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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?:
8 out of 10
How do you rank this residency among other residencies to which you've applied?:
8 out of 10
What is your ranking of this program's facilities?:
5 out of 10
What is your ranking of this program's location?:
7 out of 10
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?:
10 out of 10
How do you think you did?:
8 out of 10
How did the interview impress you?:
Positively
How long was the interview?:
20 minutes
How many people interviewed you?:
2
What was the style of the interview?:
One-on-one
What impressed you positively?:
Great case variety on par with other top programs. Probably the best pediatric experience in New York City. Most residents go on to do fellowships. Nice dinner the night before with a good number of fun residents. Residents seemed to get along and appeared to be a closer group than what I saw elsewhere. Anesthesia-run ICU. Start getting relieved at 4pm. Residents expressed that they had plenty of time to enjoy the city. Report as inappropriate
What impressed you negatively?:
Poor resident relationships with the PD and chair. Residents said they only really talked to the PD twice a year at their scheduled meetings, and the meetings were basically about test scores. The chair doesn't know the residents. Supposedly neither are helpful in finding jobs/fellowships outside of Columbia. This was one of the few programs where I didn't interview with either the PD or chair. Like most of the Manhattan programs, alumni tend to settle in the area, so alumni connections elsewhere may be more limited than other big name programs. Old, small facilities, but they just opened a new "heart" hospital where everything but the ORs are dedicated to cardiac. Not impressed by the CBY; no medicine months, but peds and ob? Seems strange to me, and reportedly is fairly hard. Manhattan location but not in a desirable part. Questionable regional and pain experiences. Report as inappropriate
How was your interview day? Please summarize.:
Day really starts at 9. Large interview group, gets split into 2. Chair and PD presentations, and some other faculty stop by and make a few remarks. Then interviews or tours. 2 interviews, both casual. There was too much time scheduled for tours and lunch and there was a significant amount of time spent waiting for the PD's wrap-up presentation. Done around 3. Report as inappropriate
What was your primary mode of travel?:
Automobile
What was your total time spent traveling?:
2-3 hours
Where did you stay?:
Friends or family
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