Official "Interviews Offered" Thread

[tiene dolor?]

---

Members do not see this ad.

If it's not too personal a question, why accept Brooklyn and cancel Downstate?

Good question! I've heard nothing but good things re: Downstate.

 

[EctopicFetus]

You cancelled Harbor??! What gives? Temporary insanity?

Family situation. I have no desire to be somewhere my wife wont be. Not temporary insanity... rather it is sometime to see my logic through the muddy grime located between my ears. 😀

 

[tiene dolor?]

Family situation. I have no desire to be somewhere my wife wont be. Not temporary insanity... rather it is sometime to see my logic through the muddy grime located between my ears. 😀

Well congratz on the interview anyways, that's a top-shelf program.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Thanks man.. I kinda want to go out there just to check it out but $$ and the thought that I prob wouldnt rank them any how makes me think I wont. I guess if I drop it they will pick someone else, maybe one of you who wants to go there.

BTW I got RE-rejected by Loma this morning. So I guess that means that they REALLY dont want me 😀

 

[Riverjames]

Will/have interviewed

UCLA-OV
Highland
UCI
UCSD
UCDavis
Denver

Bellevue-NYU
Mt. Sinai
MGH
Boston Med
Cooper-Camden

U Chicago
Northwestern
U Michigan

UNC
Carolinas
Emory

Declined/Cancelled
Cinci, Henry Ford, Christ, GW, Drexel, Christiana, BIDMC

Punted by
OHSU

Waiting on UCLA-Harbor (hello? Bueller.... Bueller?)

Sending out my declines today. Hope you all get some love if you're waiting on any of these....

 

[Riverjames]

Apparently, all you have to do is moan out loud just a bit to get some sugar. Just got Harbor. Woop!

 

[Pacifica]

So here's my list:

Scheduled:

UCSF-Fresno
Maine MC
Indiana
Cinci
Hennepin
Regions
Denver
Carolinas
Georgetown
George Washington
U of New Mexico
Pitt
Loma Linda
Boston MC
Yale
U of Michigan
MCW

Cancelled:
PSU
North Shore
New York Methodist
St. Luke's-Roosevelt

Rejected:
Highland
OHS
UC Davis
U of Arizona (crap)

I need to cancel some more - thinking Boston, U of Michigan, Yale and MCW at this point, maybe Loma Linda... do you guys agree?

Thanks for any input 🙂

So I cancelled Yale, UM, MCW, Georgetown and George Washington - hope this opens up a spot for someone here!

 

[roja]

saffron, handsome rob-

If you want a friendly face on interview day at St. Lukes-Roosevelt, PM me with your dates of interview. I'll make sure I come and find you.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Thank god this week is Thanksgiving. I can spend the week watching football! 👍 Got and cancelled Nebraska today. Nothing else new.

1) Wright State
2) Ohio State U
3) St Vincent - Will interview on 12/13
4) Resurrection - Interviewed on 11/7
5) Cook County - Interviewed on 11/16
6) MCW
7) Eastern Va
8) Johns Hopkins
9) Gtown
10) Michigan
11) Wash U in STL
12) UT-Houston
13) MCG
14) Boston Medical
15) BIDMC
16) Denver?(what to do?)

Cancelled/Threw away $$ (45) - Einstein - Philly, Temple, LSUHC, UAB, Albany, Arkansas, ECU - Brody, Texas A&M - Scott and White, York-PA, SUNY-Syracuse, Allegheny, Ole Miss, Penn State Hershey, UPENN, Case Western/Metrohealth, LSU-NO, PITT, Buffalo, MLK, ORMC, St John, Wayne State - Sinai Grace, Grand Rapids -Spectrum, Lincoln, LIJ, North Shore U, Mayo, MSU Kalamazoo, Illinois Peoria, William Beaumont, Baystate, Henry Ford, UC-Irvine, Wayne State - Detroit Medical Center, UConn, Yale, UC-Davis, Missouri, KC - Truman, UMDNJ, UCLA Harbor, UMass, Drexel, Palmetto, USC, Nebraska

Gulp... Thankfully it turns out these arent on my short list...

Wait List (1) - Wake Forest

Rejected (18) - Highland, Duke, New Mexico, Maine, Cincy, UCSD, Utah, NW, Oregon, Loma Linda, Hennepin, Regions, Emory, Maricopa, UNC-CH, Arizona, Stanford and Vandy 😛

Gotta see what I can do about U Arizona 😱 Interview me.. please...

 

[corpsmanUP]

Got Nebraska today too, and declined. What the hec man, November the 23rd??? Were they really thinking anyone would have any openings in their schedule at this point? Only the people with few invites can take advantage of such a last minute offer, and I am not going to bump any of my others for U. Nebraska even if I did get my masters there!! Oh well.

My final list of interviews..now to remain unchanged save a midwest snowstorm that strands my rental car somewhere between Rochester and Pittsburgh!!

LSU-Baton Rouge, done, and a very nice place with great people
Texas Tech- hidden gem I believe, will definitely be a final four if not higher
U Iowa
U Illinois Peoria
Indianapolis
Duke
Maricopa
Mayo
Pitt
Cleveland Clinic/Case
Ohio State
UIC Christ Advocate
UTSW
MCG
Palmetto
U Arkansas
Texas A&M Scott and White

 

[Derek]

Texas Tech- hidden gem I believe, will definitely be a final four if not higher


I agree, Texas Tech is as good if not better than many of the big name programs. I am an intern here and everything about this program has exceeded my expectations. I would be happy to answer any questions in a new thread.

 

[Ralph05]

I am adding Hennepin to my interview list.

Still haven't heard from 4 programs...am going to assume I am not getting interviews at those places. I can't believe some programs were still offering interviews today!

Oh well...good luck everyone!

-Ralph

 

[USMan22]

Has anyone heard from UCLA Olive view? They asked for my summer transcripts 2 weeks ago and never got back to me

Scheduled interviews
1. USC
2. UCSF Fresno
3. Highland
4. Kern
5. UC Davis
6. Wash U (MI)
7. Cook
8. U of Michigan
9. New Mexico
10. UT Houston
11. Boston MC
12. NY Med
13. St Luke
14. Lincoln Medical
15. Methodist

Cancelled Interviews
Detroit Receiving, Temple, U Mass, Geisinger, Alleheny, Truman (MO), Resurrection, Albany, Maimonides,

Rejections
UCI, UCSD, Stanford/Kaiser, LomaLinda, Harbor UCLA, Denver, Both AZ programs,

 

[Dr.MISHKA D.O.]

Got the Smack down from Denver and Henry Ford (Henry sent me rejection e-mail twice, Okay I get it Detroit hates me - you don't have to rub it in.) 😉 Got an invite from Orlando. 😍 Still no word from U of C or Christ (just let me know I'm rejected for cying out loud so I can move on with my life!) 😡 Where's the love from the rest of Florida, huh Quinn? 😛

Interviews:
IM/EM
CCOM Olympia Fields 10/15
Allegheny 1/16

EM
LSU Baton Rouge 12/8
Washington St. Louis 12/12
UT Houston 12/19
UT Southwest 12/20
Resurrection 1/7
Orlando 2/6

Cancelled:
LSU Shreveport EM
UIC IM/EM
Christiana Care IM/EM
CCOM Olympia Fields EM/FM

Rejections:
Henry Ford Detroit IM/EM
Denver EM

Anyone thinking about canceling Christ please do it ASAP for all our benefit. Thanks!

Year 4 Countdown to Graduation
EM X
EM X
Family X
Pulm X
Ortho X
Derm
Community
Community
EM
Gas/Rads
Graduation 😀
Drunken Stupor in the Caribbean 😉
First Night of INTERN call 😱

Best Wishes

The Mish

 

[12R34Y]

Maybe not that many people applied there? Or perhaps not many people on this site have applied there. Like I rotated at Orlando and I dont think ANY of their residents are on this site.

dchristismi (username) is an intern at orlando's EM program. I remember her post about matching there last year.

she posts occasionally still.

later

 

[ErGirl]

Has anyone heard from UCLA Olive view? They asked for my summer transcripts 2 weeks ago and never got back to me

Scheduled interviews
1. USC
2. UCSF Fresno
3. Highland
4. Kern
5. UC Davis
6. Wash U (MI)
7. Cook
8. U of Michigan
9. New Mexico
10. UT Houston
11. Boston MC
12. NY Med
13. St Luke
14. Lincoln Medical
15. Methodist

Cancelled Interviews
Detroit Receiving, Temple, U Mass, Geisinger, Alleheny, Truman (MO), Resurrection, Albany, Maimonides,

Rejections
UCI, UCSD, Stanford/Kaiser, LomaLinda, Harbor UCLA, Denver, Both AZ programs,

I am interviewing at Olive View. I would call or email them.Maybe they didn't receive your transcripts.

 

[Thatcher]

Anyone willing to switch an MCW interview of 11/30 or 12/7 for my 12/9? I'm a couples matching mess. Not a problem with the program coordinator if we work it out between us. thx.

 

[EctopicFetus]

I heard that invited are given out until mid-Dec anyone know if this is true?

 

[saffron]

If it's not too personal a question, why accept Brooklyn and cancel Downstate?

For the simple reason that it was one of my first interviews offers, so I just did it along with a couple of other nyc interviews pretty early on. I got downstate a lot later was already trimming down my list at this point...if i had gotten them all at the same time, i would have probably chosen downstate instead.

 

[EctopicFetus]

I got re-rejected from Vandy today. 👎

 

[corpsmanUP]

I got re-rejected from Vandy today. 👎

ditto!! I think some of these programs hire some nut job to send out all the rejections and that person is probably someone who was rejected from every friend, family member, and job in their entire life! And they get off to sending the same message over and over again in hopes that some poor chap will write back and complain. Thats how they get their satisfaction you know....sort of like a flasher who is only gratified by the terrified respondent!!

I guess you can tell I have the month off and am just waiting between interviews!

 

[EctopicFetus]

I guess you can tell I have the month off and am just waiting between interviews!

Same as me. Gonna be a looong month. Nothing to do but interview.. im not really looking forward to it. Of course everything with my wife's job hunt will make it interesting.

 

[EM Junkie]

Snipped Louisville off my list today, my list is now final unless I hear from Carolinas.

YTD:
1) DONE : UT-Houston
2) DONE : Texas Tech / El Paso
3) Dec : Texas A&M / Scott & White
4) Dec : LSU-Shreveport
5) Jan : UTSW
6) Jan : Vanderbilt
7) Jan : USF-Tampa
8) Jan : South Carolina
9) Jan : Duke
10) Jan : Wake Forest

Cancelled/Declined:
11) Louisville
12) UM-Kansas City / Truman
13) LSU / Baton Rouge
14) ECU / Greenville, NC
15) Emory
16) Arkansas
17) Charity/NO
18) MCG-Augusta
19) Kentucky-Lexington
20) UF-Jacksonville

Rejected:
UNC-Chapel Hill

Still waiting on:
Carolinas, UF-Gainesville, Orlando

 

[JkGrocerz]

had an interview offer from UT houston.....called them up and they told me they're full and that 5 people are on a waiting list for each interview date!?!?! wtf?!? is this really a top top program?

 

[corpsmanUP]

had an interview offer from UT houston.....called them up and they told me they're full and that 5 people are on a waiting list for each interview date!?!?! wtf?!? is this really a top top program?

I suppose they can afford to be this way since they are the only academic EM program within about 250 miles, and the only one in the huge medical mecca of Houston. Someone needs to open up an EM program perhaps at Baylor next door and give them a little friendly competition.

 

[EctopicFetus]

I too am on that wait list. Perhaps they should open up some more spots?

 

[EM Junkie]

I suppose they can afford to be this way since they are the only academic EM program within about 250 miles, and the only one in the huge medical mecca of Houston. Someone needs to open up an EM program perhaps at Baylor next door and give them a little friendly competition.

Baylor will not have an EM program in the next 10 years. That place is run by surgery guys. UTMB is in the works, but at least a few years off.

If you guys want to discuss further, we can start a new thread - just wanted to set the record straight.

 

[rxfudd]

Adding UIC, schedule is now finalized

Interviewed/will interview (13 total):

Christ
Cook County
University of Chicago
Northwestern
UIC
Resurrection
Ohio State
Grand Rapids
MSU Kalamazoo
University of Michigan
Medical College of Wisconsin
Indiana University
Washington University (St. Louis)

Cancelled/Declined (15 total):

Beaumont
Medical College of Georgia
University of Iowa
University of Kentucky
Mayo
Hennepin
LSU Shreveport
LSU Baton Rouge
Synergy
UNC
Case Western
Palmetto-Richland
University of Illinois at Peoria
Emory
MCV/VCU

Rejected (3 total):

Duke
Cincinnati
Vanderbilt

On hold (1 total):

Wake Forest

Never heard back (3 total):

Carolinas
MSU Sparrow
University of Louisville

 

[tiene dolor?]

had an interview offer from UT houston.....called them up and they told me they're full and that 5 people are on a waiting list for each interview date!?!?! wtf?!? is this really a top top program?

Nope.

 

[Jeff698]

Pardon me for butting in...

Anyone interviewing at Scott & White, drop me a PM before you come and we can get together. I love it here and will be more than happy to give you as much of the low down as an intern can.

BTW, UTMB hired one of our faculty to be their residency program director (and another to be division chair). They're committed to opening up a program as soon as they can. 1-2 years is the time frame I've heard.

Take care and good luck!

Jeff

 

[EctopicFetus]

I might be ignorant on the whole Texas thing but what it U Texas MB? Sorry for my ignorance...

 

[turtle md]

UTMB also hired our most recent US fellow, so a program with good US exposure may be in the works.

 

[BKN]

University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston established in the 1890's. The first Texas medical school, thus the unusual name.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Thanks BKN. It shows I am a non Texan 🙂

 

[Jeff698]

I might be ignorant on the whole Texas thing but what it U Texas MB? Sorry for my ignorance...

The voters of Texas approved a constitutional ammendment back in the late 1800s that authorized the creation of a state university (UT in Austin) and a Medical Branch of that university (UTMB). They were in different cities as a result of a political compromise. At the time, Galveston was the cultural mecca of Texas.

I really should have been a history major. It's so much more fun than that worthless psych degree I have.

Take care,
Jeff

BTW, Texas A&M was already well established as a land grant institution by the time of UT's creation. Hince the oft repeated (at least in College Station) that we are THE University of Texas. Of course, Baylor was around before us, but we pass that off by saying they are a private school and thus don't count. 🙂

 

[EctopicFetus]

The voters of Texas approved a constitutional ammendment back in the late 1800s that authorized the creation of a state university (UT in Austin) and a Medical Branch of that university (UTMB). They were in different cities as a result of a political compromise. At the time, Galveston was the cultural mecca of Texas.

I really should have been a history major. It's so much more fun than that worthless psych degree I have.

Take care,
Jeff

BTW, Texas A&M was already well established as a land grant institution by the time of UT's creation. Hince the oft repeated (at least in College Station) that we are THE University of Texas. Of course, Baylor was around before us, but we pass that off by saying they are a private school and thus don't count. 🙂

Thanks for the history lesson. I appreciate it. If I end up in texas it will come in handy I am sure 😀

 

[corpsmanUP]

The voters of Texas approved a constitutional ammendment back in the late 1800s that authorized the creation of a state university (UT in Austin) and a Medical Branch of that university (UTMB). They were in different cities as a result of a political compromise. At the time, Galveston was the cultural mecca of Texas.

I really should have been a history major. It's so much more fun than that worthless psych degree I have.

Take care,
Jeff

BTW, Texas A&M was already well established as a land grant institution by the time of UT's creation. Hince the oft repeated (at least in College Station) that we are THE University of Texas. Of course, Baylor was around before us, but we pass that off by saying they are a private school and thus don't count. 🙂

Hola Jeff,
I actually heard from a faculty member who is a candidate for new faculty position there at UTMB's soon-to-be EM program and he told me back in October that he had been led to believe that UTMB was going to take people for a class this year outside the match. That place really could support an EM program with its level I, its helo, and the huge prison population!! I did my PA training there and my month in the ED was very good. I remember working with a doc named Kent Nasser I believe who taught me many things that month that I still use today. I loved that ED but it was heavily run by their head trauma surgeon. I don't know how the surgery/EM climate would work there now. The only problem with a program at UTMB is that you have to find a place to live that is safe! I lived off the island for the simple reason that there are 2 festivals annually that wreak havoc on the city, one being Mardi Gras, and the other being the Kappa Fest. I didn't even consider UTMB for medical school because I did not want my kids to have to live there. Its a city that is very much like New Orleans used to be where it looks all touristy and fun on the surface but underneath it all is a world of corruption and crime like few other cities. Its a scary place quite honestly. Jeff knows what I mean, although he may not agree completely!!

 

[jaeida8]

Received Thomas Jefferson today....

Scheduled:

Thomas Jefferson
Temple
Henry Ford
UT-Houston
Boston Medical Center
Drexel
SUNY Upstate
SUNY Stonybrook
Texas Tech- DONE
North Shore
Maimonides
Ohio State
Resurrection
Cook County
UTSW- DONE
Cooper
LSU Baton Rouge
Allegheny

Cancelled/declined:

Sinai Grace
St. John
Scott and White
Orlando
MCG

Rejected by:

Emory
Wake Forest
Georgetown

I need to pare down my scheduled interviews, but I'm tempted to go to all of them because I found out at my first interview that I have a mediocre SLOR in my file.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Got and cancelled Louisville today. Rejected from UCLA Ollive View. Nothing else new.

1) Wright State
2) Ohio State U
3) St Vincent - Will interview on 12/13
4) Resurrection - Interviewed on 11/7
5) Cook County - Interviewed on 11/16
6) MCW
7) Eastern Va
8) Johns Hopkins
9) Gtown
10) Michigan
11) Wash U in STL
12) UT-Houston
13) MCG
14) Boston Medical
15) BIDMC
16) Denver?(what to do?)

Cancelled/Threw away $$ (46) - Einstein - Philly, Temple, LSUHC, UAB, Albany, Arkansas, ECU - Brody, Texas A&M - Scott and White, York-PA, SUNY-Syracuse, Allegheny, Ole Miss, Penn State Hershey, UPENN, Case Western/Metrohealth, LSU-NO, PITT, Buffalo, MLK, ORMC, St John, Wayne State - Sinai Grace, Grand Rapids -Spectrum, Lincoln, LIJ, North Shore U, Mayo, MSU Kalamazoo, Illinois Peoria, William Beaumont, Baystate, Henry Ford, UC-Irvine, Wayne State - Detroit Medical Center, UConn, Yale, UC-Davis, Missouri, KC - Truman, UMDNJ, UCLA Harbor, UMass, Drexel, Palmetto, SoCal, Nebraska, Louisville

Gulp... Thankfully it turns out these arent on my short list...

Wait List (1) - Wake Forest

Rejected (19) - Highland, Duke, New Mexico, Maine, Cincy, UCSD, Utah, NW, Oregon, Loma Linda, Hennepin, Regions, Emory, Maricopa, UNC-CH, Arizona, Stanford, Vandy, UCLA Olive View

Gotta see what I can do about U Arizona 😱 Interview me.. please... and I gotta see what I can do about getting a Houston Interview. I guess I will sit on their waitlist.

 

[BKN]

CorpsmanUP.

Weird coincidence., I think not. or did you know that Kent came and did a residency with us after that?

BKN

 

[Espion]

The voters of Texas approved a constitutional ammendment back in the late 1800s that authorized the creation of a state university (UT in Austin) and a Medical Branch of that university (UTMB). They were in different cities as a result of a political compromise. At the time, Galveston was the cultural mecca of Texas.

I really should have been a history major. It's so much more fun than that worthless psych degree I have.

Take care,
Jeff

BTW, Texas A&M was already well established as a land grant institution by the time of UT's creation. Hince the oft repeated (at least in College Station) that we are THE University of Texas. Of course, Baylor was around before us, but we pass that off by saying they are a private school and thus don't count. 🙂

Clarification: No Aggie would be caught saying that UT is THE University of Texas. The "t.u." is actually meant as "Texas University".

Much of the "sparring" between Ags and t-sips is linked to land ownership and taxes. At one time (I know I'll get burned for this), the congress was trying to shut down A&M and turn it into an insane asylum. Lawrence Sullivan (Sully) Ross convinced them otherwise, and thus A&M persists (even though our football team would beg to differ).

I don't really (and honestly never did) get caught up in this, but my boots just won't let me live it down. 😉

 

[pitstains00]

Hola Jeff,
I actually heard from a faculty member who is a candidate for new faculty position there at UTMB's soon-to-be EM program and he told me back in October that he had been led to believe that UTMB was going to take people for a class this year outside the match. That place really could support an EM program with its level I, its helo, and the huge prison population!! I did my PA training there and my month in the ED was very good. I remember working with a doc named Kent Nasser I believe who taught me many things that month that I still use today. I loved that ED but it was heavily run by their head trauma surgeon. I don't know how the surgery/EM climate would work there now. The only problem with a program at UTMB is that you have to find a place to live that is safe! I lived off the island for the simple reason that there are 2 festivals annually that wreak havoc on the city, one being Mardi Gras, and the other being the Kappa Fest. I didn't even consider UTMB for medical school because I did not want my kids to have to live there. Its a city that is very much like New Orleans used to be where it looks all touristy and fun on the surface but underneath it all is a world of corruption and crime like few other cities. Its a scary place quite honestly. Jeff knows what I mean, although he may not agree completely!!

Actually, a comparison between New Orleans and G-town is pretty unfair. The size alone of the 2 cities precludes Galveston from having the crime/corruption problem that New Orleans has. The main problem with galveston is the proximity of crack houses with million dollar historic homes. It really is a block-to-block comparison. That being said, there are definitely areas on the island with little to no crime. A recent trend of upscale housing construction and commercial real estate improvement has started (slowly) to change the appearance and reputation of the city in a positive way. Like in most cities, a little bit of common sense and precaution go a long way.

'stain

 

[turtle md]

I never felt unsafe walking the streets of Galveston, no matter what the time of night. And living as close to the beach as the hospital had its advantages. If only the mighty Mississippi silt flowed the other way in the gulf and the waters were blue instead of brown. And that damn humidity. And all the tourists. And the fact that to go anywhere, you have to time your departure around Houston's rush hours.

 

[saffron]

adding and cancelling U of I chicago...i think my list is pretty much finalized at this point. it feels good to have gotten all my interviews laid out... at least one portion of this insane process they call the match is done! 👍

Accepted:
St. Luke's
UChicago
BI-Harvard
Georgetown
NY Presbyterian
UT Houston
Northwestern
UTSW
Resurrection
Brooklyn Med. Center
NJ Cooper/Camden
Mt. Sinai
Yale
NY Methodist
U Of Maryland

Cancelled:
U of Illinois
Wash U.
Jacksonville
SUNY Downstate
Boston Med
Henry Ford
Wayne State
Lincoln
Cook County
Scott & White
Tx. Tech

Rejected: UCLA harbor and Stanford 😎

 

[EctopicFetus]

Got Indiana wait list today. Told them thanks but no thanks..

 

[Pacifica]

Cancelled Denver and Boston MC today...

Ectopic, if there's any chance you wouldn't mind living in Indy, I would accept their waitlist offer. I interviewed there yesterday and the program is PHENOMENAL! Any questions, feel free to PM me.

Good luck to all on the trail!

 

[EctopicFetus]

Cancelled Denver and Boston MC today...

Ectopic, if there's any chance you wouldn't mind living in Indy, I would accept their waitlist offer. I interviewed there yesterday and the program is PHENOMENAL! Any questions, feel free to PM me.

Good luck to all on the trail!

Thanks for the offer. I have heard that this is one of the premeire programs in the country. All that being said I have a family "situation" which will prevent me from living in Indy.

 

[EctopicFetus]

BTW i was waitlisted today at UVA and rejected from Bellevue. Its cool the family situation has me looking below the mason-dixon line.

 

[ArtGod]

Hey when did most of you guys start getting your interviews? Which tend to be the hardest ones to get?

 

[EctopicFetus]

Hey when did most of you guys start getting your interviews? Which tend to be the hardest ones to get?

Take a look at who rejected me.. 🙂

Seriously IMO the programs that are the hardest to get, i.e. most competitive tend to be most along the west coast, then in the midwest, Cincy, Indiana, Southeast: Emory and Vandy, in the northeast I really dont know. I think to some degree it depends on where you are coming from. It can be hard for an east coast person to get west coast interviews if you havent rotated out there or have some tie to the west coast you can demonstrate.