*Official* "IM Interviews Offered" Thread

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Finally got WashU today. Few minutes later had an anxiety attack with a rejection from UW (thought it was WashU announcing that they had made a mistake). Now have 16 interviews. Will be happy now if just UChicago invites me. There will be no sadness when the Harvard rejections come in here.
 
Brigham today- Still waiting on UPENN, Washington, JHU, BID, MGH

List so far (no order) - i applied to waaay to many programs (bit of panic after my personal statement was temp. uploaded with text errors in it!)

unc
colorado
ohio st.
cincy
ohsu
uchicago
northwestern
duke
umd
jefferson
uva
bu
wisconsin
michigan
brown
wash u
mayo- roch
likely to turn down: jefferson, oh. st., wash u (dep. on remaining interviews)

Like bidbadbix, u gotta hate the randomness of this- I kind of feel a bit jilted right now w/ wash. - that flight would be mucho dinero only for a leftover or "consolation" interview. Also- I may have missed the boat, but what is the difference/deal behind the personal email vs. eras invite? 😕
 
Updated List

Dartmouth
BWH
Brown
Mayo Rochester
UVA
Duke
UNC
University of South Carolina
Vanderbilt

Waiting on: JHU (tommorow, tommorow, I love you tommorrow, you're only a day away) and MGH
 
after a REALLY quiet two weeks, i got three today: Wash U (St. Louis), Boston U, and UCLA.

here is my updated list:

Temple (9/15)
Georgetown (9/22)
George Washington (9/28)
Emory (9/29)
Michigan (9/30)
Tufts (10/6)
Loyola (10/7)
Mayo-Rochester (10/12)
Rush (10/14)
Case Western (10/14)
USC (10/18)
Northwestern (10/20)
Wash U (11/8)
Boston U (11/8)
UCLA (11/8)

Still waiting on the following:
UCSF, Stanford, U Chicago, JHU, MGH, BID, BWH, Cornell, Columbia, NYU, Mt. Sinai, Duke, and Penn.

Rejections: None.

i guess one might say i applied to too many places. on the other hand, the programs that are on my "still waiting" list are the ones that i am most interested in. and those are the ones that i'm probably not going to get offers from. to tie this in to the ongoing conversation in this thread, its hard for me to say that the process is ultra-random. if you look at the places that i have gotten, they are all on a similar level, some really good or even great places, but non that are "elite". then if you look at the places that i have not yet heard from -- those are almost all elite. so how could this be random? i can't see how that might just be mere coincidence. i don't know man...

can anyone comment?
 
I'm going to go to interviews and ask people if they are "BigBadBix" or "UCAtoUSC" and what not, I bet I find some of you out there. I'll be easy to spot cause my name is really Nick (shocking huh).
 
Recent interviews at BWH and stanford offered :scared: :meanie: 😡
 
DrNick2006 said:
Recent interviews at BWH and stanford offered :scared: :meanie: 😡
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I feel exactly the same way. I have been consoling myself by reading last year's thread - some people heard from those two throughout the entire month of Nov so I refuse to give up hope just yet.
 
ouch would really like a bwh or bid interview...hrmf...not looking forward to the very likely rejection from jhu tomorrow...=( looks like the top elite have forsaken my app...
 
Zolpidem25 said:
i guess one might say i applied to too many places. on the other hand, the programs that are on my "still waiting" list are the ones that i am most interested in. and those are the ones that i'm probably not going to get offers from. to tie this in to the ongoing conversation in this thread, its hard for me to say that the process is ultra-random. if you look at the places that i have gotten, they are all on a similar level, some really good or even great places, but non that are "elite". then if you look at the places that i have not yet heard from -- those are almost all elite. so how could this be random? i can't see how that might just be mere coincidence. i don't know man...

can anyone comment?
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Congrats on getting three in one day, and at some great places, too! I keep waiting for a big day like that but they only seem to trickle in...

I also applied to too many and am still waiting for many of my top choices. At this point I wish they would just let me know one way or the other so I could finalize travel plans and such.

Anyway, I would agree with you that there is some method to it, but only in a general sense. I think there are probably some basic cutoffs that all the elite programs use, so if one is below those standards then he/she may be out of luck for all of the elites or may just get a few of them. An outstanding applicant who meets all of these standards will, in general, get more interviews at the elites than a mediocre applicant. However, being outstanding doesn't seem to guarantee interviews at all the elite programs, and 2 applicants who appear similarly outstanding may both have a handful of interviews from the most competitive programs, but they may be to entirely different places. That is the part that seems random to me.

Also, I think the timing is an important factor. Most of the elites don't have a need to send invites so early - what does MGH have to lose by waiting until mid-November? They know they can get enough great interns without rushing it. It is hard to know at this point whether we aren't going to ever get invites from the best places or if they are just taking their time.
 
DrNick2006 said:
I'm going to go to interviews and ask people if they are "BigBadBix" or "UCAtoUSC" and what not, I bet I find some of you out there. I'll be easy to spot cause my name is really Nick (shocking huh).
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I was thinking about this today, too. I'm sure I'll see some of you and we won't even recognize each other until we post our interview impressions on here and they are from the same day. I'll give you a hint about me - I look nothing like you would expect based on my username. 🙂
 
Woo-hoo, I made it to 100 posts! I had no idea I'd been posting that much lately. I guess that is a sign that I seriously have too much time on my hands right now. 🙂
 
New to this board.

Briefly, here are my "stats":

USMLE I: 249
USMLE II: 243 (CK passed)
AOA at top 20 medical school
Honored in Medicine, Surgery, and Peds (HP in OB/GYN, Psych, Family Med)
No publications

Interviews so far (not in order received):
UVA
UNC
Duke
Vanderbilt
UAB
Carolinas Medical Center
Emory
Harbor-LA
Cedars-Sinai
Scripps Mercy
Mayo-Scottsdale
U of Arizona
U of Washington

Waiting on:
UCSD
UCLA
 
BigBadBix said:
Congrats on getting three in one day, and at some great places, too! I keep waiting for a big day like that but they only seem to trickle in...

I also applied to too many and am still waiting for many of my top choices. At this point I wish they would just let me know one way or the other so I could finalize travel plans and such.

Anyway, I would agree with you that there is some method to it, but only in a general sense. I think there are probably some basic cutoffs that all the elite programs use, so if one is below those standards then he/she may be out of luck for all of the elites or may just get a few of them. An outstanding applicant who meets all of these standards will, in general, get more interviews at the elites than a mediocre applicant. However, being outstanding doesn't seem to guarantee interviews at all the elite programs, and 2 applicants who appear similarly outstanding may both have a handful of interviews from the most competitive programs, but they may be to entirely different places. That is the part that seems random to me.

Also, I think the timing is an important factor. Most of the elites don't have a need to send invites so early - what does MGH have to lose by waiting until mid-November? They know they can get enough great interns without rushing it. It is hard to know at this point whether we aren't going to ever get invites from the best places or if they are just taking their time.
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thanks Bix... i appreciate the feedback... and you're right, the timing is a very important factor.

here's another thing i was considering. do all places necessarily send rejection notices? in other words -- are there programs that one might just not hear from at all, one way or the other... i know that's the same thing as a rejection, i'm just wondering if its a formal process at every place.
 
BigBadBix said:
I was thinking about this today, too. I'm sure I'll see some of you and we won't even recognize each other until we post our interview impressions on here and they are from the same day. I'll give you a hint about me - I look nothing like you would expect based on my username. 🙂
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here's a hint about me -- Zolpidem is not my real name. 😀

:laugh:
 
BigBadBix said:
Woo-hoo, I made it to 100 posts! I had no idea I'd been posting that much lately. I guess that is a sign that I seriously have too much time on my hands right now. 🙂
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hmph, i'm only at 61.

ok, this will be 62 then..... 😎
 
Added Kaiser-LA.

About the top interviews- I looked back at last year's thread, and UW was still offering interviews in early December. I would love to hear from UW, UCSF, Stanford, OHSU, UCLA. . . any of them. . .
 
guess I'll de-lurk and make a contribution here. I received BID and BU today. Here's my status thus far:

Interviews in order received:
UVA
Duke
Brown
UNC
BU
BID

Waiting for (fingers crossed on Hopkins tomorrow):
BWH
JHU
MGH
UPenn
Yale
 
Step 1: Below the mean
Step 2: 226/92
Top 50 med school
Top 25%
All honors 3rd, 4th year
Several publications and presentations
Solid CV & LORs
Not AOA

Added UCLA today.

Old

UCI
Kaiser SF
UCSF
Tufts
Cedars Sinai

New: UCLA

Waiting: Stanford, Harbor, B&W, MGH

Really hoping for Stanford, B&W, MGH. Whew, was starting to get down when I didn't get Stanford yesterday. This helps!
 
So far:

WashU
Columbia
Cornell
Stanford
Penn
UCSF

Still waiting for MGH, BID, BWH, JHU, Mt. Sinai.

Would be interesting to see if MGH/BW/BID's invites go out by region (I'm sure it'll be Northeast first)
 
List of programs I applied to that have sent out interviews, none to me...
this is so depressing...


BIDMC
BWH
Stanford
Duke
UCLA
UC Davis
U Chicago
Northwestern
Columbia
Cornell
UCSF
Tufts-NEMC


Programs I havn't heard of interviewing yet that I applied to

MGH
Yale New Haven
UCSD
John Hopskins
 
DrNick2006 said:
List of programs I applied to that have sent out interviews, none to me...
this is so depressing...


BIDMC
BWH
Stanford
Duke
UCLA
UC Davis
U Chicago
Northwestern
Columbia
Cornell
UCSF
Tufts-NEMC


Programs I havn't heard of interviewing yet that I applied to

MGH
Yale New Haven
UCSD
John Hopskins
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you got interviews from columbia, cornell, northwestern and UCSF and you are depressed? 😉 I wish I was in your shoes? 😳
 
No, that is a list of programs that have sent interviews but not to me.
 
DrNick2006 said:
No, that is a list of programs that have sent interviews but not to me.
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oops sorry...misread...but you got all these medical schools...those are still pretty good...mayo is top notch...don't worry I know you will get into your first choice...I have faith in you?! 👍

Mayo - Rochester
U of M
UNC
Boston University
Case Western
Cleveland Clinic
UC Irvine
Beaumont Hospital
Yale-Bridgeport
UCSF-Fresno
 
For those who received invites from BU today, what dates are they offering for interviews?
 
DrNick2006 said:
List of programs I applied to that have sent out interviews, none to me...
this is so depressing...


BIDMC
BWH
Stanford
Duke
UCLA
UC Davis
U Chicago
Northwestern
Columbia
Cornell
UCSF
Tufts-NEMC


Programs I havn't heard of interviewing yet that I applied to

MGH
Yale New Haven
UCSD
John Hopskins
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sorry. i really don't mean to rain on anybody's parade. yale new haven is offering interviews.
 
lili2 said:
For those who received invites from BU today, what dates are they offering for interviews?
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Mondays:
December 5, 12, 19 and January 9, 23, & 30

Wednesdays:
November 30, December 7, 14, 21, 28, and January 4, 11, 18,& 25

Fridays:
December 2, 9, 16, 30 and January 6, 13, 20, 27
 
After lurking for actually a strong four years now (I remember looking at this when I was applying for med school), I figured it was high time to post since you all have helped guide me through all of this so far.

Top 25 school
All honors 3rd and 4th year except psych and fam med
Below average boards I and II
Top 15-20% of class
Not AOA
no research
Good LOR's

Invites so far:
GWU
UC Irvine
Miami Jackson
Tufts-NEMC
Beth Israel Deaconess
Stanford
UCLA
Cedars-Sinai
Mt Sinai NYC

Waiting on a ton more. I had only three before Nov 1st and then all the rest came in the past 24hrs. To all of you like me that are reading this who don't have the board scores that it seems everyone else on this site does, don't worry! We'll do ok too...

My only question to all of you: Great, so we have all these interviews now. How will I ever get a sense of how the programs will rank me? At the actual interviews do they ever tell you? Does getting an interview mean you have a good chance at being ranked relatively high? They all say how selective interviews are, but now what? If I like the program how will I ever know where I stand with them?

Thanks for your help!
 
BIDMC, Staford, UCLA? Great programs, congrats. Not to sound like I am knocking you cause I'm sure your a fine applicant, but no AOA, no research, below average boards, you must have great LORS or something, seems like a lot of people who apperently look better on paper have been passed over thusfar at some of those programs. Whats your secret?
 
DrNick2006 said:
BIDMC, Staford, UCLA? Great programs, congrats. Not to sound like I am knocking you cause I'm sure your a fine applicant, but no AOA, no research, below average boards, you must have great LORS or something, seems like a lot of people who apperently look better on paper have been passed over thusfar at some of those programs. Whats your secret?
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this is what i was just about to say... you must have outstanding LORs. plus, it sounds like you did real well in your clinical rotations. and also, going to a top 25 school in Boston is probably not hurting.

if you don't mind me asking -- what were you step i/ii scores? i'm don't mean to pry, but people sometimes have twisted definitions of "below average".
 
Zolpidem25 said:
this is what i was just about to say... you must have outstanding LORs. plus, it sounds like you did real well in your clinical rotations. and also, going to a top 25 school in Boston is probably not hurting.

if you don't mind me asking -- what were you step i/ii scores? i'm don't mean to pry, but people sometimes have twisted definitions of "below average".
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So I'm a little embarassed to actually say what they are but knowing that the average step I was around 215ish and passing is like 180, I did in between there on both steps. My dean says I didn't get AOA because of my board scores (which I'm real happy about if you can imagine), but other than that I always hope that people aren't always judged by numbers alone...despite the fact that we always are. It's really nice to know that some programs think that way too. Just because I don't test well shouldn't mean that I'm a less qualified applicant and I'd guess that my LOR's probably say something like that. I just wanted to give some hope to everyone else that was like me out there that is reading everyone's awesome scores and just getting scared...good luck to you all!
 
lasix said:
sorry. i really don't mean to rain on anybody's parade. yale new haven is offering interviews.
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Really? I thought the only ones we've heard about here were for the Bridgeport program, not New Haven. When did Yale New Haven start offering interviews?
 
TommyGunn04 said:
Really? I thought the only ones we've heard about here were for the Bridgeport program, not New Haven. When did Yale New Haven start offering interviews?
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I received my invitation 10/18 - don't know when they started
 
cait7 said:
So I'm a little embarassed to actually say what they are but knowing that the average step I was around 215ish and passing is like 180, I did in between there on both steps. My dean says I didn't get AOA because of my board scores (which I'm real happy about if you can imagine), but other than that I always hope that people aren't always judged by numbers alone...despite the fact that we always are. It's really nice to know that some programs think that way too. Just because I don't test well shouldn't mean that I'm a less qualified applicant and I'd guess that my LOR's probably say something like that. I just wanted to give some hope to everyone else that was like me out there that is reading everyone's awesome scores and just getting scared...good luck to you all!
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Wow, Cait7, thanks for sharing your story. I too have a generally strong application with the exception of some similarly unexciting board scores. I've been worried that my application would get immediately tossed at a number of programs with simply a look only at my scores and at nothing deeper in my application. You have gotten invitations from some programs I'm really interested in. I can hope that perhaps I haven't heard yet from some of those programs because I submitted my application later than you did. (?) 🙂

At any rate, I know it will all work out, but I do hope that I'll have more choices rather than fewer.

Thanks again for the encouragement.
 
I just got personal phone calls from Hasan Bazari, Joel Katz, and Charles Wiener today - each speaking in a hoarse Italian accent and claiming they would make me "an offer I can't refuse." 😱 😱 :scared:

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

And now, it's time to 😴 so that I can reverse the auto-jetlag I've imposed on myself before I reach my Friday interview in Atlanta.
 
An update, although nothing new I don't think

Stats:
Step 1: 238
No Step 2 yet
Not AOA
Honors in Medicine, Psych, Family Med
No significant research
top 30? school

University of Arizona
Emory
Kaiser SF
UC Irvine
Huntington Hospital
Kern medical center
Santa Clara Valley medical center
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
California Pacific Medical Center
USC
Harbor UCLA
Cedars Sinai
UCLA
Stanford
Kaiser LA

Waiting on that others have heard from:
UCSF, UC Davis
 
upekkha said:
Wow, Cait7, thanks for sharing your story. I too have a generally strong application with the exception of some similarly unexciting board scores. I've been worried that my application would get immediately tossed at a number of programs with simply a look only at my scores and at nothing deeper in my application. You have gotten invitations from some programs I'm really interested in. I can hope that perhaps I haven't heard yet from some of those programs because I submitted my application later than you did. (?) 🙂

At any rate, I know it will all work out, but I do hope that I'll have more choices rather than fewer.

Thanks again for the encouragement.
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Im in the same boat as you. Only thing killing my application are the board scores. Dont have a stellar list of invites but I wish i received more!!
 
After reading cait7's post I thought I'd go ahead and add my stats and list to the "average Board scores" mix:

I attend a top 40 med school:
Step 1: 209/85
Step 2: 215/87
Pre-clinical years: All P's except 2 HP's and 1 H
Clinical years to-date: All HP's except an H in family med and P's in OB-Gyn and surgery (shelf exams killed me)
Strong LOR's (or so I've been led to believe)
Kick butt personal statement (or at least I think so)
no AOA, no research during med school

Interviews scheduled:
Loyola
Case Western
Drexel
Temple
Thomas Jefferson
UMDNJ
Maryland
Washington Hospital (DC)
UIC
Rush
Kaiser Los Angeles
Loma Linda
USC
Arizona

Awaiting:
more California programs and some community-based programs

I know that my Board scores are hurting me in the screening stages, especially at some of my "reach/dream" programs, but I know that I am a strong candidate who is passionate about internal medicine and patient care.

I think that I came into my own during the clinical years and my Dean's Letter comments were very positive. I would be happy at a solid, reputable university-based program with good fellowship opportunities (I'm thinking pulmonary/critical care).

Anyways, cheers to all the average/below average Board scores out there who are better than their numbers might indicate!
 
I was pleased and mildly surprised to get an invitation from Wash U today. My grades are solid but certainly not exemplary.
 
still no news from JHU yet...I know its only 9 am...and in some ways, I guess no news is still hopeful news for me =)
 
DrJ-Bond said:
still no news from JHU yet...I know its only 9 am...and in some ways, I guess no news is still hopeful news for me =)
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Hehe - get nervous much? 🙂

Good luck.
 
DrJ-Bond said:
still no news from JHU yet...I know its only 9 am...and in some ways, I guess no news is still hopeful news for me =)
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Good luck! :luck: Actually, good luck to all who are waiting for Hopkins. I didn't apply there, but I'm still excited for all of you. 🙂
 
I applied but didn't realize THEY want FOUR letters cause the three everyone else wants isn't good enough for their hoity toity program, I think they just wanna have something on MGH, so.. while I wasn't too worried I would actually get an interview there, I am now sure I won't so good luck to everyone else. Who wants to live in Baltimore anyway.
 
at this point for me, its more like I dont want to get my first rejection--wherever it may be...I am, however, relatively satisfied with my interview list, and I think my realistic top three choices have already offerred me interviews...but still, no one wants a reject letter in their inbox...especially cuz I will probably go back and read it every day til the match...or until I get one from MGH/BWH
 
cait7 said:
So I'm a little embarassed to actually say what they are but knowing that the average step I was around 215ish and passing is like 180, I did in between there on both steps. My dean says I didn't get AOA because of my board scores (which I'm real happy about if you can imagine), but other than that I always hope that people aren't always judged by numbers alone...despite the fact that we always are. It's really nice to know that some programs think that way too. Just because I don't test well shouldn't mean that I'm a less qualified applicant and I'd guess that my LOR's probably say something like that. I just wanted to give some hope to everyone else that was like me out there that is reading everyone's awesome scores and just getting scared...good luck to you all!
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Just wanted to say that I think it's great how you posted honestly and now more people are coming out of the woodwork. This site is so much more helpful when you can look as a 3rd year and find others who are like you, with both stronger and weaker aspects of the application, instead of just a handful of superstars.

Anyway, congrats on a great list of interviews. I wish Stanford would be as willing to overlook a HP in medicine as easily as a below-average board score!
 
I wish more programs would also overlook a non-top anything medical school, and look at candidates based on their individual merits...I keep wondering if I will be screwed because of my med school...I have heard that for IM name of med school means more than any of your stats...oh well...I guess only time will tell...for now I have to go back and get my step 2 reading on!!
 
DrNick2006 said:
Who wants to live in Baltimore anyway.
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Exactly. Plus I think they make you sign a contract so that for the rest of your career you have to start all your sentences with "When I was at Hopkins..." You totally dodged a bullet there. 😉 😛

(Just kidding Hopkins peeps! They train excellent physicians - I just think the name-dropping is funny.)
 
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