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Boston University for me today, too! Congrats, C86, maybe I'll see you there =)
MGH (8/11)Anyone heard from MGH or Hopkins ?!
MGH (8/11)
No word from Hopkins
Any news from Northwestern?
RWMC/BU seems to be a small university affiliated community hospital. Personally, I'd prefer not to go to a fellowship program that has only one fellow per year. Learning and training is a process better done in a group. However it depends on how many interviews you have. If you dont have a lot of interview invites, something is better than nothing.Hey All,
Congrats to all those whom have received interview invites - exciting times!! For those who haven't, keep hope alive. They'll come.
Anyone know anything about the RWMC/BU ID program in Providence, RI? I know they only take 1 (ONE) fellow per year (the PD's email stated it straight up as does the website) but I'm wondering if it's worth the gamble to interview for a place that offers one spot? Is it that great a program? Do they really churn out top notch people? On top of that: 2 fellows for 3 locations?? I'm imagining a **** TON of work! Don't get me wrong, I have ZERO issues with working my behind off but I just don't want to end up crying myself to sleep at night or wanting to shoot my foot off because I'm drowning in work with no end in sight for 2 years. And I'm imagining ID fellowship is a crap load of work at baseline so to add on the fact that the program is 2 people...
I'm just trying to get an idea so I can make a decent decision, you know? I'm not from the area, I have no way of finding out the "pedigree" of the prior fellows to see how I compare - I mean do they take people who have ties to RI? People who went to BU? What exactly is their deal? Anyone with any inside information/know where I can get inside info on this place?
Thanks!!
Is there still hope to get interviews from New York City programs? I have interviews at St Luke's Roosevelt, Beth Israel NYC, Stonybrook, Beth Israel NJ and Presbyterian Queens. Haven't heard from anywhere else. Has anybody heard from Mt Sinai main, Montefiore, or rest of the NYC area programs?
Memorial Sloan Kettering has sent out invites alreadyIs there still hope to get interviews from New York City programs? I have interviews at St Luke's Roosevelt, Beth Israel NYC, Stonybrook, Beth Israel NJ and Presbyterian Queens. Haven't heard from anywhere else. Has anybody heard from Mt Sinai main, Montefiore, or rest of the NYC area programs?
RWMC/BU seems to be a small university affiliated community hospital. Personally, I'd prefer not to go to a fellowship program that has only one fellow per year. Learning and training is a process better done in a group. However it depends on how many interviews you have. If you dont have a lot of interview invites, something is better than nothing.
Guys, how would you compare U Wisconsin (Madison) and Wayne State, any idea which one is better? Also any thoughts about U Iowa? The Iowa program seems to be fairly busy clinical program with not much resident involvement in research. I was wondering if anybody has any insight into that.
Good luck everyone with your interviews. I'll be applying next cycle. Based on your experiences this season, I want to know what you think my chances are for matching at top 20 ID programs. Money will be tight and I don't want to apply to places where I will have a very slim chance at interviewing and matching. Credentials: IMG, mid range community uni affiliated residency, US Citizen, above average USMLE scores, 8 abstracts at different conferences - not first author, zero manuscripts in sight, so what do you think?
hiiiii!!! I'll see you later too!!!Soooo hello mislukita! See you again on the interview trail!
Seems like 5-6 would be plenty for most AMGs. I am going on more just because I'm not sure where I want to settle but otherwise I think you're fine.
Anyone heard from Chicago programs yet?
Similar credentials as above, and I will be applying next year as well. Will be chief resident however, and have 4 first author manuscripts right now (three case reports in PubMed referenced journals and one review article). Similar credentials in terms of training and US IMG. From my search and seeing these threads the top 5-10 are likely out given the US IMG status. Usually these are reserved for US MD's some of which with PHD's who want to do heavy research. Anywhere from the 15-30 spots I think are fair game.
If you look at this post from a while ago (not sure of the validity just seems to be pretty close to spot on in terms of ranking:
Partners
Hopkins
UWash
Penn
UCSF
UCSD
UNC
Baylor
Duke
Cornell
Case
Emory
Vanderbilt
Sinai
Columbia
Yale
Northwestern
UAB
Einstein
Stanford
Colorado
WashU
UCLA
Virginia
Wisconsin
When you look at the lower to columns there many of the programs have IMG's; (UAB, Einstein, Colorado, WashU, Virginia, Wisconsin, etc.). I think the first two columns would be reach; but the latter 3 and especially latter 2 probably likely to be competitive. Would appreciate applicants this year and their credentials to comment further however.
How about Mayo, U of M, UPMC, BU, Tufts and Rush? How would you stratify them in your list above?
Hello everyone I just discovered this page and thought about posting here with a qiestion of my own! looks like i missed out on everyone's posts. I'm also applying for ID fellowship. I'm an IMG with a fair amount of research having worked as a post-doc before residency. I also have a masters . Research is 4 manuscripts, 10 posters at IDSA, SHEA... anyways USMLE scores were average.
I got a lot of interviews to be honest but I will only actually got to 12 of them (four down). This really proves that this is buyer's market for ID. My interviews have been going well because i have a lot to talk about. But now i have a serious problem in that I havent even done step 3 yet. Its scheduled for October 19 and 22 but i feel like I need more time with it. I plan to push it back by 2 weeks and therefore the result wont be out before the Match result in December. Do you think this will hurt my chances in some places? or do you think that since I got interviews at those places that it wont factor in the decision making? its a tough question. Either way I gotta have it before i start fellowship but this is about how soon i take it and if it will factor in the decisions.
Appreciate your input and happy to answer other questions
Ummm are you in residency? how can you graduate from residency as a whole without taking step 3? most programs require it to go to pgy-2, and by the least pgy-3...
Im pretty sure if you dont have a result on step 3 for fellowship it is probably a red flag, but i guess others coudl chime in too
Hello everyone I just discovered this page and thought about posting here with a qiestion of my own! looks like i missed out on everyone's posts. I'm also applying for ID fellowship. I'm an IMG with a fair amount of research having worked as a post-doc before residency. I also have a masters . Research is 4 manuscripts, 10 posters at IDSA, SHEA... anyways USMLE scores were average.
I got a lot of interviews to be honest but I will only actually got to 12 of them (four down). This really proves that this is buyer's market for ID. My interviews have been going well because i have a lot to talk about. But now i have a serious problem in that I havent even done step 3 yet. Its scheduled for October 19 and 22 but i feel like I need more time with it. I plan to push it back by 2 weeks and therefore the result wont be out before the Match result in December. Do you think this will hurt my chances in some places? or do you think that since I got interviews at those places that it wont factor in the decision making? its a tough question. Either way I gotta have it before i start fellowship but this is about how soon i take it and if it will factor in the decisions.
Appreciate your input and happy to answer other questions
Ummm are you in residency? how can you graduate from residency as a whole without taking step 3? most programs require it to go to pgy-2, and by the least pgy-3...
Im pretty sure if you dont have a result on step 3 for fellowship it is probably a red flag, but i guess others coudl chime in too
Some residencies only require step 3 prior to graduation, not to progress to pgy2 or pgy3. The poster mentioned that they were applying for ID fellowship so they are likely a pgy3.
Actually, many residencies (including mine and some friends I've spoken with at other places) do not require it to be done until ~December of PGY-3 year. Seems to vary from place to place.
As far as not taking Step 3, I don't think it will be a red flag. You have plenty of research, an advanced degree, and more importantly plenty of interviews. As you said, it's a buyer's market, and I don't think any place will drop their assessment of you based off of a missing step 3 score.
Good luck to everyone - I hope interviews are going well!
Well of course I'm in residency doc. Programs are different in their requirements. Mine requires a pass before I graduate... That's it.
My question was more about the timeline at this stage given that I have many interviews even without the exam. Should I hurry up and do it in the next 20 days? Or can I tuck it in mid November knowing that it's result won't be out by Dec 4.
Thank you for trying to address my concern
It doesn't matter when you take step 3( not what score you get) as long as you pass it by June 30 2016.
If you don't feel sure postpone it and study more for it, but to be honest, uworld questions and what you've learned so far are more than enough to pass...
Good luck on IV trails!
Madison > Wayne State.
Can't comment about UIowa but probably lower than Madison and equivalent to Wayne State.
Sorry too chime in so late. I don't know what "not much Resident involvement" means and particularly for a fellow, but Iowa has always been my favorite of the mid-tier midwestern programs; it's roughly equivalent in quality to Wisconsin/Madison or Minnesota. Madison seems to be the SD.N consensus favorite among this group, though.Guys, how would you compare U Wisconsin (Madison) and Wayne State, any idea which one is better? Also any thoughts about U Iowa? The Iowa program seems to be fairly busy clinical program with not much resident involvement in research. I was wondering if anybody has any insight into that.
Can anyone comment on some factors that we could use to better rank the programs? I have asked some people and they usually say location and gut feeling but I feel hat's not enough. I want to pursue an academic/ clinician educator track and I am interested in transplant / immunocompromised host.
Some things that I am considering are:
- Transplant exposure
- Number of faculty
- Research funding
- Possibility for third-year
- Location (yea, it matters)
- Number of fellows
- Prestige of the program (how do you measure this?)
- Mentor in my area of interest
Any other thoughts? Thank you!
Can anyone comment on some factors that we could use to better rank the programs? I have asked some people and they usually say location and gut feeling but I feel hat's not enough. I want to pursue an academic/ clinician educator track and I am interested in transplant / immunocompromised host.
Some things that I am considering are:
- Transplant exposure
- Number of faculty
- Research funding
- Possibility for third-year
- Location (yea, it matters)
- Number of fellows
- Prestige of the program (how do you measure this?)
- Mentor in my area of interest
Any other thoughts? Thank you!
Guys I have a question. I can only attend one of the two interviews. Which one should I choose, Case Western or MD Anderson/U Texas ? My career goals : transplant ID. Location doesnt matter to me. Also how do they compare to Washington University St Louis ? Thank you for your help.