California programs

[cajunmoon]

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Hi Guys,

Pre-match week & tension is getting the better of me. During the interview at UCSF, some residents said that Dr Miller gets in touch with candidates who are likely to be ranked.
Is that true? Did anyone who interviewed at UCSF hear from them? Does anyone know the average scores of candidates accepted by UCSF in previous years?
Also, did anyone hear from UCLA or UC Irvine?

 

[cajunmoon]

Did you get any kind of follow up letter or communication from these programs?

 

[gassy]

A resident called me the day of the match from UCLA, seemed more personal than professional though

 

[CaliGirlDO]

For those of you who are planning to apply to anesthesia next year and are interested in the west coast programs for more than just the weather/location....here is my take on the CA programs as it applies to DO's (since I have found it very difficult to find objective data about this):

They are basically split into your big name programs and the strong programs. Namely, UCSF, Stanford, and UCLA are "big name" and tend to only interview extremely competitive candidates with the whole package. They are also pretty DO unfriendly, meaning you can try to apply, but they will rank you lower just for being a DO regardless of your scores. I don't know any DO's who got an interview at UCSD. UC Irvine sometimes interviews DO's, I don't know many that have been accepted, unless you are a very strong candidate. Harbor-UCLA is also know to be pretty DO-unfriendly.

In California, the programs that are DO friendly are UC Davis and USC. Both programs were very accepting of me during my rotation and have a history of taking many DO's into their programs. Martin Luther King will consider DO's too, but it appears to be a very weak program with a lot of internal problems. I'd never go there with its reputation.

Good luck to all of you. Hope to hear about what other people think about their experiences in other parts of the country as far as any applicant discrimination, DO friendly vs unfriendly in other locations. I found it really hard to decide where to apply because there wasn't a lot of objective information about what programs attitudes REALLY are towards DO's in anesthesia. I basically just relied on word of mouth from people who had gone thru this before me.

 

[FZISHN]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me more about UC Davis's anesthesiology program?

Thanks!

 

[FZISHN]

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