Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education (Rochest Individual Response

What is your in-state status?:

Out of state

On what date did the interview take place?:

2/1/2008

How do you rank this residency among ALL other residencies?:

5 out of 10

How do you rank this residency among other residencies to which you've applied?:

5 out of 10

What is your ranking of this program's facilities?:

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this program's location?:

1 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?:

1 out of 10

What was the stress level of the interview?:

2 out of 10

How do you think you did?:

4 out of 10

How did the interview impress you?:

Negatively

How long was the interview?:

15 minutes

How many people interviewed you?:

3

What was the style of the interview?:

One-on-one

How was your interview day? Please summarize.:

The Bottom Line/Impression: A very good, not great program, in a very love-it-or-hate-it location. They should call it the “Mormo Clinic.” <p> Lodging/Dinner: Nice “Residence Inn” type hotel for 1 or 2 nights, across the street from St. Marys, nice dinner at a nearby steakhouse with a few of the residents. <p> Schedule: First things first: THEY DO NOT PROVIDE BREAKFAST OR COFFEE so eat the free breakfast at the hotel. Short info session w/ Dr. Long, interviews and tour, shuttle over to Methodist Hospital to complete the tour. Facilities are very, very nice overall. Interviews with Dr. Long and 2 others <p> Program Info: 20 per year, 9 categorical/11 advanced. All fellowships, time at the 2 Mayo hospitals in Rochester, need to go elsewhere for Peds and OB (Jacksonville, Wake, and Brigham among others). <p> Pros: Mayo name, not a no-brainer to imagine that you get solid training in “big” cases, tons of zebras. One resident said he’d done 5 pheo’s. Great town for low-key families (newish 4 BR house = $140K) but otherwise please read below and BEWARE. <p> Cons: Rochester is a large town/very small city, in an extremely monocultural area of the country, with terrible weather. The faculty are ridiculously inbred (90% of all hires in last 10 years are Mayo grads), and the residents all seemed to be Mormon or at least be conservative white males with large families. If this doesn’t sound like you – beware. I think this program has little or nothing to offer you if you are looking at similar caliber programs, do not have a family, and are not attached to the region. Report as inappropriate