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2012-2013 Panic Thread
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Jeans, regardless of the color, are never considered business formal.
Just FYI, there's a whole thread with 16 pages of advice and questions on women's interview clothing.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=842732&page=16
Fair enough, but for future reference jeans are never business-like. Not even a $5k pair of jeans.
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Yea, I kind of cringed when I read the jeans. It'll make you memorable, but maybe not for the best reason. You're basically interviewing for a professional position, you should look like it.
I've heard a stories from advisers who received interview feedback from medical schools about clothes being inappropriate so I wouldn't risk it.
Wearing your dad's ill-fitting black suit would look a hundred times more professional than what you wore. You still have a shot at getting in the school though.
I haven't read any of your posts, but make sure everything you write is sickenly politically correct. You'll be very easy identify as you may legitimately be the only person in the past 5 years to wear jeans to a medical school interview.
They didn't look like jeans, they looked like dress pants. They were solid black, the closest thing I own to dress pants. My mom said she couldn't tell the difference - you had to touch them to know they were made of denim.
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Balance. This isn't the thread for this, though.
(Taken from premed101, the Canadian premed forum.)
Hmm.... I had a feeling it was a cultural difference between Canada and USA, since everyone I spoke to about my outfit thought it was absolutely fine. Even the M3 - I was wearing the outfit when I shadowed her.
I hope it wasn't a dealbreaker, because I think I did awesome on the interview in all other respects. I wore the exact kind of thing I see female doctors wear in the hospital all the time under their labcoats. That's why I chose it.
Also, when I told my interviewer at the end of the interviewer that I love the school and would be glad to attend, he told me that I "have a good chance."
In a room full of actual dress pants those jeans most certainly did not look like dress pants.
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I had a one-on-one interview and my interviewer didn't see any of the other applicants. So he didn't have anything to compare me to. I feel like it was just super-lucky.
Also, he was a guy. He didn't even notice my anatomically-correct heart necklace. I doubt he noticed my lack of dress-pants. They were dark black jeans and my shirt covered the telltale jean parts like the buttons and the pockets.
That feel...When you are so sure and really hope that someone is trolling, only to read more of their posts and realize they are 100% serious...
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+1 man. This is the worst feeling in the world.
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Another Monday, another empty inbox 
Ugh same, I don't want to wait until January :/
Yes he did. You don't become an interviewer just to interview one person for the entire season.
Chances are everyone else he's seen has had the decency to put on dress pants.
Yes he did. You don't become an interviewer just to interview one person for the entire season.
Hahaha I know that. I just think those "jeans" could have easily passed as dress pants.
Then again, what do I know? My family is completely lacking in professionals, and the hospital I work at is super-casual.
No excuse. You have access to the internet at the least, TV, magazines, and even this site! Just know that you're "that guy" or "that girl" that people saw and will most likely talk about when the topic of what to wear and not to wear at interviews comes up
Hopefully your choice in attire didn't have a negative impact on your chances. Please post back here with the results. Good luck 👍
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Alright everyone, I think we've railed on this topic enough. Point made.
How is everyone's Monday's going? I'm waiting to hear back on some follow up thank-you-type notes.
How is everyone's Monday's going? I'm waiting to hear back on some follow up thank-you-type notes.
Shouldn't you assume you won't be getting a reply on thank you notes?
I'm not panicking about the cycle right now since I won't hear back from any of my schools until late january to march. So for now, I guess I can panic about finals this week?
My inbox is waiting for an II. Just putting it out there, universe.
got an interview last week from Mount Sinai. I was complete in July!
Another Monday, another empty inbox
same.
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Lately I've been panicking about how I'm going to pay off my interview debt. Anyone else freaking out about credit cards?
YES. I've started looking for part time jobs- no idea how I'm going to pay this off AND save up for a move/apartment deposit etc. ugh.
*edit, I already have a full time job, looking for additional work I can do evenings and/or weekends
Paying for the flights really does put a damper on the elation of II's. I'm planning to look for a part time job after this semester just to get something coming in.
Yup. I've got $3k of application cycle debt to pay off. Got about $3k in my savings account, but I'm trying to save that for as long as possible. Hopefully the credit card will be down to zero by June.
Still waiting for ii as well. Looking at you SLU and Rush.
Same for me with Rush, Loyola, UofI, and several others...but mostly Rush. 🙁
Same for me with Rush, Loyola, UofI, and several others...but mostly Rush. 🙁
Man, Loyola... I regret scheduling it so early in the cycle. It was my first MD interview and I think my nervousness really showed (result = wait list). A lot of my answers also sucked and I really wish I had saved it for later.
Congrats! But you're in the wrong thread. This thread is for people like me--complete in July and no interview at Mount Sinai.
I got a reply almost right away: "It was a pleasure!!"
Not sure if that's a good sign, or if interviewer is just super nice.
Looks like you got what is referred to as, "the reply of death"
Unless they mention something specific to you in their reply, it pretty much means they've written you off into the "Rejected but be nice to them" pile.
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I've gotten nice replies from every school I got positive results at. The only schools I got waitlisted or otherwise at I didn't get replies from.
ITT: Things I'm trying not to think about 😛
Looks like you got what is referred to as, "the reply of death"
Unless they mention something specific to you in their reply, it pretty much means they've written you off into the "Rejected but be nice to them" pile.
Or they just don't remember you at the time they receive the e-mail. Things could still work out when you get to the adcom meeting. In my experience, if they aren't interested in you, they simply stop replying.
I sent them as a courtesy, I don't really expect them to have an impact either way.
I didn't know schools discouraged them. 😕
lol at one of my interviews both the dean and my interviewer specifically said not to send thank you notes.
i honestly doubt they would make much of a difference, i can't see a thank you note bumping you from almost accepted to accepted. unless all of the other interviewed people were dicks.
+1
Unless the school specifically says "do not send thank you notes," it's best to send one, no?
Also, the reply could've always been worse. It could've just been a "thank you". "It was a pleasure!!" with two exclamation points seems to point in a positive direction.
Although at this point in time, speculation is kinda silly, especially for minutiae like that. My mentor, whom I shadow weekly at the hospital, loves me to bits and is always excited to see me, yet his replies are always extremely terse and cold because he's super-busy and hates using email. You can't really tell all that much from an email.
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Seriously, now I see the flaw in my ways. I should just toke one up and forget that I ever even applied.
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My thank you's are more like follow-ups - questions I developed post-interview, etc. Hence the wait for an answer.
Once clearly has missed the purpose of the Panic Thread. It's about mutual support, not a bastion of neuroticism and wellspring of despair.
At least, not until March, anyway.
Once clearly has missed the purpose of the Panic Thread. It's about mutual support, not a bastion of neuroticism and wellspring of despair.
At least, not until March, anyway.
I thanked them for their time, discussed certain aspects of the program I loved, and for the male interviewer I got along really well with, sent him a link to my publication we spoke a lot about (and he seemed really impressed and curious about it in particular). I also sent him the newspaper article for a crazy but super-interesting case study I used as an example for an answer to one of my questions.
For this particular case I didn't feel it was appropriate to bug them with questions. Especially since they answered all of mine in the info session right before the interviews.
Yes! Another Monday without any response!
