Hello everyone,
Does anyone know if Miami has a pre-interview dinner.
Thanks
Does anyone know if Miami has a pre-interview dinner.
Thanks
Hello everyone,
Does anyone know if Miami has a pre-interview dinner.
Thanks
slow day...?
I was wondering whether anyone has actually received a recent invite from UCLA. I know a couple week ago, there was a (possible) invite sent out. I haven't heard a peep from them, and that's one of the programs that I'm very interested in.
I am lurker of the forum but will give a little perspective about this year without revealing to much about myself. My stats are what I believe to be decent, all were on my app when I submitted
Step 1> 250
Step 2> 260
Mid tier school
3rd year grades All Honors
1st and 2nd year grades Few HP Few Honors
Missed AOA "this is the most important part of your application I am realizing"
5 Pubs, 6 posters
Derm Letter from a huge name in the field
Lots of interesting volunteer and work experience during and before medical school
I have received 6 interviews including 1 from home and 1 from an away rotation
There is someone else applying from my school with AOA with >10 invites. The only thing different is our yr 1/2 grades that got them AOA and they are racking em up and I'm twiddling my thumbs. I don't mind, I might match, if not who knows my future, but I just wanted to say to everyone, I think the competition is fierce this year. AOA for non PhD is by far the most important component of your app unless you come from the Ivy league, at least that is my opinion.
Honestly I think that what school you're coming from trumps AOA status. Those of us applying from bottom tier schools can probably attest to that. It's an uphill battle. Being AOA hasn't helped me much.
I am not sure I buy this BS of post turkey day love. I have ONE interview, thanks to my home program and more rejections than I know what to do with at this time. I wish I would have saved my money.
Sorry to be such a downer, but this stinks and I wanted to vent.
Hope all you guys are having a much better day.
this is starting to get disheartening...stuck on 4 forever. i don't believe in this post t-giving love...😡
I doubled my interview offers after thanksgiving, now have a whopping 7 offers and had to cancel one because it conflicted, which really does suck. But, I do believe in the after turkey day interviews, and I'm still counting on one where I rotated and hopefully another long shot where I also did an externship.....if I get 8 I think i can feel secure. The daily rejections piling in one after another is a killer on the self esteem tho. Make it stop!!
I doubled my interview offers after thanksgiving, now have a whopping 7 offers and had to cancel one because it conflicted, which really does suck. But, I do believe in the after turkey day interviews, and I'm still counting on one where I rotated and hopefully another long shot where I also did an externship.....if I get 8 I think i can feel secure. The daily rejections piling in one after another is a killer on the self esteem tho. Make it stop!!
I'll second this. I'm not AOA, and I'm at 9 interviews not including my own school, which will offer me an interview. I feel VERY fortunate.
I think it has less to do with thinking that people trained at a certain school will be better residents, and more from being able to advertise that they got their resident from so and so IVy league or super good school."
i should invest time in writing a program that automatically posts rejections on this thread...
Maybe I am just too sensitive, but I thought it was mean to have the subject heading of a rejection email as "Interview at U of Louisville". I was so unbelievably excited and then I was heartbroken, all in the span of a few seconds🙁
I have an interview on January 8th and have not purchased my plane ticket yet, just in case I get another interview on the same date and will have to cancel.
How long do you typically wait to book your flight? Thanks.
it's more the school than AOA. i'd trade AOA for a top tier name in a heartbeat at this point.
Not to open a new can of worms, but I think AOA is definitely important. I came from a mid-tier state school and I ended up with 12 interviews, all at great places (can name Mayo-R, Iowa, Wake Forest, Northwestern, Mt. Sinai as the "top" places I interviewed). I had some derm pubs, derm research, letters, decent board score.
rejected from nyu. no offers since thxgiving😡
where is sorereyeass?
Lots of rejections lately. I have to cancel 3 interviews🙁. Hopefully that will bring some holiday spirit to someone. I guess programs schedule interviews on the same dates to see who is really interested?👎