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Banana Hammock · 11-05-2002, 08:23 AM

How about a new thread for rejections, or are they too personal?

ookla · 11-05-2002, 11:46 AM

i dont think it's too personal. it's good to know when you havent heard from a program whether they're just taking their sweet time reviewing applications or you're out of your mind applying to their programs in the first place. i haven't heard from ucla, stanford, ucsf, etc.

scaredapplicant · 11-05-2002, 11:55 AM

from the posts so far seems like -
UNC, U Penn, Duke are sending out rejections... i guess we are to assume that no news from these schools is good news... ookla, i am waiting on ucla and ucsf as well.

Cards Guy · 11-05-2002, 01:31 PM

University of Michigan

placenta · 11-05-2002, 05:55 PM

My wife would get mad at me for doing this, but what the hell.

She got rejected from Michigan and Duke, but is taking it rather well.

At what point should we start worrying? I mean, we both expected that once her Dean's Letter was out she would get more interviews. So far the reverse is happening. Should we just assume that if we haven't heard from them by now the remaining schools she has left (which are mostly top tier) will be rejections?

Kind of depressing for her after getting so many interviews pre-Dean's letter.

Cards Guy · 11-05-2002, 06:09 PM

I am thinking the same thing. I have not heard from anyone after the Dean's Letter went out. It is dissapointing.

Banana Hammock · 11-07-2002, 03:59 PM

Stanford.

medmoon2003 · 11-09-2002, 05:10 PM

Is no news at this point most likely a rejection?

I am so surprised about the lack of response I have had after Nov 1st.

I guess I just have to accept there is some randomness inherent in this process.

Good everybody with interviews.

scaredapplicant · 11-09-2002, 05:36 PM

yeah, i'd like to know as well -- if no news from a school is equivalent of a rejection... I am waiting to hear from several schools that have either sent out acceptances and/or rejection letters according to this website.

also, when would it be appropriate to call these schools? the problem i am running into - in several cities like Boston and DC/Baltimore, I have heard and scheduled interviews from about half of the programs I have applied to... I would like to do as many interviews as possible in 1 trip to each of these cities to save $$. Please advise!

lastly, a friend of mine who interviewed at Georgetown for Neurology said that the institution is in DEEP financial trouble and that they have absolutely no computerized medical records -- Is this true? still worth interviewing???

laidback · 11-09-2002, 06:48 PM

ucsf, stanford
bastards!

rohsik · 11-09-2002, 08:26 PM

I myself haven't heard good things about Georgetown. A fellow student who is currently doing internal medicine there hates it. Apparently, the hospital or such was brought out by a private company (?)

Jive Turkey · 11-10-2002, 12:16 AM

Is Michigan sending rejections by mail or email? How 'bout the other programs you guys have head from? I've only heard from 2 programs and both notified by email.

Good luck to everyone!

bruins · 11-11-2002, 02:19 PM

ucsf, but nothing from stanford or ucla yet. should i still hope? or rejections are sending out on a rolling basis too?

scaredapplicant · 11-13-2002, 01:25 PM

Johns Hopkins (email)

medmoon2003 · 11-13-2002, 01:33 PM

rejection email from hopkins along with a condescendng little pep talk about not losing hope and not letting this deter me blah, blah, blah...

placenta · 11-13-2002, 01:34 PM

Post Dean's Letter my wife is 0 for 4 so far. We decided to just say screw it and focus on the programs she already has interviews at. We figure that if we haven't heard from them by now it's as good as a rejection. Agree?

I must say though that we are both shocked that things turned out so badly post Dean's Letter. Never saw it coming!

rohsik · 11-13-2002, 01:55 PM

baylor

I really wanted that one!!

katz5001 · 11-13-2002, 03:40 PM

johns hopkins

scaredapplicant · 11-13-2002, 06:02 PM

UCSF (the only one i really cared about)

abu barney · 11-13-2002, 09:17 PM

hopkins (there seems to be a trend). The letter was nice, though, as nice as a rejection letter can be...

rohsik · 11-13-2002, 10:02 PM

That's good...

Because Baylor's rejection letter was awful

abu barney · 11-14-2002, 04:21 AM

I got baylor's too, like 2 weeks ago. bastards... "we would be wasting our time if we interviewed you"

womansurg · 11-14-2002, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by abu barney
I got baylor's too, like 2 weeks ago. bastards... "we would be wasting our time if we interviewed you"

Whoa, that's not a real quote, is it?!?

abu barney · 11-14-2002, 09:45 PM

i somewhat rephrased their letter, but the meaning is essentially the same. the hopkins letter goes on and talks about how great an wonderful an applicant you are until you forget you're reading a rejection and then send them a thank you letter.

FOR THOSE THAT GOT INTERVIEWS AT BAYLOR, GOOD LUCK, HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T PULL OUT THEIR BASTARDNESS DURING THE INTERVIEW...

placenta · 11-14-2002, 10:57 PM

I agree about Baylor! The paraphrase is very accurate. Whoever wrote the rejection letter is a real arrogant SOB!

Pinky · 11-14-2002, 10:58 PM

Is Baylor really that good to warrant so much disappointment? It's a pretty malignant program from what I've heard. Anyway, outside of the south, it really isn't that big a name.

rohsik · 11-15-2002, 03:32 PM

upenn rejection via email

laidback · 11-15-2002, 04:26 PM

ditto, beginning to dread those e-mails without a subject or those with subjects without the word "invitation".

niwaaaa · 11-15-2002, 05:00 PM

waiting on UCLA and Stanford.....is this a rejection??

jhsu · 11-15-2002, 07:20 PM

Don't be discouraged, we haven't heard any one here with interview from UCLA or Stanford yet. good luck!

abu barney · 11-15-2002, 10:12 PM

penn. damnit!

waiting on pitt, mich, emory, n'western, g'town, mt. sinai, wisconsin, ohio st, case, colorado

torreyho · 11-15-2002, 10:14 PM

Stanford has given out interviews, last week actually. My roommate got one, not me. I didn't apply there.

I am still waiting to hear from Colorado and Washington, but heard from OHSU this week. Also, have not recieved ANYTHING from UCSF?, but am expecting a rejection from them.

downwardspiral · 11-16-2002, 08:16 PM

I'm at a top 15 med school, at least according to US News, but ranked at bottom 25%

Nat'l avg step I scores

Rejections from: UCSF, Stanford, UCSD, with more expected this week.

ktat72 · 11-17-2002, 09:38 AM

Just curious. For those of you who received an interview at Baylor in Houston, what were your general stats like (i.e. step 1, Texas residency or not, Texas medical school or not, AOA status)? Does doing a rotation at Baylor and earning honors on it increase your chances of obtaining an interview offer?

rohsik · 11-18-2002, 04:32 PM

rejection email from Wash U

pc1000 · 11-18-2002, 06:12 PM

Has anyone experienced anything like my friends'

she got an invite to a program and then last Friday got an email rejection from the same program.

not sure what the mixup was about, but rejection email was a mistake

scaredapplicant · 11-21-2002, 02:53 PM

rejection from Mayo-Jacksonville which was a total surprise....

Rigomortis · 11-25-2002, 01:56 PM

MGH

Surfer75 · 11-25-2002, 02:10 PM

my rejection from Mayo-Jacksonville as well.

pc1000 · 11-25-2002, 04:55 PM

Rejections today: MGH, Brigham

Interviews today: UW, UCLA

Anyone hear any more from Columbia or Yale?

Dawg_MD · 11-30-2002, 04:08 PM

I would understand your hesitancy, but could some of you guys list your Step I score (maybe if you are new around here or nobody knows your handle). I am finishing my second year and am trying to see how comptetitive I will need to be on the boards to get an IM residency at various programs. Again, I understand if some of you do not want to give out this info. For those that are willing, thanks......

blingbling · 11-30-2002, 04:36 PM

Anybody hear anything from Univ of Wash, Seattle or OHSH, Portland?

rohsik · 11-30-2002, 07:16 PM

I heard from U Washington on Monday - an interview

Hotsauce21 · 12-07-2002, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by blingbling
Anybody hear anything from Univ of Wash, Seattle or OHSH, Portland?

haven't heard from any of these either

summertime · 12-08-2002, 12:07 PM

JJ, wouldn't hold out for too many of the West Coast schools. Regardless of how qualified you are, California schools especially like to take people with connections to the state, for whatever reason.

11-05-2002, 08:23 AM	#1
Banana Hammock Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 42	Rejections SDN Members don't see this ad. How about a new thread for rejections, or are they too personal?

11-05-2002, 11:55 AM	#3
scaredapplicant Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 49	rejections from the posts so far seems like - UNC, U Penn, Duke are sending out rejections... i guess we are to assume that no news from these schools is good news... ookla, i am waiting on ucla and ucsf as well.

11-05-2002, 01:31 PM	#4
Cards Guy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Midwest Posts: 13	University of Michigan __________________ Cards Guy

11-09-2002, 05:10 PM	#8
medmoon2003 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 6	whining Is no news at this point most likely a rejection? I am so surprised about the lack of response I have had after Nov 1st. I guess I just have to accept there is some randomness inherent in this process. Good everybody with interviews.

11-09-2002, 06:48 PM	#10
laidback Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16	rejects ucsf, stanford bastards!

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11-05-2002, 11:46 AM	#2
ookla Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 9	i dont think it's too personal. it's good to know when you havent heard from a program whether they're just taking their sweet time reviewing applications or you're out of your mind applying to their programs in the first place. i haven't heard from ucla, stanford, ucsf, etc.

11-05-2002, 05:55 PM	#5
placenta Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 16	My wife would get mad at me for doing this, but what the hell. She got rejected from Michigan and Duke, but is taking it rather well. At what point should we start worrying? I mean, we both expected that once her Dean's Letter was out she would get more interviews. So far the reverse is happening. Should we just assume that if we haven't heard from them by now the remaining schools she has left (which are mostly top tier) will be rejections? Kind of depressing for her after getting so many interviews pre-Dean's letter.

11-05-2002, 06:09 PM	#6
Cards Guy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Midwest Posts: 13	I am thinking the same thing. I have not heard from anyone after the Dean's Letter went out. It is dissapointing.

11-07-2002, 03:59 PM	#7
Banana Hammock Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 42	Stanford.

11-09-2002, 05:36 PM	#9
scaredapplicant Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 49	yeah, i'd like to know as well -- if no news from a school is equivalent of a rejection... I am waiting to hear from several schools that have either sent out acceptances and/or rejection letters according to this website. also, when would it be appropriate to call these schools? the problem i am running into - in several cities like Boston and DC/Baltimore, I have heard and scheduled interviews from about half of the programs I have applied to... I would like to do as many interviews as possible in 1 trip to each of these cities to save $$. Please advise! lastly, a friend of mine who interviewed at Georgetown for Neurology said that the institution is in DEEP financial trouble and that they have absolutely no computerized medical records -- Is this true? still worth interviewing???

11-09-2002, 08:26 PM	#11
rohsik Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 41	I myself haven't heard good things about Georgetown. A fellow student who is currently doing internal medicine there hates it. Apparently, the hospital or such was brought out by a private company (?)

11-10-2002, 12:16 AM	#12
Jive Turkey Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 52	Michigan Is Michigan sending rejections by mail or email? How 'bout the other programs you guys have head from? I've only heard from 2 programs and both notified by email. Good luck to everyone! __________________ Jive Turkey PGY-1

11-11-2002, 02:19 PM	#13
bruins New Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1	ucsf, but nothing from stanford or ucla yet. should i still hope? or rejections are sending out on a rolling basis too?

11-13-2002, 01:25 PM	#14
scaredapplicant Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 49	Johns Hopkins (email)

11-13-2002, 01:33 PM	#15
medmoon2003 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 6	rejection email from hopkins along with a condescendng little pep talk about not losing hope and not letting this deter me blah, blah, blah...

11-13-2002, 01:34 PM	#16
placenta Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 16	Post Dean's Letter my wife is 0 for 4 so far. We decided to just say screw it and focus on the programs she already has interviews at. We figure that if we haven't heard from them by now it's as good as a rejection. Agree? I must say though that we are both shocked that things turned out so badly post Dean's Letter. Never saw it coming!

11-13-2002, 01:55 PM	#17
rohsik Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 41	baylor I really wanted that one!!

11-13-2002, 03:40 PM	#18
katz5001 Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 42	johns hopkins __________________ kevin katz

11-13-2002, 06:02 PM	#19
scaredapplicant Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 49	UCSF (the only one i really cared about)

11-13-2002, 09:17 PM	#20
abu barney resident revolutionary Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 144	hopkins (there seems to be a trend). The letter was nice, though, as nice as a rejection letter can be... __________________ "O son of Adam, you are nothing but days! If a day passes, then so does part of you." Al-Hassan Al-Basri

11-13-2002, 10:02 PM	#21
rohsik Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 41	That's good... Because Baylor's rejection letter was awful

11-14-2002, 04:21 AM	#22
abu barney resident revolutionary Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 144	I got baylor's too, like 2 weeks ago. bastards... "we would be wasting our time if we interviewed you"

11-14-2002, 09:45 PM	#24
abu barney resident revolutionary Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 144	i somewhat rephrased their letter, but the meaning is essentially the same. the hopkins letter goes on and talks about how great an wonderful an applicant you are until you forget you're reading a rejection and then send them a thank you letter. FOR THOSE THAT GOT INTERVIEWS AT BAYLOR, GOOD LUCK, HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T PULL OUT THEIR BASTARDNESS DURING THE INTERVIEW...

11-14-2002, 10:57 PM	#25
placenta Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 16	I agree about Baylor! The paraphrase is very accurate. Whoever wrote the rejection letter is a real arrogant SOB!

11-14-2002, 10:58 PM	#26
Pinky and the Brain Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 211	Is Baylor really that good to warrant so much disappointment? It's a pretty malignant program from what I've heard. Anyway, outside of the south, it really isn't that big a name. __________________ Anesthesiology CA-3

11-15-2002, 03:32 PM	#27
rohsik Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 41	upenn rejection via email

11-15-2002, 04:26 PM	#28
laidback Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16	ditto, beginning to dread those e-mails without a subject or those with subjects without the word "invitation".

11-15-2002, 05:00 PM	#29
niwaaaa Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chicago Posts: 9	waiting on UCLA and Stanford.....is this a rejection??

11-15-2002, 07:20 PM	#30
jhsu Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 14	Don't be discouraged, we haven't heard any one here with interview from UCLA or Stanford yet. good luck!

11-15-2002, 10:12 PM	#31
abu barney resident revolutionary Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 144	penn. damnit! waiting on pitt, mich, emory, n'western, g'town, mt. sinai, wisconsin, ohio st, case, colorado

11-15-2002, 10:14 PM	#32
torreyho New Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CHILL Posts: 6	Stanford has given out interviews, last week actually. My roommate got one, not me. I didn't apply there. I am still waiting to hear from Colorado and Washington, but heard from OHSU this week. Also, have not recieved ANYTHING from UCSF?, but am expecting a rejection from them.

11-16-2002, 08:16 PM	#33
downwardspiral Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 6	Rejections I'm at a top 15 med school, at least according to US News, but ranked at bottom 25% Nat'l avg step I scores Rejections from: UCSF, Stanford, UCSD, with more expected this week.

11-17-2002, 09:38 AM	#34
ktat72 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 367	Just curious. For those of you who received an interview at Baylor in Houston, what were your general stats like (i.e. step 1, Texas residency or not, Texas medical school or not, AOA status)? Does doing a rotation at Baylor and earning honors on it increase your chances of obtaining an interview offer?

11-18-2002, 04:32 PM	#35
rohsik Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 41	rejection email from Wash U

11-18-2002, 06:12 PM	#36
pc1000 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12	Has anyone experienced anything like my friends' she got an invite to a program and then last Friday got an email rejection from the same program. not sure what the mixup was about, but rejection email was a mistake