BigBadBix said:
I think this definitely does happen. However, in this case I think a better explanation is that PickyBicky is a troll and likes to freak people out.
...and no, I'm not from Hopkins, nor a Boston program, nor UCSF, nor any of the top 10 schools. "Significant research experience....no publications," you're the troll my friend.
Dear Hopkins Applicant,
After a preliminary screening of applications, we are happy to invite you to
Johns Hopkins for an interiew. Listed below are our interview dates. Please
email me your choice date and I will confirm by return email. The interview
day starts at 7:40am and will end around 3:30pm. You'll recieve a hard copy of the invitation in early November.
We would like to invite you to attend a dinner with our housestaff the night
before your interview. I will send you more information regarding the dinner
at a later date.
Please note that you will receive this invitation again when we send out our
mass invite email invitation in early November. You need not respond again.
I look forward to seeing you soon.
Scott Walker
Program Administrator
Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital