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12 invites, 4 waitlists, 14 rejections, 26 no response.
8 days >7 days > 5 days > ...hopefully you get the point.Alright folks, need some opinions on this pickle I am in: I have an interview scheduled 8 days from today that I cannot attend due to $$$ limitations (flight + hotel at reasonable distance > $600). How bad will it look if I cancel this late? I declined previous invites 2-4 weeks in advance of the scheduled dates, so I do not know what the consequences of cancelling this late will be.
Alright folks, need some opinions on this pickle I am in: I have an interview scheduled 8 days from today that I cannot attend due to $$$ limitations (flight + hotel at reasonable distance > $600). How bad will it look if I cancel this late? I declined previous invites 2-4 weeks in advance of the scheduled dates, so I do not know what the consequences of cancelling this late will be.
I think that 1 week is generally the limit for what is considered acceptable in terms of canceling. Many programs on interview broker allow you to cancel up until 7 days before. It's obviously not preferred, but I don't think there will be any consequences such as them contacting your home program to complain about you, etc. Just do it ASAP! They should be able to find someone to fill the spot, either someone local or someone with fewer options.
Agreed. 2 weeks is ideal but 1 week is still acceptable.
Plenty of people out there with <10 interviews who either live locally or would be willing to cough up the money for one extra interview.
Alright folks, need some opinions on this pickle I am in: I have an interview scheduled 8 days from today that I cannot attend due to $$$ limitations (flight + hotel at reasonable distance > $600). How bad will it look if I cancel this late? I declined previous invites 2-4 weeks in advance of the scheduled dates, so I do not know what the consequences of cancelling this late will be.
The kid is going on 24 interviews, just a hunch but not going to one interview isn't going to hurt him all that much lolWhen you look back on this, $600 is a drop in the bucket. If you're at all interested, go on the interview.
The kid is going on 24 interviews, just a hunch but not going to one interview isn't going to hurt him all that much lol
But the chance of matching would be the same. And that's what counts.sitting on 9 invites on 13 apps
turned down two of them
I'm only a moderately competitive guy, so I'm still confused why all you guys apply to dozens of programs. The competitiveness of EM this year is artificially created. Y'all apply for 50 programs and now everyone is trying to get an interview at every program and wondering why they aren't getting all the interviews they want. If every US MD was capped at 20 apps or so getting interviews would be easy.
Just kinda curious where people are in the spectrum of interviews lol?? I figured it could be fun and since its been kinda quiet recently why the heck not! At 9 categorical EM and 3 EM/IM interviews to date, still waiting to hear from 20 plus programs.
I feel like I'm at the top for most programs I haven't heard anything from (33/50). You guys think that spending my whole life in one city (Born, raised, college, med school), is a soft flag for programs far away? BTW I'm in a state with one EM program.
Curious as well...stuck between:What's the consensus....thank you email to just the PD after an interview, or to each and every interviewer?
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/how-many-thank-you-cards-do-we-need-to-send.1164510/What's the consensus....thank you email to just the PD after an interview, or to each and every interviewer?
What's the consensus....thank you email to just the PD after an interview, or to each and every interviewer?
Did you do any aways?
Im similar stats (slightly lower step 1): from CO, haven't heard from anywhere in the Midwest except UMKC and reject from NE. All my interview love has been on the east coastI'm just curious to see what some of your thoughts are out there. Step 1 was 233, step 2 was 245. I had honors at home program, high pass from away rotation. got honors on surgery, peds, IM. High pass on ob/gyn, psych. Grades were good. A couple publications, 2 first author (not EM), won several research awards and had good long term extracurriculars that are interesting to the EM world. From the mid west.
Never heard back from places like Akron general, Iowa, Wisconsin, Alabama... what have your experiences been with these programs? just curious to hear your thoughts!
JPS too? Didn't hear from them either!JohnRhom:
I have similar stats except not the research prowess that you have . Applied to 34 in basically the SE + Texas (I'm from the SE): 19 invites, 4 rejections, 1 wl, never heard from other 10. Alabama is the only one that you listed that I applied to; I did get an invite.
Im similar stats (slightly lower step 1): from CO, haven't heard from anywhere in the Midwest except UMKC and reject from NE. All my interview love has been on the east coast
I'm just curious to see what some of your thoughts are out there. Step 1 was 233, step 2 was 245. I had honors at home program, high pass from away rotation. got honors on surgery, peds, IM. High pass on ob/gyn, psych. Grades were good. A couple publications, 2 first author (not EM), won several research awards and had good long term extracurriculars that are interesting to the EM world. From the mid west.
Never heard back from places like Akron general, Iowa, Wisconsin, Alabama... what have your experiences been with these programs? just curious to hear your thoughts!