Congrats
Mt Sinai Beth Israel today
Thanks! Not sure lol but I think there's another Mt Sinai that's just Mt SinaiIs that the main program of sinai? These NYC programs all confuse me
And congrats
They will also send IVs for dates less than a week in an advance sometimes.Thanks. I dont know how you can send ivs in september for september (its almost sept 1)
This is comforting news -_-They will also send IVs for dates less than a week in an advance sometimes.
@gutonc pls advise- few program that I called, not high tire, PC said they sent out ivs and don't plan to call anymore!! Do generally programs not give our 2nd and 3 rd round - I am so tensed with the whole process!!
I've been a long-time reader here and appreciate everyone's input. Definitely a good way to get through this experience a little less traumatized as silence is sometimes deafening.
However, for those forum members more fortunate than others with great interviews and clearly a bright future ahead of them, please try to avoid making others feel sympathetic about your perceived "misfortunes". Namely, to get an interview from Brigham that coincides with "XYZ TOP PROGRAM" is not a misfortune. To feel sad about a rejection from "XYZ LOW PROGRAM" while you are holding onto a minimum of 10 great interviews is not a misfortune, and if it is in your mind, please refrain from sharing it in this famine of interviews.
I personally know and have direct knowledge of many attending physicians who have stayed behind this match for 2-3 years. Mind you, these are not your average poor-performing attendings with bad attitudes who clearly won't make great candidates. These are people I admire and learn from on a daily basis. And if you dig deeper, you'll see the level of sadness that is in them for not being able to achieve their one goal in life, which was to become a gastroenterologist. Having this level of despair and sadness present in these forums, even if they don't post anything on these forums, makes it difficult to read, over and over again, posts about so-called "misfortunes" of those with MGH + Hopkins + Stanford interviews who fear they won't be invited to another top program.
Count your blessings. Cancel some of your interviews that you know you won't need and attend. And allow the rest to fulfill their dreams. This post is not coming from a man desperate for interviews (I am thankful for my fortunes to have many interviews at good places). In contrast, it's coming from a person who just wants to empathize with those less fortunate, for any reason (IMG, Visa, family demands not allowing for much research, a not "top-tier" residency who happens to work just as hard as the rest of residents at "top-tier" residencies). These people are just as qualified as the rest of us for attention and will, undoubtedly, make great gastroenterologists if they are given the chance. Being as powerless as we are collectively to tackle the root of the problem (need more spots for GI, there is great shortage of gastroenterologists in the US), let us just be civil and make this process a little less painful by reducing our collective whining and help each other out by canceling the interviews we know we're not going to go to or care about.
End of rant.
At what time did they send you. I called them today and they said they will be sending by this week end. My last hope is gone.UCSF Fresno invite, 5 interview dates for 2 spots !!!
could not agree more w/ theo, thank you for the kind postI've been a long-time reader here and appreciate everyone's input. Definitely a good way to get through this experience a little less traumatized as silence is sometimes deafening.
However, for those forum members more fortunate than others with great interviews and clearly a bright future ahead of them, please try to avoid making others feel sympathetic about your perceived "misfortunes". Namely, to get an interview from Brigham that coincides with "XYZ TOP PROGRAM" is not a misfortune. To feel sad about a rejection from "XYZ LOW PROGRAM" while you are holding onto a minimum of 10 great interviews is not a misfortune, and if it is in your mind, please refrain from sharing it in this famine of interviews.
I personally know and have direct knowledge of many attending physicians who have stayed behind this match for 2-3 years. Mind you, these are not your average poor-performing attendings with bad attitudes who clearly won't make great candidates. These are people I admire and learn from on a daily basis. And if you dig deeper, you'll see the level of sadness that is in them for not being able to achieve their one goal in life, which was to become a gastroenterologist. Having this level of despair and sadness present in these forums, even if they don't post anything on these forums, makes it difficult to read, over and over again, posts about so-called "misfortunes" of those with MGH + Hopkins + Stanford interviews who fear they won't be invited to another top program.
Count your blessings. Cancel some of your interviews that you know you won't need and attend. And allow the rest to fulfill their dreams. This post is not coming from a man desperate for interviews (I am thankful for my fortunes to have many interviews at good places). In contrast, it's coming from a person who just wants to empathize with those less fortunate, for any reason (IMG, Visa, family demands not allowing for much research, a not "top-tier" residency who happens to work just as hard as the rest of residents at "top-tier" residencies). These people are just as qualified as the rest of us for attention and will, undoubtedly, make great gastroenterologists if they are given the chance. Being as powerless as we are collectively to tackle the root of the problem (need more spots for GI, there is great shortage of gastroenterologists in the US), let us just be civil and make this process a little less painful by reducing our collective whining and help each other out by canceling the interviews we know we're not going to go to or care about.
End of rant.
I've been a long-time reader here and appreciate everyone's input. Definitely a good way to get through this experience a little less traumatized as silence is sometimes deafening.
However, for those forum members more fortunate than others with great interviews and clearly a bright future ahead of them, please try to avoid making others feel sympathetic about your perceived "misfortunes". Namely, to get an interview from Brigham that coincides with "XYZ TOP PROGRAM" is not a misfortune. To feel sad about a rejection from "XYZ LOW PROGRAM" while you are holding onto a minimum of 10 great interviews is not a misfortune, and if it is in your mind, please refrain from sharing it in this famine of interviews.
I personally know and have direct knowledge of many attending physicians who have stayed behind this match for 2-3 years. Mind you, these are not your average poor-performing attendings with bad attitudes who clearly won't make great candidates. These are people I admire and learn from on a daily basis. And if you dig deeper, you'll see the level of sadness that is in them for not being able to achieve their one goal in life, which was to become a gastroenterologist. Having this level of despair and sadness present in these forums, even if they don't post anything on these forums, makes it difficult to read, over and over again, posts about so-called "misfortunes" of those with MGH + Hopkins + Stanford interviews who fear they won't be invited to another top program.
Count your blessings. Cancel some of your interviews that you know you won't need and attend. And allow the rest to fulfill their dreams. This post is not coming from a man desperate for interviews (I am thankful for my fortunes to have many interviews at good places). In contrast, it's coming from a person who just wants to empathize with those less fortunate, for any reason (IMG, Visa, family demands not allowing for much research, a not "top-tier" residency who happens to work just as hard as the rest of residents at "top-tier" residencies). These people are just as qualified as the rest of us for attention and will, undoubtedly, make great gastroenterologists if they are given the chance. Being as powerless as we are collectively to tackle the root of the problem (need more spots for GI, there is great shortage of gastroenterologists in the US), let us just be civil and make this process a little less painful by reducing our collective whining and help each other out by canceling the interviews we know we're not going to go to or care about.
End of rant.