Interviews part 01

[Etomidate]

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Is Vandy email or snail mail?

 

[Idiopathic]

Snail = Vandy

 

[Etomidate]

Snail = Vandy

nothing like doing an away rotation and having the mail all messed up. didn't receive the Utah invite till 2 weeks after they sent it.

 

[DrDre']

I don't understand why any program uses snail mail, esp. for the initial invite. It is nice however to get a snail confirmation of your interview date with some materials. In terms of the invite, I want to know immediately so I can schedule. My neurotic nature has really come out with ERAS and my junk mail checks. I barely even think about my real mailbox though.

 

[xampower]

BTW, is anyone interviewing at UF on Friday? I am and I was wondering how casual is the 'casual dinner with the residents', since this is my first interview (actually this applied to everyone). Is it slacks and button down shirt casual or jeans casual? Any suggestions?

I interviewd at UF last year and we wnet to the Bone Fish Grill. I wore jeans to only one interview last year and that was Penn State b/c the residents that were taking us out that evening insisted that we could and should wear jeans. They were right. As far as other programs. No need to wear a tie to any, but I probably would wear a pair of pants...

Wake - No jeans. We went to a private dinner club.
UNC - Really nice, upscale italian restaurant.
Hopkins - McCormick (sp) & Schmidts (Sp) Grill, nice steak joint
Yale - You could definately get away with Jeans. We had a university catered dinner at the medical school and then off to the bars (optional, even if you don't drink go b/c the residents let their guard down after a few pops..as we all do)
Vandy - Upscale bistro type restaurant
Wash U - Nice bistro type resaturant
Mayo (jax) - no dinner

 

[Idiopathic]

I don't understand why any program uses snail mail, esp. for the initial invite. It is nice however to get a snail confirmation of your interview date with some materials. In terms of the invite, I want to know immediately so I can schedule. My neurotic nature has really come out with ERAS and my junk mail checks. I barely even think about my real mailbox though.

I agree. Why have a universally accepted, unified system, when you are going to use whichever notification option that you see fit.

 

[toughlife]

I just received the Duke form letter today, indicating that all applicants will be notified of their status within a month of their Nov. 1st deadline. I submitted my app the third week of September...

Did everyone who applied on or around September 1st get a form letter like this before?

I'm really hoping that my app is still alive at Duke. Any input is appreciated.

Good luck to all!

Keyser

Ditto

 

[GasMD]

U. OK
UAB
UTSW
UF
CCF
CWRU (MetroHealth)
U. IA
Wake
U. Mich
MCOW

Waiting for few more.

 

[cloud9]

I interviewd at UF last year and we wnet to the Bone Fish Grill. I wore jeans to only one interview last year and that was Penn State b/c the residents that were taking us out that evening insisted that we could and should wear jeans. They were right. As far as other programs. No need to wear a tie to any, but I probably would wear a pair of pants...

Wake - No jeans. We went to a private dinner club.
UNC - Really nice, upscale italian restaurant.
Hopkins - McCormick (sp) & Schmidts (Sp) Grill, nice steak joint
Yale - You could definately get away with Jeans. We had a university catered dinner at the medical school and then off to the bars (optional, even if you don't drink go b/c the residents let their guard down after a few pops..as we all do)
Vandy - Upscale bistro type restaurant
Wash U - Nice bistro type resaturant
Mayo (jax) - no dinner

Forgive an ignorant question, but do we, the applicant, pay for ourselves at these dinners? Not that it matters and is cool regardless, but I don't want to make any assumptions. Is it on the department like the hotel is?

So far:
Oklahoma
UT-Houston
UTMB
A&M (may cut this one, applied too "far and wide")
SLU
Wash U SL
UAB
Ochsner (it WAS a weird e-mail)
Vanderbilt
Maryland
UNM (another that may get cut)
UTSA

I'll risk jinxing myself now, I still haven't received any rejects and still have about 10 more to hear from. Definitely applied too "far and wide".

 

[greets fr. nyc]

hey ya'll,

thanks for keeping this thread up, it's been really helpful.
much appreciated. thnx!

UPenn 10/11
UCLA 10/11

 

[ThinkFast007]

Forgive an ignorant question, but do we, the applicant, pay for ourselves at these dinners? Not that it matters and is cool regardless, but I don't want to make any assumptions. Is it on the department like the hotel is?

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experience from my interviews so far this yr.....the dept pays for dinner and hotel accomod. so dont sweat it, LOL...live it up (or drink it up )

BTW....just a reminder to those that didnt see the other thread...if like me u applied 'far and wide' and think that its UNLIKELY that u will be going on all ur interviews PLEASE mk sure to call programs up early and tell them that u wont be attending, therefore, other applicants can get a chance. 👍

 

[Idiopathic]

Forgive an ignorant question, but do we, the applicant, pay for ourselves at these dinners? Not that it matters and is cool regardless, but I don't want to make any assumptions. Is it on the department like the hotel is?

So far:
Oklahoma
UT-Houston
UTMB
A&M (may cut this one, applied too "far and wide")
SLU
Wash U SL
UAB
Ochsner (it WAS a weird e-mail)
Vanderbilt
Maryland
UNM (another that may get cut)
UTSA

I'll risk jinxing myself now, I still haven't received any rejects and still have about 10 more to hear from. Definitely applied too "far and wide".

Suprised that you would cut Scott & White over some of the others.

 

[Sugar72]

This is certainly not a slight on those who choose to interview/match at either Tulane(?) or Ochsner, but I would be very surprised if those programs dont have to fill through scramble. I withdrew my apps from on 9/1 and think that a lot of others did the same. Would anyone rank a NO program to match, regardless of what they tell you on interview? I dont see how I could.

'New Orleans Proud to call it home' brah

 

[Idiopathic]

Well theres that, obviously, and I certainly think thats valid. However, with 'home' being less of a factor (as in someone not from NO), I think my point still holds. How can you guarantee that you are going to train in one place, from one set of faculty, with one set of residents, and complete your (hopefully accredited) residency program? All of those are reasonable questions, IMHO.

 

[EW1779]

Penn 10/12

 

[driverabu]

Anesthesia invites via email/ERAS 10/12. Also oklahoma prelim med today

 

[eagle26]

I also succumbed to the "applying to far and wide" status post panicking over not getting interview invites. The list so far is:

U Maryland
UT San Antonio
UCLA-Harborside
U Rochester
Mayo-Rochester
UCLA
Penn State
U Penn
Dartmouth
Baystate
Maine Medical Center
Emory
Wash U
UVA
VCU
CCF
U Mich
U Utah


There are probably 10 more waiting to hear from..again I applied to too many. Today I'm going to cancel U Rochester, UVA, and CCF

 

[Sugar72]

Well theres that, obviously, and I certainly think thats valid. However, with 'home' being less of a factor (as in someone not from NO), I think my point still holds. How can you guarantee that you are going to train in one place, from one set of faculty, with one set of residents, and complete your (hopefully accredited) residency program? All of those are reasonable questions, IMHO.

Hope you are right - maybe Ochsner will give me a spot outside the match and I can put all of this uncertainty behind me - or ahead of me I guess in your scenario! Life is uncertain - there are no guarantees. I think you have a valid point in terms of someone moving here for the first time with no connections to the area. I think that most of the people that match into the Tulane and Ochsner anesthesiology programs are from the New Orleans area anyway - either before or for medical school. I don't think that is necessarily true of other programs like IM, for instance. I certainly didn't mean to sound confrontational.

 

[no oxygen]

I also succumbed to the "applying to far and wide" status post panicking over not getting interview invites. The list so far is:

U Maryland
UT San Antonio
UCLA-Harborside
U Rochester
Mayo-Rochester
UCLA
Penn State
U Penn
Dartmouth
Baystate
Maine Medical Center
Emory
Wash U
UVA
VCU
CCF
U Mich
U Utah


There are probably 10 more waiting to hear from..again I applied to too many. Today I'm going to cancel U Rochester, UVA, and CCF

Hey eagle,

Just curious as to why you're cancelling UVa since you're relatively close by. I read from last years posts that they require passage of Step 2 in order to be ranked (don't know if its CK, CS, or both..waiting to hear back).

 

[eagle26]

Hey eagle,

Just curious as to why you're cancelling UVa since you're relatively close by. I read from last years posts that they require passage of Step 2 in order to be ranked (don't know if its CK, CS, or both..waiting to hear back).

I'm sending you a PM about it.
-Joe

 

[E'02]

St. Luke-Roosevelt 10/12 by email.

So far:
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Stony brook
UMDNJ - Newark
U Conn
Albert Einstein
Columbia
Yale

10 prelim and TYs

 

[vecuronium]

Jefferson today my email. 🙂 It's been a little slow for me lately...wonder why?

 

[no oxygen]

Baystate 10/12 by email
Medical College of Ohio 10/12 by email

 

[EW1779]

UCSD 9/5
Uroch 9/15
UVa 10/2
UFlorida 10/2
Vandy 10/7
Wash U 10/9
Yale 10/11
B&W 10/11
Northwestern 10/11
JHU 10/11
Penn 10/12
U Mich 10/12

 

[Doc13]

So far:
BID - Today
Yale
Mayo-rochester
OHSU
U Mich
Vermont
U Mass
Virginia Commonwealth

I'm amazed at some of the schools I've gotten with Step 1 score of 207 and being in bottom quartile of my class. I guess my step 2 scores really did help... 😕

 

[E'02]

Georgetown! 10/12 email

 

[ultm8frisbee]

Nebraska (10/12), snail mail
Hey doc, mind letting us know how much better you did on step 2? I m in the same boat, step1 201, step 2 236.

So far:
BID - Today
Yale
Mayo-rochester
OHSU
U Mich
Vermont
U Mass
Virginia Commonwealth

I'm amazed at some of the schools I've gotten with Step 1 score of 207 and being in bottom quartile of my class. I guess my step 2 scores really did help... 😕

 

[bigwillmd]

Georgetown! 10/12 email

Congrats on the interview, maybe I'll see you there! When did you submit your ERAS? My invites have been at a standstill and I'm beginning to worry.

 

[Sugar72]

My updated list -

SLU (9/7) - interviewed 9/29
UAB (9/6)
UIC (9/19)
MCG (10/3)
Vanderbilt (10/3)
UTMB (10/3)
VCU (10/3)
U.Chicago (10/11)
Ochsner (10/11)
U Michigan (9/7)

I got the big ding from IL masonic TY.

 

[Doc13]

Hey doc, mind letting us know how much better you did on step 2? I m in the same boat, step1 201, step 2 236.


Almost exactly the same as you. I got a 235 on step 2.

 

[IlianaSedai]

Finally, my running tally (and I'm starting to get secure enough to start cancelling or declining appointments soon). The ones that aren't bolded, I haven't heard from.

Stanford
UC Irvine
UCSD
UConn - scheduled
Yale - scheduled
Baystate - scheduled
BID
Boston University
B&W
MGH - invited
St Elizabeth's
Tufts-New England Medical Center
UMass - scheduled
Hopkins
Duke
UNC
Dartmouth - scheduled
Albert Einstein - scheduled
Mount Sinai
St Vincent's
Cornell
NYU
Columbia - scheduled
St Luke's-Roosevelt - invited
Drexel University
Penn State Milton S Hershey - scheduled
Thomas Jefferson - scheduled
Univ of Pittsburgh - invited, probably will decline
Penn - invited

 

[eagle26]

OHSU by email 10/12

 

[veetz]

Finally, my running tally (and I'm starting to get secure enough to start cancelling or declining appointments soon):

Stanford
UC Irvine
UCSD
UConn - scheduled
Yale - scheduled
Baystate - scheduled
BID
Boston University
B&W
MGH - invited
St Elizabeth's
Tufts-New England Medical Center
UMass - scheduled
Hopkins
Duke
UNC
Dartmouth - scheduled
Albert Einstein - scheduled
Mount Sinai
St Vincent's
Cornell
NYU
Columbia - scheduled
St Luke's-Roosevelt - invited
Drexel University
Penn State Milton S Hershey - scheduled
Thomas Jefferson - scheduled
Univ of Pittsburgh - invited, probably will decline
Penn - invited

Nice list...congrats!!

 

[E'02]

Congrats on the interview, maybe I'll see you there! When did you submit your ERAS? My invites have been at a standstill and I'm beginning to worry.

Thanks! That would be cool if we met up there. I think you'll be fine. I submitted my ERAS on sept 2nd, and I think that's what a lot of folks on this thread did too. But interviews are coming in batches (I wasn't in the first round for Georgetown - folks on here got their invites last week, I believe) so I'm sure yours will be rolling in soon! Keep ya head up!

 

[vecuronium]

st. luke roosevelt by email, add to jefferson earlier in the day. total of 11 invited now plus 4 prelim/ty.

waiting for my step 2 score to come back. should be any day now! hope i improved like most of you guys did.

4th year is awesome.....!

 

[24858]

Uconn
Yale U
BU
MGH
BID
B&W
StElizabeth
Tuft's
UMass(I) 1/25
Baystate
Dartmouth
MaineMed
UVM (I) Interviewed 9/14
URochester (I) 11/4
NYMC
UAlbany
PennSt (I) 1/2
UPenn
MUSC

 

[EW1779]

UCSD 9/5
Uroch 9/15
UVa 10/2
UFlorida 10/2
Vandy 10/7
Wash U 10/9
Yale 10/11
B&W 10/11
Northwestern 10/11
JHU 10/11
Penn 10/12
U Mich 10/12
UVa prelim 10/13

 

[EW1779]

UCSD 9/5
Uroch 9/15
UVa 10/2
UFlorida 10/2
Vandy 10/7
Wash U 10/9
Yale 10/11
B&W 10/11
Northwestern 10/11
JHU 10/11
Penn 10/12
U Mich 10/12
UVa prelim 10/13
OHSU 10/13...1st west coast in a while

 

[mich12580]

My current list of interviews scheduled/done:
SLU
SUNY Upstate
Drexel University
St. Joseph's
Univ. of Mass
New York Medical College in Valhalla
NYMC St. Vincent's
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Case Western MetroHealth
Univ. of Rochester

 

[G.O.B. III]

here is my list: unfortunately i forget when I received my invites and don't have my calendar in front of me to know when I interview, but I have not heard anything in a while. No rejections so far, but oh boy are they coming.

Good luck to everyone. I will try to keep up with the updates.

MGH - nada
B&W - nada
BID - nada
WFU - interviewing in late Nov.
Duke - nada
UNC - interviewing in mid Nov.
MUSC - nada
Columbia - interviewing in Jan. (so glad the Yankees lost)
Cornell - nada
Virginia Mason - nada
Emory - interviewing in early December
UCSF - nada
Stanford - nada
UChicago - nada
Northwestern -nada
GW - interviewing in mid December
Georgetown - nada
Hopkins - interviewing in mid December

 

[no oxygen]

Dartmouth 10/14 (anes) 🙂
Methodist Hosp in Houston for TY 10/14

Y'all have a good weekend ya hear

 

[G.O.B. III]

MGH - nada
B&W - nada
BID - nada
WFU - interviewing in late Nov.
Duke - interview mid Novemeber
UNC - interviewing in mid Nov.
MUSC - nada
Columbia - interviewing in Jan. (so glad the Yankees lost)
Cornell - nada
Virginia Mason - nada
Emory - interviewing in early December
UCSF - nada
Stanford - nada
UChicago - nada
Northwestern -nada
GW - interviewing in mid December
Georgetown - nada
Hopkins - interviewing in mid December

Prelims so far
Duke
Georgetown

 

[eagle26]

Harbor-UCLA TY..will interview there the same day I do my anesthesiology interview

 

[nineeight]

MGH - nada
B&W - nada
BID - nada
WFU - interviewing in late Nov.
Duke - interview mid Novemeber
UNC - interviewing in mid Nov.
MUSC - nada
Columbia - interviewing in Jan. (so glad the Yankees lost)
Cornell - nada
Virginia Mason - nada
Emory - interviewing in early December
UCSF - nada
Stanford - nada
UChicago - nada
Northwestern -nada
GW - interviewing in mid December
Georgetown - nada
Hopkins - interviewing in mid December

Prelims so far
Duke
Georgetown

When did you hear from Duke, today?

My programs so far:
Vandy-Nov
GWU-Nov
NYU-Dec
Columbia-Dec

Havent heard from any other programs yet?

 

[mrdarcy]

duke via email today 10/14
UCLA via email 10/12
🙂

so my updated list is:
Duke
UCLA
B&W
U of Chicago
Wake Forest
WashU
UAB
UNC
UVA
UPenn
Columbia
Vandy
GW
UTHSCSA

 

[jc237]

I had quite a traumatic dream last night. I dreamt about interviewing at NYU and Mt. Sinai and both of them told me to get lost and go forget myself . I need to get a life.

 

[eagle26]

Case Western Reserve University by email (10/14) - had trouble figuring out where exactly the invite came from. There wasn't any indication on the email except for the name of the residency coordinator.

 

[ThinkFast007]

Case Western Reserve University by email (10/14) - had trouble figuring out where exactly the invite came from. There wasn't any indication on the email except for the name of the residency coordinator.

just got that one too today. i wonder why they did that 😎

 

[Pollack_Bench]

Hey All! Long time lurker, first time poster... Here it goes....

My List;

West
- OHSU (invite)
- Univ Utah (invite)
- Univ Colorado (nothing)
- UW (nothing)
- Virginia Mason (nothing)
- Stanford (nothing)
- UCSF (nothing)

Midwest
- SLU (invite)
- WashU (invite)
- UI (invite)
- Mayo Rochester (invite)
- U Wisc (invite)
- U Minn (nothing)

East
- JHU (invite)
- UVA (invite)
- MGH (invite)
- BID (invite)
- B&W (invite)
- UNC (invite)
- Duke (nothing)
- Wake Forest (nothing)

21 applications total, no interviews yet - I want some 'out-west' invites! How many of you all have received UW or VM invites?
Good Luck All!

 

[Idiopathic]

Had my first interview today at UF. Nice experience.


Anyone heard from Penn or Cornell?