Official 2012-2013 Heme/Onc fellowship application cycle

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anemic said:
Invite today... Seems like a great program but not nci designated... Still worth interviewing over somewhere like minnesota or colorado or yale? Same question for cornell? Im looking for good balance between heme and onc although tilting heme
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Invite from where?

Also, don't get too wrapped up in the NCI designation mishigas (apologies to "the chosen" if I misspelled that and to everyone else for what appears to be a nonsense word). It's not nearly as important as you, or your Aunt Ethel think it is.
 
gutonc said:
Invite from where?

Also, don't get too wrapped up in the NCI designation mishigas (apologies to "the chosen" if I misspelled that and to everyone else for what appears to be a nonsense word). It's not nearly as important as you, or your Aunt Ethel think it is.
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Mount sinai
 
I applied last application cycle and interviewed at some of these program. I think cornell is a place to definitely interview if you are leaning heme, I like the program. Required lab research 2nd year of fellowship, can be positive/negative depending on your background/future interest.

Colorado is big into Phase I clinical trials, did not emphasize heme too much on interview day.

Mount Sinai, interview day was a little disorganized, but I think you would see a good mix of heme and onc. I think it is reasonable to take a look at the program.

Yale is a growing program, new cancer center. Some new heme faculty, but I think the solid tumor side is moreso on the upswing with several major recruitments to the faculty.

Hope this helps.

Iso


anemic said:
Invite today... Seems like a great program but not nci designated... Still worth interviewing over somewhere like minnesota or colorado or yale? Same question for cornell? Im looking for good balance between heme and onc although tilting heme
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Officially applied on 7/19. took USMLE scores a few days to get to the application.
IMG, US citizen. great letters. no pubs. great USMLE scores.
applied to 90 programs
so far...
5 rejections
13 interviews -- half university, half community
Not sure how many have already silently rejected me
still hoping for a few more key university interviews

Good luck to everyone!
 
Isoniazid said:
I applied last application cycle and interviewed at some of these program. I think cornell is a place to definitely interview if you are leaning heme, I like the program. Required lab research 2nd year of fellowship, can be positive/negative depending on your background/future interest.

Colorado is big into Phase I clinical trials, did not emphasize heme too much on interview day.

Mount Sinai, interview day was a little disorganized, but I think you would see a good mix of heme and onc. I think it is reasonable to take a look at the program.

Yale is a growing program, new cancer center. Some new heme faculty, but I think the solid tumor side is moreso on the upswing with several major recruitments to the faculty.

Hope this helps.

Iso
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Very helpful thank u
 
happyslav said:
Officially applied on 7/19. took USMLE scores a few days to get to the application.
IMG, US citizen. great letters. no pubs. great USMLE scores.
applied to 90 programs
so far...
5 rejections
13 interviews -- half university, half community
Not sure how many have already silently rejected me
still hoping for a few more key university interviews

Good luck to everyone!
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Thanks for the update. You are really doing great!!!
Quick question for ya, if you dont mind : Which community programs did you hear from? I have not heard from any of mine and I am just curious why? I heard from University programs though ; so not sure what is happening.
 
advocate lutheran, st. elizabeth's boston, baylor dallas ... a few others I can't think of right now.
 
happyslav said:
advocate lutheran, st. elizabeth's boston, baylor dallas ... a few others I can't think of right now.
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Thanks for the prompt reply.
Wonder why they dont want me 🙁, though I didnt apply to Baylor D.
Lets see what the next 2 weeks will bring.

Thanks again for the info.
 
Today:
Loyola - IV
Wake Forest - Reject
Since yesterday 3 rejects from University of Wisconsin. I guess they really didn't want me there ;-). And an apology mail, for multiple rejects. LOL
 
Received IV from MUSC. I was offered only one date. MUSC already sent out iv before my 4th LoR was available. I updated them. The PC was very kind replying me that the LoR was added to my file. I am lucky.

Any information about this program. It is kind of far away from where I reside.

One question, I was offered only one date. Unfortunately that date is already occupied by another IV. What should I do?
 
feelfox said:
Received IV from MUSC. I was offered only one date. MUSC already sent out iv before my 4th LoR was available. I guess I am luck.

One question, I was offered only one date. Unfortunately that date is already occupied. What should I do?
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Call/email and tell them that...ask for another date. I doubt they only have one date available, but it makes life much easier for the PC if they just assign you a date and you say yes or no to it.

Every place I got a "this date only" invite from allowed me to adjust it if I needed to (I didn't always need to).
 
gutonc said:
Call/email and tell them that...ask for another date. I doubt they only have one date available, but it makes life much easier for the PC if they just assign you a date and you say yes or no to it.

Every place I got a "this date only" invite from allowed me to adjust it if I needed to (I didn't always need to).
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Thanks Gutonc. I will do.
 
Montefiore and Tufts. Whew, was starting to get worried! 😳
 
Guys, need some help.
I was worried about interviews, so applied to WAY to many programs, now need some help narrowing it down. Want to remain in academics, have background in basic science so that remains a possiblity, but my home residency doesn't have a fellowship so haven't been exposed to any clinical research yet. Leaning toward malig heme but not 100% sure....

Invites:
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. Tufts
3. UMass
4. BU
5. VCU
6. Wake
7. JHU
8. Yale
9. OHSU
10. UC Davis
11. University of Vermont
12. University of Rochester
13. UMDNJ
14. University of Wisconson
15. Washington University
16. Yale

Planning on going to Yale, Wash U, U of Wis, UC Davis, OHSU, Wake, Univ of Wis, Thomas Jefferson, VCU, Univer of Tenn (know someone there).
Anyone have any opinions/thoughts on the ones I haven't committed an interview to? Having a hard time deciding which ones to go on.
 
fischer said:
Guys, need some help.
I was worried about interviews, so applied to WAY to many programs, now need some help narrowing it down. Want to remain in academics, have background in basic science so that remains a possiblity, but my home residency doesn't have a fellowship so haven't been exposed to any clinical research yet. Leaning toward malig heme but not 100% sure....

Invites:
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. Tufts
3. UMass
4. BU
5. VCU
6. Wake
7. JHU
8. Yale
9. OHSU
10. UC Davis
11. University of Vermont
12. University of Rochester
13. UMDNJ
14. University of Wisconson
15. Washington University
16. Yale

Planning on going to Yale, Wash U, U of Wis, UC Davis, OHSU, Wake, Univ of Wis, Thomas Jefferson, VCU, Univer of Tenn (know someone there).
Anyone have any opinions/thoughts on the ones I haven't committed an interview to? Having a hard time deciding which ones to go on.
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If you could fit it in, I might be worth checking out Rochester. There are some strong heme malignancy folks (at least in lymphoma), and it's a nice working environment (a lot of people from my med school did residency there). I would skip BU. Tufts is a respectable program, but I know someone who had trouble getting a job after trainging there, which has soured my impression of it.
 
fischer said:
Guys, need some help.
I was worried about interviews, so applied to WAY to many programs, now need some help narrowing it down. Want to remain in academics, have background in basic science so that remains a possiblity, but my home residency doesn't have a fellowship so haven't been exposed to any clinical research yet. Leaning toward malig heme but not 100% sure....

Invites:
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. Tufts
3. UMass
4. BU
5. VCU
6. Wake
7. JHU
8. Yale
9. OHSU
10. UC Davis
11. University of Vermont
12. University of Rochester
13. UMDNJ
14. University of Wisconson
15. Washington University
16. Yale

Planning on going to Yale, Wash U, U of Wis, UC Davis, OHSU, Wake, Univ of Wis, Thomas Jefferson, VCU, Univer of Tenn (know someone there).
Anyone have any opinions/thoughts on the ones I haven't committed an interview to? Having a hard time deciding which ones to go on.
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FWIW, Davis has virtually no malignant heme. Honestly, tack on Hopkins to your current list and call it a day. Maybe swap out UMDNJ (assuming you mean RWJ) for VCU or Wake but you can keep it the way it is and be fine.
 
gutonc said:
FWIW, Davis has virtually no malignant heme. Honestly, tack on Hopkins to your current list and call it a day. Maybe swap out UMDNJ (assuming you mean RWJ) for VCU or Wake but you can keep it the way it is and be fine.
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Good gosh, didn't mean to forget Hopkins as I definitely plan to interview there. Thanks for the info- appreciated!!
 
Current interviews scheduled- nih, georgetown, unc, jhu, mt sinai, columbia, jefferson (already attended), baylor, michigan, colorado

Waiting on Cornell, msk, nyu, Bidmc, Chicago, fox chase, Md anderson, upmc, umd, emory, bu

Rejected duke, dana farber, nwu, upenn and guessing some of those i havent heard from

Scheduling conflicts with yale and michigan as well as sinai and minnesota... Also yale and unc... I am interested in getting good broad experience but tilting heme... Any thoughts on this list (which im pretty happy with overall and just being picky)
 
anemic said:
Current interviews scheduled- nih, georgetown, unc, jhu, mt sinai, columbia, jefferson (already attended), baylor, michigan, colorado

Waiting on Cornell, msk, nyu, Bidmc, Chicago, fox chase, Md anderson, upmc, umd, emory, bu

Rejected duke, dana farber, nwu, upenn and guessing some of those i havent heard from

Scheduling conflicts with yale and michigan as well as sinai and minnesota... Also yale and unc... I am interested in getting good broad experience but tilting heme... Any thoughts on this list (which im pretty happy with overall and just being picky)
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Your list looks good. If I were in your shoes, I'd probably do Michigan and/or UNC over Yale and MSSM. But I lean solid. If you're thinking heme mal...UMinn is the home of BMT...you don't get much more heme mal than that. The rest of those places are decently balanced although probably tending more solid. And Colorado could not get less heme mal if it tried.
 
Sloan here too. Nice selection of interview dates too.
 
To my fellow MSK invitees, have you guys all heard from MDACC?

This wouldn't be much of an issue but I'm couples matching w/ my wife (applying to cards) and she's heard from 2 programs in Houston but I've yet to hear anything from MD Anderson...just trying to determine my odds of interviewing there before she buys plane tix to HOU. Any input would be appreciated.

Cheers,
jimmy de chaqueta blanca
 
happygolucky1 said:
has anyone heard from ucla, ucla harbor or ucla olive view?
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i heard from Harbor/Kaiser , got an invite that didnt include any dates. I have had a hard time getting ahold of the office regarding getting a date scheduled.
 
I think you should call MD Anderson and see if the committee can make a decision on you. No harm in trying, and they'll see that you're definitely interested in them.
 
Mt. Sinai and Penn.
 
For DFCI do they only interview internal applicants? Only interview from the big big programs or interview but just not rank? They seem rather elusive....
 
Any ideas about questions that are commonly asked in an interview? why do u prepare yourself for the whole I.V. process?
 
KeepOnTruckin07 said:
For DFCI do they only interview internal applicants? Only interview from the big big programs or interview but just not rank? They seem rather elusive....
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In a typical year, they match 6 MGH, 6 BWH, and 1-2 BI or 1-2 outside (2 folks I know that trained at the DFCI and came from the outside both did residency at Cornell, for what it's worth).

I remembered coming across this is one of the other threads:
gutonc said:
I don't have actual data (and DFCI does a really nice job of hiding it on their public website) but I know a few current/former DFCI fellows and they are roughly 50/50 HMS/outside residents. I don't think DFCI has a "pro-HMS" bias so much as they see so many of the HMS program residents (and that's ~120 residents between the 3 programs) and it's just a lot easier to rank a candidate that you know (and that knows you) than somebody you don't know outside of their numbers/letters/interview. There's no other program that has so much easy access to good local talent. They don't have to take people from outside, so they don't bother. That is, quite honestly, to the detriment of the program, and none of the people I know who have trained there there have wanted to stay there.
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When I was up there interviewing at BWH, had a chance to meet with one of the higher ups at DFCI; who was pretty blunt about their preference for BWH/MGH residents, given that they are the known entities vs outside candidates.
 
Univ of Maryland today, Colorado yesterday (weird, that the program coordinator called on a Sunday)
 
avidgolfer said:
Univ of Maryland today, Colorado yesterday (weird, that the program coordinator called on a Sunday)
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Wait til you visit the program, you haven't seen anything yet. Don't forget to ask about the call and weekend work schedule.
 
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