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Rejection email from KP !

Question to the PC ,I was told by one of the program coordinators at big institutions in the south (kind of top 15) that number of applicant this year is less than the previous years !
How accurate is this info ,and if it was true ,what are reasons in your opinion?

thx
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Would be interesting to know what PC has to say regarding low applicants this season!
 
Any ideas as to whether it is generally acceptable to email updated CVs to programs?
 
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Dabigatran said:
Rejection email from KP !

Question to the PC ,I was told by one of the program coordinators at big institutions in the south (kind of top 15) that number of applicant this year is less than the previous years !
How accurate is this info ,and if it was true ,what are reasons in your opinion?

thx
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So far this year our volume is down ~8%. Why? I have no idea.
 
ClubberLang said:
Any ideas as to whether it is generally acceptable to email updated CVs to programs?
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It's absolutely fine to email an updated CV to programs from which you've already received an invitation or haven't yet heard anything. Sorry to say that it will be useless to send it to any program that has already sent you a regret.

:luck:
 
ProgCoordinator said:
So far this year our volume is down ~8%. Why? I have no idea.
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In today's market a hospitalist makes around $ 200,000/year (mind you they only work for 6 months a year) and an average cardiology fellows makes around $ 60000/year. After 3 yrs of general cardiology and 1-2 yrs of further training the cardiology fellow will have earned $ 700,000 less than his colleague who went for a Hospitalist job .Assuming that hospitalist earning doesn't increase and cardiologist income stays the same ,i.e~ $ 4000000, it will take ~4 yrs to come to even . Now add the student loan and interest on it , inflation, return on investment and increasing Medicare cuts on Cath and Echo to the picture, it is not difficult to imagine why there is decreasing trend in the number of people going for Cards. If the Medicare cuts continues and the Hospitalist market remain lucrative, which I believe will get even better because of the recent change in the Hospital payment and Health care law, the competition for the Cardiology spots will ease off dramatically in the next few years; only the hard core will go for it.
 
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Newark Beth Israel Cardiology Fellowship Program is sending interview invites
 
Scripps today
2 interview so far. Feels like end of my interview era..
 
george washington interview.

programs interviewing:

arizona: nstemi, DKUS, WTF99
baylor (houston): tius, nstemi, cards2012, amplatz, yayarea
boston university: nstemi
cleveland clinic: commotio cordis
east carolina: dkus
emory: wtf99
florida: tius, metoprolol
gwu: nstemi
iowa: cards2012, nstemi, amplatz
kaiser permanante LA: WTF99
mgh: cards2012
missouri-columbia: amplatz
north carolina: nstemi
ohsu: amplatz
oklahoma: tius
penn state: boyz of 4d
texas heart: dabigatran, cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, yayarea, tius
vermont: nstemi, amplatz, wtf99
virginia: wtf99

programs rejecting:

arizona
duke
east carolina
kaiser permanante LA
mgh
michigan
northwestern
scripps
texas heart
 
Is it true that once you get to the interview stage, everyone is on a level playing field and it's more of "how you fit in with the program- your interests, their interests etc".
 
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It will be helpful if the forum members who have received interview invites can also mention their credentials for others to gauge the responses.

Scores/Attempts Step 1/Step 2 CK/CS/Step 3
Visa Status: Citizen/Green Card/H1B/J1
Number of publications
Number of abstracts/poster/oral presentations
Letters of recommendation (strength [subjective])
Ongoing research projects
 
Story:
-FMG/IMG
-Completed training in internal medicine and then nuclear medicine. Interested in cardiovascular imaging. Board certified in both fields. I was not sure whether to pursue further training in Radiology vs. Cardiology, at the end, I decided for the latter.
- 13 publications, including published (8), accpeted (3), and submitted (2)
- 16 Abstract presentations
 
I have no interviews either

89/99/Pending scores
Foreign graduate with J1 requirement
11 (published/in press) 2 (submitted/in revision following peer-review)
8 national abstracts (poster/oral); 2 first prize awards
Multiple ongoing research projects including a Cochrane review
Above average university-based program with in-house fellowship

Nothing thus far; just rejections from the ones mentioned here.

:-(
 
UCLA invite today..

AMG
One of top academic medicine residencies
99/99/99
Great LORs
1 abstract, publication in process, currently involved in basic science research
 
drmaxdias said:
I have no interviews either

89/99/Pending scores
Foreign graduate with J1 requirement
11 (published/in press) 2 (submitted/in revision following peer-review)
8 national abstracts (poster/oral); 2 first prize awards
Multiple ongoing research projects including a Cochrane review
Above average university-based program with in-house fellowship

Nothing thus far; just rejections from the ones mentioned here.

:-(
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I think it's still early in the process. Let us hope things will change soon.
 
cathemALL said:
UCLA invite today..

AMG
One of top academic medicine residencies
99/99/99
Great LORs
1 abstract, publication in process, currently involved in basic science research
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First time I here about a 99 in the USMLE step 3, interesting case.
 
AMG
Steps 1 - 3 = 97/99/98
State Med School with tons of extracurriclar involvement
State IM Program with very good LORs
Research = 2 poster presentations, 1 case report submitted for pub., 1 ongoing project involving MPI

One interview at THI and no rejections yet...

programs interviewing:

arizona: nstemi, DKUS, WTF99
baylor (houston): tius, nstemi, cards2012, amplatz, yayarea
boston university: nstemi
cleveland clinic: commotio cordis
east carolina: dkus
emory: wtf99
florida: tius, metoprolol
gwu: nstemi
iowa: cards2012, nstemi, amplatz
kaiser permanante LA: WTF99
mgh: cards2012
missouri-columbia: amplatz
north carolina: nstemi
ohsu: amplatz
oklahoma: tius
penn state: boyz of 4d
texas heart: dabigatran, cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, yayarea, tius, tigermike37,
vermont: nstemi, amplatz, wtf99
virginia: wtf99

programs rejecting:

arizona
duke
east carolina
kaiser permanante LA
mgh
michigan
northwestern
scripps
texas heart
 
KaLiMaN said:
First time I here about a 99 in the USMLE step 3, interesting case.
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I have heard about a 99 in Step 3. It is commendable, and possible. Congratulations to all the applicants who are getting interviews from extremely competitive places such as THI, and UCLA. You will certainly match this season.
 
majority of the prgrams are still to respond. However lack of initial response ( like mine )is probably not a good prognostic sign:rolleyes: .
The next 4 weeks are going to be critical ....
 
Rejection: Mayo Rochester and Mayo Arizona (same day)
 
Dear ERAS,
I promise next time you stay quiet I am not gonna complain. Stop sending me rejections (Northwestern and Mayo Arizona today)
Thanks!
 
Northwestern invite today..
 
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cards2012 said:
You replicated my thoughts :)
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Yeah,,,nothing but silence from ERAS !
The only thing happen today is that Tulane U finally downloaded my application after 50 days !
I was about to send them a thank you email !

:thumbup:
 
I was wondering if any of you guys had any general thoughts about what to expect on interview day?
 
Northwestern interview!
I am happy to be getting IVs even though I am on H1B :). I was very anxious at the time of applying. :scared:

programs interviewing:

arizona: nstemi, DKUS, WTF99
baylor (houston): tius, nstemi, cards2012, amplatz, yayarea
boston university: nstemi
cleveland clinic: commotio cordis
east carolina: dkus
emory: wtf99
florida: tius, metoprolol
gwu: nstemi
iowa: cards2012, nstemi, amplatz
kaiser permanante LA: WTF99
mgh: cards2012
missouri-columbia: amplatz
north carolina: nstemi
north western: cathemall, cards2012
ohsu: amplatz
oklahoma: tius
penn state: boyz of 4d
texas heart: dabigatran, cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, yayarea, tius, tigermike37,
vermont: nstemi, amplatz, wtf99
virginia: wtf99

programs rejecting:

arizona
duke
east carolina
kaiser permanante LA
mgh
michigan
northwestern
scripps
texas heart
 
indimedico said:
has anybody heard from places in california.........cedars sinai or UCLA

Also, any idea on the quality of cedars sinai cardiology program? It gets a bad rep for its IM program
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pah said:
majority of the prgrams are still to respond. However lack of initial response ( like mine )is probably not a good prognostic sign:rolleyes: .
The next 4 weeks are going to be critical ....
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I was looking at last year stats from NRMP...
STATISTICS BY SPECIALTY Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine) Programs Statistics:
Number​
Percent​
Enrolled Programs
170​
​
Withdrawn Programs
2​
​
Certified Programs
168​
​

Programs Filled
161​
96%​

Programs Unfilled
7​
4%​
Certified Positions
729​
​

Positions Filled
719​
99%​

Positions Unfilled
10​
1%​

Applicant Statistics


Matched Applicants: School
Matched​
Percent​

US Grad
425​
59%​

US Foreign
62​
9%​

Osteo
28​
4%​

Foreign
202​
28%​

Canadian
2​
0%​

Total
719​
​
Matched Applicants (By Preferred Speciality)
718​
100%​
Unmatched Applicants (By Preferred Speciality)
384​
35%​
Assuming most unmatched applicants are foreign grads... than 202/ (202+384)= 34% foreign grads matched! There is some hope for foreign grads... I'm still waiting for my first interview!
 
cards2012 said:
Northwestern interview!
I am happy to be getting IVs even though I am on H1B :). I was very anxious at the time of applying. :scared:

programs interviewing:

arizona: nstemi, DKUS, WTF99
baylor (houston): tius, nstemi, cards2012, amplatz, yayarea
boston university: nstemi
cleveland clinic: commotio cordis
east carolina: dkus
emory: wtf99
florida: tius, metoprolol
gwu: nstemi
iowa: cards2012, nstemi, amplatz
kaiser permanante LA: WTF99
mgh: cards2012
missouri-columbia: amplatz
north carolina: nstemi
north western: cathemall, cards2012
ohsu: amplatz
oklahoma: tius
penn state: boyz of 4d
texas heart: dabigatran, cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, yayarea, tius, tigermike37,
vermont: nstemi, amplatz, wtf99
virginia: wtf99

programs rejecting:

arizona
duke
east carolina
kaiser permanante LA
mgh
michigan
northwestern
scripps
texas heart
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Do MGH support H1b?
 
cards2012 said:
:( its fine, I can shift to J1 visa,, its MGH!
What do you guys think?
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Rej from mayo-ariz and IV from St Luke's Roosevelt..an interesting point about the above discussion-I had a personal conversation with the PC at MGH-as my research mentor had written a personalised letter to the PD at MGH....they DO NOT consider applicants on an H1B(didnt even look at my application....)-and the criteria is to be on j1 even before application day......I am sure they might make exceptions for candidates they really like-but I would probably have a open discussion before/shortly after the interview itself.......MGH as an instituition though supports an H1 visa as a close friend of mine is there on one............but the Cards fellowship was very stringent...
 
busy day:
interviews at univ of colorado and methodist hospital in houston.

programs interviewing:

arizona: nstemi, DKUS, WTF99
baylor (houston): tius, nstemi, cards2012, amplatz, yayarea
boston university: nstemi
cleveland clinic: commotio cordis
colorado: nstemi
east carolina: dkus
emory: wtf99
florida: tius, metoprolol
gwu: nstemi
iowa: cards2012, nstemi, amplatz
kaiser permanante LA: WTF99
methodist-houston: nstemi
mgh: cards2012
missouri-columbia: amplatz
north carolina: nstemi
north western: cathemall, cards2012
ohsu: amplatz
oklahoma: tius
penn state: boyz of 4d
texas heart: dabigatran, cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, yayarea, tius, tigermike37,
vermont: nstemi, amplatz, wtf99
virginia: wtf99

programs rejecting:

arizona
duke
east carolina
kaiser permanante LA
mgh
michigan
northwestern
scripps
texas heart
 
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cards2012 said:
:( its fine, I can shift to J1 visa,, its MGH!
What do you guys think?
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I think If a program likes you, they can continue to support your H1 visa status. Transfering your visa status from one institution to another, is not that complicated, at least in my experience.
 
programs interviewing:

arizona: nstemi, DKUS, WTF99
baylor (houston): tius, nstemi, cards2012, amplatz, yayarea
boston university: nstemi
cleveland clinic: commotio cordis
colorado: nstemi
east carolina: dkus
emory: wtf99
florida: tius, metoprolol
gwu: nstemi
iowa: cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, joejabjab
kaiser permanante LA: WTF99
methodist-houston: nstemi
mgh: cards2012
missouri-columbia: amplatz
north carolina: nstemi
north western: cathemall, cards2012
ohsu: amplatz
oklahoma: tius
penn state: boyz of 4d
texas heart: dabigatran, cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, yayarea, tius, tigermike37,
UTSW: joejabjab
UTHSC: HB700
vermont: nstemi, amplatz, wtf99
virginia: wtf99

programs rejecting:

arizona
duke
east carolina
kaiser permanante LA
mayo arizona
mgh
michigan
northwestern
scripps
texas heart
 
KaLiMaN said:
I think If a program likes you, they can continue to support your H1 visa status. Transfering your visa status from one institution to another, is not that complicated, at least in my experience.
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At issue is that supporting a candidate on an H1b costs a program several thousand dollars more than others. Given the current financial challenges at most institutions (even the moneyed/cushy ones), programs are more concerned about the additional funding that would be required. I'm not saying that strong candidates on H1bs are out of the game. Cards2012 is an example. But we are thinking harder about it.

:luck:
 
UC Davis, Kaiser Permanente LA IVs :)

Programs interviewing:

arizona: nstemi, DKUS, WTF99
baylor (houston): tius, nstemi, cards2012, amplatz, yayarea
boston university: nstemi
cleveland clinic: commotio cordis
colorado: nstemi
east carolina: dkus
emory: wtf99
florida: tius, metoprolol
gwu: nstemi
iowa: cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, joejabjab
kaiser permanante LA: WTF99, cathemall
methodist-houston: nstemi
mgh: cards2012
missouri-columbia: amplatz
north carolina: nstemi
north western: cathemall, cards2012
ohsu: amplatz
oklahoma: tius
penn state: boyz of 4d
texas heart: dabigatran, cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, yayarea, tius, tigermike37,
UTSW: joejabjab
UTHSC: HB700
vermont: nstemi, amplatz, wtf99
virginia: wtf99
UC Davis: cathemall
UCLA: cathemall

programs rejecting:

arizona
duke
east carolina
kaiser permanante LA
mayo arizona
mgh
michigan
northwestern
scripps
texas heart
 
Mt. Sinai Urban community (NY), UC Davis, University of Rochester

Programs interviewing:

arizona: nstemi, DKUS, WTF99
baylor (houston): tius, nstemi, cards2012, amplatz, yayarea
boston university: nstemi
cleveland clinic: commotio cordis
colorado: nstemi
east carolina: dkus
emory: wtf99
florida: tius, metoprolol
gwu: nstemi
iowa: cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, joejabjab
kaiser permanante LA: WTF99, cathemall
methodist-houston: nstemi
mgh: cards2012
missouri-columbia: amplatz
Mount sinai (urban community program): Boyz of 4d
north carolina: nstemi
north western: cathemall, cards2012
ohsu: amplatz
oklahoma: tius
penn state: boyz of 4d
texas heart: dabigatran, cards2012, nstemi, amplatz, yayarea, tius, tigermike37,
University of Rochester: Boyz of 4d
UTSW: joejabjab
UTHSC: HB700
vermont: nstemi, amplatz, wtf99
virginia: wtf99
UC Davis: cathemall, boyz of 4d
UCLA: cathemall
 
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Finally the first one today; Mount Sinai (Urban Community)
 
After strings of rejections it has been awful quite last two days. I feel like I don't exist anymore.Many of the program that I have applied have already extended IVs or have started. Does this mean that the program have tossed out my application and won't care to let me know whats going on? Should I start calling them? ProgramCoordinator Could you please shed some light on this issue
 
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