*Official* "IM Interviews Offered" Thread

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ucladukes said:
Damn, I feel like I am the only one not getting any post-Dean's Letter love 😕
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hugs ucla supertight 👍 if it's any consolation, my dean's letter hasn't even been in yet 😀 I emailed him, and it says he's on vacation?

did they forget about me? 😕 🙄
 
ucladukes said:
Damn, I feel like I am the only one not getting any post-Dean's Letter love 😕
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hey ucla....you're not the only one!! No love for me either....

HOWEVER, this helped to calm my nerves though: I am doing an away rotation in IM and talked to the PD there about the whole 11/1 issue and the flood gates being opened....he said that while programs download the Deans letter and many offer interviews ONLY AFTER the document has been downloaded, you have to realize that the programs are going through hundreds of deans letters in the next few days...so the thing is is that although the letter is available 11/1, the flood gates are on a "time delay" of 1-2 weeks depending on the # of applicants they have recieved....while few may trickle in here and there, you'll hear ALOT in the next 1-2 weeks (both rejections and interviews)...

SO...while I'm not gettin' any love either in the last few days, I am trying to keep my cool, and the "advice" this PD gave me helped alot (FYI, I DID NOT apply to the program although it's a damn good university based program because my fiance will be in NYC and I'm only applying to NYC programs with a few exceptions)

LATER DUDES AND DUDETTES!!! 😍 :laugh:
 
To all those who've recieved interviews from Columbia, Cornell, NYU or Mount Sinai, how much lag time did you have between submitting a complete app and recieving an interview?

Thank you in advance for contributing to my paranoia. 🙂 🙂
 
metastatic dz said:
To all those who've recieved interviews from Columbia, Cornell, NYU or Mount Sinai, how much lag time did you have between submitting a complete app and recieving an interview?

Thank you in advance for contributing to my paranoia. 🙂 🙂
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Have an interview @ Columbia and not at any of the other places even though I have applied to all of the above, and it took me EXACTLY 20 DAYS to get the interview....

CAUTION: I did a sub-I @ Columbia, so don't know if that plays a role in it....
 
Hey has anyone heard from Boston programs besides Tufts and St. Elizabeth's? Thanks!
 
Boston University Yesterday
 
Heard from GW today. My list now is:
GW (did an away there)
Temple (my school)
Georgetown (did an away there)
Maryland
Washington Hospital Center

Now only waiting to hear from JHU Bayview, UPENN, and Emory (only applied to 8 programs). Good luck guys 🙂
 
firstdoc said:
Heard from Cedars Sinai today.

Updated List:

Michigan
Maryland
Northwestern
Temple
Jefferson
Tufts
UAB
Pittsburgh
Cedars Sinai
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I think I just got a Cedars-Sinai invite but I'm not sure though.
The ambiguity stems from the fact the subject line said "interview" but the message itself said:

Your application and supporting letters have been carefully reviewed, and we
are happy to invite you to one of our Applicant Open House days for our
categorical program. Please plan to spend from 8am-3pm with us to discuss our
program with housestaff and faculty. You will also be able to tour our
facility and attend an educational conference. A member of our Housestaff
Selection Committee will interview you and answer specific questions you may
have about our program.

Is the "open house" thing an interview or a "we're only kinda interested in you" day?

For those of you with CS invites, do they say the same thing?

For those of you curious, I just finished a rotation there and I think that helped.
 
ucladukes said:
I think I just got a Cedars-Sinai invite but I'm not sure though.
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That's definitely an invite. I think they're probably being warm and fuzzy by calling it an open house rather than interview day. Nothing wrong with the warm fuzzies. On the topic of Cedars-Sinai, does anybody have any idea how the merger of Cedars with VA-Greater LA will affect the program? I saw on scutwork that WLA-VA didn't fill in 2004.
 
a small update...

Step 1: 250
Step 2CS: pass
AOA
Year 3+4: honored everything except OB/gyn (HP)
Submitted to eras arond 9/7ish
Application complete by 10/14 (except deans letter)

Interviews at (in order received):
UC Irvine
Scripps Green
USC
Loma Linda
Harbor UCLA
Cedars Sinai
California Pacific

Waiting to hear from:
UCLA, UCSF, Stanford, UCSD, UC Davis, Olive View
__________________
"Too many Ob-Gyns aren't able to practice their love with women around this country"
 
DrNick2006 said:
Boston University Yesterday
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thanks for the response, yea I haven't heard from Boston University yet, hopefully soon, and other Boston programs too.
 
orientedtoself said:
That's definitely an invite. I think they're probably being warm and fuzzy by calling it an open house rather than interview day. Nothing wrong with the warm fuzzies. On the topic of Cedars-Sinai, does anybody have any idea how the merger of Cedars with VA-Greater LA will affect the program? I saw on scutwork that WLA-VA didn't fill in 2004.
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hey, could someone let me know what is the fastest and easiest way to look up which programs did not fill in previous years?

thanks.
 
When I was there I talked to the PD about this and it seems that they were combined to round out the overall educational experience. I understood that that at CSMC you see a lot more Zebras and the Units are particularly intense and educational. The consult services at CSMC on the other hand, can be slow at times, so the VA expands the consult and bread and butter/clinic experience. The residents will also rotate at Olive-View, a county facility in the SF Valley. So basically, the new program will have three settings. If you look at the schedule online (sample), it still heavily favors CSMC and it appears that no more than 2-3 months a year will be at the VA.
 
Yeah, so far the Dean's Letter hasn't done much for me either. I know it's ridiculous to think that these programs were just sitting around, eager to e-mail me the second it arrived, but I think part of me was hoping that would be the case.


metastatic dz said:
To all those who've recieved interviews from Columbia, Cornell, NYU or Mount Sinai, how much lag time did you have between submitting a complete app and recieving an interview?

Thank you in advance for contributing to my paranoia. 🙂 🙂
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I would be happy to contribute to your paranoia. In fact, in the past couple of months I've come to believe that paranoia loves company...that's the only way to explain why I keep coming back here day after day, hour after hour...Anyway, my app was complete (except for the big DL) on 9/30. I heard from Mt. Sinai on 10/19 and Cornell 10/31. I applied to NYU and Columbia but haven't heard anything.
 
Just received Cedars this afternoon 😀

New: Cedars Sinai

Old: Harbor UCLA, UT Southwestern, USC, Rush

Btw, I'm curious about programs that don't meet their quota. If you don't interview there, you can't scramble into their spot, can you? Or, do you simply fax your ERAS application like crazy to all the programs that haven't filled prior to match day, and hope they take you?
 
quidnunc said:
Just received Cedars this afternoon 😀

New: Cedars Sinai

Old: Harbor UCLA, UT Southwestern, USC, Rush

Btw, I'm curious about programs that don't meet their quota. If you don't interview there, you can't scramble into their spot, can you? Or, do you simply fax your ERAS application like crazy to all the programs that haven't filled prior to match day, and hope they take you?
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My understanding of scramble is that you don't have to interview there- the whole process starts all over. You fax your ERAS and keep your fingers crossed. Hopefully none of us will have to find out the hard way though...
 
ruthmd said:
My understanding of scramble is that you don't have to interview there- the whole process starts all over. You fax your ERAS and keep your fingers crossed. Hopefully none of us will have to find out the hard way though...
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Yep, that's true. I knew someone that unfortunately had to scramble last year. You get a list of open programs in all fields and start calling/faxing any and all of them, regardless of where you applied. If they want you, they fax you a contract and you have a limited time to sign & fax back before they will offer it to someone else. After all these months of carefully deciding where you want to go, you end up choosing sight unseen in a matter of hours. 😱
 
I thought I remember hearing that programs could only download your photo after they grant you an interview. But I just had my photo uploaded to ERAS today and found that programs I haven't heard from have already downoaded it. Is that cool/allowed?
 
ucladukes said:
I thought I remember hearing that programs could only download your photo after they grant you an interview. But I just had my photo uploaded to ERAS today and found that programs I haven't heard from have already downoaded it. Is that cool/allowed?
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yah, all the programs can download your pics?

I heard about that, but it isn't true....they can download your pic even before they grant you an interview...
 
Hey All,

Just got Cedars-Siani this morning!! 😀 I was too confused about the "open house" thing, but... I guess it's an interview. Yippie! Now if I could just get some love from UCI!!! Darn it! 🙄

Have a great day!!
 
just got UC Davis.

So far:
Michigan
UCSF
UW
Columbia
Davis
 
So what is the status of the "Boston programs" and Columbia, Cornell, Yale etc. Have they just begun the process of sending out invites or have they finished sending out the invites? It does not seem like a large number of people are reporting interviews at these places yet.
 
Seems like Cornell and Columbia have been givin some out bit by bit for a little while.

I havent heard of anyone who has gotten anything at the BID, MGH, or B+W. Seems like BU just started this week as well.

Surprisingly quiet thus far this week. I expected some craziness.
 
Rejection! My first. And I'm a little surprised by it.
Tufts - NEMC

New (interview invitation):
Mt. Auburn Hospital

Old:
UMass
UC - Irvine
Einstein - Beth Israel
Brown
St. Luke's
Einstein - Montefiore
New-York Presbyterian - Cornell
Santa Clara Valley
California Pacific Medical Center
 
Man, Petty was right...the waiting really is the hardest part. This blows. 🙂 🙂
 
Just heard from Johns Hopkins Bayview today through personal e-mail :luck: . They didn't even go through ERAS like everyone else. Anyway, now just waiting to hear from UPENN and Emory. Has anyone heard from UPENN yet? Well, my list of invites is now:

Johns Hopkins
GW
Georgetown
Temple
Maryland
Washington Hospital Center

Again, good luck everyone 🙂 !
 
rejected by UVA - first one

At this point I would prefer rejections to waiting with no news so that I can arrange my existing interviews.
 
Step 1: Below the mean 👎
Step 2: 226/92
Top 50 med school
All honors 3rd, 4th year
Several publications and presentations
Solid CV & LORs
Not AOA


Added Cedars Sinai today

Old

UCI
Kaiser SF
UCSF
Tufts

New

Cedars Sinai

Waiting: Stanford, UCLA, Harbor, B&W, MGH
 
I also got my first rejections today - from Tufts no least. I'm a little surprised, but oh well. 🙂
 
Just got another one today....U of Chicago

Interviews thus far:
USF-Tampa
Vanderbilt
Baylor
Northwestern
WashU-St. Louis
Mayo-Fargo style
UNC
Pitt
U of Chicago

Stats to refresh your minds:
AOA at bottom tier med school
Step 1: 250
Step 2: in 12 days
Pubs: 2, a few in the works, good extracurric's (at least thats what i've been told)

now, waiting on 13 others
 
Also got a U of Chicago invite today! yay!

Updated list:

Michigan
Maryland
Northwestern
Temple
Jefferson
Tufts
UAB
Pittsburgh
Cedars-Sinai
UConn
Univ of Chicago
 
Nowhere new, but I finally picked up GWU and Colorado. Still waiting on all west coast programs, NU, U of C and BWH.

Seems pretty quiet so far this week judging by this thread.
 
got UCLA and U of Chicago today.

So far:
Michigan
UCSF
UW
Columbia
UC Davis
UCLA
U Chicago
 
UCLA today.

Updated list (in order received):
UTSW
Colorado
Baylor
Providence St. Vincent
Duke
UW
Providence Portland
Mt. Sinai
OHSU
Cornell
Virginia Mason
UCLA
 
A few extra ones in the past week or so - but still waiting on the elusive UPenn and Boston programs. Anybody get any of them?

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)
 
AugIM that is an extremely impressive list of interview invites that you already have. There are some programs listed there that have so far only sent very selective invites and will not even send out the "mass" invites for a week or two. Your application must be stellar.
 
inositide said:
AugIM that is an extremely impressive list of interview invites that you already have. There are some programs listed there that have so far only sent very selective invites and will not even send out the "mass" invites for a week or two. Your application must be stellar.
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I'll second that.

daamn kid! you know you know.
 
Update:

Mayo-Rochester
Cleveland Clinic
Scripps-Green
Scripps-Mercy
UCLA-Harbor
Mt. Sinai
St. Luke's Roosevelt
Lenox Hill
USC
Ceaders-Sinai
UCLA

Still Waiting: Cornell, Columbia, UCSF, MGH, Duke, etc.
 
Been lurkin for a while...heres what I've got...still worried that its after the first, and im still waiting for 10 schools (applied to 27 - got worried and now have buyer's remorse)

MS IV at middle tier school
USMLE Step 1: 257
USMLE Step 2 CS: Pass (not sent yet)
USMLE Step 2 CK: To be taken
AOA
Lots of research experiences, no pubs, 2 case reports in woodwork
Good letters of recs from not super well-known people
Photo - (I think it's the photo that's killing my app 🙂 )

No particular order:

Columbia
cornell
UPitt
Tufts - NEMC
BU
Brown
Mt Sinai
Emory
Cedars Sinai
UCLA
U Chicago
St vincents NY
Westchester Med NY
UMDNJ - NJMS
UMDNJ - RWJMS
Thomas Jefferson
Albert Einstein - Montefiore

Waiting for: MGH, B/W, JHU, Duke, UCSF, Stanford, Yale, NYU, BIDMC, UPenn
we'll see if they ever come 🙂
 
wow, does no one in this forum have a normal avg step one? 😱 :laugh:
 
I know its still early, but I was wondering what's the concensus on contacting programs you havent heard from. I was thinking of doing it early next week or so. Can this hurt me? Is it better to e-mail or call?
Specific Programs I had in mind were Emory, Northwestern, and Harbor-UCLA.
Any input would be helpful.
 
ucladukes said:
I know its still early, but I was wondering what's the concensus on contacting programs you havent heard from. I was thinking of doing it early next week or so. Can this hurt me? Is it better to e-mail or call?
Specific Programs I had in mind were Emory, Northwestern, and Harbor-UCLA.
Any input would be helpful.
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Since the MSPE/Dean's Letter was only released on Nov 1, I think that it would be best to give the programs at least one full week to process the applications and contact them after November 9th or 10th if necessary.
 
a small update...

Step 1: 250
Step 2CS: pass
AOA
Year 3+4: honored everything except OB/gyn (HP)
Submitted to eras arond 9/7ish
Application complete by 10/14 (except deans letter)

Interviews at (in order received):
UC Irvine
Scripps Green
USC
Loma Linda
Harbor UCLA
Cedars Sinai
California Pacific
Olive View
UCLA

Waiting to hear from:
UCSF, Stanford, UCSD, UC Davis
 
medlaw06 said:
These are all categorical. So, here is the up-to-date list:

SUNY-Stony Brook
Nassau University Medical Center
New York Hospital-Queens/ Cornell
UMDNJ-Newark
Albert Einstein- Beth Israel
Albert Einstein- Jacobi
Columbia Presbyterian (ok...relax folks...did a sub-I there!!)


One rejection: New York Medical College- Westchester (Valhalla or whatever-- ask me if I care :laugh: :laugh: )
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Adding Maimonides on 11/3
 
Have not posted in long time

here we go

Brown
UCONN
Yale
UNC
UVA
MCV
Maine
Dartmouth
U Pitt
U of Rochester
Case Western
Cleveland Clinic
U of Chicago
Northwestern
U of Wisconsin Madison
University of Utah
University of Washington
Providence (portland, OR)
Legacy Emanuel (portland, OR)
UNLV

Canceling
UNLV
UCONN
Dartmouth
Maine

Thinking about canceling
case western or cleveland clinic
-any advice would be helpful as I dont know much about the programs other than they have big names but that does not mean much to me.
-I am not particularly excited about Cleveland as a place to live but would be ok if I was going to a really good program.
 
Lukin said:
Have not posted in long time

here we go

Brown
UCONN
Yale
UNC
UVA
MCV
Maine
Dartmouth
U Pitt
U of Rochester
Case Western
Cleveland Clinic
U of Chicago
Northwestern
U of Wisconsin Madison
University of Utah
University of Washington
Providence (portland, OR)
Legacy Emanuel (portland, OR)
UNLV

Canceling
UNLV
UCONN
Dartmouth
Maine

Thinking about canceling
case western or cleveland clinic
-any advice would be helpful as I dont know much about the programs other than they have big names but that does not mean much to me.
-I am not particularly excited about Cleveland as a place to live but would be ok if I was going to a really good program.
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wow christ, are you seriously going to interview at all these schools? how about you leave some for the rest of us 😉
 
Quick stats about me:

exact middle of my class, at pretty good school
step1: 212 (don't ask)
step2 CS: passed
step2 CK: to be taken
pubs: one abstract in Blood
NOT AOA

interviews I've got:
Baylor
UT SW
Columbia (but that's my school)
Mt. Sinai (did rotation there)
Montefiore / Albert Einstein
Brown
Tufts

waiting on:
UCSF, UCLA, UCSD, Stanford, BU, Beth Israel, MGH, Brigham's, Yale, Cornell, NYU

I'm not at home to receive the rejections, but I wouldn't be surprised to get a few! 😳 I would be surprised if I get interviews at UCSF, Stanford, or MGH, to say the least. 😱
 
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