonymous posts, 2017–2027
5.3 / 10
What anonymous posters said
Several posts describe confusion and mild frustration about a required seven-minute interview presentation, with commenters calling the format unclear, elementary, or dreaded. Many posts also discuss interview logistics such as confirmation emails and scheduling. Other commenters describe positive impressions of elective time and resident culture, alongside some discussion of DO applicants being accepted into the program.
❌1. Been waiting to drop this about Northwell (tried to post about this before rank lists were due but was accused of trying to manipulate others' rankings): during my rotation, I walked in on a faculty member/resident using a racial slur while referring to my co-rotator. the convo immediately stopped when I entered the room. I later reported the incident through Hofstra's official reporting channels, but nothing came of it. neither my co-rotator nor I ended up receiving interviews from the program (which is whatever). despite the program appearing to have a diverse group of residents, I would strongly caution against rotating at Northwell if you're a POC
❌2. Vibes were so odd on interview day, idk how to describe it but at best people just don't seem to actually be friends with each other, at worst actively dislike each other. Program itself seems fine but I wasn't comfortable ranking it highly based on the culture I experienced that day
❌3. Toxic culture where there are weird vibes between residents and attendings. Residents are treated more like cheap mid-level labor. Teaching faculty are very junior and did not appear committed to resident education, with mostly self-led resident lectures. Clinic volumes are high and seemed more like a private practice than an academic teaching environment. As a rotating student, I did not feel comfortable asking questions because of this environment. My perception was that I would be more of a burden to the resident and faculty for asking questions. I ignored the comments about Northwell in Name and Shame threads from years ago but I wish I had taken them to heart and rotated elsewhere.
Does anyone know which prelim/TY program have flexibility of doing externship? < this could be a long and exhausting process, but I would just email the programs you interviewed at to ask if that's something you want to know, I myself do not know a consolidated place where this information would be - hope someone else can be more helpful :) < sorry to be vague! what about these programs: virgnia mason, northwell long island jewish? I am sending them emails asking but no one has replied yet. < unlikely- they hired you to work for the year
Aite to all the fellow hofstra/northwell interviewees... what was the consensus on what the presentation should be about? Did you do a generic "tell me about yourself" type vs. something more interesting? < some people do a little bit off the wall type things but a lot did tell me about yourself
Still havent finished my northwell presentation for a 7:45 am start tomorrw.... < i am procrastinating the fuck outta that, i imagine everyone is gonna be ranking them low cause of this presentation, they better be interviewing 100 people or they risk not filling < it sucks cause I want to send it tonight because they requested the powerpoints in advance but like.... ugh. < BTW does anyone know if everyone can see notes when presenting on zoom presenter mode? < yeah they can see i'm pretty sure, but you can do the manual capture and select the area you want to show and hide your notes
Still procrastinating my northwell presentation for next week. really dreading doing it :/. i dont want it to be a rehash of my CV... but im not funny or unique and i have no idea how much weight theyll place on this
dreading starting my northwell presentation. wtf am i supposed to talk about for 7 minutes? should it be straightforward about me? about my research? a non-medicine topic i am passionate about? ug
