*Official* "IM Interviews Offered" Thread

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Finally got NYU tonight!

Updated list: (Nothing nobody has not already posted)

Temple
Jefferson
UPenn
Michigan
Northwestern
UAB
Univ of Chicago
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Tufts
Boston Univ
Cedars Sinai
UConn
NYU

JUST waiting to hear from 14 more! This waiting is killing me! 🙂

 

[InternalWhizzzz]

furthermore -- if she hadn't ranked Vandy, she still wouldn't have been able to scramble into it, because she was already matched with the program that she didn't like. so not including Vandy on her rank list wouldn't have solved her problem. rather, not including the program that she didn't really like (which she ultimately matched) would have solved the problem.

that's what I meant...I said, had she not listed the program that she didnt like..then she had a chance of getting into vandy

 

[putter]

My first post, it's a short list.

Wash U
Cornell
U Penn
U Chicago
UCSF
Stanford
Johns Hopkins

4 others pending (hopefully if what others say are true then posting may bring good luck)

no rejections to date

 

[Zolpidem25]

Finally got NYU tonight!

what's the deal with invites going out AT NIGHT? doesn't sending out interview invitations strike you as more of a daytime activity?

it only gets weirder and weirder....

 

[Zolpidem25]

My first post, it's a short list.

Wash U
Cornell
U Penn
U Chicago
UCSF
Stanford
Johns Hopkins

4 others pending (hopefully if what others say are true then posting may bring good luck)

no rejections to date

short, but damn sweet. you certainly are no 3-put, putter -- not with that list. rock on.

 

[YankeeCandle]

Mt Sinai
Hopkins
NYU
Cornell
Penn
UCLA
UCSD
USC
Harbor-UCLA
UC-Irvine
OHSU
Temple
Jefferson
Maryland
AEMC-Montefiore
Tufts-NEMC
BU
Yale-New Haven
University of Chicago
Northwestern
University of Colorado

Waiting: BWH, MGH, BID, UW, UCSF, Stanford, Columbia
(Will cancel some of the above interviews; got my fingers crossed for these last 7)

 

[therealoc]

hey, does anyone know what days of the week UCSD does their interviews? trying to plan my schedule hoping i'll hear from them 😳

 

[TommyGunn04]

what's the deal with invites going out AT NIGHT? doesn't sending out interview invitations strike you as more of a daytime activity?

it only gets weirder and weirder....

The fact that you received the message at night doesn't necessarily mean that's when it was actually sent out, especially if it went through ERAS first. Case in point: I received one invite literally a day later than it was sent, presumably due to the delays that often seem to occur when programs contact a large number of applicants through ERAS. I also wonder if programs sometimes queue the messages to go out automatically in the evening, when they presume traffic might be decreased. I don't even know if ERAS or their e-mail software has that functionality...it's just a random thought I had.

 

[Dr. Corday]

The fact that you received the message at night doesn't necessarily mean that's when it was actually sent out, especially if it went through ERAS first. Case in point: I received one invite literally a day later than it was sent, presumably due to the delays that often seem to occur when programs contact a large number of applicants through ERAS. I also wonder if programs sometimes queue the messages to go out automatically in the evening, when they presume traffic might be decreased. I don't even know if ERAS or their e-mail software has that functionality...it's just a random thought I had.

What places have you gotten interviews from TommyGunn04? I see you posting all the time but I can't recall your list. Hope it's going well 🙂

 

[DrNick2006]

NO that doesn't look bad, and at my school at least, 95 % of people match to thier first three choices. You should ask your school what the numbers are at your institution in your field to give you an estimate. The AAMC also lists the average rank order length of applicants, I think it is 5-7 or something. COme on people, this is IM, everyone will match at thier 1 -3 choice.

 

[TommyGunn04]

What places have you gotten interviews from TommyGunn04? I see you posting all the time but I can't recall your list. Hope it's going well 🙂

No worries, it's been a while since I updated the list. Here it is:

👍 Interviews:
UVA
Duke
Brown
UNC
BU
BID (after Nov 1st)
Wash U (after Nov 1st)

No word from:
BWH
MGH
Michigan
UPenn
Yale New Haven

👎 Rejections: Hopkins

 

[tuffgong]

therealoc,
ucsd is doing interviews monday, tuesday, and thursdays from 12/5-1/31, with a break from 12/19-1/03.

 

[DoctorDo-Little]

Been reading too long not to post, but there's nothing new here:

Top 20 school in the South, top 1/3 of class. Step I: 245...

NYU
Cornell
Monte
Mt Sinai
Beth Israel Deacones
BU
Baylor Houston
Emory
UC Irvine
USC
Miami
UTSW
Colorado

Still anxiously awaiting: Columbia
Still waiting, but with less anxiety:
The big guns from Boston, the big 3 UC's (SF, SD, LA)

Best of luck to everyone... And I'll probably meet some of ya'll on the interview trail (you will be putting your SDN login names on your name tags, right?)

 

[medlaw06]

ok...so here is the updated list so far:

Interviews for categorical IM programs:

Nassau University Medical Center
NYHQ-Cornell
Maimonides
Mt.Sinai-Cabrini (DAMN...so close, yet so far)
UMDNJ-Newark
SUNY-Stony Brook
SUNY-Downstate
Einstein-Jacobi
Einstein- Beth Israel
Columbia- Presby

Rejected that I have heard so far from:

New York Med (Valhalla)...interestingly got rejected from there for med school too!)
LIJ (heard today via private e-mail and not ERAS, and the ladt PROMISED me an interview when I talked to her on the phone....hmmm....interesting)

Put on wait list:

Harlem Hospital

 

[lasix]

I agree - that is one great set of invites. But I think it is also evidence of the randomness of the process. Here lasix has this stellar list of invites and yet is waiting for "cali schools," presumably including UCSF. And UCSF has invited several others who may or may have not have heard from all these other places like BWH and Columbia. Now I'm sure lasix will get an invite from UCSF (assuming he/she applied there), but it's strange that it hasn't come through yet. In a way it gives me hope that receiving invites later is not necessarily a sign that one is a weaker applicant.

I totally agree. I have a solid application, but I attend (a respected but not "elite") school in the northeast. I think this puts me at a disadvantage geographically, as my application has little to indicate that I have any sort of interest in pursuing residency out on the west coast . . . hence, no love from the UCxx programs. I would actually love to match out west and was considering doing an elective in california to demonstrate my interest. However, my advisor told me that based on the strength of my application, I shouldn't need to do so. Point of the story . . . geography matters. And if you think you're at a disadvantage because of locale, contact the programs and let them know that you are actually interested. That's my plan anyway. Good luck everyone.

 

[ussdfiant]

Anyone else receive a Saturday interview? I just received one and though that it was a little weird!

 

[TommyGunn04]

Anyone else receive a Saturday interview? I just received one and though that it was a little weird!

I've heard from classmates that surgery interviews are mostly on Saturdays, but that's the first I've heard for a medicine program! Strange...

 

[DrHeartMD]

Mt Sinai
Hopkins
NYU
Cornell
Penn
UCLA
UCSD
USC
Harbor-UCLA
UC-Irvine
OHSU
Temple
Jefferson
Maryland
AEMC-Montefiore
Tufts-NEMC
BU
Yale-New Haven
University of Chicago
Northwestern
University of Colorado

Waiting: BWH, MGH, BID, UW, UCSF, Stanford, Columbia
(Will cancel some of the above interviews; got my fingers crossed for these last 7)

hey yank, whats your stats man...your list is pretty sharp...just curious, post if you feel willing to share...thanks

 

[California]

As my screename implies, I'm a medical student at a California medical school. I've heard from most of the programs in Southern California, except for UCSD. The list of schools I haven't heard from outside of Southern California is very long...

...Northwestern, U of Chicago, NYU, Mount Sinai, Washington University in Saint Louis, University of Washington, Cornell, UCSF, Stanford...

...just reject me, but don't hold on to my application for this long without giving me an answer.

 

[krufne01]

What is up with people who have >20 interviews. Come on leave some for the rest of us. Seriously, this is internal medicine, you don't need more than 6-7 interviews. Heck, I only applied to 12 programs with assurances that it would be more than enough. And applying all over the country. How did you guys decide, US News and World Report rankings. I am baffled. 😕

 

[useless1]

drexel
BU
Tufts
UIC
UCI
UCLA Harbor
Cedars
Brown
USC
Cal Pacific
Scripps Green

waiting on like 4 more....in the meantime i will check my email every 2 minutes like a crackhead

 

[DrHeartMD]

What is up with people who have >20 interviews. Come on leave some for the rest of us. Seriously, this is internal medicine, you don't need more than 6-7 interviews. Heck, I only applied to 12 programs with assurances that it would be more than enough. And applying all over the country. How did you guys decide, US News and World Report rankings. I am baffled. 😕

I am someone who has over 20 interviews so maybe I can respond why. My advisor told me that my chances at the top programs are questionable, so I should apply to all my top choice programs (about 13 or 14), and then should apply to 4-5 middle tier schools, and then about 4-5 backup programs...this added up to about 23-24 schools...then a few other schools I added in because I was interested in their programs (about 3 more)...not because they are world famous or anything, but because of location, uniqueness, resident reviews, family reasons...I don't plan on attending EVERY one, but remember you can only apply once to residencies,...I didnt want to apply to my top 12 programs, and end up with 4 interviews...and then end up kicking myself in the ass when it becomes too late to apply...I figure many other people did the same thing...if I knew which programs I would get interviews in before I applied, I may have applied to fewer...but after seeing so many awesome SDN posters, it makes me wonder if it was to my benefit to apply to so many.

 

[BStein76]

What is up with people who have >20 interviews. Come on leave some for the rest of us. Seriously, this is internal medicine, you don't need more than 6-7 interviews. Heck, I only applied to 12 programs with assurances that it would be more than enough. And applying all over the country. How did you guys decide, US News and World Report rankings. I am baffled. 😕

I was told to interview at approximately 10-12 programs because my application is "one of those good enough to get an interview, but not guaranteed to be ranked to match" at the top programs. Furthermore, I go to school in the South and I am not AOA which makes my application weaker in the eyes of some programs. I also wanted to see schools that emphasize research and others than emphasize clinical training just to the difference in training.

 

[AugIM]

What is up with people who have >20 interviews. Come on leave some for the rest of us. Seriously, this is internal medicine, you don't need more than 6-7 interviews. Heck, I only applied to 12 programs with assurances that it would be more than enough. And applying all over the country. How did you guys decide, US News and World Report rankings. I am baffled. 😕

Simple - we're neurotic. 🙂

Updated list:
Medical College of Georgia (9/15)
Wake Forest (9/15)
Emory (9/15)
GWU (9/28)
Washington University (10/3)
Georgetown (10/7)
Vanderbilt (10/10)
Thomas Jefferson (10/10)
UVA (10/13)
UAB (10/17)
University of Chicago (10/17)
Duke (10/20)
Northwestern (10/21)
Yale (10/21)
Columbia (10/24)
Brown (10/27)
UNC (11/1)
UPenn (11/7)
Stanford (11/7)
Johns Hopkins (11/9)
BID (11/10)

 

[inositide]

Now that most of the interviews have rolled in, the $64,000 question is how to guess whether a program will include an applicant on their rank list.

Someone raised the interesting point about how an application may be good enough to get an interview but not good enough to get ranked. On the other hand, this sounds a little strange because why would a program interview an applicant who they would probably not rank?

 

[BStein76]

Now that most of the interviews have rolled in, the $64,000 question is how to guess whether a program will include an applicant on their rank list.

Someone raised the interesting point about how an application may be good enough to get an interview but not good enough to get ranked. On the other hand, this sounds a little strange because why would a program interview an applicant who they would probably not rank?

I used the term "ranked to match" meaning that the program would rank me in such a way I would match there if I ranked them as well. However, if I rank a program that has only 10 spots; the program ranks 100 candidates and I am #100; I would still be ranked by the program, but there is a chance I would not match there (i.e. the candidates ahead of me would have to go elsewhere).

 

[metastatic dz]

Now that most of the interviews have rolled in, the $64,000 question is how to guess whether a program will include an applicant on their rank list.

Someone raised the interesting point about how an application may be good enough to get an interview but not good enough to get ranked. On the other hand, this sounds a little strange because why would a program interview an applicant who they would probably not rank?

Basically, the point is that the interview actually matters. The truth is that there are a ton of people out there with amazing numbers and grades, but have the personality of a door stump, or simply don't project themselves well. Remember, these interviews are about us getting jobs...real jobs that require interaction, teamwork and professionalism. During the interview, they're basically deciding if they see you being a part of their "team", fitting in with their philosophy/environment. I can definitely imagine programs deciding not to rank someone, or stratifying their candidates based on who they believe is the BEST fit for them. any other thoughts?

 

[brugada]

Hey guys,
Long time reader, first time poster. Have a quick question for all of you. May be a stupid one but here goes. Do you think that postponing an interview until January will affect your chances of matching at a program? I.e. if you interview late you're less likely to be ranked highly by a program. I would think that it wouldn't, but I've become a bit paranoid with all this crap.
Just to add my two cents I will put up my interviews so far, along with my stats.

Top 30? med school on east coast
Not AOA
step 1: 233, step 2: in december
3rd yr honors in psych, high honors in everything else
undergraduate publication
med school research, no pubs
Good LOR's

Interviews thus far:
Jefferson
Baylor
UTSW
U of Arizona
UCI
Cedars sinai
UCLA harbor
Loma linda
USC
Scripps-green
Baylor - dallas

Rejected at UCSD,
Awaiting :UCLA, UCSF, UW, Ohsu, CU, Penn, stanford, UC davis

 

[BigBadBix]

Someone raised the interesting point about how an application may be good enough to get an interview but not good enough to get ranked. On the other hand, this sounds a little strange because why would a program interview an applicant who they would probably not rank?

I'd speculate that perhaps some programs interview a wide range of applicants in order to ensure that they have a long rank list and therefore a good chance of filling. Maybe they interview a few applicants as "safety" ranks, just like we do with programs. I have no idea whether that happens, but it's a thought.

I also wonder whether they might interview some people who don't have perfect applications but are intriguing for some reason (e.g. a great PS or interesting research experience or...) and then wait to see if they appear significantly better in person than on paper. For such a person the interview might carry quite a bit more weight than for others with stronger numbers.

But then again, I really have no idea how to understand the method to their madness, so your guess is as good as mine!

 

[DrHeartMD]

as an aside...does everyone remember tomorrow is monday...that means the week starts again, as does interview offers and rejections...up this week, the famous MGH...Im hoping for some b/w and yale-new haven love...and then hoping that duke and a few other places will not send the infamous "we regret to inform you..." or the "you're just not qualified enough to be considered by our program..." letters...here's hoping for another week of great interview invites for all who are waiting, and a great set of interviews for all who are starting their rounds...and despite what all y'all say, I am wearing a sport coat to the pre-interview dinner (i just went out and bought like all these awesome hip/trendy clothes and dammit I want to look GOOD)

J

P.S. anyone interviewing at emory next week? If so, did you guys get any sort of email or other info regarding the dinner the night before, or any other info? let me know thanks

 

[GIMed]

Regarding interviewing in January... My school actually supports the idea that it is to your advantage to interview later because your visit is fresher in the program's mind rather than someone who interviewed in november. Most all of my friends who did this last year interviewed at their safeties in nov/dec and hit their first choices (bw/stanford/jhu) in Jan... and they got their number one. the process isn't rolling admissions like med school. no final decisions are made on anyone until everyone is interviewed, but for certain programs for which you are extremely competitive you may be a shoe-in regardless of when you interview. hope that helps.

got NYU today... 😀

List now (woohoo 5 total!)
Emory
Baylor
UC Denver
NYU
Cornell

Still hoping for BWH, MGH, UCSF, UW, USCD, Columbia, Sinai
No rejections yet (thank goodness!)

Hey guys,
Long time reader, first time poster. Have a quick question for all of you. May be a stupid one but here goes. Do you think that postponing an interview until January will affect your chances of matching at a program? I.e. if you interview late you're less likely to be ranked highly by a program. I would think that it wouldn't, but I've become a bit paranoid with all this crap.
Just to add my two cents I will put up my interviews so far, along with my stats.

Top 30? med school on east coast
Not AOA
step 1: 233, step 2: in december
3rd yr honors in psych, high honors in everything else
undergraduate publication
med school research, no pubs
Good LOR's

Interviews thus far:
Jefferson
Baylor
UTSW
U of Arizona
UCI
Cedars sinai
UCLA harbor
Loma linda
USC
Scripps-green
Baylor - dallas

Rejected at UCSD,
Awaiting :UCLA, UCSF, UW, Ohsu, CU, Penn, stanford, UC davis

 

[DrNick2006]

All is quiet .....

KABOOM!!!!!!!!!

MGH today.









J/K still waiting.

🙂

 

[Gharfunkle]

Invites that I have really received so far, I believe in the order of reception:

Allegheny General Hospital
Emory
St. Elizabeth's Health Center
Northwestern
THE University of Pittsburgh (Go Steelers and Penguins...and perhaps the Panthers as well)
JHU/Sinai
Thomas Jefferson
U Chicago
Yale-New Haven
Brown
JHU/Bayview (E-mail invite, no ERAS for some reason)
Penn

Pending: MGH, B&W, BIDMC, JHU (I wish tomorrow was here), and Duke

Got B&W interview on Friday 11/11, along with the hatchet from JHU - which is good since the Baltimore Ravens stink quite putridly and since the Steelers are the greatest team to ever trod on a football field. Also, just got back from Emory interview on 11/11, and found it to be quite a pleasant surprise. Just seems to be an excellent clinical training program, with plenty of academic opportunities. They serve sweet tea at noon conference to boot.

Pending: MGH, BIDMC, Duke

 

[inositide]

Has anyone figured out how programs decide which "batch" of invites a given applicant will be part of? For example, some people received an invite from NYU many weeks ago, yet other people just received the invite today. Do programs send invites to their "most favored" applicants first?

The other thing I have noted about invites is that there must be an element of chance or some kind of intangible component to them. For example, I received an invite for the main Hopkins categorical program, yet there are people with better stats from better schools than mine on this board who have reported that they were turned down by Hopkins and not offered an interview. And then there are programs which are deemed to be weaker than hopkins or less competitive, yet I have not heard from them.

 

[mellow yellow]

I just spoke with Stanford today. They said that they would be sending out the rest of their invites today thru Nov 16, and then they would send out rejections on Nov 16-17. Just to keep everyone posted......

 

[maddog75]

Northwestern today by email. UCSF rejection also today.

Total comes to:
UIC
UAB
UTSW
Baylor (houston)
UTMB
UTHouston
UT San Antonio
Case
Pitt
Michigan
Vanderbilt
UNC
IU
Emory
Miami
WashU

Still no love from UChicago.

Hmmm

 

[Zolpidem25]

Northwestern today by email. UCSF rejection also today.
Still no love from UChicago.

Hmmm

yeah.... U Chicago continues to perplex me....

mellow yellow, thanks for the info re Stanford, appreciate it...

 

[coldfeet]

Anyone have any idea when MGH is planning on sending out invites?

Still waiting for BW and BID. On the other hand, have received interviews from Columbia, Cornell, Penn, Stanford, UCSF, JH, WashU.

I don't think I'll be picking programs by the strength of the football team. The Ravens are putrid, the 49ers must be named after their average points against per game, and the Rams have just been odd after Kurt Warner got injured.

 

[DaBigDawg]

If I were to pick programs by the stregth of the local football team then I could do no better than the University of Pittsburgh. STEELERS ROCK!

That having been said. Looking forward to getting some loving from MGH.

 

[mellow yellow]

For those of you too paranoid to contact MGH regarding interviews, I have just spoken with them and here is the low-down... Interview dates are:

12/16, 12/20
1/3, 1/6, 1/13, 1/17, 1/24

(If an offer is made), we will receive an email either late this week or early next week asking us to submit our top two or three choices for interview dates and they'll respond with an answer.

Hope this helps.

 

[Gharfunkle]

Anyone have any idea when MGH is planning on sending out invites?

Still waiting for BW and BID. On the other hand, have received interviews from Columbia, Cornell, Penn, Stanford, UCSF, JH, WashU.

I don't think I'll be picking programs by the strength of the football team. The Ravens are putrid, the 49ers must be named after their average points against per game, and the Rams have just been odd after Kurt Warner got injured.

The crux of the matter is, Steelers kick gluteus. MGH and BID still pending!! Argh! Can't wait anymore. I bet MGH cut a deal with the airlines, and they are trying to make us pay more than is necessary for airfare. They probably get commission... grrrrrrrrr. <= MGH

 

[coldfeet]

The crux of the matter is, Steelers kick gluteus. MGH and BID still pending!! Argh! Can't wait anymore. I bet MGH cut a deal with the airlines, and they are trying to make us pay more than is necessary for airfare. They probably get commission... grrrrrrrrr. <= MGH

The steelers do take the cake. No doubt. And the pats are respectable.

And Mello Yello: the info is much appreciated. I am definitely too chicken to call MGH.

 

[Gharfunkle]

The steelers do take the cake. No doubt. And the pats are respectable.

I'm sorry. Due to my nasty disposition as a Pittsburgh native, I can't be your friend after a positive statement about any other football team. But we can still exchange pleasantries as acquaintances 😉 . Just kidding, I'm not that fanatical...or am I 😱 The Pats played the Steelers on the night before I began my away rotation at MGH. I was quite amped and ready to wear my Steelers tie to work the next day, had they won. But the Steelers lost and it was quite heart-wrenching. That's why I'm mad at the Pats... so maybe I'm just projecting the negative emotion onto anyone who speaks in favor of them. Sorry about that coldfeet. Anyway, congrats on all the interviews you have received thus far and I'll still keep rooting for you, despite your kind words toward Tom Brady's gang.

 

[coldfeet]

ok, just got BW. Now only waiting for MGH.

 

[Gharfunkle]

Come to think of it, I should have worn the Steelers tie anyway. Maybe I'll wear it during interviews. Anyone think that would fly?

 

[DoctorSax]

If I were to pick programs by the stregth of the local football team then I could do no better than the University of Pittsburgh. STEELERS ROCK!

That having been said. Looking forward to getting some loving from MGH.

I dunno...you don't get much better than the Texans these days...all of you focusing on the northeast may want to come down and see how a REAL 1-8 team plays football. As for how the town deals with it, let's just say that we recently passed a constitutional amendment to put Zoloft in the water...

On the other hand, the Longhorns are kicking serious tushie. Nuff said.

DS

 

[gummyvite]

Just heard from UC Davis! I had kind of given up on them.

 

[ucladukes]

Got my first today:

Northwestern and UCSF by e-mail. Not particularly shocked, but it still would have been nice I got them on a day where I got some other interviews

 

[phatfarm]

I just spoke with Stanford today. They said that they would be sending out the rest of their invites today thru Nov 16, and then they would send out rejections on Nov 16-17. Just to keep everyone posted......

Thanks for the update. So if we don't hear anything through Wed, we are rejected?

 

[stat!!]

sweet! Got UW today. Looking forward to that Stanford reject on Wednesday