Top: Barrow, Carolinas, Mayo
Bottom: OSU, Columbia, NYU
-Ohio state residents rubbed me the wrong way, nothing against the NY programs just wasn't a fan of the NY lifestyle
Top: Michigan, Rush, NYU
Bottom: Georgetown, UChicago, Arizona
GW and Gtown both suck. Inova best program in dc area?
Interviewed at all 3. Inova definitely a hidden gem. New but with all the right support and tons of volume. Ranked them high. Georgetown wasn’t bad but volume seems predominantly spine and some of the residents gave off a weird vibe. GW is a disaster. Didn’t interview at NIH.
Top 3: BNI, BWH, Mayo
- Neurosurgery is changing to be less malignant, and I felt like these were the programs with the best culture and were most proactive in protecting resident time to be high-yield. Aka very little scut with good operative experience and teaching, which adds up to literally months of your life given back to you to develop an academic career or have extra OR time. 100+ hour weeks with tons of BS is so 20th century.
Bottom 3: Georgetown, UChicago, Jeff
- Weird culture and generally malignant, while not even being prestigious. I get why people would want to pay the price in blood for greatness at places like UCSF and Pitt, but these are simply not worth it imo