Interviews and rejections

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Hi all,
No I haven't heard anything from Wilmer....I was wondering the same question as well.
I hit a dead space for the past 2 wks with no e-mail. Hopefully it will change soon.
Hope to see you all guys 🙂 :hardy:🙂😳😛:idea:👍
 
Wilmer invites haven't been sent yet.

They are cutting a little close this year with first interview day coming up in a little more than 2 weeks. Those plane tickets are going to be expensive.

Good luck!
 
Hey... just adding to the list of who's offering interviews...

Rush - October 17th, 22nd and 26th
SLU - Oct 30th and Nov 2nd
SUNY Downstate - Nov 1st and Dec 6th
 
Got my first invites today! was getting a little worried...

Tufts - Only offered Nov 30 (email)
Texas Tech - Nov 16, Nov 30, Dec 7 (email)

And I got the prerequisite rejection from Boston U last week (email)....

Good luck to you all! I'll be updating this thread with further news...
 
and can yall still say if there is email, phone call, or snail mail invites 🙂
 
Interviews so far from:

Northwestern: 11/30 (email)
Loyola 11/1 (phone)
SLUEI 11/2 (email)
SUMMA (Akron Ohio) 11/3 (email)


Seems though a lot of programs have either JUST started or are about to start looking at apps. Keep the faith guys. Best luck to all
 
on a side note:

has anyone *NOT* gotten rejected from BU? sheesh, what do these people expect? 265 step 1/2, discovering a new surgical procedure and ophtho research since you were in the womb?

i have a good mind to send them a rejection letter....

"Dear BU

After a careful review of your program's features and opportunities, I am hereby notifying you that our department is unable to continue pursuing you at this time. We thank you for wasting $35 of our department's money through SFMatch, and the time it took me to click on the pdf file to select your program. Best of luck in the match!"
 
thanks for the updates on interview mediums y'all...lookin forward to my BU rejection in the next week or so since i havent heard from them yet 🙂
 
All via email in the last 7-10 days:

UTSW, BU, MCG, Rochester - same dates offered as above

UMississippi - offering 11/17 and 12/8

Best wishes to everyone, and hope to see you this fall on the interview trail!
 
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Interviews:
Tufts (email)
Baylor (email)
UTSW (email)
Univ Oklahoma (email)
Loyola (phone)
LSU Shrevport (snail mail)

Reject:
BU
Vanderbuilt

I'm beginning to have a Pavlovian reaction to checking my email these days...
 
Good job guys...congrats all!!!

SS... you rock with 6 interviews already. I guess Loyala and Tufts did not find my application appealing 🙁 Oh well I hope more to come. 😳

See you in interviews !!!!
 
CPMC has offered as well... not sure of all of the dates, but they included Nov. 26
 
got another one!

Henry Ford - November 30, December 3 and 10 (email)

they also start off their email with "Dear Dr. ____". I want to call them and be like "whoaaa, let's calm it down with all that Dr business".... 🙂
 
did CPMC call on the weekend?

I haven't received a rejection from them...hope i get a call!
 
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For those of you that have heard from loyola...how soon was it after u submitted ur application?
 
Boston University via email Dec 7
Univ So Cal while visiting student
Oklahoma via email Nov 19, 26, Dec 10
UT SW via email Oct 12, Nov 2
 
I just got an interview from loyola today, and i had my app in on sept 5th and sent to my programs about a week later...

But the secretery said that they aren't close to being filled up yet, meaning that they're sending out interview offers veerrryyy slowlyyyyy.

Nov 1 and 2 are still open... dinner for both sets of interviewees on the night of the 1st for whoever can make it.
 
If wilmer has not contacted yet, does that mean they will most likely not be offering an interview?
 
quiet day on this forum...does that mean no interviews/rejections handed out today? 🙂
 
Yes - it appears that way. The only thing I got today was an email from Yale confirming receipt of my applic.
 
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yeah...didnt u like that email (which i got today)...it had like 150 names on it, and the first thing it says is "THIS IS NOT AN INVITE FOR AN INTERVIEW"

haha, cracked me up
 
Haha...that was priceless. Also, when I got the same email again a few minutes later, I thought, "Oh man, they rejected me THAT fast?"
 
another quiet day here...anyone hear from west coast schools yet? many of the Northeastern schools yet?
 
Not really adding anything except maybe for some dates at a few places

Summa Health Systems - Nov 2,3,16,17 and Dec 14th via email
SUNY Downstate Brooklyn - Nov 1st (close to filled) and Dec 6th (open) via email
LSU- Shreveport - Oct 27, Nov 3,17 via snail mail
Loyola - Nov 1,2 via phone call

It's been a quiet week I think for a quite a few people (myself included), hang in there folks!!
 
sidehatch said:
Not really adding anything except maybe for some dates at a few places

Summa Health Systems - Nov 2,3,16,17 and Dec 14th via email
SUNY Downstate Brooklyn - Nov 1st (close to filled) and Dec 6th (open) via email
LSU- Shreveport - Oct 27, Nov 3,17 via snail mail
Loyola - Nov 1,2 via phone call

It's been a quiet week I think for a quite a few people (myself included), hang in there folks!!
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With the oils and perfumes!.....and IN-CENSE!
 
uab invite via email; only available date was nov 2.

umich sent out email with dates (nov 15, nov 29, and dec 6), invitation to come by phone in mid october and rejections by mail in october sometime.
 
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I got a rejection from Hopkins this morning via snail mail...

strangest part is...I didnt even apply to Hopkins...

kidding 😛
 
All this waiting for Wilmer...and nice rejection today. Oh well ...life goes on, right? 🙂🙂🙂
 
got my wilmer rejection as well. can't win em all!

hopefully this week will bring some more interviews for us all.
 
Looks like I spent $35 on Wilmer, and they spent 41 cents on me. Rejected! 🙂

Good luck this week to everyone.
 
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