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Hello. Current Osteopathic MS3. I am currently freaking out about auditions. I want to do ACGME EM, and I was wondering if there were ever situations where people just could not get accepted to auditions?

I have applied to places on vsas and have already been denied by two places due to them already being full. I applied the second they were available.

Any tips or suggestions on places where I could secure an audition or how to increase my chances of getting some. I have no geographic preference and my USMLE scores are above the cutoff for all the programs to be accepted to rotate.
 
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I have several places that I applied to sitting in "Pending Host Institution Review" status and one in "Under Host Institution Review" status. Did you get a "Rejected" or how did you find out that you were denied the rotation?
 
I have emailed a few places, no responses. Any suggestions on places to try that do not use vsas? I have found the vast majority use it. Also, I am not applying at particularly competitive places.

I knew I was denied bc I received emails that they were full from the coordinator.
 
how flexible were your dates? If youre asking for rotations in just 1 or 2 months, then its very difficult to accommodate vs. 3 or 4 available months.
 
onagoodday said:
Hello. Current Osteopathic MS3. I am currently freaking out about auditions. I want to do ACGME EM, and I was wondering if there were ever situations where people just could not get accepted to auditions?

I have applied to places on vsas and have already been denied by two places due to them already being full. I applied the second they were available.

Any tips or suggestions on places where I could secure an audition or how to increase my chances of getting some. I have no geographic preference and my USMLE scores are above the cutoff for all the programs to be accepted to rotate.
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Which places were already full?
 
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Look at less competitive places. Not everyone can rotate at big-name programs during prime audition months. I think LSU Baton Rouge and the University of Mississippi accepted me to rotate there within 24 hours of my application, even for prime months.
 
Darth Doc said:
I was declined for that block due to them being full.
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Hmm I applied via their paper application at the end of feb (before I knew they'd be using vsas) -and haven't heard anything. They emailed me on Thursday and said they sent all apps to the emergency med dept April 1st and that they'd be making decisions soon.
 
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Anyone hear anything from Cook County? There's a bunch of programs that are still not open on VSAS yet (i.e. Yale)
 
MelMcT2009 said:
Hmm I applied via their paper application at the end of feb (before I knew they'd be using vsas) -and haven't heard anything. They emailed me on Thursday and said they sent all apps to the emergency med dept April 1st and that they'd be making decisions soon.
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I didn't get mine in until late March or early April, so I may have been too far down the list to consider.
 
onagoodday said:
Cook County is full july-october at least, they have yet to send out waitlist requests yet
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Shoot. I am hoping Mount Sinai will take me at this point as I had applied really early for these programs (like within 10 mins of them opening). Just got denied from UChicago. This is getting scary...
 
HopefulEMed said:
Shoot. I am hoping Mount Sinai will take me at this point as I had applied really early for these programs (like within 10 mins of them opening). Just got denied from UChicago. This is getting scary...
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Apparenty often programs fill with their own students before they even open on VSAS. Wish they'd tell us that before we throw 15 bucks at VSAS.
 
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I applied to about 10 different ACGME programs as a DO and only heard back from a few. The ones I set up in the fall I didn't hear back until June/July. Just my experience


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