*Official* "IM Interviews Offered" Thread

[orientedtoself]

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

Congrats! I'm still hoping. . .

 

[DrHeartMD]

Adding the brigham and Yale-New Haven via email (didn't check eras)...

I have to be honest, I never thought the brigham would consider me (and perhaps they won't when it comes to rank time)...I truly believe I have outstretched my abilities as a med student, and am so humbled to even be called...at this point, even if they don't rank me, I am just happy to go visit there...And Yale...I am so happy they called, because I feel I have a realistic shot of going there, and it's pretty close to home, and supposedly a very good program...and New Haven is not a bad place to live I don't think...

Congrats to All those who received interviews today, and to those who got some rejections, I am confident the week will shine for everyone...besides you don't really want those programs anyway...

J

 

[upekkha]

Update:

UC - Irvine
New-York Presbyterian - Cornell
Einstein - Beth Israel
Brown
St. Luke's
Einstein - Montefiore
Cedars Sinai
UMass
Santa Clara Valley
Boston University
Lenox Hill
California Pacific Medical Center
Mt. Auburn Hospital

 

[medlaw06]

hey all....so I am reading all these posts that we are posting (some are 1st timers who are throwing the hat in the ring, others are trying to get the infamous '100+ posts ...you know who you are) and I noticed a couple of interesting things...

1) I wonder if a PD were to read all these posts about us "theorizing" about all these things such as ranking, getting a good batch of residents, etc. and probably gets a kick out if...

2) all this talk about football is making me have faith once again in the IM world...to be honest, one of the things that initially detracted me away from IM was the personalities (a little too uptight, competitive, trying to get an edge over someone else, etc.) that is prevalent in this field (on an aside, my personality "profile" is a "blend" of the surgeon and the EM doc...PLEASE...no jokes!!! 😍 Don't get me wrong, I LOVE dorking it out as the next IM person (what can I say, I am a self-proclaimed geek who loves those zebras and a list of DDx a mile long), but the personalities CAN be (not all the time, but I have found this to be more so in IM) a DDDRRRRAAAAGGGGGGG!

And OH YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1st PLACE!!!! (ok, so its in the weakest division in football)


Da' BEARS!!!

 

[coldfeet]

(on an aside, my personality "profile" is a "blend" of the surgeon and the EM doc...PLEASE...no jokes!!! 😍 )

So you're a mix between a barber and a triage-specialist. Welcome to medicine?

Unless, of course, you're going into cardiology.

 

[drjazz]

DrJ-Bond - don't be so humble I've seen your list of interviews. Strong work, you've done well.

 

[coogmed]

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...
DS

between that and my Astros losing the WS, its been a tough time for H-town backers 🙁
must... stop..... self......medicating.......... (j/k)

UW and UPenn- anytime now guys!

 

[mangogurl]

I second that. We all need to stop worrying about stats and ranking of our medical school. The truth is they saw something in your application that was impressive and they offered you an interview to get to know you. I think you will do well J-bond!!! good luck!!!!

mango

 

[quidnunc]

Updating - Baylor in Houston today. Finally!

Old:
Columbia
UCLA
Northwestern
UTSW
Cedars Sinai
USC
Harbor-UCLA
Rush

Hang in there guys, I'm sure they'll be some bumps on the road, but eventually things will fall into place. 🙂

 

[medlaw06]

(on an aside, my personality "profile" is a "blend" of the surgeon and the EM doc...PLEASE...no jokes!!! 😍 )

So you're a mix between a barber and a triage-specialist. Welcome to medicine?

Unless, of course, you're going into cardiology.

oh...you know me so well! 😍 😍 BUt I was referring to more the "personality" of these fields rather than what they actually do for a living....thought about those for a little while, but decided that I actually want to see my (future) kids grow up and not call me "hey mister" , so no to surg, and decided that I actually do like following up on patients instead of seeing them for 5 minutes and then adios, so decided against EM...

nah...more of a GI person than cards...liked cards on paper, but not in practice....

 

[DrHeartMD]

Thanks Mango and Jazz...you guys are great...I really look forward to running into everyone on the trail...I doubt we will know who we are, but if we are at all like our internet counterparts...well then it should make for awesome interview meetings and a great peer support as future colleagues at these programs

since I don't see any NY fans chiming in, Im still cheering on the Giants (6-3)...and I think the manning/barber team-up is KILLER...I really gotta score some tickets to a giants game...

oh and no comments about the minnesota game please...I'm still bitter about the damn kick-return...

 

[Gharfunkle]

And OH YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1st PLACE!!!! (ok, so its in the weakest division in football)


Da' BEARS!!!

I'm sorry medlaw06, but the Steelers shall have to take da' Bears down in the upcoming matchup. Look on the bright side, the Bears' success was nice while it lasted. Now if it was regular-sized Ditka, or even mini-Ditka coaching, it might be a different story.

 

[DrNick2006]

So DrJazz is apperently someone at my hospital b/c I wrote the post earlier and it came up as that name, so I must have already been logged in under that name.

 

[NOSTLMO]

I have been checking out this forum long enough, so now it's time to at least post my interviews/stats

middle tier east coast med school
Middle of the class
Honors in family med, medicine sub-I
High pass in peds, psych, surg, pass ob
step I 219, step II end of month
Very strong LOR and deans letter

interviews:
JHU
Northwestern
UIC
Univ Cincinnati
Case
Temple
Loyola
Rush

Awaiting to hear from a few more...hopefully before 2006

 

[DrHeartMD]

So DrJazz is apperently someone at my hospital b/c I wrote the post earlier and it came up as that name, so I must have already been logged in under that name.

then thanks to you nick for your kind words...hope u figure out who jazz is =)

 

[putter]

New invites this week include:

UW
Brigham

Good luck to everyone out there

 

[sz]

Another update ...
GW
UIC
penn state (but then I go there 🙂 )
UCI
UCSF/Fresno
Univ of Arizona
Temple
Univ of Wisconsin
Loyola
Rochester
Loma Linda
Brown
USC (personal email only, no ERAS notification)
Cedars sinai
Univ of Maryland
Kaiser permanente-(socal)

 

[putter]

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

Thanks Zolpidem25. now I just have to shine on the interviews.

 

[krufne01]

Hey all,

I've been scanning over the invites and have noticed tremendous fickleness by programs. Some people got invites to Stanford and UW early and are waiting to hear from UCSF and Colorado while others got UCSF and Colorado early and are waiting for Stanford and UW. Any thoughts about what this means? If you hear from a progam early are you higher on their list of prospects? Is it just a function of when they get to your application?

 

[phatfarm]

Just found MGH in my email just now. I almost fell off my chair! I think it's a big mistake. There are tons more qualified people on this board than me. Just wanted to let you guys know.

 

[putter]

News Flash:

This just in, MGH invites out.

Good luck to all.

 

[dukeblue01]

Received MGH this evening....for all intensive purposes I am done.

Interviews:
Emory 9/15
UCSF 9/30
Duke 10/10
U of Chicago 10/17
U Penn 11/7
JHU 11/9
BWH 11/9
MGH 11/15

Still waiting but don't care anymore: UW and Stanford

 

[ucla2usc]

update from last to first:
mgh
bwh
bidc
jhu
stanford
upenn
columbia
cornell
ucla
cedars
harbor
usc
uofC
UCSF

still waiting ucsd, uw, duke

 

[DrNick2006]

Yale - New Haven

 

[PickyBicky]

Add BWH

Man, I was wondering.....

And the General come a knockin'.....

11/15: MGH

-PB

 

[serpiente]

Adding MGH via email! I am totally freaked out...did they make a mistake and send this email to everyone?!!!!! 😱

 

[postme]

I am adding MGH and UCSD to my list.

Still waiting on UCSF, Brigham.

 

[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
👎 by JHU ... 😛 and I think even 🙂
B&W
MGH on 11/15/2005...they may be delighted to tell me, but I think I'm even more delighted to hear it.

Pending: The Deaconess and the Duke still be frolickin' in the meadows

 

[Gharfunkle]

PS Hang in there everyone and good luck! I'll be rootin' for you all.

 

[inositide]

So if the MGH invite is not in the box today (11/15) then one should expect a rejection within the next few days? (similar to the way that hopkins did things back on 11/9)?

 

[Loopo Henle]

Dartmouth
MGH
BWH
Brown
Snowy Mayo
UVA
JHU
Duke
UNC
University of South Carolina/PHR
Vanderbilt

Still waiting: None, I am spent. Now I don't know what to do with all of the time I have spent checking my email. I guess I could study. Nah, I am a 4th year. See y'all on the trail.

 

[Zolpidem25]

rejected by U Penn.

the night is cold.

i gotta get off this forum man. its causing me to wallow in what i'm not getting, instead of being happy with the great ones that i've got.

 

[phinicky]

My list:

GW
Washington Hospital Center
Univ. of Maryland
Hopkins- Bayview
Temple
Jeff
Drexel
UMDNJ-Neward
LIJ
Montefiore
einstein- beth israel
BU
UIC
Northwestern
Rush
USC
Cedars
UCLA-Harbor
UC Irvine

Still waiting on Tufts, UCSD, U of W, Georgetown, NYU, and Mt Sinai

 

[DrHeartMD]

Also adding MGH today...I am speechless...I am going to go hide in a corner now, and wonder whether it's really true...or if it was a mistake....

J

 

[BStein76]

Stats:
USMLE Step I: 245
USMLE STEP II CS: Not taken
USMLE Step II CK: Not taken
Not AOA at Top 20 school in the South
Basic Science:Mostly Pass, some honors
Honors: every core rotation except HP in pediatrics
3 research publications
No away rotations
Excellent on MSPE (our school has outstanding, excellent, very good, good)
Neither of my parents are physicians
Application complete with transcripts, letters (except MSPE) since 10/10/05
I never saw my recommendation letters, but they were all from tenured full professors.

Interviews:
Emory (email)
Washington University (email)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (email)
Baylor (email)
UTSW (email)
UCSF (email)
UCLA (email)
BID (email)
Stanford (email)

Awaiting: UCSD, MGH, BWH, U Washington

Rejections:
Johns Hopkins (email)

All quiet on the eastern front for me; not heard a peep from BWH or MGH so I assume reject like Hopkins

 

[DoctorSax]

in the box today, Penn and OHSU

Wife is still waiting both. Kinda awkward--can't schedule pacific Northwest without partner in crime...

My list (in order received)

UIC
UTMB
Cleveland Clinic
Cincinatti
University of New Mexico
Case
Pitt
Emory
Temple
George Washington
Jefferson
U Maryland
USC
Cedars
BU
Penn
OHSU

Awaiting: U Colorado, U Washington, UCLA, BID, Brigham, U Chicago, Brown

Rejected: Northwestern, Hopkins

Congrats to all, and have patience! Best of luck on the trail...

DS

 

[phatfarm]

Stats:
USMLE Step I: 245
USMLE STEP II CS: Not taken
USMLE Step II CK: Not taken
Not AOA at Top 20 school in the South
Basic Science:Mostly Pass, some honors
Honors: every core rotation except HP in pediatrics
3 research publications
No away rotations
Excellent on MSPE (our school has outstanding, excellent, very good, good)

My question is how you "only" got excellent and didn't get AOA by honoring nearly all of your core rotations?

I'm glad that it hasn't hurt you based on your excellent interview list.

 

[GIMed]

MGH today

Yall should have seen my MGH dance...It was something brilliant

List:
Cornell-NYP
MGH
Emory
Baylor
UC Denver
NYU

Rejection
UCSF

Awaiting: BWH, Mt. Sinai, UCSD, UW, Columbia

 

[Mumpu]

Got OHSU today, still waiting for UCSF and U Chicago. I've got 7/9 interviews at this point, including my definite first choice, so I'm just chillin'.

Good luck everybody!

 

[BStein76]

My question is how you "only" got excellent and didn't get AOA by honoring nearly all of your core rotations?

I'm glad that it hasn't hurt you based on your excellent interview list.

I think it came down to my basic sciences performance (mostly pass) and board score. I didn't really explore the AOA thing much because I assume my school has their own little formula.

 

[DrNick2006]

AOA is the med school equivelent of homecoming court

 

[BStein76]

AOA is the med school equivelent of homecoming court

Maybe I should submit an application for MTV's Made for an episode on becoming AOA. Maybe one of you who did get AOA can coach me. Halfway through the episode I can breakdown and cry about how I can't transport my patients to the CT scanner anymore.

 

[PickyBicky]

AOA is the med school equivelent of homecoming court

considering how the selecion criteria is not standardized across institutions, how grade inflation has made the difference between someone in the top 10% Vs. top 25% of their class a matter of less than a tenth of a GPA point, how it may (in some schools) trully be a popularity contest with the Deans/selection peeps, how many of the greatest team players I know got burned and how many derm-bound, lifestyle-oriented (now, I'm not trying to be a player hater, but this is the IM board), gunner, completely not-trustworthy folks got the thumbs up.....I'm afraid I completly agree. Quite frankly, if I was the powers that be in chosing a housestaff, I would place very little stock in the designation. It's the total package....I hope none of the programs use it as a litmus test. It would be their loss.

And no, I'm not bitter. I'm "AOA." I place quotations because it has almost become a joke.....

I think a more uniform, public, selection process would add some more weight to the "honor."

-PB

 

[DrHeartMD]

considering how the selecion criteria is not standardized across institutions, how grade inflation has made the difference between someone in the top 10% Vs. top 25% of their class a matter of less than a tenth of a GPA point, how it may (in some schools) trully be a popularity contest with the Deans/selection peeps, how many of the greatest team players I know got burned and how many derm-bound, lifestyle-oriented (now, I'm not trying to be a player hater, but this is the IM board), gunner, completely not-trustworthy folks got the thumbs up.....I'm afraid I completly agree. Quite frankly, if I was the powers that be in chosing a housestaff, I would place very little stock in the designation. It's the total package....I hope none of the programs use it as a litmus test. It would be their loss.

And no, I'm not bitter. I'm "AOA." I place quotations because it has almost become a joke.....

I think a more uniform, public, selection process would add some more weight to the "honor."

-PB

In my school Junior AOA is pretty cut and dry...everyone in it is pretty much inducted automatically (no app) from the registrar's office based on performance in their first two years...basically GPA from basic sciences...top 8 or so people...when a tie occurs, board scores are used as the deciding factor...no popularity involved at all

Senior AOA is the same thing, just now they expand it to like 20+ people...once again basically top GPA from first three years (so basic science plus third year)...they end it as of the end of third year, so everyone has the same courses (electives don't count into the GPA)...board scores are once again the deciding factor...no popularity involved.

when our school sends the transcript/dean's letter, they include a note about their aoa selection process, which I suppose makes it clear to the programs that popularity played zero role in induction, and that the society is 100% academic...

I am surprised more med schools don't do it like this...I got AOA at my school and was very proud of the achievement...I am not so sure if I would be so proud if "other" factors than pure grades got me in, as many are implying are important in the aoa selection in their medical schools...

anyway, after all is said and done, most of you guys AOA or not are getting phenomenal program invites...so clearly your app packages are great...hope everyone continues to have a stellar week...

 

[souljah1]

To be eligible for AOA at UCSF you have to have the top adjective for your Dean's Letter (Outstanding), which is given to about 20-25% of the class. The names of those who are 'outstanding' get brought to some roundtable wear all the AOA faculty or something sit around and decide who gets AOA. I think that part is kind of about luck because I know some amazing people who have done all sorts of additional stuff, got the top adjective, and did not receive AOA. Yes, lots of ass kissers get it. However, there are plenty of people (the overwhelming majority) who totally deserve it. We don't have junior AOA and the first two years are strictly pass/fail with no hidden rankings.

 

[Gharfunkle]

AOA is the med school equivelent of homecoming court

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Amen.

 

[Gharfunkle]

In my school Junior AOA is pretty cut and dry...everyone in it is pretty much inducted automatically (no app) from the registrar's office based on performance in their first two years...basically GPA from basic sciences...top 8 or so people...when a tie occurs, board scores are used as the deciding factor...no popularity involved at all

Senior AOA is the same thing, just now they expand it to like 20+ people...once again basically top GPA from first three years (so basic science plus third year)...they end it as of the end of third year, so everyone has the same courses (electives don't count into the GPA)...board scores are once again the deciding factor...no popularity involved.

when our school sends the transcript/dean's letter, they include a note about their aoa selection process, which I suppose makes it clear to the programs that popularity played zero role in induction, and that the society is 100% academic...

I am surprised more med schools don't do it like this...I got AOA at my school and was very proud of the achievement...I am not so sure if I would be so proud if "other" factors than pure grades got me in, as many are implying are important in the aoa selection in their medical schools...

anyway, after all is said and done, most of you guys AOA or not are getting phenomenal program invites...so clearly your app packages are great...hope everyone continues to have a stellar week...

Our school is pretty similar, except for junior year AOA, they include the first half of your 3rd year grades as well. Also, there is a subjective component, where the current AOA members kind of give you a score based on your CV. The categories we look at are "Scholarly activities and Professionalism" and "Leadership and Community Service." We kind of all vote on those out of, assigning a score out of 10, based on the CV. After that, everything is tallied up, and that's how people get inducted. I think it lessens the "popularity" aspect of it, to have numerical values assigned to specific categories, and have several people vote on it. Nevertheless, I don't think AOA has any bearing on what kind of physician you will become, because I know so many of the people that inspired me to enter internal medicine, who are great teachers and great physicians, and they had struggled throughout med school. Med school performance is just a hoop to jump through to get onto something bigger and more important: patient care. IMHO, all who graduate med school are Axios Ophelein tous Algountas - "worthy to serve the suffering."

 

[GIMed]

These factors such as AOA and "outstanding" are so subjective. It all varies from school to school. At my school only very few people get outstanding (like 6ppl) on their dean's letter, and they are usually the junior AOA people. Our AOA selection is somewhat of a mystery although it initially involves a computer organized rank list based on our grades which nominates you. Then you go before a selection committee consisting of the current AOA faculty members who supposedly select you based on overall performance, board scores, and extra-curricular activities/community involvement. It is frustrating because it is hard to know whether the programs realize that to get "excellent" at my school may be the equivalent of "outstanding" at another equally competitive school. I hope they do! Only the next few weeks will tell.

Good luck to everyone as we all start the interview trail! You're an impressive bunch! 🙂

 

[AugIM]

Just checked my email - adding MGH!

 

[coogmed]

rejected by U Penn.

the night is cold.

i gotta get off this forum man. its causing me to wallow in what i'm not getting, instead of being happy with the great ones that i've got.

ditto that- rej. by UPENN by ERAS. (but I got JHU and B&W?- man, what gives?). No MGH- I'm guessing the "dear john" letter is in the mail (" I mean I like you, I'm just not IN love with you )