Official "Interviews Offered" Thread

[EctopicFetus]

---

Members do not see this ad.

So CS you are already cancelling interviews? Damn... Or am i reading that wrong?

Alright, due to the misunderstanding, I don't know where I last posted (and I don't feel like looking through eight pages of information to figure it out. So...

YTD
UM EM/Peds
Georgetown
Resurrection
Wright State
Scott & White
LSU - Baton Rouge
Truman
Nebraska
Maimonides
Allegheny
York, PA

Cancellations
LSU - Shreveport
Cooper
Synergy
Wayne State - Detroit Receiving
Wayne State - Sinai Grace

Good Luck All!

 

[Mary Jane Watson]

Adding a couple for the last couple of days:

Cincinatti
LSU-BR

 

[12R34Y]

So CS you are already cancelling interviews? Damn... Or am i reading that wrong?

I've cancelled about 7 interviews so far.

I figure I can't interview everywhere. Got all of my interviews I want pretty much scheduled already.

how many are people on here planning on going to just out of curiousity?

later

 

[md2be38]

Added today:

Iowa
Resurrection
Wayne State- Sinai

So far:

Kalamazoo
Grand Rapids
Synergy (done)
Wayne State - DMC
Wayne State - Sinai
St. John's
St. Vincent
Kansas City
Iowa
Regions
Resurrection

These next few weeks are going to be hell waiting for the ones I want. And my home school still hasn't shown any love...

Later,
Ryan

 

[CS_22]

So CS you are already cancelling interviews? Damn... Or am i reading that wrong?

Yeah. The MOST I'm going to interview is 12-13, so the others are one's that I know I probably wouldn't go. I want to free up space for them to be able to offer them to others. As I get new options that I really want, I'll cancel ones that I don't want as much. Make sense?

Basically, at any given time, I should only have 12-14 options out there. No need keeping others if I know that there are 12-14 programs that I'd chose over them.

CS

 

[EctopicFetus]

Sounds good.. I will be doing similar things in early November.. Still need some of those personal issues to get resolved. They will def be resolved by Nov 10th. Any additional interviews at that time will be cancelled. My question is this.. if you havent set up the interviews is it still common courtesy to call/email them ahead of time? I think I will take this approach anyhow but wondering if this is the "right" thing to do.

 

[colforbinMD]

Dude! I'm pretty sure you're the first to call Fatty McFatty on yourself. 🙂

Strong work.

Thank you. If I am indeed the first then I am honored. After I realized I had all but become that which I hate. Namely the "here's my GPA and BOARD SCORES do you think I will get into X residency" poster. I felt I had to humble myself and come clean to the board and admit to my Mcfattyness before instant karma came and got me and caused a short in my laptop which fried my giblets.

What exactly is a Fatty McFattypants anyway?

I am. "But I'm tryin Ringo.... I'm tryin real hard"

Lastly, DrKP, you had me rolling with your last post.

See PD's!!! I'm telling ya.... MANY MANY virtues. So far we have humor and humility. 😉 If you don't believe I'm awesome then just ask my mommy.

P.S I am ALL about starting the Residency Interview Exchange program. Of course I guess I gotta have one before I can trade one. Will anybody make me an offer on my Emory email?

 

[Seaglass]

someone mentioned that some programs are still looking at transcripts...

does that mean that the programs are "examining" my transcripts even though they have already downloaded it, or does that mean that they are still waiting for them to be UPLOADED...

reason why I ask is because my transcriipt has been downloaded by programs for quite some time now...

just wondering if someone could elaborate on this

They may be downloaded but there is usually a committee that gets together to review them and decide who will be offered interviews. Like was said above, Wake does not usually offer interviews until after deans letters are out.

 

[saffron]

2 more today:

Lincoln (South bronx baby! 😱 )
Resurrection- Chitown

Total:

Resurrection
Lincoln
Cook County
Scott & White
Brooklyn Med. Center
NJ Cooper/Camden
Wayne State
Tech
Mt. Sinai

man im scared to start cancelling just yet...

 

[tennik]

I didn't read all nine pages so I may be missing an inside joke, are people really getting Emory interviews already?

 

[mward04]

I didn't read all nine pages so I may be missing an inside joke, are people really getting Emory interviews already?

No, they just sent out an email saying they wouldn't send out invites for several weeks. It was just like Indiana's letter.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Weird question.. Where does the "strong work" EM thing come from. Every EM doc I have worked with/been around uses this. Is this our inside lingo? Kinda weird.... makes sense but weird..

 

[alison_in_oh]

Weird question.. Where does the "strong work" EM thing come from. Every EM doc I have worked with/been around uses this. Is this our inside lingo? Kinda weird.... makes sense but weird..

Isn't it a Dr. Cox thing? "Strong work, newbie."

 

[corpsmanUP]

Add Maryland today


YTD:
Duke
Einstein
University of Kentucky
Illinois Peoria
Missouri KC, Truman
Texas Tech
Scott and White
LSU Baton Rouge

No all that shabby of a list for a DO applicant from Texas! But I won't pretend not to be jealous of those with the long lists. Its not the size of the list that matters.....at least that's what my wife says

 

[Scrubbs]

Isn't it a Dr. Cox thing? "Strong work, newbie."

Nah... "strong work" was definitely around before Scrubs. Maybe a House of God thing?

To stay on topic... My PD just downloaded and we haven't sent interviews out yet. Congrats to those who've gotten interviews! Don't stress to those still waiting!

 

[EM Junkie]

Added East Carolina/Greenville today

So far:
UT-Houston
Texas A&M/Scott & White
E. Carolina / Greenville

All this without my 2 SLOR's from EM and with 1 of 2 EM grades in.

Still bugging letter writers,
Scott, MS4

 

[Radiohead]

Wake Forest today
YTD:
Wake
Vanderbilt
Maryland
Orlando
Mass General
Beth Isreal
Maricopa

 

[tennik]

"Strong Work" Radiohead 🙂

What is an SLOR?

 

[TysonCook]

"Strong Work" Radiohead 🙂

What is an SLOR?

Standardized Letter of Rec. It's what most of the ED doc's use for LOR's. If you do a web search you can pull one up, it's nothing fancy. Some use it, others don't, just depends on the doc.

I'm super jealous for the Wake interview, hope that I get an invite as it is high on my list 🙂

 

[EctopicFetus]

They have the SLOR at cordem.org good luck... hmm I expect a little quiet period before the true insanity breaks out After Nov 1.

Good luck..
Ill be updating my list later...,,,,, later..

 

[12R34Y]

Wake Forest today

Total:

Wake
Vandy
Hennepin
Mayo
Regions
Truman
Maryland
ECU
MSU/Kalamazoo
Iowa
Nebraska
New Mexico
Maricopa
Peoria
Wisconsin
Ressurection

later

 

[EctopicFetus]

New to the list today.. UAB

1) Wright State
2) OSU
3) St Vincent
4) Resurrection
5) Cook County
6) Wayne State
7) St John
8) Lincoln
9) LIJ
10) Albany
11) Einstein - Philly
12) Temple
13) MLK
14) LSUHC
15) Missouri, KC - Truman
16) ORMC
17) UAB

Still waiting on most of the biggies on my list..

 

[castaway]

Is the SLOR preferred by PDs?

And is SLOR the same thing as a CORD letter? I only have one, from my school. The other EM letter is a regular letter. Should I try to get a 2nd SLOR?

Good luck to everyone!

 

[EctopicFetus]

the SLOR is the CORD form. I think it is preferred but others are ok.. As far as a 2nd SLOR I dont think i would worry about it but of course i dont really know.

 

[CS_22]

Today's update --

Added Iowa, UCONN. Don't know a whole lot about the UCONN program besides what was on Scutwork and their website. Does anyone have anything they can add.

YTD
UM EM/Peds
Georgetown
Resurrection
Wright State
Scott & White
LSU - Baton Rouge
Iowa
Truman
Nebraska
Maimonides
Allegheny
York, PA
UCONN

Cancellations
LSU - Shreveport
Cooper
Synergy
Wayne State - Detroit Receiving
Wayne State - Sinai Grace

 

[southerndoc]

Some of you people have way too many interviews scheduled and need to consider canceling some. Interviewing can be tiring, and you'll end up canceling interviews later on. So cancel them now and give others a chance to interview.

 

[CS_22]

Some of you people have way too many interviews scheduled and need to consider canceling some. Interviewing can be tiring, and you'll end up canceling interviews later on. So cancel them now and give others a chance to interview.

That was my plan! I'm not keeping more than 12 - which may still be too many - but that's how many interviews I'd ideally like to do.

 

[EctopicFetus]

All mine will be dropped soon too. I wont be doing many but I have a rather unique family situation so I cant drop them quite yet. 1st 2 weeks of Nov will make things much clearer. Believe me I am not one to limit the opportunity of others.

 

[EMDrMoe]

St. John (Detroit)
St. Vincent Mercy
Akron General
Wayne State-Detroit
Wright State
Kentucky
MSU-Kalamazoo
Synergy-Saginaw
USF-Tampa
Orlando

Grand Rapids
Wayne State-Grace



I do have a question - is it tacky to cancel or decline an interview by email or should I call to do it?

 

[EctopicFetus]

Email is totally cool..

 

[EMDrMoe]

Email is totally cool..

That makes my day! (well, what's left of it anyway)

One more question: Would it be too weird to post dates of interviews so we'd know if we were meeting a fellow SDNer? I do like the beauty of anonymity, but curiosity may get the best of me.

 

[EctopicFetus]

That makes my day! (well, what's left of it anyway)

One more question: Would it be too weird to post dates of interviews so we'd know if we were meeting a fellow SDNer? I do like the beauty of anonymity, but curiosity may get the best of me.

I would say do it if you want and then others can do the same if they want. Ill likely post mine as the dates near.. Not this far out cause who knows if it will change.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Just dropping some places... BTW 1st interview is scheduled for Nov 10th

1) Wright State
2) OSU
3) St Vincent
4) Resurrection
5) Cook County
6) Wayne State
7) St John
8) Lincoln
9) LIJ
10) MLK
11) Missouri, KC - Truman
12) ORMC

Cancelled
1) UAB
2) LSUHC
3) Albany
4) Einstein - Philly
5) Temple

 

[rxfudd]

Adding three:

U of Illinois at Peoria
U of Kentucky
Medical College of Georgia

To date:

Cook County
Washington University
Grand Rapids
Hennepin
LSU Shreveport
LSU Baton Rouge
Synergy
Mayo
U of Illinois at Peoria
U of Kentucky
Medical College of Georgia

 

[EM Junkie]

Offered:
Texas Tech / El Paso ---> Which I will probably decline because they say that you must pass Step 2 CK and CS before they will rank you. Anyone else have a similar experience with other programs? I was planning on taking the Step 2 CS at the end of February, but I may have to reconsider if this is common practice.

YTD:
UT Houston
Greenville, NC (East Carolina)
Texas A&M / Scott & White
Texas Tech / El Paso

 

[thierryh]

Congrats on the interviews guys. Big time of medschool. Read the last two pages, lots of invites out already. Programs usually send their first rounds of interviews out until late November. Talked to my program coordinator today who said that they (well known program in Rocky mountains) wait to download all Dean's letters on Nov.1 then she spends 3 days printing and stapling then gets the entire package out to committee members to review. Usually takes until around mid-November. Once all reviewed, invites go out. Just FYI that's how one program does it but obviously each has their own method.

And my 2 cents on other subjects brought up last 2 pages:
- 12 interviews seems like it usually ends up being people's max. You just get burnt out and sick of it.
- Email interview cancellations are just fine.
- If you've gotten zero interviews at this point wouldn't hurt to pick a program, contact them, and make sure some computer somewhere didn't dump your application someplace. That way you'll at least know things are where they should be.
- You really should have your whole app other than Dean's letter in by this point. If not you're only doing yourself a disservice. If it's a letter you might want to let the letter writer know this. If it's a transcript, you're paying the student affairs office to do their job. If something else, it's all on you.
- This website is super-stressful. Addictive at this particular point in your lives, but stressful.

 

[EMDrMoe]

I would say do it if you want and then others can do the same if they want. Ill likely post mine as the dates near.. Not this far out cause who knows if it will change.

I'll post the ones I want to know the most (and I'm sure I'm taking!)
St. John - Oct 27
St. Vincent - Nov 8 (starting the season aiming for divine intervention apparently)
Akron General - Nov 15
Wright State - Nov 30
USF - Dec 14
Orlando - Dec 15

Hope to catch some of you out there...

 

[EMDrMoe]

- This website is super-stressful. Addictive at this particular point in your lives, but stressful.

Yep, addictive & stressful. But OH so much fun 😀

 

[DrMom]

Got Duke & Medical College of Georgia today.

 

[Mary Jane Watson]

Got MCG yesterday too.

so far:
MCG
UAB
Vandy
Cincinnati
Orlando
USF
ECU
Duke
LSU-BR

MJ

 

[mward04]

I'm curious what people have done in the past re. thank you letters. Have you written notes, emailed or done nothing?

 

[corpsmanUP]

Add Medical College of Georgia yesterday.

YTD:

Truman
Scott and White
Duke
Texas Tech
LSU Baton Rouge
Kentucky
UI Peoria
Einstein
MCG

 

[MedDeac]

Add me to the MCG list. Offer on friday.

so far:
Wake
Vandy
Duke
VCU
MCG

 

[jaeida8]

UT Southwestern this AM (rotated there)

So far:
UTSW
Cooper
St. John
LSU Baton Rouge

 

[Radiohead]

University of Virginia today
MCG this past Friday

YTD:
UVA
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Mass General
BID
Maryland
Maricopa
MCG
Orlando

What's up w/ Duke?? I have seen alot of people with an interview there already, but no love for me.

 

[EctopicFetus]

New Today.. Grand Rapids 👍 , Arkansas, East Carolina

1) Wright State
2) OSU
3) St Vincent
4) Resurrection
5) Cook County
6) Wayne State
7) St John
8) Lincoln
9) LIJ
10) MLK
11) Missouri, KC - Truman
12) ORMC
13) Grand Rapids -Spectrum
14) Arkansas
15) ECU - Brody

Cancelled
1) UAB
2) LSUHC
3) Albany
4) Einstein - Philly
5) Temple



[/QUOTE]

 

[CS_22]

Let's see... Offers from Brown, East Carolina, & Wash U today. Here's the updated list.


YTD
UM EM/Peds
Georgetown
Resurrection
East Carolina
Washington University of St. Louis
Wright State
Scott & White
LSU - Baton Rouge
Iowa
Truman
Nebraska
Maimonides


Cancellations
LSU - Shreveport
Cooper
Synergy
Wayne State - Detroit Receiving
Wayne State - Sinai Grace
Allegheny
York, PA
UCONN
Brown

 

[corpsmanUP]

Add University of Arkansas and Geisinger both today.

YTD:

Maryland
Truman
Scott and White
Duke
Texas Tech
LSU Baton Rouge
Kentucky
UI Peoria
Einstein
MCG

 

[mward04]

University of Virginia today
MCG this past Friday

YTD:
UVA
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Mass General
BID
Maryland
Maricopa
MCG
Orlando

What's up w/ Duke?? I have seen alot of people with an interview there already, but no love for me.

Don't worry about it...it's still early. Besides, you have some I want 🙂

 

[jaeida8]

Received Allegheny this afternoon..

So far...

Allegheny
UTSW
Cooper
St. John
LSU Baton Rouge

EctopicFetus and CS_22, I'm curious to know how many programs you applied to...