I’m applying ENT and I actually think the token system has not worked that well. Programs cannot be forced to interview someone even if they give a token and they are inviting top applicants without tokens over average + token. In a year with 530 USMD applicants for 330 spots, every program knows that they will fill, token or not.
Hahah fair enough, I suppose the token system only works if everyone plays by the rules. If the big names are just going to interview the same group of heavily overlapping candidates regardless of how tokens were spent, then there's no solution besides a central interview scheduling service with a cap.
I'm honestly surprised people thought programs would act any differently than what they're doing. The token thing seems like it's only slightly more effective than a LOI - which is not at all.
I think an interview cap could work in some specialties but not others. E.g. for ENT this year, 200 people will not match just due to the excess number of applicants. Capping interviews can even out the interview distribution, but I think it's better to go unmatched with 0-1 interviews vs. 8-9. Someone with 0-1 interviews knows they will need to work on contingency plans pretty early on whereas the latter may not.
No this is incorrect. You do not need to take Step 1 to take step 2 CK. Which is what everyone is referring to. The wording was specific to having to take step 1 to take Step 2 CS.
Yeah, who knows what will happen with CS and comlex PE. Unfortunately, I think there is too much money on the table for them to listen to common sense. So we may all end up having to stop caring for real patients so we can take care of fake patients to prove we are safe to continue taking care of real patients.
Just kind of a wreck. Very below avg MD reapplicant with 8 EM IIs and I vacillate between certainty that I’ll match my #1 and certainty that I won’t match at all and they’re literally both making me cry.
I am so nervous about interviews. You don’t get feedbacks at all...and programs lie. My worst nightmare about this is making the same mistake at all my interviews and end up not matching...
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You're probably fine as long as you aren't that one person making the interview socials 2.5 hours instead of 1.
Yeah. I’m missing basic pimp questions that I would’ve answered in seconds last year. I remember going to the “intern boot camp” didactics at the beginning of last year thinking “how do they not know this?”
I would say there's only about 10-20% of stuff you studied for Step 1/2 that's applicable in real life. The stuff you've hemorrhaged is likely stuff you didn't need to know anyway. For you rising 3s and 4s reading this thread, remember that you too will be our shoes and you should be nice to your interns.
I wish I had access to uworld for step 3... but I'm too cheap to buy it since residency programs say they'll pay for it.
Idk about you, but I’m hopping on that Dr. Ryan 🥰🥰🥰 BnB Step2/3 review course he’s got. I love that man.
If it costs money, I can't pay for it lol
Agree. I am planning to take step 3 in June to avoid Stupid CS...and I am binge watching Netflix...interview season is stressful enough...I am not studying anything 🤣
Best not to risk it? I probably will try to sign up on the early side too (don't you need to show that you've graduated though? Also it looks like they recommend having completed one postgraduate year of training, but I don't know if they hold anyone to that).
You only applied to 15 programs!!! Wow, that's an incredible 80% yield. I wish next year I could save some money and only apply to 15-20, but I'll probably end up applying to 70+. Can't risk it as a DO.
They are already in the process of making a virtual CS. From the lame-ass claim "stakeholder vote", it will come back...exactly when? No one knows but them...I am pretty sure they will try to implement it ASAP...because you know CS is "crucial" to ensure safe patient care. Dr prior to CS are all "incompetent". 10 SP grading is more crucial than anything else even tho no one practices it in real life..
As long as you get the "graduated" from your school. You don't have to wait to register. It is better if you have some intern training obviously, but don't have to...Most of the ****s I learned for step 1-2 I did not learn from school and clinical anyway.
You're good. They know that you've been through a full day of info and question asking. The PD session is mostly for getting to ask the real admin questions and putting a face to the program leadership. Most of the PDs at the end of the day have started off saying they know I'm probably questioned out by now.
No big deal. You did fine.
I already went through my entire list of questions, and the others I didn't ask were all covered by the extensive 1 hour pre-interview presentation. I was in a real brain freeze lol
Nah you’re good, congrats on doing well with the rest of them! With them being the last interviewer it’s not uncommon to run out of questions.
I mean, I think most of us have tried this - it's on a list of questions to ask residency programs if you google - and it doesn't always work. LOL. as someone who is a chatty extrovert it kills me and sometimes i try to distract them by talking about something else lol but a lot of times when it doesnt work i just think to myself throw in the white towel lol
Same. It has a lot to do w how much the interviewers have in common with you. I found some interviews we talked about random things that had nothing to do w the specialty or program. Some interviewers I just don’t know what else to say. It also depends on how detail their website and introduction session are. However, I fount any thing interview with an interviewer long than 20 mins is getting a bit too long.
I think you're underestimating us
. You might just be lucky and have a different personality type of interviewer lolI think someone asked this on a spreadsheet and it was said only update them if it's accepted/published. Have you sent an LOI to this program? Have a mentor reach out!
If there is a pre-interview presentation, I always ask to expand upon a broad topic such as research support, mentorship, procedural exposure, etc. after giving my own little intro. So it goes something like: "In the pre-interview presentation, you went over mentorship available to residents. I think mentorship is extremely important for [insert reasons here]. Would you expand upon [insert aspect of mentorship]?"
Heavens no. I get offered first author on projects all the time..... it’s how faculty enslave you and get their publication-dependent promotions. I’m just sad that you think it’s a privilege
Dang, you must be so awesome.
I'm with the majority - no, not worth an update if there's nothing they can look at yet. Now if you think you can collect enough data/ get your PI to sign off on a preprint being posted to BioarXiv, then yes you could send an update and include the link, but that also may not be feasible in terms of timing.
