ERAS 2017-2018 Cardiology Fellowship Application Cycle

[HurtBtz]

I'm in same situation. I think you can apply and assign the 4th letter later time.
I just applied to a porgram, and later I could assign additional letters. You wont be able to uncheck previously assigned letters but you can add a new one upto a total of 4 letters

That is awesome, thank you for the feedback, I didn't want to dish out a minimum of 200 bucks and later waste it. Thanks!!!

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[mayn]

Thanks for the feedback guys! Really appreciate it. Applied today after all my LORs finally were processed. Good luck to everyone and hopefully the interviews start rolling through soon.

 

[PGPHANN]

i get so excited when someone has posted on this thread.
already anxious.

 

[coolfire555]

Is there any way to know whether the application was downloaded or not?

 

[drk]

I don't think there is such a thing as downloaded anymore. It's all online and all applications are constantly available. Whether or not they are printed to a paper copy is something different. Not sure though.

 

[Mobeatz]

7/17- Yale. AMG, external

 

[PGPHANN]

7/17- Yale. AMG, external

 

[drcards88]

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[Kchen22]

US born.
Graduate from top 10 US undergraduate university.
Graduate from mid to low tier medical school in the midwest.
Current resident from respectable large city university IM program
Scores: Step1 227, Step2 235, Step3 219. No fails.
Research: 2 cards case reports, 1 AHA manuscript submission, 1 local ACP presentation, multiple QI posters, +couple publications as med student and undergrad
Letters: 1 letter from home institution cards fellowship PD. 1 letter from cardiac ICU director. 1 letter from general clinical attending. 1 letter from medicine PD.
Extracurricular: Various QI leadership roles

Thoughts on my chances?

HMMM....not the best chances; are you MD or DO?

 

[epicandprivate]

US born.
Graduate from top 10 US undergraduate university.
Graduate from mid to low tier medical school in the midwest.
Current resident from respectable large city university IM program
Scores: Step1 227, Step2 235, Step3 219. No fails.
Research: 2 cards case reports, 1 AHA manuscript submission, 1 local ACP presentation, multiple QI posters, +couple publications as med student and undergrad
Letters: 1 letter from home institution cards fellowship PD. 1 letter from cardiac ICU director. 1 letter from general clinical attending. 1 letter from medicine PD.
Extracurricular: Various QI leadership roles

Thoughts on my chances?

HMMM....not the best chances; are you MD or DO?

Why would he or she not have the best chance. AMG with decent step scores, if the objective is just to match in cardiology somewhere I don't see a problem if applying broadly.

 

[PGPHANN]

US born.
Graduate from top 10 US undergraduate university.
Graduate from mid to low tier medical school in the midwest.
Current resident from respectable large city university IM program
Scores: Step1 227, Step2 235, Step3 219. No fails.
Research: 2 cards case reports, 1 AHA manuscript submission, 1 local ACP presentation, multiple QI posters, +couple publications as med student and undergrad
Letters: 1 letter from home institution cards fellowship PD. 1 letter from cardiac ICU director. 1 letter from general clinical attending. 1 letter from medicine PD.
Extracurricular: Various QI leadership roles

Thoughts on my chances?

US MD grads have about a 90% match rate. I think you're safe to match somewhere.

 

[drcards88]

HMMM....not the best chances; are you MD or DO?

MD.

 

[Kchen22]

7/19- Yale. AMG, external

 

[PGPHANN]

It would also be extremely helpful if you could include the interview dates you were offered.

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Copy/paste and add yours in bold.

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[mnos7i]

How much weight does the step 3 score have on the application?


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[Kchen22]

7/21/17

It would also be extremely helpful if you could include the interview dates you were offered.

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Copy/paste and add yours in bold.

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[PGPHANN]

It would also be extremely helpful if you could include the interview dates you were offered.

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Copy/paste and add yours in bold.

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[Mobeatz]

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Copy/paste and add yours in bold.

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[Kchen22]

anyone else get IVs? Feels like last year around this time there were already quite a few,.

 

[mayn]

nothing yet for me (IMG).. probably early next month the ball should get rolling

 

[epicandprivate]

I haven't gotten any interviews yet either (nor any rejections) but its still early.

US-IMG

 

[PGPHANN]

I am an AMG with nothing.
Feeling dismal.

 

[epicandprivate]

I am an AMG with nothing.
Feeling dismal.

No need to feel dismal. Its so early, most places haven't even offered interviews yet.

 

[HurtBtz]

Silent on my side as well. (US IMG)

 

[deleted864665]

I agree, no need to despair at this stage. Maybe if nothing by the end of August, but even then several programs seem to offer interviews in September so all hope isn't lost. I'm an AMG that's been out of residency a few years and know my application isn't the most competitive, but I'm hopeful.

 

[PGPHANN]

sorry - didn't mean to be dramatic.
I have a connection to Yale (though still external), so was bummed I wasn't on their initial list.

 

[Kchen22]

Texas Heart Institute: 7/24/17 (external)

 

[jdpd]

Copy/paste and add yours in bold.

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Texas Heart Institute: 7/24/17 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[PGPHANN]

A co-resident who isn't on SDN just got a Baylor COM, added it below
also added Kchen's since they are unable to follow directions



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Copy/paste and add yours in bold.

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24

IMG w/o visa required:

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[Rocher]

Copy/paste and add yours in bold.

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[BEST_CHAIR]

Does anyone know if programs send out invites in batches, before they have looked at all the applications?
How does this work?
(I am trying to convince myself that these programs, all of which I have applied to and none of which I have heard from, have simply not seen my application yet, rather than that they have all put me in the "crap" pile.)

 

[Kchen22]

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[PGPHANN]

FML

 

[epicandprivate]

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger (7/25)

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[Platelet1]

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger (7/25)

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[Platelet1]

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger (7/25)
Yale: 7/25 (external)

IMG requiring visa:

Rejections:

 

[Rocher]

FML

Try to relax, most interviews won't be out until mid August. I know it can be stressful but worrying about interviews now is a waste of mental energy.

 

[epicandprivate]

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)
Yale 7/25 (external)

IMG requiring visa:


Oh yeah, I forgot to add it, I am an external candidate.

 

[hitesh1988]

Hi everyone,
I am planning to apply for cardiology fellowship in the upcoming 2018 cycle. I am an IMG and done my MBBS from India. While filling the ERAS application does the 1 year compulsory internship done in India go into the education section or the experience section. Also the degree is awarded to us only after internship. So is it Ok to have a gap between the completion of medical school and the date of your degree awarded? Appreciate any input or feedback on this question. Thanks a lot.
P.S: Is there a new thread for Cards fellowship applicants this year?

hi. Can someone direct me to the forum for current card fellowship application season? Thank you

 

[RIHD88]

Buyer beware.

Has the volume to be a much better program than it is. Generally gets fellows from second-rate residencies. Struck me as somewhat malignant. Interview day unnecessarily long and too many interviews. No pre-interview dinner. Overall, poor vibes. But hey, I'm just one person.

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)
Yale 7/25 (external)

IMG requiring visa:


Oh yeah, I forgot to add it, I am an external candidate.

 

[RIHD88]

A solid program - phenomenal PD and great research opportunities.

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)
Yale 7/25 (external)

IMG requiring visa:


Oh yeah, I forgot to add it, I am an external candidate.

 

[fasteddie911]

A solid program - phenomenal PD and great research opportunities.

Very subjective, I had the exact opposite feeling. Thought the PD was unimpressive, met only one fellow my entire interview day and all the program did was talk about research, didn't get the sense of particularly strong clinical training. Didn't seem all that different from most university programs, though, and had a friend who ranked it highly, different strokes I guess.

 

[jdpd]

Buyer beware.

Has the volume to be a much better program than it is. Generally gets fellows from second-rate residencies. Struck me as somewhat malignant. Interview day unnecessarily long and too many interviews. No pre-interview dinner. Overall, poor vibes. But hey, I'm just one person.

I'm sorry, what program are you describing here ?

 

[Kchen22]

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)
University of Rochester (external) 7/26

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)
Yale 7/25 (external)

IMG requiring visa:

 

[RIHD88]

Brown.

I'm sorry, what program are you describing here ?

 

[deleted864665]

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)
University of Rochester (external) 7/26
UF-Jacksonville: 7/26 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)
Yale 7/25 (external)

IMG requiring visa:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)

 

[bigskymd]

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
OHSU: 7/20 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)
University of Rochester (external) 7/26
UF-Jacksonville: 7/26 (external)
Baylor Dallas : 7/27 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)
Yale 7/25 (external)

IMG requiring visa:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)

 

[deleted864665]

AMG:
Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
OHSU: 7/20 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)
University of Rochester (external) 7/26
UF-Jacksonville: 7/26 (external)
Baylor Dallas : 7/27 (external)
Vidant/ECU: 7/27 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)
Yale 7/25 (external)

IMG requiring visa:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)

 

[Ixedoc]

Yale: 7/17 (external)
Yale: 7/19 (external)
OHSU: 7/20 (external)
Stanford: 7/20 (external)
Stony Brook 7/21 (external)
Baylor College in Houston (external) 7/24
Baylor Texas Heart Institute (external) 7/24
UMass: 7/24 (external)
Brown: 7/25 (external)
University of Rochester (external) 7/26
UF-Jacksonville: 7/26 (external)
Baylor Dallas : 7/27 (external)
Vidant/ECU: 7/27 (external)

IMG w/o visa required:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)
Yale 7/25 (external)

IMG requiring visa:
Geisinger 7/25 (external)[/QUOTE]
Vidant/ECU: 7/27 (external)

 

[beakermuppet]

Followed these Cards threads for years, my how time flies. Here we are.
US-AMG
Respectable University IM in Midwest (mid-t?)
Scores: >220's / >240's / pass / >230's
5 full length PubMed publications, (2 first auth), also 1 solid cases series though non-PMID
6 published abstracts-2 JACC, 2 Circulation, 1 JIC, etc.
1 online pub peer-reviewed in well known journal
1 book (entire book), published
17 posters, state, national, international (Europe)
5 oral presentations, incl' national & international (Europe)
Away rotation at excellent quaternery academic institution (hope to go there)
(got rocking letters but nowadays that seems par for the course)

No interviews yet bc, IDK, it's J.u.l.y.?

I decided to jump on here rooting for us normals/ mere-mortals! I'm not AOA, no elite step scores, I just tried to do solid/consistent Steps, and I found my inner Fire- tried to go bat-sh crazy with research, hoping that would move the needle a bit... But who knows?? No use "WAMC".

Channeling my inner gut-onc to say everybody (who is mortal among us) relax.
(those that will panic-attack themselves will do so anyway I suppose, so, commence spasming).

I read somewhere once, 'Which of you by worrying can add a single hour to their life?' Assuming that applies to interviews as well...
Will keep you posted. Best luck to everyone. Especially us mortals!