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Take a look at the IM spreadsheet interviews offered tab. Good way to see if your app might have been passed on in the first or second wave of invites or if the program simply hasn’t extended any invites this season. Also good way to freak yourself out by comparing yourself to others. Enter at your own risk:
261/270/AOA. I've got a couple pubs and some posters but nothing impressive research wise other than just being involved in different projects for quite a few years. ECs are average, couple leadership spots nothing amazing like class president or national thing. Low tier school in the midwest.
Gotta score high to make it out the low tiers without some extensive research so I grinded those hard haha.
I’d treat it like a normal year and say mandatory unless you got a real good reason
You have to send an app in even if it's a formality.
Man i hope not. But anything is possible.
I'm expecting very little this weekend. Probably more quiet than the first weekend.
That is new. And I definitely saw programs complaining on Twitter to ERAS. Originally it was set to reopen 6am Monday, then a couple days ago they said “targeting midday Sunday”, and now “8am or earlier Sunday” is brand new message today.
Are we sure it'll be released Monday? I think the website says November 2-3. I'm waiting for mine as well and hoping my level 2 somehow gets me out of this dry spell.
No, not sure. Just trying to will it into existence lol.
UTHSC Memphis, for example, specifically says you must apply to it as it's technically not a categorical program.
I wouldn’t even consider it if you’re not applying EM. If you are, than maybe??? But hopefully someone else responds in that case.
You might want to ask GamerEMdoc in the EM APD ask me anything thread about that to see what he thinks. It might be better to just sprinkle your grade into the conversation during the interviews rather than send an email just to say you honored the clerkship.
EM applicant here my vote is definitely not.
Crap...I misread what he posted as honored the rotation. If it's just an honored shelf then absolutely don't email the program. If you get an invite, they already think you have the intellectual chops to handle residency. At this point they want to get to know you and figure out if they'll get along with you for 3-4 years. Emailing them to brag about acing a shelf exam will make him look like a gunner. Nobody likes gunners.
Nada since Tuesday😕
Honestly I wouldn’t. Not applying EM but it seems like small potatoes in the scheme of things.
Me too. I honestly bet as soon as ERAS reopens it’ll start up again. Probably a lot easier to send messages through ERAS and even just to get everyone’s email I’m sure there’s a shortcut for programs to use thalamus, etc right from ERAS
If it's a categorical program, you don't. If it's an advanced training program, you have to, unless they explicitly state you don't have to, which I haven't come across..
I don't know how NRMP would know you've interviewed at the Preliminary program if you haven't applied and are not able to rank the program. Double check with the advanced DR program but err on the side of caution.
