Sounds like a huge red flag.
No, I think we cant read too much into this.
youre fine!!
You're probably right. It's my top choice at the moment though so I'm kinda bummed I don't get to interview with the PD.
It's been complete silence for me for nearly a month. No invites, rejections or waitlists. At this point I would take a rejection or two so at least I'm not left in limbo and know where I stand.
Same thing happened to me yesterday
Nah. I’ve had this come up and if the interviewers ask if I went to the social, I just tell them that I had an unavoidable conflict but that I have already reached out to the PC and they are going to include me in the list of people to send the link for XYZ date to. Nobody’s seemed bothered by that.
Maybe, but I don't think so. At one of the interviews I had in mid-November, the PD straight up said the amount of applications they'd received was nearly double the volume they typically receive, and she was hoping to have a first pass of all of the applications finished by the end of the first week of December. It came up because I specifically thanked her for responding to my LOI, and she said she would have likely gotten around to me anyway since I'm local, but the LOI got my application yanked out of the pile a little earlier.
I agree with you, this is prob late in the game with only 1 or 2 trickle but most interviews already out.
I disagree people still tend to get interviews in December as people drop
Who do you send an LOI to? I have a couple programs I'm disappointed I didn't hear back from.
I typically send mine to the program coordinator and cc the PD if I can find the email. It's gotten me results a couple of times.
Ive sent 15+ LOIs and got like 2 from them so its not a waste but its definitely no guarantee and the yield isnt great but its better than sitting idle
I really want to do this but Im afraid of being too pushy. How long did you wait? Im considering doing this one program I am shocked I havent gotten an interview from. I called spoke with PC and sent an LOI both around the same time like a month ago and havent heard anything. I also know they started sending invites super late (Oct 28th or so) so maybe this is premature for me to send? thoughts?
I would send it , I waited like 3 weeks between the 2.
Its def not I have gotten two within the past week
How did you word a second one? Did you just send the same one?
I kinda acknowledged the fact that I sent one already and said the reason I wanted to reach out again was to really bring across how much of a great fit I think I am for this program, then I list some new things that I think makes me attractive tot he program and then reiterate past qualities that already was mentioned in the first email.
Amazing
Amazing! Maybe Ill hold off on the second LOI for another week or so its been about 4 weeks now
I’m still committed of doing every single one I get, know people will hate me for it but too many programs that I didn’t think of highly come to impress me and jumped ahead in my mental rank list. It’s getting hella repetitive though
I keep trying to imagine doing all of these in person like even 15 preinterview dinners and 15 interviews and a day of traveling just sounds so exhausting!
Yeah I can’t imagine. Got 16 advanced and 9 TY/prelim years which is tiering but ima grind it out
and the cost of inperson interviews also. That is why I hope the zoom interviews will continue as an option going forward. hope to have 15 interviews LOL, especially with the ultra-competitive match that I am shooting for 2 years from now.
I cancelled this one because I got an invite to a program I much prefer and the only open date was the same date as the other one (which had no dates to reschedule). I've turned down one and cancelled 2 more. I received over 25 invites so at this point I feel fairly safe and would rather give the opportunity to others.
You’re doing 25 interviews?! Holy cow
No, that's how many invites I got which is why I started turning down/cancelling them.
Rockstar status! I knew you were going to do amazing.
I just ask endless questions, even if they've been answered elsewhere. And then once you run through all that and whatever BS you usually ask, just admit that they've answered all your questions, and maybe they'll let you go early and get a break before your next one lol
And then you say, "thanks. You did great, and we will be in touch."
This x1000. Everything blends together.
Yeah. Thinking back to the earlier programs its hard to keep things straight. I try to take good notes on the call schedule because I feel that matters, but I am now sort of realizing what is important versus what the AAFP and whatever told me to consider important. Hopefully.
