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Here is my georgetown e-mail:
Dear Applicant, Thank you for your interest in the Georgetown University Residency Training Program in Internal Medicine. On behalf of the Intern Selection Committee, I would like to invite you for an interview at our program. Our interviews dates are listed below. Interviews may only be set up by telephoning our office. We ask that you do not respond to this e-mail message. If you would like to set up an interview, please call (202) 444-7613. When scheduling an interview date, please speak clearly, spell your first and last name, tell us which medical school you have attended, and which date you would like to interview.

Monday, November 17, 2003
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Monday, November 24, 2003
Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Monday, December 8, 2003
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Monday, December 15, 2003
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Monday, January 12, 2004
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Monday, January 26, 2004
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Tuesday, February 3, 2004
Wednesday, February 4, 2004

We are looking forward to hearing from you soon! Best wishes, Dana Connor, Program Coordinator for Medical Education, Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Medicine.
 
Just got Emory and Tufts-NEMC today.
 
Hey ckent, curiousdoc...

Have you noticed the remarks about internal medicine in DC posted on scutwork? All the remarks seem disparaging. Furthermore, from the information I could gather online, it seems that all the DC programs pay at least 3 grand below the national average with only partial coverage of health insurance. What's up with this? GW and Georgetown seem like solid schools...and isn't DC an expensive place to live? I keep hearing how the cost of living in DC is almost as bad as NYC. Makes me wonder...

Bartholomew the Cat
 
Originally posted by seetay212
Hi

I was referring to the Jersey Shore one from the Meridian Network. I don't know too much of the fellowship possibilites, but the program has some decent extra benefits. My brother interivewed there last year and he said it was fairly good, strong primary care component. Since I'm an international grad, I doubt whether I help you out too much....I was rather hoping someone gave me some feedback!

Where else have you been scheduled to interivew?

Seet.
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Im an IMG a well. Ill let you know how Jersey Shore goes after my interview. Take care and best of luck.
 
ckent,

what is your opinion of the maryland program?
 
Ahh my medical alma mater, at last.

Vandy today.
 
I am aware of some of the negative things people have had to say about the DC programs in the past, specifically Georgetown. I think that they were on the verge of going bankrupt a few years ago when they were bought by the Medstar health system. I've heard that either their facilities, or GW's, or both have suffered as a result of their financial difficulties as well. People also tell me that niether hospital is very large, and there may be a smaller pt population at both hospitals as well. Honestly, I haven't done too much research into any program, I just applied to every program that I thought that I might want to go to and was just going to see which programs offered me an interview. So far, I think that I have 8 interviews, so I guess soon I will start doing more research and cutting back on interviews if I get too many more. I will still prob check out GT and GW simply because they are so close to where I live (1 day trip), but if I lived further away, those might be 2 that I would consider cutting from my interview schedule. Regarding Maryland, I think that we have a very strong IM program. There is a lot of teaching, the PD and chairperson are supposedly very nice, and you see a lot of good pathology/cases here as well. Prob too many IVDA's with HIV/HepC for my taste, but you get a lot of the inner city drama with any inner city I suppose. Also, I'd rather go to a place with a lot of HIV then a place with no HIV because that's a pretty important disease to learn how to manage. The support staff is probably mediocre, but I don't have any place to compare it to. I will probably write a review for scutwork.com after I have been on the interview trail and know how good our hospital is compared to other hospitals later. According to my PD, 50% of the intern class last year was AOA, so it's supposedly very competetive, but an attending that I was just talking to said that there was no way that was true, and I've asked several interns and all of those that I have asked have said that they were not AOA and but that they didn't know who was AOA. I'm thinking about making Maryland my top choice because my family lives around here and it's a nice hospital, but I guess that I don't have anything to compare it to yet.
 
I've heard from pretty much all the 2nd tier programs, but have not received anything from NYU, Sinai, Cornell, or Columbia. Just wondering if anyone has?
 
I limited my NYC programs to Cornell and Mt. Sinai. Have not heard from either one, either. I think they may wait for the Dean's Letter. I can only hope...

-S

PS Just recapping here FYI:
pitt
michigan
case western (UHC)
uic
loyola
rush
rush (im/psych)
evanston-northwestern healthcare
northwestern
tulane (again, the only invite i got via snail mail)
tulane (im/psych)
emory
iowa (im/psych)
uva (im/psych)
wisconsin
 
I actually was just talking to an intern who interviewed at Cornell and Columbia last year (but did not get interviews at Sinai and NYU for some reason) and he was saying that he didn't hear from them until really late (December/Jan), and they both gave him very little notice of what times he could schedule his interview (contacted him a week before interview times). He also said that Cornell's housing was nice, but it seems like a private run hospital with many private attendings. Don't know if any of you have any experience with private attendings, but they are very annoying to work for as interns/residents, since you are essentially their secretary on the floor.
 
Very pleased to report that Cornell email came today. Very detailed with lots of information and choices of activiites. Now what to do about scheduling as none of the other NY or Boston schools have chimed in. I am very far away from these places, so it's not going to be easy.
 
Just got Tufts-NEMC. Seems like a second round since I know many people heard last week.

Also know of a couple more people to get Cornell, Northwestern, Emory, Georgetown.

My list so far (only applied from DC to Boston):

George Washington
Maryland
Jefferson
Temple
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
Albert Einstein - Montefiore
Albert Einstein - Jacobi
St. Vincents - NYC
SUNY - Stony Brook
SUNY - Downstate
Long Island Jewish - North Shore
Tufts - NEMC

Sent in my apps 9/14. Not AOA, but pretty good Step 1 and 2 scores.

If other lurkers would post messages like this, I think it would be pretty helpful! 🙂 :laugh: 🙂
 
anyone have info/opinions about umdnj - jersey med school im program?
 
Hop Toad, congrats on your Cornell interview. What are your stats if I may ask? Anyone else hear from Cornell?
 
NEMC-Tufts today.

My list is similar to Jerseyboy's....without the Jersey schools, of course.

For those interested in playing the numbers game: Not AOA, Step1 under 230, a few clinical and preclinical honors grades.

ej
 
Jason - people are sick of my stats! If you are curious go to 10/17 post.
 
I have a 237, have not taken step 2 yet, have done research with no pubs (although i have something in the works), tons of volunteer work, non-AOA but did honor 5/6 clerkships and all my M2 courses. So, I am wondering if the Cornell initial batch of invites is contingent on:
1) AOA status
2) med school name

I don't go to an Ivy league school or it's equivalent (e.g., Northwestern).
-S.
 
Seems like Cornell only sent initial interviews to those in AOA. I also don't go to an "Ivy" med school, but at least 3 classmates of mine (with scores of 239, 252, and another 250+) received interviews, all being AOA. I am sure there are more...

A similar thing happened with NEMC - Tufts last week, and I finally got an interivew this week, so keeping my fingers crossed.

Sinai also sent out interviews to our AOAers yesterday.
 
Odoreater, may I ask how about your preclinical grades? Any high passes or preclin AOAs?
 
Originally posted by profunda
Odoreater, may I ask how about your preclinical grades? Any high passes or preclin AOAs?
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My med-school's (one of the many in NYC) grading process is as follows 1st yr=P or F, 2nd year = H, P, F, 3rd year H, HP,P, LP, F. AOA is given out during senior year and is calculated as 2/3 3rd yr, 1/3 2nd yr.

I got 5 honors 2nd year and as I said in my previous post 4/6 in 3rd year. This amounted to AOA at my school.

Hope this helps.
 
Also got Cornell a couple of days ago.
Lousy boards, honors in half of M3 clerkships, some publications, no AOA.

So far, I have

Michigan
Cleveland Clinic
North Shore
Einstein-Montefiore
Cornell
 
Orioles - you left out stature of med school. Must be something going for you.
 
Thanks odoreater.
Since people are speaking of med school stature, how are the reputations of UCSD, UCI, UCD med schools in the eyes of IM residency directors?
 
Originally posted by Hop Toad
Orioles - you left out stature of med school. Must be something going for you.
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No interview from Cornell yet for me either.

Top 15 med school, pretty good eval and letters (i think...) but not AOA, 241 step 1. Some research in med school, some research honors, presentations and abstracts in undergrad.

I am beginning to believe that boards is less important than I originally thought, even at interview level.

Just hoping that dean's letter will be telling for me.
 
Originally posted by Hop Toad
Orioles - you left out stature of med school. Must be something going for you.
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Sorry - Top 30 med school, at least per US News this year.
 
Anybody hear from NYU, Columbia, Penn, Mass Gen, or Brigham?
I've heard from Mt Sinai, Cornell, and Einstein.
 
what is the scoope on mt sinai's financial situation? is anyone worried about that? does it affect residency program?
 
This is word of mouth on the CA programs. I went to one of the UCs for undergrad and did research at one of the medical centers you listed (UCD, UCSD, UCI). so I have some idea of what their reputations are.

Out of the bunch, UCSD seems to be the most competitive to get in because of relatively good reputation with its locale as a big, big, bonus. I think its got a good reputation in the IM circle but the program has a reputation of being malignant (?) as according to a prelim who was there. And at least to me, its reputation is a little tingled with that "location" issue. Its kind of like saying "I went to U of "Hawaii" for 3 years just so I will work my butt off, learn all there is to learn, and get a fellowship (as if location wasn't the issue at all)." I don't know what IM fellowship PD think of that. Also, they wouldn't publish/give out their resident medical school/fellowship appointments - very strange... may or may not be a red flag I would rank it as a 1.5 tier program nationally. 1st tier for location.

I don't know too much about UCD but it has a comparable reputation. Its a good, solid, program. But, its location is pretty boring. Even with Davis and Sacramento (20 minutes away?) combined, they do not have too much to offer. 1.5 tier for academics, 3.5 tier for location.

UCI is not as academic as the other ones (check out scutwork.com). It also got a history of scandals (remember the embryo incident in 95-97?). The hospital is a little small (only about 2 blocks), which may or may not reflect its patient volume. I got the feeling that some (most?) of the professors there are relatively young and see UCI as a stepping stone to reach a higher level; what you might get is a bunch of younger attendings who are more interested in research than you. Personally, I would think twice before going there. 2.5 tier academically, 1-2 tier for location (Orange county is a pretty good place to live).

With that said, I think its overall more difficult to get into any CA university programs (other than NYC or big name programs like Penn) simply b/c the number/spot thing. And if you are not originally from a big city, brace yourself for the realty and traffic. They can bite a big chunk off your dingy resident salary.
 
Thanks for the response.

The issue posed earlier is the reputation of medical school attended as a very important factor in obtaining an IM residency. I was wondering how residency directors view those UC medical school students. If you have any idea, please share. I didnt ask for the info you just posted but it was sure helpful to know.

Originally posted by Da Vinci2
This is word of mouth on the CA programs. I went to one of the UCs for undergrad and did research at one of the medical centers you listed (UCD, UCSD, UCI). so I have some idea of what their reputations are.

Out of the bunch, UCSD seems to be the most competitive to get in because of relatively good reputation with its locale as a big, big, bonus. I think its got a good reputation in the IM circle but the program has a reputation of being malignant (?) as according to a prelim who was there. And at least to me, its reputation is a little tingled with that "location" issue. Its kind of like saying "I went to U of "Hawaii" for 3 years just so I will work my butt off, learn all there is to learn, and get a fellowship (as if location wasn't the issue at all)." I don't know what IM fellowship PD think of that. Also, they wouldn't publish/give out their resident medical school/fellowship appointments - very strange... may or may not be a red flag I would rank it as a 1.5 tier program nationally. 1st tier for location.

I don't know too much about UCD but it has a comparable reputation. Its a good, solid, program. But, its location is pretty boring. Even with Davis and Sacramento (20 minutes away?) combined, they do not have too much to offer. 1.5 tier for academics, 3.5 tier for location.

UCI is not as academic as the other ones (check out scutwork.com). It also got a history of scandals (remember the embryo incident in 95-97?). The hospital is a little small (only about 2 blocks), which may or may not reflect its patient volume. I got the feeling that some (most?) of the professors there are relatively young and see UCI as a stepping stone to reach a higher level; what you might get is a bunch of younger attendings who are more interested in research than you. Personally, I would think twice before going there. 2.5 tier academically, 1-2 tier for location (Orange county is a pretty good place to live).

With that said, I think its overall more difficult to get into any CA university programs (other than NYC or big name programs like Penn) simply b/c the number/spot thing. And if you are not originally from a big city, brace yourself for the realty and traffic. They can bite a big chunk off your dingy resident salary.
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Originally posted by profunda
Thanks for the response.

The issue posed earlier is the reputation of medical school attended as a very important factor in obtaining an IM residency. I was wondering how residency directors view those UC medical school students. If you have any idea, please share. I didnt ask for the info you just posted but it was sure helpful to know.
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The whole thing about reputation of medical school attended as a "very important factor" in obtaining an IM residency seems to be very much overblown here.

First of all, an IM spot is not hard to get. An IM spot at MGH, B&W, UCSF, Hopkins and Duke might be hard as hell to get for anyone BUT you do not need to go to any of the five programs above to get a cardiology or GI fellowship (the two most competitive fellowships following IM right now). Remember, there are plenty of other good IM programs at Penn, Columbia, Cornell, UCLA, U of Washington, Michigan, Wash U, UT-Southwestern/Parkland, NYU, etc. etc. with each program having 20+ residents every year for goodness sake!!!! If you are a good student at an US med school and work hard, I am sure you will get your coveted cardiology or GI fellowships several years down the road.

Secondly, right now is still early in the game. Many programs might be interviewing certain applicants based on simple algorithms (board scores or AOA or reputation of the med school). But I am sure as the interview season kicks into full steam, plenty of excellent non-AOA students from other non-top-10 med schools will get the interviews they have deserved all along.

Lastly, these are the people interviewing early in the season. These are NOT the people who have matched into these top programs. I see plenty of IM residents from UT-Houston, Miami, Case Western, UVA, etc. to know you do not need to go to Hopkins to get an IM residency spot at UCSF or Duke or MGH (although I am sure inbreedings exist, i.e. lots of harvard kids go to B&W and MGH but again, you do not have to go to only B&W and MGH in order to be "eligible" for entering a cardiology fellowship later).

However, if you WORSHIP the name of Hopkins cardiology and ABSOLUTELY have to have that, then it might be worthwhile for you to invest 7+ years of your life to pursue Hopkins med school and hopkins IM + some kick-ass research experiences....but that's a different story.....
 
Originally posted by Thewonderer
The whole thing about reputation of medical school attended as a "very important factor" in obtaining an IM residency seems to be very much overblown here.

First of all, an IM spot is not hard to get. An IM spot at MGH, B&W, UCSF, Hopkins and Duke might be hard as hell to get for anyone BUT you do not need to go to any of the five programs above to get a cardiology or GI fellowship (the two most competitive fellowships following IM right now). Remember, there are plenty of other good IM programs at Penn, Columbia, Cornell, UCLA, U of Washington, Michigan, Wash U, UT-Southwestern/Parkland, NYU, etc. etc. with each program having 20+ residents every year for goodness sake!!!! If you are a good student at an US med school and work hard, I am sure you will get your coveted cardiology or GI fellowships several years down the road.

Secondly, right now is still early in the game. Many programs might be interviewing certain applicants based on simple algorithms (board scores or AOA or reputation of the med school). But I am sure as the interview season kicks into full steam, plenty of excellent non-AOA students from other non-top-10 med schools will get the interviews they have deserved all along.

Lastly, these are the people interviewing early in the season. These are NOT the people who have matched into these top programs. I see plenty of IM residents from UT-Houston, Miami, Case Western, UVA, etc. to know you do not need to go to Hopkins to get an IM residency spot at UCSF or Duke or MGH (although I am sure inbreedings exist, i.e. lots of harvard kids go to B&W and MGH but again, you do not have to go to only B&W and MGH in order to be "eligible" for entering a cardiology fellowship later).

However, if you WORSHIP the name of Hopkins cardiology and ABSOLUTELY have to have that, then it might be worthwhile for you to invest 7+ years of your life to pursue Hopkins med school and hopkins IM + some kick-ass research experiences....but that's a different story.....
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I generally agree with the above statement. You have to look at the big picture. Basically, my advisor told me that, for most intents and purposes, you can categorize IM residencies (categorical) into 4 groups:

1. Any categorical spot = very easy to get (only 70% or so is filled by USMG's). Any one who passes any US med school curriculum should have his picks if reputation is not an issue. Lots of FMG's.

2. Any University-based categorical spot = still relatively easy to get, as there are always some unfilled. Pass any US med school/boards.

3. A strong, reputable university-based program = moderate in the big scheme of things in terms of difficulty. Programs in this category have a good reputation and sends a lot of people to fellowship. Programs in this category varies in difficulty to match, and location and "trendiness" of the program plays a large part in the competitiveness. My advisor gave me the example of UAB vs Colorado in this category. UAB maybe slightly better in terms of program, but Colorado is somewhat more competitive because more people apply based on location. Med school reputation now start to play a part, as he said PD's generally are more lenient to people from great medical schools (ie. taking a below-average student from a great school) than people who are not (ie. they would expect above-average student from, say, a state school). I would say that my home institution's program belongs in this category, and I corroborated that with the PD at my institution. Still, as long as you are in the top half of your class from any US med school with a boards that's above the mean, it shouldn't be much to be concerned with.

4. The best of the best = moderate to extremely difficult to match. No need to explain here.

Although I do think that your med school's reputation does come into play, I think it's mainly to help bolster an application. A strong application is a strong application, regardless of school. Meaning that I dont think that by going to a smaller less-reknowned school you will be weakening your application all in itself. It just give you somewhat less lee-way when you are applying to the category 4 and some of category 3 programs.
 
Recapitulating for everyone as we're all trying to keep track:

IM Categorical:
1. Michigan
2. Pitt
3. Wisconsin
4. Tulane
5. Evanston-Northwestern Healthcare
6. Northwestern
7. Loyola
8. UIC
9. Rush
10. CWRU-UHC
11. Emory
12. Brown

IM/Psych:
1. Rush
2. Iowa
3. Tulane
4. UVa

Places I've applied to where other people have gotten invites:
1. WashU
2. Cornell
3. Mt. Sinai
4. Vanderbilt

Places still to hear from:
1. U Washington
2. UCSF
3. Stanford
4. Duke (IM/Psych)
5. Yale
6. MGH
7. BWH
8. Dartmouth (IM/Psych)
9. U of Chicago

-S.
 
Brown, Drexel, and Beth Israel (NYC) today, all via email.
 
hey sf,

thanks for the list...keeps us all uptodate. I've only heard from Sinai, Montefiore/Einstein, and Stony Brook, but I'm geographically restricted to NYC-area, Bay Area, and Boston, and then the couple or so that are big names (on your list too). Amazingly, my list of waiting to hear from is almost exactly like yours. One school which I've noticed that is blatantly absent is columbia. why's that? i've heard many comments from current residents and former prelims who rotated thru there that it is not a happy place. I'm just wondering if that's all blown out of proportion, but it's the same thing from too many ppl already. i have a pretty high pain threshold/tolerance, so i don't mind the hard work, but i wonder how bad it really is. Prolly should have done an away elective.

Anyone with insight/feedback re: columbia IM?
thanks
 
As someone who is perpetually one of the last people at any given stage in life to figure out exactly what needs to be done to get to the next stage, I started reading the posts in this thread at around the end of September/beginning of October when I was working on my residency applications. Naturally, one of the first things I learned from reading everyone's posts was that my old lack of timeliness (in terms of getting my ERAS application in) was still a reliable part of me. Anyways, I initially applied to like 12 programs, and within a week or so heard back favorably from Dartmouth and Baylor (as others on this board indicated would happen). Then two weeks went by, and nada. I'd check my email every day, see nothing, check my ERAS account, see nothing, and then really try to work that ulcer of mine by reading this thread and finding out about the constant flow of interview invites being passed out like a bong to all the rest of you guys and gals with your spectacular digits, medallions, trophies, and golden snitches. So in a fit of panic I applied to like 6 additional places. And then, just last week I got invites from UCSF and Wash-U, and then today Brown. (Insert long, post-coital-esque exhalation here, sans coitus.) I still have one recommendation letter that hasn't been turned in yet, but supposedly that will be done soon. At least for now I can go back to surfing the net for trivia and recreation, instead of having to mix my precious internet time with "work."
 
Thanks a lot Renovar and Thewonderer, for sharing your knowledge. I really appreciate it.

Classswitch, may I ask what medallions you are carrying yourself in order to get an interview from ucsf? And I agree, immunoglobulins are some interesting gadgets.
 
I just got a brown invite today too. Has anybody heard anything about their program? I didn't even know that they had a med school when I was applying for med schools.
 
To recap........

Received in approximate order:
Wash U
Michigan
Duke
Cleveland Clinic
Emory
Cornell

Waiting to hear from:
MGH
BWH
BI
Columbia
U Penn
Sinai (???)
Johns Hopkins
NYU
Yale

Have 3 scheduled. Plan to only go to 10 of the 15.

Any glaring absences in where I applied?
 
My list:

Interviews Scheduled:

1. Duke
2. UT Southwestern
3. Vanderbilt
4. Cornell
5. UAB

Yet to hear from:

1. MGH
2. BWH
3. UCSF
4. Hopkins
5. U Chicago
6. Northwestern
7. UNC
8. Columbia
9. Stanford
10. Yale

Anyone have any thoughts. Any schools that I left out?
 
i'm a canadian IMG, from australia- (so no preferential treatment)- step1 95 and step 2 88- but i have got four interviews and one rejection:

interviews:
UV-roanoke/salem
GW-washington hospital program
kaiser SF
u ariz

rejection was from UTSW
 
I got this email from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in
Springfield,
Illinois. Has anyone else gotten something similar?

"We have determined that you are a qualified applicant for
our
training program. However, before we can make a final decision as to
whether
we can interview you, we are requesting one additional item -- a short
essay/statement (300 word maximum) describing how you might be able to
help us
meet our mission which is to help the people of Central and Southern
Illinois
in meeting their health care needs through education, service, and
research."
In particular, please identify your direct personal or professional
"connections" to the midwestern United States and/or Central/southern
Illinois; whether you have lived, visited, worked or attended school in
this
region; and how strongly you have considered practicing in this area at
the
conclusion of training. You may provide this essay by responding
directly to
this e-mail. It is best if you include your essay directly in the text
of the
e-mail as opposed to attaching it to the e-mail. It helps if you keep
the
same subject line as well. Not responding to this request may
adversely
affect your competitve application. I look forward to receiving your
statement; I hope you will choose to submit it. We offer an excellent
training program as well as a travel subsidy for interviewees. The
deadline
for this essay is December 15th, however, I urge you to submit it as
soon as
possible.

thanks

all comments are welcomed
 
I guess the 267 is having a greater impact on your app than the state school lowly name.

Originally posted by Hop Toad
To recap........

Received in approximate order:
Wash U
Michigan
Duke
Cleveland Clinic
Emory
Cornell
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Just wanted to chime in on a DO perspective!

Interviews granted

1 U of Minn
2 HCMC
3 Abbott NW
4 Lutheran General Hosp
5 Evanst- NW
6 Rush
7 Loyola
8 UIC
9 Christ
10 Wane State/DMC
11 THE OHIO STATE

STATS
1 Didn't take the USMLE for all those people out there who think it is so astoundingly impt.

2 COMLEX 610/91

3 class rank - top 20%

and in all honesty, the same letters everyone else on these posts have.

PS has anyone heard from MAYO yet, or do they wait till NOV?
 
Hey LGI,

Congratulations on all of those interviews. However, I don't understand the tone of your post. I think everyone on here knows that USMLE is astoundingly important and how do you know that you have the same letters as everyone else?

And whats up with "THE OHIO STATE"?
 
johnd,

I meant nothing by the tone.

as far as the USMLE, I really don't think that in this forum the scores really affect you to much as long as you do ok, I mean not below a certain threshold depending on the types of institutions you're applying to. I didn't even take the test.

as for letters- everyone gets letters that say you're the greatest,you ran the service, you're so smart, I mean come on! Unless the program knows the reccommender well, they are all the same.

and I think the fact that ohio state referrs to itself as "The Ohio State" is rather humerous!!!

hope all is well with you!
 
Originally posted by USIMGgrad
I got this email from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in
Springfield,
Illinois. Has anyone else gotten something similar?

all comments are welcomed
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standard letter that SIU sends out. they want to offer you an interview, but they also want to gauge the seriousness of your intent to go to there. they prefer applicants to stay and practice in the underserved rural areas. i don't believe you are contractually obligated to do so however. if you have an interest in SIU, send the requested essay asap. just know that what you write will probably be brought up during the interview and you must be prepared to defend/reaffirm your statement. good luck.
 
Has anyone been successful in trying to schedule an interview with their 3 phone numbers? I have tried for the past 2 days with no luck.....

-S.
 
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