Any love from California program
Started by hello23
hello23 said:
Loma Linda (invite) and Highland (rejection) today. When did you hear from Harbor? Good luck.
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They issued a collective statement on CNN saying that they're not matching any current CA med students or non-CA students in order to make room for all the CA-exiles that really really miss home...
... huh... what's with this zyprexa rx sitting on my desk?... 😀
... huh... what's with this zyprexa rx sitting on my desk?... 😀
LAC-USC today via snail mail.
hello23 said:
No kidding. Seemed a bit odd to me. I assume they've got access to e-mail?
for those going to Loma Linda for an interview...say hi to that Venom ER hippie-looking guy.
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Hi all-
My Cali invites:
Irvine (10/20)
Davis (11/1, the day the dean's letter was released)
Stanford (11/4)
My Cali invites:
Irvine (10/20)
Davis (11/1, the day the dean's letter was released)
Stanford (11/4)
hello23 said:
UC Irvine Shaq'd me today. They sent an email with all the email addresses attached so at least I know there a lot of other people who got denied with me. Funny stuff.
dlung said:
I know. Hilarious. I bet they send another email in a few minutes. Thanks for coming out.
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UCSD today by e-mail.
Anyone who got an interview at Harbor mind telling what days they offer interviews? I am still holding out hoping for them before finalizing the trek out West...Thanks.
TylerDurden said:
Still waiting on harbor and stanford myself... Hopefully we'll hear soon (one way or the other)
EMApplicant said:
Same here EM. Hopefully we'll cross paths on the interview trail.
Harbor today. Problem is that my UCI-->Stanford-->OHSU trip is kind of tightly scheduled... oops.
We'll have to see how it all shakes out. Sometimes this seems like a SAT question:
Student X needs to be at two places at once. If she leaves the East Coast at 9:23am....
🙂
We'll have to see how it all shakes out. Sometimes this seems like a SAT question:
Student X needs to be at two places at once. If she leaves the East Coast at 9:23am....
🙂
WakeMedHeel said:
Definitely. Seems like we're going to be hitting a lot of the same places.
Just got stanford! 🙂
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UCSF-Fresno
UCSD
Loma Linda
Stanford
LAC-USC
UCSD
Loma Linda
Stanford
LAC-USC
Haven't heard from any of the west coast programs I applied to...
UCLA Olive View
Stanford
Cal Irvine -
Colorado
Would like to, but I probably can't make it out that way anyway.
UCLA Olive View
Stanford
Cal Irvine -
Colorado
Would like to, but I probably can't make it out that way anyway.
EMApplicant said:
Invite today from UC-Irvine.
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UCSF-Fresno
UCSD
Loma Linda
Stanford
LAC-USC
UC-Irvine
UC-Davis (today)
UCSD
Loma Linda
Stanford
LAC-USC
UC-Irvine
UC-Davis (today)
EMApplicant said:
Just added Harbor! 🙂
Got an email from Kern the other day (in reply to my email to them of course) that my app is "in a holding pattern" and that the coordinator couldn't give me a firm invite or rejection. I have to check back next week. Guess that = on the waiting list for the waiting list for rejection.
Stanford
UCLA-Olive View
UCSD
Can anyone give me any advice on these programs? How do they compare? What are their reputations? I will definitely interview at stanford since it is a 3 year program, but I was considering cancelling either UCSD or Olive View b/c I've got a full interview season already booked out east.
UCLA-Olive View
UCSD
Can anyone give me any advice on these programs? How do they compare? What are their reputations? I will definitely interview at stanford since it is a 3 year program, but I was considering cancelling either UCSD or Olive View b/c I've got a full interview season already booked out east.
waterski232002 said:
Ah, makes me sad... 🙁 And ANGRY 😡 And sad... 🙁
😀
I just have impressions from people I've met + med students I knew when I was at UCSD.
1) UCSD -- small program. academic. They publish their own EM journal. The Scripps intern year is excellent. Great for EMS and Tox exposure. The hospital is located in an at-risk area (although still San Diego), so it probably has a higher percentage of indigent care than the other two. Blunt > penetrating. Cheapest cost of living of the three (although Palo Alto isn't too bad for the Bay Area, and the area around UCLA is decently affordable). Not the most happening place in the world, but it's SAN DIEGO. 👍
2) UCLA-OliveView -- quatenary-care center in a nice area of LA. academic. Blunt > penetrating. Cushiest of these three. UCLA sports. Most airborne particulate matter of the three. Funnest area of the three. Definitely the hottest undergrads of these three. 😉
3) Stanford -- academic. quatenary-care hospital in RICH West Palo Alto. East Palo Alto isn't what it used to be, so blunt > penetrating. Palo Alto is probably closest to resembling Ann Arbor although it's no college-town. It's a GREAT location -- 1/2-1 hour from the beach, 1/2 hour from the city (SF)... You can say hi to my old EMS co if it's still in business... or drive south a 1/2 hour and visit my parents... 🙁
Local lingo hint: When you're in SoCal, refer to the freeways as "THE 101" or "THE 10." When you're in NorCal, omit the "the" and just say "880" or "101." Also, NO ONE SAYS "CALI." After that, you should fit in fine. 😀
Food: There's a GREAT fish taco place right by the Ocean Beach pier if you have the chance to go exploring in San Diego.
All the Cali programs told me to take my application, turn that sumbitch sideways, and stick it up my candy ass.
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