Dartmouth-Hitchcock

I'm finally approaching the end of the road, as far as interviews go. Dartmouth is 2nd-to-last, one more this Friday and then I'm done! It was great returning to Hanover even though it was for such a short time. It's such a beautiful part of the country. Cold, but beautiful. I really enjoyed my visit. The program would be a great fit for me, I think. I love the idea of training at an academic medical center in a small town. The residents all get along well, and seem very very happy. The hard part would be going so far away from my life here on the west coast. But I anticipate it will only be for 3 years, and I can't imagine ending up anywhere other than the northwest in the end. So maybe it would be a good adventure?

The hospital is beautiful, it's only about 10 years old. They built it from the ground up (the old hospital was in Hanover, they demolished it during my undergraduate years). The newest wing was just opened last year, so the entire hospital is state of the art. And very nice. Inside it looks more like a shopping mall than a hospital.

It does get cold in Hanover. It was ten below with the wind chill. But it was sunny, which was very nice, given the seemingly non-stop rain we've had in Seattle since before Christmas. I liked the Dartmouth program more than I thought I would. Seattle and UCSD are still in the lead, but it's going to be a tough choice between OHSU (in Portland) and Dartmouth. Friday I interview at UC Davis in Sacramento, and then I'm done. Rank lists are due mid-February, and the moment of truth, Match Day is March 16th (I think).