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Keep (In order of awesomeness):Alright guys, I was planning on canceling a few interviews tonight and chickened out at the thought of giving up an opportunity at a place that I might like... or giving up a spot at a place on the off chance that I don't match (in IM) even with >12 programs. Here are my invites so far. I have a sub 230 step 1 but strong clinical performance and solid step 2. My class rank was top 35% (our second ranking from the top) and I assume my LORs were good. I would bet that 2 of 4 were fantastic.
- Yale
- Brown
- Sinai (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins community affiliated program)
- Christiana (community program in Delaware)
- Rutgers Robert Wood
- Rutgers NJM (Newark)
- Yale Waterbury (community)
- Greenwich Yale New Haven (community)
- Buffalo
- Dartmouth
- Brown
- Maine Medical
- Penn State
- Pittsburgh
- Case Western Metro Health
- Cleveland Clinic
- Cincinnati
- Wisconsin - Madison
I spoke to an advisor recently and they felt I could safely cut programs and we discussed dropping Yale Waterbury, Greenwich, and Case Metro Health. I am potentially interested in fellowships so was trying to avoid going to a community without decent fellowship/research connections, and I wasn't sure about the strength of these programs. That said, when I got online to finally do the deed, I started to wonder if attending only 15 interviews was maybe not as safe as my advisors might think. I REALLY do not want to be in a position where I don't match and I have this nagging fear that somehow this is going to happen. I've gotten great interviews but I have no real research to speak of, I've only done the usual ECs, and I generally feel unremarkable as a candidate.
Might any of you have advice about my list? I'd really appreciate it. Specifically, any thoughts on which community programs on my list are worth keeping? My advisor didn't know them all well.
UWM/Pitt/Yale
Dartmouth
RWJ/Cincy/Case (is this "Real" Case? 12 years on and I still can't figure out which one is the real Case program...It should either be here or in the "Ditch" pile if it's fake Case)/CCF/Brown
B-lo/Maine/Newark (maybe)
Ditch the rest