MD & DO Co’22 ERAS Panic Thread

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If I have a letter (4th letter) being uploaded tomorrow will it potentially be missed (and not "downloaded") by reviewers. I am confused about how this works. Any explanation would be appreciated!
 
MedScat said:
My 2 anesthesia friends and 1 radiology friend got same day interviews
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Scared The Muppets GIF
 
Steve_Zissou said:
Yo, why you gotta make me stress like that?

Although if that’s legit, that’d be dope.
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Do apps go out tomorrow?

Don't stress bro, you'll kill it. Interview season is a very weird mix of stress but also a lot of fun
 
DOVinciRobot said:
Do apps go out tomorrow?

Don't stress bro, you'll kill it. Interview season is a very weird mix of stress but also a lot of fun
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They do go out tomorrow. Also, I’m applying DR, so if they do go out by Friday I’ll be very happy.

I was practicing today and just realizing how much room there is to fumble through questions.
 
fldoctorgirl said:
I like what Ortho is doing with having all interview invites go out on the same day and giving applicants 48 hours to respond. This mess of having to pull off on the side of the road to make sure you lock in a spot is crazy.
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****, I'll just crash and work the story into my "tell me about a time you overcame hardship" interview response.
 
Steve_Zissou said:
They do go out tomorrow. Also, I’m applying DR, so if they do go out by Friday I’ll be very happy.

I was practicing today and just realizing how much room there is to fumble through questions.
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Haha I know, I was kidding. I have no idea when DR invites are going out. But you'll be just fine.

It's honestly not that bad. Residency interviews are not as antagonistic as medical school interviews are. Remember that you are interviewing them almost as much as they are you.
 
DOVinciRobot said:
Haha I know, I was kidding. I have no idea when DR invites are going out. But you'll be just fine.

It's honestly not that bad. Residency interviews are not as antagonistic as medical school interviews are. Remember that you are interviewing them almost as much as they are you.
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I’ll just picture them naked so I don’t get nervous.
 
fldoctorgirl said:
I like what Ortho is doing with having all interview invites go out on the same day and giving applicants 48 hours to respond. This mess of having to pull off on the side of the road to make sure you lock in a spot is crazy.
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so how does this work can you pick from a variety of interview dates? and does it matter if you pick a date later in the cycle? realistically it would make sense that it doesnt matter when u interview between now and jan since rank is in feb or maybe im wrong
 
fldoctorgirl said:
I like what Ortho is doing with having all interview invites go out on the same day and giving applicants 48 hours to respond. This mess of having to pull off on the side of the road to make sure you lock in a spot is crazy.
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ACOG recommended this method for OBGYN programs too. Anyone know if OB plans on following suit?
 
Deecee2DO said:
so how does this work can you pick from a variety of interview dates? and does it matter if you pick a date later in the cycle? realistically it would make sense that it doesnt matter when u interview between now and jan since rank is in feb or maybe im wrong
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Nah it doesn’t matter. I didn’t interview at the program I’m at until January
 
Happy ERAS Eve!!! 🎉

Steve_Zissou said:
What specialties were they?
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Internal Medicine started day 1.
DOVinciRobot said:
Nah it doesn’t matter. I didn’t interview at the program I’m at until January
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I also interviewed at my current program in January after getting a “maybe” message in November and interview invite in late December.
 
In preparation for tomorrow, please please please have some way that you get alerts from your email address you gave ERAS. I really advocate having them forwarded as a text to your phone number as that is faster then just the generic email app even with refresh settings the highest they can be. I also set up a forward to my husband’s phone as a back up.
 
So if I get an interview and I’m unable to reply to it before it fills up, will I get another invite?
 
Deecee2DO said:
so how does this work can you pick from a variety of interview dates? and does it matter if you pick a date later in the cycle? realistically it would make sense that it doesnt matter when u interview between now and jan since rank is in feb or maybe im wrong
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I'm not sure about the logistics to be honest. I would assume it doesn't matter. The date is also fairly late (November 18th I think) so the interview season itself will probably be fairly short.
 
iforget2 said:
So if I get an interview and I’m unable to reply to it before it fills up, will I get another invite?
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Programs also have waitlists for interview dates.
 
Yesterday morning my letter writer emailed me that she would get my letter out before the night ended. She said don’t worry, I got you, yet Still no letter. Don’t think I can email her again after messaging her a day ago. Stuff like this annoys me. Luckily I have 3 letters already.
 
ciestar said:
Programs also have waitlists for interview dates.
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Does this mean responses are super time sensitive and u could end up on the waitlist if you dont respond immediately (like within minutes?). I really hope thats not the case lol and if you are on the waitlist are you not guaranteed to get off?
 
Deecee2DO said:
Does this mean responses are super time sensitive and u could end up on the waitlist if you dont respond immediately (like within minutes?). I really hope thats not the case lol and if you are on the waitlist are you not guaranteed to get off?
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This is unfortunately the case.
 
Deecee2DO said:
Does this mean responses are super time sensitive and u could end up on the waitlist if you dont respond immediately (like within minutes?). I really hope thats not the case lol and if you are on the waitlist are you not guaranteed to get off?
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And here you thought the stress was all done haha. This blows
 
Chelsea FC said:
And here you thought the stress was all done haha. This blows
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I mean the fact that this is the case is kind of unacceptable lol but it is what it is. Your opportunity at a program shouldnt be based on how fast you respond to an email smh lmao. Im taking Level 2 today so if I get invites today im **** out of luck
 
Deecee2DO said:
I mean the fact that this is the case is kind of unacceptable lol but it is what it is. Your opportunity at a program shouldnt be based on how fast you respond to an email smh lmao. Im taking Level 2 today so if I get invites today im **** out of luck
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Anyone else able to monitor your emails and respond?
 
Talking to my friends from last year, it seems like the same day interview stuff was mostly because of the major delay in apps because of the pandemic. I feel like there might not be quite as much of a rush this year since the timeline was mapped out further in advance and programs had time to plan. Trying to figure out a way not to sit in front of my computer and keep refreshing my email.......can't wait for this to be over lol
 
I set up text message forwarding of my emails to both myself and my SO. This system is ridiculous but I advise you all to do something similar, especially if you're still on rotations like I am and can't just stop what you're doing to schedule an interview. The fact that you can lose an interview for not responding in <5 minutes is so silly.
 
Do we get communication from programs that they received our app and that we are complete?
 
FutureDoctor5000 said:
Do we get communication from programs that they received our app and that we are complete?
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I dont think so...I think you can just keep track through the "programs applied to tabs" and just make sure everything you were supposed to submit is green
 
MedScat said:
I dont think so...I think you can just keep track through the "programs applied to tabs" and just make sure everything you were supposed to submit is green
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Yea that makes sense but some programs I applied to didn’t seem to specify the number of LOR’s they needed, like if 3 are fine or if they need 4. I assume 3 is minimum required everywhere that doesn’t specify?
 
FutureDoctor5000 said:
Yea that makes sense but some programs I applied to didn’t seem to specify the number of LOR’s they needed, like if 3 are fine or if they need 4. I assume 3 is minimum required everywhere that doesn’t specify?
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I personally feel this is a safe assumption but, if I had 4 anyways, I would just sent the fourth one to all the programs since you have it unless you thought for some reason it wasn't as strong. That's just my opinion though, not sure what the right move is
 
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