Any love from California program

[hello23]

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I am from California. I have only heard from UCLA and Harbor but got rejected from Highland today... Anyone else hear anything from California program?

 

[EMApplicant]

I am from California. I have only heard from UCLA and Harbor but got rejected from Highland today... Anyone else hear anything from California program?

Loma Linda (invite) and Highland (rejection) today. When did you hear from Harbor? Good luck.

 

[hello23]

10/27 for Harbor

 

[dlung]

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?... 😀

 

[paisley05]

invites at Loma Linda and Fresno. Rejected from Highland.

 

[EMApplicant]

LAC-USC today via snail mail.

 

[hello23]

UCSF today thru email. So USC does it by mail? wow...

 

[EMApplicant]

UCSF today thru email. So USC does it by mail? wow...

No kidding. Seemed a bit odd to me. I assume they've got access to e-mail?

 

[lattimer13]

for those going to Loma Linda for an interview...say hi to that Venom ER hippie-looking guy.

 

[Cric4U]

Hey all.
Fresno via email- Monday
Highland and Loma Linda via email- Thursday.
Anyone hear from Davis...if so when did your Dean's letter go out?

 

[jonahhelix]

Hi all-

My Cali invites:

Irvine (10/20)
Davis (11/1, the day the dean's letter was released)
Stanford (11/4)

 

[hello23]

It seems like CA programs are starting now. So far I only have UCSF, UCLA , and Harbor...

 

[hello23]

UC Irvine, today.

 

[WakeMedHeel]

UC Irvine, today.

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]

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.

did you check your email again? Looks like they're just practicing how to reject us... 😀

 

[WakeMedHeel]

did you check your email again? Looks like they're just practicing how to reject us... 😀

I know. Hilarious. I bet they send another email in a few minutes. Thanks for coming out.

 

[srk2fd]

yeah, what was up with that rejection from UCI? that's pretty unprofessional of them

 

[dlung]

Doh! Just got punted by my alma mater UC San Diego. 🙁

 

[Cric4U]

Irvine today via email. If people are starting to schedule their interviews I would be interested in the dates so we can watch out for one another on the interview trail.

Loma Linda 12/14
Highland 12/15
Fresno 12/16

 

[hello23]

I just rejected UCSD after they rejected me! 😡

 

[EMApplicant]

UCSD today by e-mail.

 

[Cric4U]

Davis today via email.

 

[TylerDurden]

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.

 

[hello23]

Thurs and Fri

 

[EMApplicant]

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.

Still waiting on harbor and stanford myself... Hopefully we'll hear soon (one way or the other)

 

[WakeMedHeel]

Still waiting on harbor and stanford myself... Hopefully we'll hear soon (one way or the other)

Same here EM. Hopefully we'll cross paths on the interview trail.

 

[jonahhelix]

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....

🙂

 

[EMApplicant]

Same here EM. Hopefully we'll cross paths on the interview trail.

Definitely. Seems like we're going to be hitting a lot of the same places.

Just got stanford! 🙂

 

[dlung]

punted by UCLA-Olive View today... I'm batting 1.000 in CA rejections -- that's 2/2 including UCSD.

 

[hello23]

got love from Kern and USC...but also got the boot from Loma Linda....

 

[EMApplicant]

UCSF-Fresno
UCSD
Loma Linda
Stanford
LAC-USC

 

[WakeMedHeel]

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.

 

[hello23]

I am also waiting for Stanford and UC Davis too.. I am afraid rejection emails are coming....

 

[ekydrd]

I am still waiting to hear from UC Davis, Fresno, and Kern. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I haven't had much luck from schools that aren't in the midwest. Location, location, location.

 

[hello23]

Does anyone know if Stanford sent out rejection already...

 

[las olas]

Does anyone know if Stanford sent out rejection already...

I got an email last week saying that I was on the alternate candidate list. They said I will probably get an interview once some folks decline theirs. Not a complete rejection, but maybe that helps.

 

[dlung]

I got an email last week saying that I was on the alternate candidate list. They said I will probably get an interview once some folks decline theirs. Not a complete rejection, but maybe that helps.

hmmm... I've gotten neither a rejection or a wait list. I must be on the wait list for the wait list.

 

[Kazu]

i was rejected from Stanford, UCSF, and some others. Actually all the CA places that I applied to rejected me. I heard its really hard to match in CA if you aren't from there, or at least that's what i tell myself.

 

[EMApplicant]

UCSF-Fresno
UCSD
Loma Linda
Stanford
LAC-USC

Invite today from UC-Irvine.

 

[dlung]

i was rejected from Stanford, UCSF, and some others. Actually all the CA places that I applied to rejected me. I heard its really hard to match in CA if you aren't from there, or at least that's what i tell myself.

I heard it's really hard to match in CA even if you are from there... that's what I tell myself. 😀

 

[EMApplicant]

UCSF-Fresno
UCSD
Loma Linda
Stanford
LAC-USC
UC-Irvine
UC-Davis (today)

 

[EMApplicant]

UCSF-Fresno
UCSD
Loma Linda
Stanford
LAC-USC
UC-Irvine
UC-Davis

Just added Harbor! 🙂

 

[ekydrd]

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.

 

[waterski232002]

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.

 

[dlung]

Stanford
UCLA-Olive View
UCSD

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.

 

[hello23]

UCSF/Fresno
Kern
UCLA/Olive View
USC
UCI
Harbor

Waitlisted:
Stanford

Rejected:
Highland
Loma Linda (still don't know why)

Have not heard from Davis.

Has anyone not heard from Davis yet?

 

[las olas]

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.

I know that this was probably very dumb of me, but I dropped Kern yesterday. Hopefully they give you the spot. Good Luck 🙂

 

[ekydrd]

I know that this was probably very dumb of me, but I dropped Kern yesterday. Hopefully they give you the spot. Good Luck 🙂

Thanks!!! Hope it helps me.... not holding my breath tho.... will only turn blue if I do. 😀

Good luck to you too.

 

[WakeMedHeel]

All the Cali programs told me to take my application, turn that sumbitch sideways, and stick it up my candy ass.

 

[ekydrd]

Kern - still in holding pattern 😴
UCDavis - rejection 🙁
Fresno - invite