MD/PhD Residency Interview Thread

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I just thought I'd start a thread to keep up with how the M4's are doing vis a vis interview offers, etc. Please keep us all posted.
 
Pathology residency interview offers (in alphabetical order):
Baylor Health Care System
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Scott & White Hospital
University of Oklahoma
UT Southwestern
 
Columbia
Mayo
Michigan
Northwestern
Ohio State
UCSD
University of Chicago
U Wisconsin Madison

Still waiting on a bunch (hopefully when dean's letters come out)
 
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In no particular order:

Wash U
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Wisconsin
Med Col Wisconsin
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Emory
Beth Israel/Harvard
Georgetown
Virginia
U Illinois-Chicago
OHSU

Still waiting on 10 programs. Will only interview at 15 (impossible to schedule more than that).

Treg
 
So far:

AECOM - Montefiore
NYPH - Columbia
NYPH - Cornell
OHSU
University of Massachusetts
University of Washington - Seattle
Yale

Still have another 4 programs I'm waiting to hear from...
 
Pathology residency interview offers (in alphabetical order):
Baylor Health Care System
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Scott & White Hospital
University of Oklahoma (interview complete)
UT Southwestern
 
Neurology:
BIDMC, MGH, Jefferson, Yale, Hopkins, Cornell, UCSF, Wash U, UCSD, Northwestern, U of C, Utah

with 4 others playing hard to get.
 
Treg said:
In no particular order:

Wash U
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Wisconsin
Med Col Wisconsin
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Emory
Beth Israel/Harvard
Georgetown
Virginia
U Illinois-Chicago
OHSU

Still waiting on 10 programs. Will only interview at 15 (impossible to schedule more than that).

Treg
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I thought I would bump our thread for luck. I have also received invites from Brigham, U of Chicago, and Hopkins. I got rejected from Loyola (IL). Waiting on 6 now, only one left in my top 10 🙂

I feel very lucky thus far. I also can't believe that I will be finished as a student in 7 months! I applied for graduation in the spring, my last time! Woohoo!
 
Hi all, not sure if anyone else is going to update, but I have finalized my list.

Wash U
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Hopkins
MGH
Brigham
BIDMC
Emory
Columbia-NYP
Georgetown
Virginia
U Illinois-Chicago
OHSU

Declined: Wisconsin, Med Col Wisconsin, and U Chicago
Reject: Loyola-Stritch
No response (probable reject): Penn, Yale, Northwestern, Brown

Good luck everyone! I am just starting interviews, one down, another this weekend, and then continuously through early Jan.

Treg
 
Treg said:
Hi all, not sure if anyone else is going to update, but I have finalized my list.

Wash U
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Hopkins
MGH
Brigham
BIDMC
Emory
Columbia-NYP
Georgetown
Virginia
U Illinois-Chicago
OHSU


Treg
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Strong work. Is that in the order you will rank them?
 
Pathology residency interview offers (in alphabetical order):
Baylor Health Care System
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Scott & White Hospital (interview complete)
University of Oklahoma (interview complete)
UT Southwestern
 
Psychiatry

AECOM - Montefiore (interview complete)
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard-Longwood
OHSU
UMass (interview complete)
UWashington
Yale (interview complete)

Still awaiting word on one more program, but no longer really holding out hope.
 
Pathology residency interview offers (in alphabetical order):
Baylor Health Care System (interview complete)
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Scott & White Hospital (interview complete)
University of Oklahoma (interview complete)
UT Southwestern (interview complete)
 
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Hi all,

I have finished 14 interviews in general surgery. I heard on the interview trail that there were around 11-15 MD/PhDs applying this year (via a research contact I met with at one program).

Now I am starting to get the emails/letters/phone calls (and one all expense paid revisit so far), which is a strange experience.

Is anyone else out there in my boat?

Treg
 
After not matching last year, I'm back with a vengeance!

42 interview offers and will attend 17 of them.

Crossing fingers that things work out this time!
 
Neuronix said:
Wow! Congrats! What did you do during your year out to improve so much?
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Lots and lots of networking. ERAS application is practically identical from last year.

For those of you wanting to do competitive specialties, do NOT disappear during your PhD years. Go to grand rounds, conferences, clinic, do call, whatever, because you will not have time to do it when you go back as a third year. You need every advantage possible.
 
calvinNhobbes said:
Lots and lots of networking. ERAS application is practically identical from last year.

For those of you wanting to do competitive specialties, do NOT disappear during your PhD years. Go to grand rounds, conferences, clinic, do call, whatever, because you will not have time to do it when you go back as a third year. You need every advantage possible.
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Could you provide some specific examples of networking that you did? What are some things you found to be particularly useful? Thanks a lot!
 
echod said:
Could you provide some specific examples of networking that you did? What are some things you found to be particularly useful? Thanks a lot!
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Between my home program as well as the other ortho program in my area, I attended 20+ hours of morning trauma/x-ray rounds, grand rounds, M&M, didactics, indication conferences, dissection labs, bioskills labs, journal clubs, and in-training review each and every week for 6+ months.

This was on top of a full time research position. You show you are that dedicated to a specialty and you'll get faculty that will write great LORs and go to bat for you.
 
calvinNhobbes said:
Between my home program as well as the other ortho program in my area, I attended 20+ hours of morning trauma/x-ray rounds, grand rounds, M&M, didactics, indication conferences, dissection labs, bioskills labs, journal clubs, and in-training review each and every week for 6+ months.

This was on top of a full time research position. You show you are that dedicated to a specialty and you'll get faculty that will write great LORs and go to bat for you.
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Great info! Thanks a lot.
 
calvinNhobbes said:
Between my home program as well as the other ortho program in my area, I attended 20+ hours of morning trauma/x-ray rounds, grand rounds, M&M, didactics, indication conferences, dissection labs, bioskills labs, journal clubs, and in-training review each and every week for 6+ months.

This was on top of a full time research position. You show you are that dedicated to a specialty and you'll get faculty that will write great LORs and go to bat for you.
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Strong work! As you said, networking. People with only 1 interview have matched. And I gather that networking had something to do with it. 🙂
 
Hi all,

Good luck to everyone participating in the match this week! Be sure to post your results 🙂

I am trying to keep myself busy for the next few days....

Treg
 
Good luck in the match to my fellow Mud-Phuds. I'm 13 interviews, a lot of airline miles, and some shocking credit card bills down, and hoping I get my first choice.
 
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