just wondering if anyone got any post interview love from mayo rochester? chocolates? hand in marriage?

On the day of the interview...there were about 20 people who interviewed. At the end of the day, the PD pulled aside ~ 4 of us and brought us into his office one by one. He basically told us that he'd heard from our interviewers allready and they considered us to be strong candidates and would be perfect fit at Mayo-Roch. He basically told us to keep in touch.

Since then...nothing.

Received an email about 3 weeks ago, simply saying they thought I was a very competitive candidate for their program and they hoped to see me there next summer. Other than that, nothing else.

AS AN ASIDE, what do you guys all think of Mayo compared to other schools. I am debating on Mayo/Michigan/Vanderbilt/UNC/Colorado. On one hand, it would be awesome to be a part of Mayo; on the other, I have heard some less than spectacular things about it. What do ya'll think?

AS AN ASIDE, what do you guys all think of Mayo compared to other schools. I am debating on Mayo/Michigan/Vanderbilt/UNC/Colorado. On one hand, it would be awesome to be a part of Mayo; on the other, I have heard some less than spectacular things about it. What do ya'll think?

Going by reputation alone, Michigan can't be beat. The other four are probably about the same, so you can choose on location. If you like sunny days, you may want to lean towards Colorado, Vanderbilt or UNC.

And if you don't mind sharing, what less than great things have you heard about Mayo? (besides the horrific weather, where I froze upon stepping foot out of the airport? :eek:)

Got the same e-mail about we would like you in our program etc etc, doesn't mean a thing and is probably a cut/paste jobby. Mayo has taken a beating for it's placements outside of Mayo but honestly I think it really is up to you as a resident on where you want to go. I think a Cards guy I interviewed with put it best, I asked him what residents from their IM< program brought/did not bring to the table and he said "That's a difficult question, it's Cards so everyone is really good". Get good exposure to the attendings and get a lot of research. Mayo has an advantage that you can get a lot of research under your belt.

Got the same e-mail about we would like you in our program etc etc, doesn't mean a thing and is probably a cut/paste jobby. Mayo has taken a beating for it's placements outside of Mayo but honestly I think it really is up to you as a resident on where you want to go. I think a Cards guy I interviewed with put it best, I asked him what residents from their IM< program brought/did not bring to the table and he said "That's a difficult question, it's Cards so everyone is really good". Get good exposure to the attendings and get a lot of research. Mayo has an advantage that you can get a lot of research under your belt.

fyi-
when it comes to cards interviews, mayo has about 8 spots and the program typically interviews 30-35 applicants. The rank lists last year were configured such that everyone who matched was from Mayo. This used to happen in 1980s and 90s and had not happened in the recent past ( that is all fellows would be from Mayo). Typically our cards fellows come from UNC, Duke, Yale and one of the regional programs.

I have been told that outside of Mayo Clinic, the residents/physicians are not regarded quite as highly as other institutions. PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND - I have a lot of respect for Mayo Clinic - I am just trying to understand and get a better feeling for things. Has anyone else heard things such as this? For example, do Mayo grads have difficulty getting cardiology fellowships outside of mayo or one of its branches? Or, do they have difficulty getting academic teaching positions outside of mayo clinic? I am very interested in academic medicine; the program director told us that Mayo is ranked #3 for producing academic clinicians. However, my home school has mentioned that the majority of graduates going into academic medicine stay at Mayo...

I have been told that outside of Mayo Clinic, the residents/physicians are not regarded quite as highly as other institutions. PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND - I have a lot of respect for Mayo Clinic - I am just trying to understand and get a better feeling for things. Has anyone else heard things such as this? For example, do Mayo grads have difficulty getting cardiology fellowships outside of mayo or one of its branches? Or, do they have difficulty getting academic teaching positions outside of mayo clinic? I am very interested in academic medicine; the program director told us that Mayo is ranked #3 for producing academic clinicians. However, my home school has mentioned that the majority of graduates going into academic medicine stay at Mayo...

Of course most stay at home. If you can live in Rochester and tolerate ths ****tiness of it, then most will stay at Mayo because it's an amazing place to work. Very efficient, very patient-friendly, etc etc. the only bad thing about the work environment that I can think of is the lack of ethnic diversity in the patients. And the fact that more then the normal share will be entitled and want 'the best'

I did a fellowship in the east coast after medicine at mayo. I knew people in my class who went to uwashington, stanford, uchicago, sloan kettering, etc etc.

:thumbup:thanks guys

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Speaking of Mayo, I have a general question about IM residencies.
I am a new member and if this is not the right thread to ask, I am sorry. I could not find another thread that talked about this.
I am a third year medical student and I heard from upper classmen that in places with "big" names like Harvard and Columbia, the attendings would not even interact with the intern, and would only talk to chief residents. I realize that this could totally be wrong and could be just a rumor, but the point some students were trying to make was that prestigious places do not necessarily provide the best education to their residents. I used Harvard and Columbia just as an example, I am not trying to target my discussion at these two universities.
So I was wondering how the residency education at Mayo clinic and other places are like. I realize that doing an away elective at a particular place would give the best answer to this question, but since it is not possible to do away electives in every hospital, I wanted to hear people's opinion on this.
Thank you.

I've never spent any time at Mayo in particular, but have spent plenty of time at various "big name" institutions as well as some community hospitals a med student. I actually found the attendings at the "big name" places extremely approachable for the most part, sometimes even more so than the community hospital attendings, I suppose because of self selection (people who like to *teach* go to *teaching* hospitals). That having been said, everybody knows that people in Minnesota are nicer than people in New York/Boston/Baltimore, so . . . . . :rolleyes:

The medicine attendings at Mayo are by and large very nice and approachable, and are easy to interact with regardless of your status on the team (chief, senior, intern, or med student). In general it's a very collegial place.