2017-2018 heme/onc cycle

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gutonc said:
You get 10 for the base price. I started (and stopped) there. I got 8 interviews, went on 6 and matched #1. I have a PhD but was otherwise not a stellar applicant.
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I will send you a PM to ask you a question on your experience
 
hemonc2k18 said:
I assume just no one from this forum ....the application received email said invites will be given in August and not to contact them.
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Not to contact them? And no response by now? What turds. I didn't apply and feel compelled to bury them in update requests.
 
Emory sent an interview invite to a friend on 9/5.
 
Invites
Allegany **
Augusta U/Medical College Georgia: 7/28*, 8/1*
Baylor (Houston): 8/11*, 8/19***
Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI: 7/26**
BIDMC: 8/1***
Boston University Geri-Onc: 8/02* 9/7 **
Boston University Hem-Onc: 8/8*, 8/8**
Case Western: 8/18***, 8/23**
Cleveland Clinic: 8/10*** 8/10 **
Columbia: 9/5**
Cooper University: 8/18*, 8/18***, **
Cornell: 8/8***
Dana Farber: 8/9***
Drexel: 8/15*, 8/15**, 8/15***, 9/8**
Duke: 8/1***
East Carolina: 7/28***
Einstein Medical Center (Philly): 7/26*, **
Emory 9/5
Fox Chase/Temple: 8/9***, 8/18**
Georgetown: 7/27***
George Washington: 8/1**
Gundersen Lutheran: 8/3***, **
Harbor-UCLA: 8/17***
Henry Ford 8/21**
Indiana University: 8/15**, 8/17***, 8/17**
Jefferson: 7/27***, 9/6*
Johns Hopkins University: 8/24***
Lankenau: 8/9*** 9/5*
Lehigh Valley Health Network: 8/17**
Loma Linda: 7/25***
Loyola: 8/18***
LSU (New Orleans): 7/28*, 8/02*
Marshall University 8/19**, 9/7**
Mayo Arizona: 8/18**
Mayo Jacksonville: 8/28* 9/6***
Mayo Rochester: 08/02 ***
MD Anderson 8/16***
Medical College of Wisconsin: 8/9***
Memorial Sloan Kettering: 8/30***, 8/30***
Methodist (Houston): 8/9**
Michigan: 7/24***
Montefiore: 7/23*, 8/15***, 8/23*
Mount Sinai Icahn: 7/31***, 8/15*, 8/15***,8/15**
MUSC: 8/10*, 8/10***, 8/14** 8/14 **
Newark Beth Israel 8/30*
NIH/NCI: 08/08***, 08/08**
Northwell LIJ: 8/25***
Northwestern 8/24***
NYMC/Westchester Medical: 8/8*, 8/8***, **
NYU: 8/4***
Ochsner: 8/4**, 8/4*
Ohio State University: 8/14***, 8/15*
OHSU: 8/14***
Olive-View-UCLA: 8/3***
Orlando Health: 7/27*, 7/27***
Penn 8/17***, 8/17***
Penn State/ Hershey 8/24*
Roger Williams 8/24* 8/24 **
Rutgers: 7/24***, 7/24**
Stanford: 8/3***
St. Louis University: 8/10***
Scripps: 8/10*
SUNY Downstate: 8/7**, 8/7*, **
SUNY Upstate 8/31*
Texas Tech Univ Hlth Sci Pgm: 7/18* 7/19*
Tufts: 8/9*, 8/9**
Tulane: 8/11**
U of Alabama: 8/10*, 8/10***, 8/28*
U of Arkansas: 9/5**
U of Arizona: 8/11*, 8/11**, 8/11*
UC Davis 8/22***
UC Irvine: 8/15***
UCLA: 8/8***
UCSD: 8/28***
UCSF: 8/25***
UCSF Fresno: 9/6***
UMKC 8/15**
UMMS/Baystate: 8/22**, **
U of Buffalo/Roswell Park: 8/17** 9/5*
U of Chicago 8/21 ***8/21**
U of Illinois Chicago 8/29*
U of Iowa: 8/10***8/10**
U of Kansas: 8/21*, 8/21**
U of Kentucky: 8/7**
U of Massachusetts 8/14 **
U of Miami/Jackson: 8/11*, 8/11**, 8/15*
U of Minnesota: 9/1***
U of Missouri - Columbia 8/30 **, 8/30***
U of Cincinnati: 8/3*, 8/3**, 8/3*
U of Colorado: 7/25*
U of Florida: 7/28*, 7/28***, 7/31***, 8/16**
U of Louisville: 8/21**, **
U of Maryland: 7/20***, 8/2***, 8/2**
U of Nebrasaka: 9/5**
UNC Chapel Hill: 8/1***, 8/4*
U of Oklahoma: 8/18**
U of Rochester: 8/18**, **
U of San Antonio (UTHSCSA): 8/4**
U of Southern California: 8/11*
USF/Moffitt: 7/31*, 7/31***
UTHSC (Memphis): 8/11*** 8/11*
UTMB 9/5*
UT Southwestern: 7/20***
University of Toledo 9/1*
University of Utah: 7/31***
University of Vermont: 8/8**, **
U of Virginia: 8/1***
U of Washington/Fred Hutch: 8/14***
U of Wisconsin: 8/25***
Vanderbilt: 7/27*, 7/27***
VCU: 8/14*, 8/14***
Wake Forest: 8/11***
Washington Hospital Center**9/5
Washington University: 08/02***8/22**
West Virginia 8/21 ***, 8/21 *
WSU/Karmanos** 9/5
Yale: 7/20***, 7/19***


Rejections:
Allegeny: 8/22**
BIDMC: 8/11* 8/15*, 8/15**, 8/15***, 8/15*
Columbia: 9/6*, 9/6*
Cooper university: 8/18**, 8/18***
Cornell 9/6***
Dana Farber: 9/1**
Dartmouth: 8/28***, 8/28*
Duke: 8/28***, 8/28***, 8/28*
East Carolina: 8/18*, 8/18**, 8/18***
Georgetown 9/5*
GWU 9/5*
Henry Ford 8/25*
Hoftsra 8/25*
Johns Hopkins 8/25*, 8/25***
Loyola 8/28*
Mayo Arizona 8/29*, 8/29***, 8/29*, 8/29*
Mayo Rochester: 8/8***, 8/8*
Medical College of Georgia (Augusta): 7/17*, 8/8**
Mount Sinai Icahn: 7/31*, 7/31**, 8/14*
Northwell LIJ: 8/25*
NIH: 8/22*
NYU: 8/8**, 8/8*, 8/8*, 8/14***
OHSU: 8/18*, 8/18**, 8/18***, 8/18*
Penn: 8/17***, 8/17**, 8/17*, 8/17***, 8/17*
Providence 8/29*
Scott and White Tx 8/29* 8/30*
Scripps: 8/16*
Temple 9/11*
Uni of Buffalo/Roswell: 8/16*, 8/16**
UCSD 9/5*, 9/5**
U of Indiana 8/25*, 8/25*
U of Maryland: 8/2** 8/2*, 8/2*
U of Michigan: 8/23*, 8/23**, 8/23***
U of North Carolina: 7/18***, 7/18**, 7/18*, 7/18*
USF/Moffitt: 8/16*, 8/16**, 8/16*, 8/16***, 8/16*
University of Washington: 8/14***, 8/14*
University of Wisconsin: 8/28***, 8/28*
Washington University: 8/21*
UT Southwestern: 8/22*, 8/22**, 8/22***,8/22*
Yale: 8/24* 8/24*

* IMG does not need visa
** IMG needs a visa
*** USMD
 
Have an interview at Harbor-UCLA on 9/28. Looking to switch to 10/19. Anyone willing to make a switch? Would appreciate it. Please personal message me.
 
Recieved interview from a place which had rejected me earlier. Has this happened with anyone else ?
 
Enasidenib said:
I've gotten 6 interviews over the past 2 weeks all from programs that started sending their first batch of invites over a month ago. Keep your heads up! More will come as people continue to cancel. Keep calm and carry on the interview trail
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^This

I say this every year, in this thread and over on the IM interview thread. Y'all never listen, but that doesn't make it not true.
 
Would concur . Have been getting a bunch of interviews . Was panicking unnecessarily. Got 3 IV Today, so I guess there are a bunch coming
 
Pembrolizumab said:
I think IV season is coming to a close
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Pembrolizumab said:
Would concur . Have been getting a bunch of interviews . Was panicking unnecessarily. Got 3 IV Today, so I guess there are a bunch coming
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Well would you look at that...it's almost like the more senior members and moderators of the forum don't in fact have their heads up our butts.

Congratulations.
 
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Pembrolizumab said:
Recieved interview from a place which had rejected me earlier. Has this happened with anyone else ?
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It happens. Especially with a new PD or PC at the helm.

As I have said basically any time this has come up for the 10+ years I've been here, interview offers are an iterative process. You as a PD have X spots you need to fill. You usually need to interview 3X (or 5X, or 10X, whateverX) candidates to fill your spots. So you offer that many interviews. And you get back 5X-Y acceptances, plus Z cancellations prior to the interview. So then you send out another Y+Z offers.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Obviously you can hit the point of diminishing returns, especially if this process takes too long. But 2-4 rounds of offers is not unusual.
 
Pembrolizumab said:
Recieved interview from a place which had rejected me earlier. Has this happened with anyone else ?
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gutonc said:
It happens. Especially with a new PD or PC at the helm.

As I have said basically any time this has come up for the 10+ years I've been here, interview offers are an iterative process. You as a PD have X spots you need to fill. You usually need to interview 3X (or 5X, or 10X, whateverX) candidates to fill your spots. So you offer that many interviews. And you get back 5X-Y acceptances, plus Z cancellations prior to the interview. So then you send out another Y+Z offers.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Obviously you can hit the point of diminishing returns, especially if this process takes too long. But 2-4 rounds of offers is not unusual.
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And to answer the inevitable question that usually comes next: YES you should go to that interview if you're interested in the place and treat it like all your other interviews. Just because they didn't send you an invite the first time doesn't mean they're not interested in you or not planning to rank you. No program is willing to waste time inviting people if they're not (at least on paper) willing to take them. No room for feeling b***hurt
 
I am going . Being an IMG needing visa I cant afford to say no .
# beggars cant be choosers
 
Hello Doctors! and all applicants (who are doctors again!):
I have a situation that i need to discuss and I appreciate if anybody can tell me what is best to do:
- I have applied broadly to Hem/Onc this year, and as far as I did not get any interview I decided to apply to NON-ACGME credited program as a back up plan.

Then I did not receive any interview from NON-ACGME program (they usually send out interviews later in the season like November and on), so I got agitated and I applied to Hospice and Palliative Care programs (only in places that they do have Hem/Onc fellowship too!) as a back-up of my original back-up plan!!!

Then I noticed that if by November (that we have to rank the ACGME programs), I do not receive any interview from NON_ACGME programs (like MD Anderson) I have to make a decision about ranking or not ranking Palliative Care programs (I have already received few interviews for that).

The point is if I rank the Palliative fellowships but then get possible interview and accepted for non-ACGME Hem/Onc, I cannot go to non-ACGME. Because if you get matched but do not go for that program, you are banned from match system forever (and from applying to 3 year ACGME programs later).

So I think I have two choices:
-forget bout Palliative care interviews and application (I applied so I can possibly try for the 3 yr Hem/Onc in the same hospital later).
-forget about non-ACGME Hem/Onc.
The rational behind one year ACGME Palliative care program was to boost my CV for future 3 year ACGME Hem/Onc fellowship (same reason I am applying for non-ACGME hem/Onc).

Beside taking my anxiety pills, any other suggestion?!
oh, my CV>>> I have 10 publication, and 3 years of research and not very good scores.

The question is: which one is better and takes you to possible future match in 3 year ACGME Hem/Onc fellowship?
-One year ACGME credited Hospice and Palliative care
or
-One year NON-ACGME fellowship in program like Leukemia or Oncology Emergencies or Melanoma, or etc ?
 
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Poor Applicant! said:
Hello Doctors! and all applicants (who are doctors again!):
I have a situation that i need to discuss and I appreciate if anybody can tell me what is best to do:
- I have applied broadly to Hem/Onc this year, and as far as I did not get any interview I decided to apply to NON-ACGME credited program as a back up plan.

Then I did not receive any interview from NON-ACGME program (they usually send out interviews later in the season like November and on), so I got agitated and I applied to Hospice and Palliative Care programs (only in places that they do have Hem/Onc fellowship too!) as a back-up of my original back-up plan!!!

Then I noticed that if by November (that we have to rank the ACGME programs), I do not receive any interview from NON_ACGME programs (like MD Anderson) I have to make a decision about ranking or not ranking Palliative Care programs (I have already received few interviews for that).

The point is if I rank the Palliative fellowships but then get possible interview and accepted for non-ACGME Hem/Onc, I cannot go to non-ACGME. Because if you get matched but do not go for that program, you are banned from match system forever (and from applying to 3 year ACGME programs later).

So I think I have two choices:
-forget bout Palliative care interviews and application (I applied so I can possibly try for the 3 yr Hem/Onc in the same hospital later).
-forget about non-ACGME Hem/Onc.
The rational behind one year ACGME Palliative care program was to boost my CV for future 3 year ACGME Hem/Onc fellowship (same reason I am applying for non-ACGME hem/Onc).

Beside taking my anxiety pills, any other suggestion?!
oh, my CV>>> I have 10 publication, and 3 years of research and not very good scores.

The question is: which one is better and takes you to possible future match in 3 year ACGME Hem/Onc fellowship?
-One year ACGME credited Hospice and Palliative care
or
-One year NON-ACGME fellowship in program like Leukemia or Oncology Emergencies or Melanoma, or etc ?
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Ok I was thinking about this a few weeks back

Problem with NON ACGME fellowship is that they are at big name places , where matching is next to impossible for an IMG or an average AMG . As you will start your fellowship in July and application will be due in 2 weeks , I don't think you will be get a good LOR from your mentor either.

I think doing a chief year( if that is an option) would be better than either
 
Poor Applicant! said:
Hello Doctors! and all applicants (who are doctors again!):
I have a situation that i need to discuss and I appreciate if anybody can tell me what is best to do:
- I have applied broadly to Hem/Onc this year, and as far as I did not get any interview I decided to apply to NON-ACGME credited program as a back up plan.

Then I did not receive any interview from NON-ACGME program (they usually send out interviews later in the season like November and on), so I got agitated and I applied to Hospice and Palliative Care programs (only in places that they do have Hem/Onc fellowship too!) as a back-up of my original back-up plan!!!

Then I noticed that if by November (that we have to rank the ACGME programs), I do not receive any interview from NON_ACGME programs (like MD Anderson) I have to make a decision about ranking or not ranking Palliative Care programs (I have already received few interviews for that).

The point is if I rank the Palliative fellowships but then get possible interview and accepted for non-ACGME Hem/Onc, I cannot go to non-ACGME. Because if you get matched but do not go for that program, you are banned from match system forever (and from applying to 3 year ACGME programs later).

So I think I have two choices:
-forget bout Palliative care interviews and application (I applied so I can possibly try for the 3 yr Hem/Onc in the same hospital later).
-forget about non-ACGME Hem/Onc.
The rational behind one year ACGME Palliative care program was to boost my CV for future 3 year ACGME Hem/Onc fellowship (same reason I am applying for non-ACGME hem/Onc).

Beside taking my anxiety pills, any other suggestion?!
oh, my CV>>> I have 10 publication, and 3 years of research and not very good scores.

The question is: which one is better and takes you to possible future match in 3 year ACGME Hem/Onc fellowship?
-One year ACGME credited Hospice and Palliative care
or
-One year NON-ACGME fellowship in program like Leukemia or Oncology Emergencies or Melanoma, or etc ?
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Yiu still can apply for non ACGME program like leukemia. If it does not work this coming season, will help you for the one after. You have 10 publications and did not get interviews. How do you think leukemia fellowship will help you?
 
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Problem with NON ACGME fellowship is that they are at big name places , where matching is next to impossible for an IMG or an average AMG . As you will start your fellowship in July and application will be due in 2 weeks , I don't think you will be get a good LOR from your mentor either.

I think doing a chief year( if that is an option) would be better than either[/QUOTE]

Thank you for your response.
I am following the steps one another resident from my residency program who matched at NON ACGME program first and then matched for 3 yr ACGME Hem/Onc.
As long as I did not receive any interview, I need to look for a plan to get one later on and I am ok with waiting one year (to get the LOR as you said).

So at this point the question is which one helps me better for future Hem/Onc fellowship;
-one yr ACGME palliative care
or
-one yr NON ACGME in oncology field?
Again I am ok with waiting one year for LORs as long as I know it will help.
 
Poor Applicant! said:
Problem with NON ACGME fellowship is that they are at big name places , where matching is next to impossible for an IMG or an average AMG . As you will start your fellowship in July and application will be due in 2 weeks , I don't think you will be get a good LOR from your mentor either.

I think doing a chief year( if that is an option) would be better than either
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Thank you for your response.
I am following the steps one another resident from my residency program who matched at NON ACGME program first and then matched for 3 yr ACGME Hem/Onc.
As long as I did not receive any interview, I need to look for a plan to get one later on and I am ok with waiting one year (to get the LOR as you said).

So at this point the question is which one helps me better for future Hem/Onc fellowship;
-one yr ACGME palliative care
or
-one yr NON ACGME in oncology field?
Again I am ok with waiting one year for LORs as long as I know it will help.[/QUOTE]


Well if that's the case then doing NON-ACGME fellowship can be more useful than Pal-Care. Just to remind you that if you are on a Visa the J-1 is only for 7 years , which might be a problem if you want to wait a year. If not then you are golden
 
mouk said:
Yiu still can apply for non ACGME program like leukemia. If it does not work this coming season, will help you for the one after. You have 10 publications and did not get interviews. How do you think leukemia fellowship will help you?
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To add to confusion, I also have a master in Public Health and 3 years of research. As you may know there is no certain algorithm about which factor is more important.
My understanding is if you already did one year of fellowship in Oncology field, you have better chances to match for 3 yr ACGME Hem/Onc fellowship, as one of the residents at my community based residency program did it before.
-why I did not receive any interview despite 10 publications? well, you may ask program directors. As I said my scores are not very good. So, it maybe a reason, but I am not good at giving up my dreams, so I have to try and add to my CV and increase my chances.

again the same question : which one helps me better for future Hem/Onc fellowship;
-one yr ACGME palliative care
or
-one yr NON ACGME in oncology field?
 
Well if that's the case then doing NON-ACGME fellowship can be more useful than Pal-Care. Just to remind you that if you are on a Visa the J-1 is only for 7 years , which might be a problem if you want to wait a year. If not then you are golden[/QUOTE]

No I am not on J-1 and I manage to have green card. In this case I have to cancel my Palliative Care interviews (one is at Penn State and I was tempted to go for it!).

Sadly doing a chief year is not an option in my residency program.

Thanks again.
 
Soon people are going to start posting and asking for help with their rank list. Just a little piece of advice if you don't want your post to be ignored by most of us:

1- list the programs in the order you're planning to rank them. Don't post a random list of programs and expect people to rank them for you. This's the easiest way to get your post ignored.
2- Mention your priorities/goals so the list makes sense to strangers looking at it. that can be a geographic location or a specific tumor or lab research or BMT or private practice or undecided...etc
3- It's wise to wait until after you interview to make up your list and not use reputation alone or, even worse, use US news rankings or NCI designation.

Good luck and enjoy your interviews. Just show up on time, smile and don't be a jerk. It's that easy.
 
Question: which two programs would you cancel if you have to?

U of Alabama
U of Arizona
U of Rochester
U of Louisville

Thanks
 

Invites
Allegany **
Augusta U/Medical College Georgia: 7/28*, 8/1*
Baylor (Houston): 8/11*, 8/19***
Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI: 7/26**
BIDMC: 8/1***
Boston University Geri-Onc: 8/02* 9/7 **
Boston University Hem-Onc: 8/8*, 8/8**
Case Western: 8/18***, 8/23**
Cleveland Clinic: 8/10*** 8/10 **
Columbia: 9/5**
Cooper University: 8/18*, 8/18***, **
Cornell: 8/8***
Dana Farber: 8/9***
Drexel: 8/15*, 8/15**, 8/15***, 9/8**, 9/12**
Duke: 8/1***
East Carolina: 7/28***
Einstein Medical Center (Philly): 7/26*, **
Emory 9/5
Fox Chase/Temple: 8/9***, 8/18**
Georgetown: 7/27***
George Washington: 8/1**
Gundersen Lutheran: 8/3***, **
Harbor-UCLA: 8/17***
Henry Ford 8/21**
Indiana University: 8/15**, 8/17***, 8/17**
Jefferson: 7/27***, 9/6*
Johns Hopkins University: 8/24***
Lankenau: 8/9*** 9/5*
Lehigh Valley Health Network: 8/17**
Loma Linda: 7/25***
Loyola: 8/18***
LSU (New Orleans): 7/28*, 8/02*
Marshall University 8/19**, 9/7**
Mayo Arizona: 8/18**
Mayo Jacksonville: 8/28* 9/6***
Mayo Rochester: 08/02 ***
MD Anderson 8/16***
Medical College of Wisconsin: 8/9***
Memorial Sloan Kettering: 8/30***, 8/30***
Methodist (Houston): 8/9**
Michigan: 7/24***
Montefiore: 7/23*, 8/15***, 8/23*
Mount Sinai Icahn: 7/31***, 8/15*, 8/15***,8/15**
MUSC: 8/10*, 8/10***, 8/14** 8/14 **
Newark Beth Israel 8/30*
NIH/NCI: 08/08***, 08/08**
Northwell LIJ: 8/25***
Northwestern 8/24***
NYMC/Westchester Medical: 8/8*, 8/8***, **
NYU: 8/4***
Ochsner: 8/4**, 8/4*
Ohio State University: 8/14***, 8/15*
OHSU: 8/14***
Olive-View-UCLA: 8/3***
Orlando Health: 7/27*, 7/27***
Penn 8/17***, 8/17***
Penn State/ Hershey 8/24*
Roger Williams 8/24* 8/24 **
Rutgers: 7/24***, 7/24**
Stanford: 8/3***
St. Louis University: 8/10***
Scripps: 8/10*
SUNY Downstate: 8/7**, 8/7*, **
SUNY Upstate 8/31*
Texas Tech Univ Hlth Sci Pgm: 7/18* 7/19*
Tufts: 8/9*, 8/9**
Tulane: 8/11**
U of Alabama: 8/10*, 8/10***, 8/28*
U of Arkansas: 9/5**
U of Arizona: 8/11*, 8/11**, 8/11*
UC Davis 8/22***
UC Irvine: 8/15***
UCLA: 8/8***
UCSD: 8/28***
UCSF: 8/25***
UCSF Fresno: 9/6***
UMKC 8/15**
UMMS/Baystate: 8/22**, **
U of Buffalo/Roswell Park: 8/17** 9/5*
U of Chicago 8/21 ***8/21**
U of Illinois Chicago 8/29*
U of Iowa: 8/10***8/10**
U of Kansas: 8/21*, 8/21**
U of Kentucky: 8/7**
U of Massachusetts 8/14 **
U of Miami/Jackson: 8/11*, 8/11**, 8/15*
U of Minnesota: 9/1***
U of Missouri - Columbia 8/30 **, 8/30***
U of Cincinnati: 8/3*, 8/3**, 8/3*
U of Colorado: 7/25*
U of Florida: 7/28*, 7/28***, 7/31***, 8/16**
U of Louisville: 8/21**, **
U of Maryland: 7/20***, 8/2***, 8/2**
U of Nebrasaka: 9/5**
UNC Chapel Hill: 8/1***, 8/4*
U of Oklahoma: 8/18**
U of Rochester: 8/18**, **
U of San Antonio (UTHSCSA): 8/4**
U of Southern California: 8/11*
USF/Moffitt: 7/31*, 7/31***
UTHSC (Memphis): 8/11*** 8/11*
UTMB 9/5*
UT Southwestern: 7/20***
University of Toledo 9/1*
University of Utah: 7/31***
University of Vermont: 8/8**, **
U of Virginia: 8/1***
U of Washington/Fred Hutch: 8/14***
U of Wisconsin: 8/25***
Vanderbilt: 7/27*, 7/27***
VCU: 8/14*, 8/14***
Wake Forest: 8/11***
Washington Hospital Center**9/5
Washington University: 08/02***8/22**
West Virginia 8/21 ***, 8/21 *
WSU/Karmanos** 9/5
Yale: 7/20***, 7/19***


Rejections:
Allegeny: 8/22**
BIDMC: 8/11* 8/15*, 8/15**, 8/15***, 8/15*
Columbia: 9/6*, 9/6*
Cooper university: 8/18**, 8/18***
Cornell 9/6***
Dana Farber: 9/1**
Dartmouth: 8/28***, 8/28*
Duke: 8/28***, 8/28***, 8/28*
East Carolina: 8/18*, 8/18**, 8/18***
Georgetown 9/5*
GWU 9/5*
Henry Ford 8/25*
Hoftsra 8/25*
Johns Hopkins 8/25*, 8/25***
Loyola 8/28*
Mayo Arizona 8/29*, 8/29***, 8/29*, 8/29*
Mayo Rochester: 8/8***, 8/8*
Medical College of Georgia (Augusta): 7/17*, 8/8**
Mount Sinai Icahn: 7/31*, 7/31**, 8/14*
Northwell LIJ: 8/25*
NIH: 8/22*
NYU: 8/8**, 8/8*, 8/8*, 8/14***
OHSU: 8/18*, 8/18**, 8/18***, 8/18*
Penn: 8/17***, 8/17**, 8/17*, 8/17***, 8/17*
Providence 8/29*
Scott and White Tx 8/29* 8/30*
Scripps: 8/16*
Temple 9/11*
Uni of Buffalo/Roswell: 8/16*, 8/16**
UCSD 9/5*, 9/5**
U of Indiana 8/25*, 8/25*
U of Maryland: 8/2** 8/2*, 8/2*
U of Michigan: 8/23*, 8/23**, 8/23***
U of North Carolina: 7/18***, 7/18**, 7/18*, 7/18*
USF/Moffitt: 8/16*, 8/16**, 8/16*, 8/16***, 8/16*
University of Washington: 8/14***, 8/14*
University of Wisconsin: 8/28***, 8/28*
Washington University: 8/21*
UT Southwestern: 8/22*, 8/22**, 8/22***,8/22*
Yale: 8/24* 8/24*

* IMG does not need visa
** IMG needs a visa
*** USMD
 
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What questions would the senior members of this forum recommend we ask our interviewers ? There are some obvious/generic questions to ask (what are the strengths/areas of improvement for the program, research opportunities, etc) and I know that they have informational lectures during the interview day where a lot of the most frequent questions are addressed. However it seems that inevitably one of the most commonly asked questions is, "what questions do you have?"
 
Hemeoncres725 said:
What questions would the senior members of this forum recommend we ask our interviewers ? There are some obvious/generic questions to ask (what are the strengths/areas of improvement for the program, research opportunities, etc) and I know that they have informational lectures during the interview day where a lot of the most frequent questions are addressed. However it seems that inevitably one of the most commonly asked questions is, "what questions do you have?"
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Not senior so take with however many grains of salt you'd prefer. If it hasn't been discussed in the program overview or whatnot, I tend to ask something related to fellows development at the end/shortly thereafter fellowship (various K/T32 considerations, K to R conversion rates, academic jobs fellows tend to take).
 
CatFactorial said:
Not senior so take with however many grains of salt you'd prefer. If it hasn't been discussed in the program overview or whatnot, I tend to ask something related to fellows development at the end/shortly thereafter fellowship (various K/T32 considerations, K to R conversion rates, academic jobs fellows tend to take).
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I would broaden this to ask what fellows do post-graduation in general. You think you want an academic career now. You are most likely wrong, or at the very least, won't have one.

Otherwise, it's the same crap you cared about during residency.
 
Hemeoncres725 said:
What questions would the senior members of this forum recommend we ask our interviewers ? There are some obvious/generic questions to ask (what are the strengths/areas of improvement for the program, research opportunities, etc) and I know that they have informational lectures during the interview day where a lot of the most frequent questions are addressed. However it seems that inevitably one of the most commonly asked questions is, "what questions do you have?"
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just ask about things that actually matter to you. If you're not really that much into hard core academics, don't waste everybody's time asking about K grants and their tissue banking...etc to try to impress them.

For me, if the first few sentences that come out of your mouth contain the words BMT or CART, that's it. you lost me forever.

No seriously, you have limited time during interview to interact with people and try to get a sense of the program culture and if you'd fit well and get along with them.
 
visari said:
Soon people are going to start posting and asking for help with their rank list. Just a little piece of advice if you don't want your post to be ignored by most of us:

1- list the programs in the order you're planning to rank them. Don't post a random list of programs and expect people to rank them for you. This's the easiest way to get your post ignored.
2- Mention your priorities/goals so the list makes sense to strangers looking at it. that can be a geographic location or a specific tumor or lab research or BMT or private practice or undecided...etc
3- It's wise to wait until after you interview to make up your list and not use reputation alone or, even worse, use US news rankings or NCI designation.

Good luck and enjoy your interviews. Just show up on time, smile and don't be a jerk. It's that easy.
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I agree with you that people should rank and make up the lists AFTER the interviews and that US news and NCI designation are not perfect indicators of the quality of the programs or the right fit for every person, but I think these serve as pre interview indirect indicators.

But for most people there are 4 ways of knowing about programs.
1. Interview (The most important), where you get the to see the place and talk to fellows.
2. Indirect information from other people (Which is good but can be subjective). Reading online and researching abouth the program.
3. US news (And imperfect ranking that gives some information on the reputation of the programs to the public eye).
4. NCI designated. Comprehensive vs Cancer center. (Indirect way to see how big the center or the research is).

What others ways do you recommend to classify programs.
 
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