Any residents at Children's National Medical Center in DC? Or others offering advice?

[LolaLee]

Hi y'all,
I am actually applying to medical school this summer for fall '06 and GW is one of the schools I am seriously looking at because I know that students their do their pediatric rotation at CNMC. I know I shouldn't try to plan too far ahead but I am a married nontrad student and know that I want to go into peds and live in DC during my residency years. I was wondering if you thought going to GW would help me get into the residency program at CNMC or should I try to go to a higher ranked school that is out of state and try from there. Any advice you might have on the matter would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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[Furuncle]

Hi, there.
I'm actually an intern at CNMC - very busy, but wonderful so far (but ask me in a few months). CNMC was by far my first choice - I love DC, the PD is amazing, and I wanted a busy, free-standing hospital.
There's a handful of GW grads who come here each yr. BUT you certainly do NOT have to go to GW to end up here. As you'll find out, you could do a rotation here during 4th year (or not - I didn't). Bottom line, go to the med school you like best. Peds isn't too competitive, anyway, and you should pretty much have your pick if you do even semi-well.
Best of luck...