Anyone got interviews from int. med. programs?

Not yet. Makes me wonder why I completed ERAS so early. Everyone told me to apply early, but I get the feeling that very little happens before the Dean's Letters go out in November. Do programs even care if you applied on September 1?

From other threads, it sounds as if only anesthesia has made interview offers.

Take care.

i know that pedi and psych are also giving out interviews already.

i just got two invites from two Boston programs. They are certainly not my top choices, but it feels good to get the invites anyways :-). GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

which 2 programs?

I've gotten invitations from two of my top programs, 1 in Ohio and 1 in Virginia.

The third invitation I got said something like, "We're definitely going to offer you an interview but we like to wait for the Dean's Letter. Call if you have questions or want to interview before November 1"

So I guess I'll count that.

Some of my friends have also gotten interviews in IM already from some pretty good programs.

That really famous place in ohio is not as good for matching cards (internally) as people would think. I have a friend from med school who is doing IM there, who shared this piece of wisdom with me.

are you ref to ccf?

Got an interview at Case Western today. I'm happy.

U of Maryland and Mount Sinai.

Did UMaryland send you a letter or email for your interview offer?

U of Rochester (Strong) and Rush-Presby-St. Luke's.

U Maryland sent an e-mail

mayo

WashU...the ball's rollin....

Rigomortis,

If you don't mind, could you PM me your stats. I'm very interested in applying to WashU IM.

Thanks.

Northwestern, Tufts.

So far I've gotten interviews at Cleveland Clinic and Oregon Health Sciences...
I assume that the majority of the progams are waiting until they can downlaod the Dean's letter.
JB

one at St. V's in Portland...

Brown.

cornell, duke

CCF
Mayo
Wash U
Michigan
Wisconsin
Duke

St. Raphael, CT....anyone anything about it? any good?

CCF is not a top tier program for internal medicine. Yes, its subspecialities are tops in the country, but the IM residency struggles to match US students. In fact, many of the interns are FMGs. Not that there is anything wrong with being an FMG, but it just makes me wonder why US grads don't want to go there.

UChicago

I'd have to say CCF is competetive for IM. A lot of the residents are FMG's but there are a lot in the other departments too. The reason, I believe, is that many if not all of the FMG's have done some kind of residency work in their home country, and now have to repeat that residency now that they are in the USA for licensing purposes. And they do well on the USMLE too. So if you are a PD looking at two applicants - one US grad, other FMG - both with similar scores, etc, I think the FMG would be a better candidate than one might think since they already have 1-3 years of residency under their belt, vs a 4th yr US student who has zilch. I think they also like that diversity it adds to a program.

Personally, I like it cuz then I can be around all the women when they talk medicine with those sexy foreign accents! aaaahhhhh.... :D ;)

Michigan (they send a letter).

Boston University, University of Virginia.

does anyone have any info on u iowa?

UCSF...

does anyone have any info on u iowa?

I'd love to know if anyone's been offered an interview from Emory(Prelim) yet. Just trying to get an idea where I stand. Cheers

I have interviews at:
-UC Irvine
-George Washington
-Boston University
-U of Miami
-Tulane
-Brown
-Kaiser SF

share the scoop on any of these programs.

btw what are the top 10 (20 for that matter) IM programs?

i would like to apply to some of these if they already are not on my list.

thanks.

Emory offered me a CAT interview last week. No info on Prelim.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

Top 10 IM programs (of course this is very subjective):

Mass Gen, Brigham, UCSF, U of Wash, Johns Hopkins,
Wash U, U Penn, Duke, Columbia, Yale

Just got UNC.

Katz,

I like your list. I would think that UT-Southwestern might have a place on it as (in other lists), I've seen it ranked rather high.

Also, doesn't Yale lose a few steps with the Surgery Residency under such scrutiny. It's hard to have a good IM program without a General Surgery Residency (did they ever get reinstated?)

GI Guy

Dartmouth

UPenn

I've heard good reviews about UTSW. I hear it's in the tradition of letting the interns roam, like the MGH's, Columbia's, and Hopkins. Plus, on their website, they say that the Chairman frequently teaches the residents directly, which seems pretty uncommon.

email rejection from UPENN today

Email rejection from UNC

Duke rejection (e-mail).

This is the first time I've seen people post information about rejections, which makes me rather nervous.

I shall shield my eyes when I open my email from now on.

Has anyone heard anything from Yale,New Haven?

Good luck to everyone still waiting on programs. It's becoming very frustrating.

Well, if it's of any help, I was told by one of the program directors at these places that they didn't even start taking a look at applications until Nov 1st. So he said don't expect to hear from them until about a week after.

I wake up in the morning and check my email.

I look at how many "new" messages are in my inbox, and a rush of excitement overwhelms me.

Then, I open the inbox, wait for the messages to load, and realize what I knew all along: The new messages are spam. Or a friendly note from someone I never hear from, otherwise. Or a newletter reminding me that ESPN.com is running a new fantasy sports game in English Rugby.

Honestly, it's killing me.

Sometimes it's even worse. Sometimes I receive an email from my #1 program's ERAS office, and I jump for joy. I close down the inbox, find a private computer (if I'm in the hospital), and go to savor my victory. Then, upon opening the message, I realize it's just a friendly, "we received your application materials via ERAS." It's only a tease.

Unfortunately, I have nothing scheduled for the next 2 weeks. Just a lot of time to sit and ponder and wonder how interviews are going to go week 3. It was much easier on a rotation, when I could distract myself with patient care.

Now, I sit in front of the computer, pouting that there aren't more responses from my "Big 4" and wondering what else I can do to fill up my day.

I had at once thought Election night might be a nice distraction. But it only brought more bad news as my candidates didn't win, my government was taken over by the people my girlfriend says I will become in 5 years. She keeps saying to me, "If you're not a Democrat at 18, you have no heart; if you're not a Republican at 30, you have no brain." It was funny the first time. Now I hate hearing it. I'm 25. Where do I fit into your funny little phrase, eh?

I don't know the answer to that question.

What I do know is that the Democrats sucked it up last night, the "Big 4" can afford to take their sweet time because they're the "Big 4", and I can't wait for the Mailman to get here in the faint hope one of the programs sends a nice brown envelope.

I feel like the five year old waiting for Christmas, only to find they keep moving it back a day.

Georgetown invite.

I share your sentiments, and your time off of rotations (I'm doing research this block--way too much free time). In fact, since so few of us are sharing information on this thread, I'm willing to bet we all have light schedules right now.

Good news is, soon we'll be so busy interviewing that the time between now and March 20 will fly by... right ?

To all who are scoring interviews:

First, congrats.

Would you be willing to state stats/qualifications/accomplishments for the younger generation that follows you in a few years. I am sure that most of us would be curious to know what it takes to get interviews at some of the places listed.

Thanks.

heard from yale primary care today. no word from categorical though.

Future GI Guy,
If Hopkins is one of your "Big 4" then don't worry, we won't hear from them until next week. Their website specifically states that they will review all applications the week of Nov 4 and send out responses the week of Nov 11. Of course, Nov 11 is a holiday, so that just adds another day to the waiting!


Who knows what is going on in Boston!:confused:

Cambridge Health Alliance (Harvard primary care)

Anyone know anything about this place? Is it a joke or what? They have awful IM board pass rates!!! What's the deal?

Johns Hopkins

i know people that have gotten interviews from the boston schools and johns hopkins.

categorical medicine programs seem to send out rolling interviews... i did hear from BU last week, waiting to hear from Brigham and Women and Tufts in the Boston area. also, did hear from Georgetown today. waiting on Johns Hopkins... anyone get any rejections from JH or Harvard?

yeah, heard from Harvard, Yale, UMich, Stanford, Duke, Mass Gen, CCF, Hopkins and Mayo only. don't know why the others are waiting so far.

sorry, sorry, juuuuuust trying to break the tension. i'm not applying into IM. good luck, guys! stay strong! :clap: just a few more days and we will have heard from all of them...good or bad, at least the wait will be over. then starts another game.

gwen
:laugh:

Are you trying to give all the gunners chest pain, girl? :laugh:

Alright, I'm new to all of this, but this particular message post seems really helpful as I'm also applying to internal medicine - mainly throughout California, DC/Maryland and NC.

So far, the California programs invites have been from (in chronological order)

before 11/1: UCI, USC, UCLA-Harbor

after 11/1: Kaiser Permanente LA (Sunset), UC Davis (11/6), UCLA-Olive View (11/6), and Stanford (11/6), Cedars Sinai (11/7).

Have not heard from UCSD, UCLA, or UCSF. Don't even know if I will...

From the MD/DC programs, got invites from Univ Maryland, JH-Mt. Sinai, George Washington, Georgetown (11/6), JH Bayview (11/6). Have not heard from Johns Hopkins Main.

From NC, got invites from Carolinas Med, UNC CH (11/4) , and Duke (11/7).

Oh, also Univ Arizona sometime before 11/1.

Would like to know if anyone has heard from UCSD, UCLA, UCSF.

Thanks.

I just registered today so I thought I would give everyone my list.
Interviews received:

Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals
Univ. of Conn.
Brown
Baystate Medical Center(Springfield, Mass)
Dartmouth Hitchcock
Univ. of Vermont
Albany Medical Center
Maine Medical Center
Tufts (New England Medical Center)
Univ. of Michigan
Lahey Clinic
Vanderbilt
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Still waiting for:
Mass. General
Beth Israel
BW & C
Yale
UVA

Just in case you wanted to know.

Interviews received: :D
Pitt
G'Town
Emory
Jefferson
Wake Forest
Michigan
UNC

Still waiting on: :pity:
Vandy
N'Western
Penn
WashU
UVA
Baylor
UCSD

i've heard from some but not all programs in new york and boston and was thinking about writing the programs i haven't heard from to tell them i'll be in the area just so i don't have to make more than one trip.

is this too soon after nov 1 to do that? i don't want to be pushy because i know some programs just started reviewing applications, but i also want to save money and figure out my traveling schedule. what do you guys think?

Is UMich sending interview invitations by email or snailmail?

Michigan is sending its interview requests via e-mail.

My Michigan invite came by regular mail (last month).

Anyone experiencing a slow-down with the number of invites coming in? I got five invites before nov 1, and only 2 responses (both rejections from Duke and UNC) since then.

The tally so far:

Invites 5 (Mayo, CCF, St Lou U, Rush, Henry Ford)
Waiting on a crapload including U Mich, Wash U, U Penn, Pitt, G'Town, Emory, Miami, Northwestern, UW Madison

email for interview from georgetown today, my first one since Dean's letter.

no news from anybody i have been hoping to hear from (upenn, yale, cornell etc.)

I understand that what suites one person won't necessarily suit another, but I would like to hear comments on how you guys would rank the following 3 programs:

Boston University
Cleveland Clinic
Henry Ford

I was offered an interview, but on a specific date. Is this the way Mt Sinai does it for everyone, or is it late in the game for their interview notification process?

Banana wrote:

I was offered an interview, but on a specific date. Is this the way Mt Sinai does it for everyone, or is it late in the game for their interview notification process?

I got an interview offer from Mt. Sinai as well that offerred it to me on a specific date. But i just called them up and asked if I could change it. From what the secretary said, it didn't look like there were that many spaces available, so maybe its late in the game. i dunno...

good luck!

Just got an invite from Duke this morning.... The first real interview post Dean's letter :)

Northwestern. Still waiting on UChicago, Brigham&Women, Johns Hopkins, UCSF and UCSD

Has anyone heard from Columbia, UCLA, or Brigham yet.... if not, what's the deal!

:)

Rigo...
I have heard from Columbia, but I am also a student there so it is a little different...I am also still waiting on UCLA and the Brigham. It seems as though we have likely applied to many of the same places. Good luck, I have my first interview this friday at CCF.
Later,
JB

UCSD just sent out invitation.

JB, let us know how your CCF inteview goes. Best of luck.

Originally posted by jlb102
Rigo...
I have heard from Columbia, but I am also a student there so it is a little different...I am also still waiting on UCLA and the Brigham. It seems as though we have likely applied to many of the same places. Good luck, I have my first interview this friday at CCF.
Later,
JB

Thanks for the info JB. Good luck at CCF!!:cool:

Hey scaredapplicant,

I am waiting on Northwestern. Since you received an invite, do you mind pm me your stats.

Just got an invite from Baylor, breaking a long dry spell for me. Keep the faith.

I finally heard from Boston University, I was surprised to took so long. Still waiting on MGH, BW&C, BI and Yale.

The bastards at Baylor sent my wife the nastiest rejection letter. Arrogant SOB's!

Yale

Just wondering...
What did the rejection from baylor say?

Hey Katz,

Did you hear from Yale via email or snailmail?

Thanks in advance.

yale sent an e-mail

Baylor's rejection email:

"Review of your application materials by our Level I Selection Committee indicates that your chances of acceptance into our program appear to be quite low. An interview is unlikely to be productive in securing a residency position in our Program."

OUCH......+pissed+ :mad: :o +pissed+

That is...

Awwwwful!!!


Snotty bastards! :laugh:

I love this forum.....

You guys keep me laughing, even at times of disappointments.

Yep, that's pretty much what Baylor had to say. Arrogant to the core!:mad:

Columbia by e-mail.

Colorado by e-mail.

Brigham & Women just sent out invitation

Was the Brigham and Women's invitation by e-mail?

yes, this morning.

At top 15 med school, as ranked by US News in the bottom quarter

Nat'l Avg Step I scores

Interviews at:
UC Irvine
Cedars-Sinai
USC

It's great to see where people are getting interviews...

Invites
Mayo
UMich
UChicago
UPitt
Northwestern
NYU/Bellevue
Rush-St.Lukes Presb
Case Western
Georgetown
USC

Rejections
UCSF
UPenn

Still Waiting to Hear From 'Em
UCLA
UCDavis
UWash
Columbia
Cornell

Hope that helps somehow. Best of luck to everybody!

here's what's going on so far:

the nice inviting folks: OHSU, UCDavis, UCI, Cedars, Harbor, UNVReno, U AZ, UNM, Mayo-Scottsdale

rejecting bastards: UCSF :laugh:

the slow pokes: UWash, UCSD, UCLA, Colorado, Stanford

as you can see, all west coast programs.....WWWEEST SIIIDE!

good luck!

Interviews: MMC, Lahey, Brown, Dartmouth, UMass, Beth Israel, Mass Gen, BU, NEMC
Still waiting: B&W


GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interview at BU

just got an interview at UC-Davis

Has anyone heard from Wash U or U of Wash.

Thanks

Where does the Mayo IM program rank among the best in the country? I was really aiming to stick around the Ohio/Michigan/Indiana/Illinois region, but I got an invite. I'm trying to be realistic and trying to save $ in travel expenses. How good is Mayo really - in terms of landing fellowships? Is it that much better than a CCF or Henry Ford to warrant checking it out? Thanks for the help guys.

Broke Med Student on the Interview Trail

Waiting on MGH, B and W, Columbia, UVA.

Rejected at UCSF.

About to develop a GIB from all the anxiety.

Waiting on MGH, B&W, Columbia, Yale, Wash U, UW

Invites: Hopkins, Duke, Stanford, UMich, Cornell, Mayo

Rejections: UCSF, UPenn

So far no word from U-Wash.

As far as Mayo-Rochester goes, I've great things about the program in terms of teaching and the training you get. I think that the program is one of 10 best in the country. The hospital is ranked high in nearly every field.

I don't think there's any question as to its great reputation and big name. It'll depend on how well you feel you fit in with the other residents and living Rochester, the biggest drawback. I'm coming from the New York City area so it might be tough to get used to living in a small city.

As long as you go to a good academic program, you shouldn't have any problem getting a good fellowship.

I'm interviewing there in mid-Jan (which I may regret when I find myself in a blizzard). Maybe driving from Chicago is an option to save some cash (it's about 350 miles so a 5 hr drive).

N'Western invite today via e-mail.

heard from: UNC, Duke, U Wash (seattle), Cornell, Mt. Sinai, Beth Israel (boston) -- all at least a week ago, things have been slow for the last several days

waiting on: MGH, B&W, UVA, Columbia -- apparently their entire departments must read every word of the application materials (but I'm not complaining :) )

rejection: UCSF

thought i would post mine too:

interviews at: ucsd, harbor-ucla, cedars sinai, ucsf, stanford, ohsu, cornell, mt. sinai, nyu, beth israel (boston), boston university

STILL waiting for: ucla, udub (univ of washington), columbia, b&w, mgh

those are all the ones i applied to. what is up with this week? invites have seriously tapered off... kinda making me crazy

:cool:

Invites: UCLA-Harbor, UCLA-SFV, Cedar-Sinai, Scripps, UCI, BU, Brown, Georgetown, George Washington, Temple, Tulane, UNC, U. Miami, Northwestern

Rejections: UCSF, Penn, JHU, UCSD

Pending: UCLA, U Chicago, Tufts

here are mine,

Interviews: CCF, Columbia, U of Wash, OHSU, UCSF, Stanford, UCSD, Cedars, also scripps and santa clara which I am declining due to time constraints.

Waiting: UCLA, Brigham

Good luck all.
JB

For those of you who received interviews at places like Northwestern, Duke, UCLA, Baylor (Houston), and UT Southwestern (I just like these programs because I have visited three of these places and really liked the place-I do not care about their rank), I was wondering what your statistics are like - school rank, step I, class rank, AOA status? COuld you email me at khiladi32@yahoo.com? Thanks a lot guys.

just heard from Mass General, Brigham and Women's along with Duke, Mount Sinai (NYC), Michigan, CCF, Tufts, Baylor, UT-southwestern, NYU, BU, UVA.

good luck to all:clap:

ktat72 to answer your question:

I am junior AOA, top 5 in my class, 85% USMLE I, 86% USMLE II, and go to school in Puerto RIco (the enchanted island)

hope this helps...

U of Washington

MGH by e-mail

Just got U of Washington today.

Still waiting for UCLA, Columbia, Cornell.

Hey everybody... long time reader, first time writer...

Just found this site last week and it's nice to have other people to vent to. Anyways, here is my list of interviews as well as dings (aka rejections):

Interviews at: Indiana, Wisconsin, Northwestern, UT Southwestern, Vanderbilt, UAB, Emory, Ohio State, Rush, St. Louis Univ.

Dinged from: UPenn, U of Chicago

Waiting to hear from: Michigan, WashU

Can you tell that I'm from the midwest and for some strange reason I can't seem to get out???

Got MGH and B&W over the last 2 days-very elated about that!

Georgetown sent out a rejection today. What a joke!

Hey Placenta:

I'll trade my Georgetown interview plus a future first round draft pick for your B&W. Seriously, sounds like it's Georgetown's loss. Congratulations on your invitations.

hi all. i am an amateur to this, will be applying in 3 years. could someone tell me why you are all applying to so many places? i thought internal medicine was not that competitive and acceptance is not that hard. what am i missing?

There are a lot of spots available in Internal Medicine, so matching SOMEWHERE is not hard. Most folks apply to many places when they're trying to assure themselves a spot in a particular goegraphic region, or when they're going for top programs. The top programs are very difficulty to get in any branch of medicine, be it plastics, internal med, or psych.

cool banana. but i see people here applying for northwestern, georgetown, ucla, blah blah. doesnt seem like a "particular region." i guess you guys are all aiming to hit a "big city" huh? my family is from northern california, so i'm wondering, how competitive are programs like St Marys, Pacific in San Francisco and the VA hospital in Stanford/Palo Alto area? Thank you for your input.

Originally posted by yaoming
cool banana. but i see people here applying for northwestern, georgetown, ucla, blah blah. doesnt seem like a "particular region." i guess you guys are all aiming to hit a "big city" huh? my family is from northern california, so i'm wondering, how competitive are programs like St Marys, Pacific in San Francisco and the VA hospital in Stanford/Palo Alto area? Thank you for your input.

I don't know how competitive St. Mary's or Cal Pacific are, but I just wanted to let you know that the Palo Alto VA is not it's own program -- it's part of the Stanford program. The Stanford IM residents split their time pretty evenly between Stanford Hospital and the PA VA. The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, the county hospital in San Jose, has an excellent IM residency program, and I think it is moderately competitive. It's affiliated with Stanford, but it is a community hospital program (and an extremely busy medical center, I might add!)

wow, thank you so much for the info. sorry to deviate from the main theme of this thread, but where or what webpage can i find all the residency programs available in california or better yet northern california. i went to aamc and they dont list those san jose ones you are referring. thank you.

Check out FREIDA: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html

The Northern California IM programs include: Stanford, UCSF, UC Davis, UCSF-Fresno, Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, Kaiser Oakland, Kaiser Santa Clara, San Francisco Kaiser, St. Mary's, Cal Pacific, and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose.

wow, thank you very much AJM. took me awhile to look for them and i still couldnt find it, until now. : )

Just got an interview from UVA the other day. Still waiting on Yale and Beth Israel.

I'm very tired of interviewing though

Just got an interview from Vanderbilt today. Here's to sloppy seconds.
:p