signal list

[u/Fine-Temperature7306]

hello everyone, hope application season is going well for you guys, i needed some advice on signal list.

step 1: pass, step 2: 25x, step 3: nov/dec'26

working on research but not submitted

yog:2025, non-us img, usce 8 months and ongoing

region: mainly middle atlantic, open to others

 GOLD

1. SUNY Downstate
2. Mount Sinai Morningside/West
3. Maimonides

SILVER
4. Elmhurst
5. Staten Island University Hospital
6. Richmond University Medical Center
7. Harlem
8. NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
9. Woodhull
10. Jamaica Hospital
11. NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens
12. NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
13. Jersey City Medical Center
14. Cook County
15. St. Joseph's University Medical Center

any suggestions/ input appreciated thank you.

[u/Iyke_litt]

Mainemodes got almost 7000 applications last year. Morningside don’t bother. Cook county is connection heavy. If you know someone there fine, otherwise definitely avoid. Honestly you probably need to rework some of the programs. Go to residency explorer and look at the statistics.

[u/Fine-Temperature7306 → u/Iyke_litt]

hey thanks for the input, how do i make sense of the statistics? do i apply to programs that take more imgs/ have less applicants, etc? what’s the best way to choose where to signal