Official 2013-2014 Heme/Onc fellowship application cycle

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drcocochanel said:
Have been enjoying this thread immensely. Overall, I have been suprised by my interview offers (seemingly random) thus far in terms of programs I did and did not expect, as well as rejections, applied to 20+ programs. If possible I would like to narrow my list, due to financial and time constraints. I know this is a personal judgement call but would appreciate everyone's thoughts. My interest is solid oncology, but research mostly hematology oriented.

Jefferson
Fox Chase/Temple
Penn
Pitt
Hopkins
Wake Forest
UNC
University of Rochester
Yale
U Mass

Rejection from Dana Farber.
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Can you please tell when you received interview invite from U.Rochester
 
DFCC
UCSF
Emory
Wake Forrest
UNC Chapel Hill
VCU
Univ. Iowa
Univ. Minnesota
Allegeny General Hospital-Western Pennsylvania Hospital
 
OHSU (Ohio state rejection)
Upenn Rejection
 
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Allegheny sent out interviews today. Last i saw they sent them out on 8/1 but still 4 dates avail
 
UC San Diego - 8/21 - four Fridays in October
(is this where the SoCal floodgates open?)
 
Niviancer said:
Allegheny sent out interviews today. Last i saw they sent them out on 8/1 but still 4 dates avail
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have you narrowed down your list of 10-15 IVs? are you still waiting on a few more?
 
i'm the map said:
UC San Diego - 8/21 - four Fridays in October
(is this where the SoCal floodgates open?)
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how are the SoCal programs stack-up against similar programs in the Northeast/NYC area (not including MSKCC)?
 
Rejections
Rutgers RWJ
MD Anderson
Johns Hopkins

👎
 
qv3755 said:
DFCC
UCSF
Emory
Wake Forrest
UNC Chapel Hill
VCU
Univ. Iowa
Univ. Minnesota
Allegeny General Hospital-Western Pennsylvania Hospital
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John Hopkins
Univ. Missouri.

" ....We recognize that there are many outstanding candidates whom we will not be able to interview. Time and logistics limit us in this regard. Your application will remain on file and should you have any questions about this decision, please feel free to contact us. We wish the best for your career...."


I don't understand this "keeping my application on file"? are they just being nice here?
 
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drcocochanel said:
Have been enjoying this thread immensely. Overall, I have been suprised by my interview offers (seemingly random) thus far in terms of programs I did and did not expect, as well as rejections, applied to 20+ programs. If possible I would like to narrow my list, due to financial and time constraints. I know this is a personal judgement call but would appreciate everyone's thoughts. My interest is solid oncology, but research mostly hematology oriented.

Jefferson
Fox Chase/Temple
Penn
Pitt
Hopkins
Wake Forest
UNC
University of Rochester
Yale
U Mass

Rejection from Dana Farber.
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Outside of UMass, Rochester and UNC - I think they're all very excellent programs. UNC probably has a better solids than Wake Forrest but then again, I'm more of a heme person and so there's some bias there.
 
any last year fellows or seniors can comment on this? are we more than half way there already? For those top 20 programs, I doubt there will be any late cancellations.. I wonder how many invites people will receive in mid Sept if there's no traffic within the next 2 weeks.
 
Niviancer said:
Congratulations!

Anyone heard back from Emory yet regarding the dates?
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you might have to pick up the phone and call them for confirmation. I didn't get invite there but had to call on a few of my invites. Don't get discourage if no one pick up. Just call every hour or so until you get a hold of someone..
 
would anyone be interested in starting a separate forum to share their interview impressions on Hem/Onc programs?
 
Hi guys. New to the forum. Enjoyed the posts so far. Quick question: Gotten
rejections from most of the "elite" programs(Hopkins, penn, DF/HCC, etc.) with the exception of UCSF. Is the selection process truly random or is the west coast overall less competitive?
 
11484655 said:
Hi guys. New to the forum. Enjoyed the posts so far. Quick question: Gotten
rejections from most of the "elite" programs(Hopkins, penn, DF/HCC, etc.) with the exception of UCSF. Is the selection process truly random or is the west coast overall less competitive?
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r u from the west coast? don't forget that there's a regional factor as well.
 
med98 said:
Rejections
Rutgers RWJ
MD Anderson
Johns Hopkins

👎
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Are you an IMG needing a visa?

3 of my friends who are also IMG needing visa with great scores & pubs got a rejection from MDACC while another who is also an IMG and doesn't need a visa did not get interview or rejection. I wonder if they review visa needing applications at all or just send bulk rejections to them.
 
bearhugger said:
Are you an IMG needing a visa?

3 of my friends who are also IMG needing visa with great scores & pubs got a rejection from MDACC while another who is also an IMG and doesn't need a visa did not get interview or rejection. I wonder if they review visa needing applications at all or just send bulk rejections to them.
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definitely bulk rejections for those who need VISA.
 
11484655 said:
Hi guys. New to the forum. Enjoyed the posts so far. Quick question: Gotten
rejections from most of the "elite" programs(Hopkins, penn, DF/HCC, etc.) with the exception of UCSF. Is the selection process truly random or is the west coast overall less competitive?
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West coast highly competitive I think. Several reasons like not many programs and too few spots, so they probably try to accommodate their own first (if you look through the forum, one of the year someone published Stanford internal IM residents fellowship match data and their hem/Onc had 5 of their own IM residents match there!).

Similar with UCSF, UCLA, UCSD, etc UW is of course another top program so highly competitive. Utah also similar to other top programs and they have only 4 spots (their IM program has something like 30+ residents in each year!! And are bound to have some internal candidates too). Some states have no programs at all like NV, IA or have only one like WA, PO. CA is the most populous state but does not have many spots, strange.
 
bearhugger said:
West coast highly competitive I think. Several reasons like not many programs and too few spots, so they probably try to accommodate their own first (if you look through the forum, one of the year someone published Stanford internal IM residents fellowship match data and their hem/Onc had 5 of their own IM residents match there!).

Similar with UCSF, UCLA, UCSD, etc UW is of course another top program so highly competitive. Utah also similar to other top programs and they have only 4 spots (their IM program has something like 30+ residents in each year!! And are bound to have some internal candidates too). Some states have no programs at all like NV, IA or have only one like WA, PO. CA is the most populous state but does not have many spots, strange.
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NV has MedOnc program this year. IA has their own program, which is also very good. CA programs has the PTAL requirement that make them very difficult for non-residents.
 
qv3755 said:
NV has MedOnc program this year. IA has their own program, which is also very good. CA programs has the PTAL requirement that make them very difficult for non-residents.
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No dude, Idaho and NV don't have Hem/Onc programs. I think NV had an onc program that went bankrupt (along with the casinos in Vegas🙂. PTAL is for IMGs only I think and probably not for LCME accredited US medical schools.
 
qv3755 said:
NV has MedOnc program this year. IA has their own program, which is also very good. CA programs has the PTAL requirement that make them very difficult for non-residents.
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Oh wait, I mean ID (Idaho) not IA!
 
11484655 said:
No actually from big program SE region
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If you have decent scores, you shouldn't have a problem I think. There was another AMG in this forum with low scores but seems to have got many interviews.
 
letDdiceflyhigh said:
Has Anyone Heard Back From Utah Yet ?
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I sent an email to the program coordinator then she sent dates ... I think she was not clear when sent the original email...shoot her an email...I am going there on 27th🙂
 
qv3755 said:
any last year fellows or seniors can comment on this? are we more than half way there already? For those top 20 programs, I doubt there will be any late cancellations.. I wonder how many invites people will receive in mid Sept if there's no traffic within the next 2 weeks.
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I looked through last year's thread. Last invite posted was 9/18, which is roughly 8 weeks out from when the first interview was posted. There were still many people posting invites the first week of september and then they slowly stopped coming. Going by that, we are at the end of week 5. So yes, it looks like we're past the halfway point or right around there.
 
How does Utah stack up against Hopkins, TJ and UW in terms of research (solids & liquids)?
 
argentina09 said:
I sent an email to the program coordinator then she sent dates ... I think she was not clear when sent the original email...shoot her an email...I am going there on 27th🙂
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Thanks she didn't reply to my initial email. Sent her another one today.
 
bearhugger said:
No dude, Idaho and NV don't have Hem/Onc programs. I think NV had an onc program that went bankrupt (along with the casinos in Vegas🙂. PTAL is for IMGs only I think and probably not for LCME accredited US medical schools.
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IA is for iowa. ID is for Idaho. Thanks for the info on NV and CA buddy!
 
or any other program in NYC?

Gutonc -
has your program sent out IVs yet?
 
med98 said:
I looked through last year's thread. Last invite posted was 9/18, which is roughly 8 weeks out from when the first interview was posted. There were still many people posting invites the first week of september and then they slowly stopped coming. Going by that, we are at the end of week 5. So yes, it looks like we're past the halfway point or right around there.
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thanks for your great work digging through last year posts.
 
Univ of Toledo/Med onc 08/23/2013 (dates on 09/20, 10/04 and 10/11)
 
Thanks for the response. Their website says they're super selective! Just kidding.
 
is it ok to rank the following programs like this?

Tier 1 -
UW
NIH/NCI

Tier 2 -
Tuft Univ.
Tulane
UConn

Tier 3 -
Texas A&M Scott & White
Baystate Medical Center
NorthShore/LIU Medical
 
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Rejections
qv3755 said:
DFCC
UCSF
Emory
Wake Forrest
UNC Chapel Hill
VCU
Univ. Iowa
Univ. Minnesota
Allegeny General Hospital-Western Pennsylvania Hospital
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Mayo Clinic Rochester reject
 
Niviancer said:
Thanks for the response. Their website says they're super selective! Just kidding.
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It's a good program if you ask me. if it's not top 20 then definitely a top 40 category. Good in heme/BMT. This came from a recent grad who's now at the NCI/NIH.
 
On bethematch, it appears they've done less than 50 total transplants last year?
 
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