I have this irrational fear that the programs that have already offered me interviews will want to rescind after seeing my MSPE
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MD co ‘20 Residency Panic Thread
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what information do they really get from the MSPE that isn't somewhere on the rest of the application?
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rank
And preceptor comments, hopefully my saving grace for rank.
ah okay my school doesn't really do rank beyond a broad quartile system.
The flurry of invite activity documented on the spreadsheet right before MSPE release is not helping my nerves.
This made me check last year's list and about half of my 88 programs don't show IV offers before 10/1, so that helped increase the frequency of my GABA channel opening a bit
My school's MSPE shows quartile rank as well as how well I performed grade-wise compared to my class for each clerkship ie. it shows my grade for a given clerkship and then what percentage of the class got honors, high pass, and pass for that clerkship. Doesn't look too good when you have a bunch of high passes and 80% of the class got honors in those clerkships instead :'(
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Right. A few programs close by passed me over. Im getting paranoid now. My invites are mostly hours away.
Anticipating to hear good news from you all soon! [emoji4] I still have 5 I really want to hear from, hopefully they'll come after MSPE
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Nope. Not allowed.
When MSPEs are out and you don’t wake up to 10 interviews <<<
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Nope. Not allowed.
Id really rather not spend 2-3 hours away from my husband. Has me worried.
DIDNT GET ANY INTERVIEWS TODAY 10/10 WILL HAVE TO SOAP IM GOING DOWNNNNN
MRW MSPE is in and I get no more interviews.
No interview flood yet. Okay maybe it takes a day to read the MSPEs. This is what I will tell myself.
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Applying peds. Looking at DO charting outcomes from 2018, ten interviews has applicants approaching 100% chance of getting a residency spot. Would it be stupid to stop at 10-12 or so interviews even if you get more at less interesting programs you're not hyped about?
Got one from a NY program which I wasn't expecting, but definitely quieter than expected, esp. from uni programs. Maybe tomorrow after they have a bit to review? Seems like I've been getting most of mine on Wednesdays, but maybe that's just me...
SAME!!
If I get to 12 I don't plan on going over that number. I don't think it is unreasonable at all.
I know right? Whateves I guess.
THAT IS INSANE AND PROGRAMS ARE RIDICULOUS
Same. I guess what needed to happen was for me to go into this process and this day with no expectations and then be pleasantly surprised. But then, when have I ever been successful at doing that??
Do you guys think that programs that sent out invites today looked at the MSPE? Worried cuz I didn’t get any today and that it may be because of my MSPE...
We just got MSPE's. How fast could you imagine that we read them? Programs that are waiting for MSPE's will need to review them.
Haha that makes sense. I’ve just heard that some programs use the MSPE to look at quartile/ranking before sending out interviews and don’t actually read the whole thing
@aProgDirector interested in your insight about what info you’re most interested in from the MSPE...do you actually read the comments? How do you approach it?
That’s insane! What specialty are you applying to? Is it typical? It can’t be more than just a couple of mins from when you got the message to when you got to the phone to respond!
When your top choice sends out a huge wave and you hear nothing....
Last year, I got the majority of my interviews within the first 2 weeks after MSPEs were out - but only 1 on 10/1 and 1 on 10/2. Don’t worry, they’re coming in due time.
In other words: PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANIIIIIIIIIIIIIC. Honestly though, this is giving me IBS, unless its maybe all the mexican food I just ate.
It also doesnt help that this is my most cush rotation ever and I'm just sitting on the message boards all day.
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Also on a cush rotation, but without Mexican food >.>
Imma get some Mexican food.
thank you for this! 🙂
So back on Monday I got an interview invite at 10 PM lol. I was doing a 28 hour overnight shift on my sub-I and just so happened to be chilling in the workroom on my computer in between admissions and was able to schedule it fairly quickly. But pretty scary to think someone who had already gone to bed could not see it until the next morning and miss out
On a cush rotation and just got some chipotle
Hi everyone! I found a way to have ERAS emails get forwarded to your phone as a text message alert. Here are the reddit thread and CNET auto-forward articles that I got my info from:
https://www.cnet.com/…/auto-forward-important-email-to-you…/
https://www.reddit.com/…/residency_how_to_get_special_inte…/
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I created a new account and made the only alert that makes sounds is gmail.
You can also forward all emails containing specific words (I used “interview”) to your phone as a text message, which is what I did during my cycle. I then had texts on vibrate and could check accordingly.
What did I want today? The flood of post-October 1 interviews everyone keeps talking about. What did I get today? A split nail from all the scrubbing I've been doing, a previously stable patient nosediving, a very sad ICU case, and to top it all off - car trouble!
