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What is your in-state status?:
Out of state
On what date did the interview take place?:
2/1/2009
How do you rank this residency among ALL other residencies?:
1 out of 10
How do you rank this residency among other residencies to which you've applied?:
1 out of 10
What is your ranking of this program's facilities?:
9 out of 10
What is your ranking of this program's location?:
2 out of 10
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?:
5 out of 10
What was the stress level of the interview?:
4 out of 10
How do you think you did?:
8 out of 10
How did the interview impress you?:
Negatively
What was the style of the interview?:
One-on-one
What impressed you positively?:
Very impressive facilities, nice interviewers, clearly driven people work here. Strong work ethic, very nice inpatient unit with a VIP section as well! Good C-L connections. Residents are trained well in medicine, and hence comorbid psychiatry and medical illness. Lunch was good. Everything connected by tunnels so you don't have to go outside into the ghetto... Report as inappropriate
What impressed you negatively?:
Baltimore is a dive, security guards surround the hospital like a fort. Feeling of crime everywhere you go. Tradition is taken to the extreme, they wear the same ties on mondays when they have grand rounds. Residents seemed to have no life outside work. They work you HARD and everyone mentioned this like as a source of pride. Faculty seemed entitled, like there was a "hopkins" way of doing psychiatry-- they even said the biopsychosocial model is crap and that they have their own hopkins method of approaching patients. PD is stuck in the stone age being unable to contact by email, which he purposely does because he wants people to use the phone. Report as inappropriate
How was your interview day? Please summarize.:
I'm not going to even rank this place. Overall faculty were so stuck up that it was almost comical. Training is good but at the expense of developing a massive ego that you carry everywhere if you leave hopkins and continue to wear your white coat. Baltimore is a crime-ridden city, I was advised not to leave my hotel!! I think this place is great for people who are prestige seekers, love to work hard, and don't care about "balance". Report as inappropriate
What was your primary mode of travel?:
Airplane
What was your total time spent traveling?:
2-3 hours
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?:
$301-$400
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