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hey penn people -- any neuro grad group applicants get interviews already?
Hey Everybody--still no interview yet (haha...I'm waiting for them to starting inviting mere mortals...) but I had a question.
Northwestern probably is my #1 choice school to go to, and I noticed their first interview date is over my fall break. Do you think it would be appropriate to call them and ask them if they are going to interview me if I could do it then? I really would rather not skip 3 days of school. Thanks for the input.
TP
I figure it doesn't hurt. So far, in my experience, the offices/administrators have been really nice. The worst that'll happen is they say no - you must wait for an official invite, in which case at least they know you're interested in the program.
-j
Yes. Quit hatin' on me revaldo (i keep wanting to say revolver - but that's too violent)! I'm in a tough position right now and I don't deserve any sympathy. I have 9 invites but I haven't even been on a single interview yet, let alone have an acceptance in my hand! So - I can't turn down offers just yet but, at the same time am becoming a little overwhelmed. Someone should have told me I was being an idiot back in June.
I know this is a bad problem to have but I'm starting to wonder how the hell I'm going to survive this semester!
In other news, I'm trying to think of ways in which SDN folk can identify each other at interviews:
1. Writing screenname in bottom left corner of nametag
2. Code phrase ("So a girl with her laptop walks into a bar...")
Suggestions welcome.
I agree with OncDoc - maybe after your 1st acceptance, you could tell your lower-priority schools that "After closer investigation, I feel your program would best be served by a student with more closely related interests. I therefore feel I must decline your interview offer. Thank you for considering my application, and best of luck."
I'm unsure how diplomatic such messages must be, so if anybody has comments about the above, let me know. I may be writing the same. Eventually. Hopefully. Maybe. In a rat's chance by the grace of God.
In other news, I'm trying to think of ways in which SDN folk can identify each other at interviews:
1. Writing screenname in bottom left corner of nametag
2. Code phrase ("So a girl with her laptop walks into a bar...")
Suggestions welcome.
Yeah, I think that's what I'm going to do. As soon as I have a single acceptance I'll pare down my list.
Is the whole laptop/bar thing a reference to me? lol.
Albert Einstein: marctam86 (invite 9/10, interview 10/19), j-weezy (rescheduling?), MSTPbound (invite 9/11, interview 10/19), pennquaker08 (invite 9/12, interview 10/19), Ruz (interview 10/19)
Baylor: j-weezy (invite 9/10, interview 10/5 - reschedule for 11/2), revaldo29 (exact same scenario as j-weezy.), pkr (invite 9/10, interview 10/4-5), Ziggy08 (invite 9/11, interview 10/5)
Case Western: j-weezy (invite 9/14, interview 10/17-19), lorenzodaponte (invite 9/17, interview 12/13-14)
CCLCM: MSTPbound (invite 9/4, interview TBD), meowkat444 (invite 9/19, interview TBD)
Dartmouth: SuperMatt (invite 9/17 (dated 9/11), interview TBD)
Drexel: chylo (complete 9/13, invite 9/14, interview 10/10)
Hopkins: solitude (invite 9/6, interview 9/20-21), Ziggy08 (invite 09/19 for 10/18-19)
LSU-New Orleans: Inuranic (invite 8/27, interview 10/3)
Medical College of Georgia: revaldo29 (invite 9/11, interview 10/16)
MSSM: MSTPBound (invite 9/17, interview 11/19)
MUSC: Inuranic (invite 8/30, interview TBD)
Northwestern: pennquaker08 (invite 9/20, interview 10/17-19 but must reschedule because of AECOM), marctam86 (invite 9/20, int 10/17-19 must resched!), j-weezy (invite 9/20, interview 10/17-19 - reschedule for December 5-7 hopefully)
NYU: MSTPBound (invite 8/15, interview 9/7), pennquaker08 (invite 8/21, interview 9/7), MarcTam86 (invite 9/5, interview 9/21), Picklesali (invite 9/6, interview 9/21), dazlindz (invite 9/19, interview 10/5), neuropenguin (invite 9/20, interview 10/5)
Penn State (Hershey): chylo (complete 7/31, invite 9/10, interview 11/4)
TAMHSC: Ziggy08 (not sure about date)
University of Alabama: revaldo29 (invite 9/19 for 1/9), Mountain Cow (invite 9/21 for 12/13)
University of Connecticut: GreenMudPhud (invite 8/29 for 10/1 or 10/29), MarcTam86 (invite 8/29 for 10/1 or 10/29)
University of Illinois/UIUC Med Scholars: OncDoc19 (invite 9/21 for 10/24)
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson/Princeton/Rutgers: meowkat444 (invite 9/19, interview TBD), pennquaker08 (invite 9/20 for 11/8-11/9), chylo (invite 9/20 for 11/9)
University of Michigan Ann Arbor: j-weezy (invite 8/28, interview 10/25-26), solitude (invite 8/28, interview 10/25-26), revaldo29 (invite 8/30, interview 11/8-9), OncDoc19 (invite 9/13, interview 11/29-30), Kraazy (invite 9/13, interview 11/15-16)
University of Pennsylvania: marctam86 (inv, 9-20, must sched online), pennquaker08 (invite 9/20, must schedule), Ziggy08 (inv 9-20 for 11/15-16), j-weezy (invite 9/20 for 11/15-16 - must reschedule), genejockey (invite 9/20 for 11/15-16), Ruz (Invite 9/20, interview 11/15)
University of Pittsburgh: meowkat444 (invite 8/28 for 9/27 although must reschedule), pennquaker08 (invite 8/28, interview 9/27), MSTPbound (invite 9/19, interview 10/8 but must reschedule)
University of Rochester: meowkat444 (invite 8/17, interview 9/26-9/27), skillmatic (invite 9/06, interview 10/04)
University of South Carolina: Inuranic (invite 8/15, interview TBD)
University of Virginia: Mountain Cow (invite 9/9, interview 10/4-5)
UT-Houston: StereoSanctity (invite 8/29, interview 10/11) Ziggy08(invite 8/29, interview 10/11)
UTSW: jlamacc1 (invite 8/25, interview 9/21-22), pkr (invite 8/25, interview 9/21-22)
Vanderbilt: j-weezy (invite 9/4, interview 9/27-29), jlamacc1 (invite 9/10, interview 9/27-29), lorenzodaponte (invite 9/13, interview 9/27-29)
VCU: Inuranic (invite 8/27, interview 11/5)
WashU: j-weezy (invite 9/7, interview 10/4-5), solitude (invite 9/7, interview 10/4-10/5), revaldo29 (interview 10/4-5), genejockey (invite 9/7, interview 10/11-12)
Weill Cornell Tri-Institutional: j-weezy (invite 9/11, interview 10/26 - reschedule for 11/16), solitude (don't know yet)
Yale: solitude (invite 9/12 for 10/22-10/23)
Hey Everybody--still no interview yet (haha...I'm waiting for them to starting inviting mere mortals...) but I had a question.
Northwestern probably is my #1 choice school to go to, and I noticed their first interview date is over my fall break. Do you think it would be appropriate to call them and ask them if they are going to interview me if I could do it then? I really would rather not skip 3 days of school. Thanks for the input.
TP
I kept wondering why solitude hasn't posted yet about Penn since he'd definitely get an interview. I just realized he's in the middle of his first interview - at Hopkins!
Good luck solitude - and everyone else with interviews this weekend!!!
lorenzodaponte - vandy in less than a week! guy or girl? I wonder if we have roommates in the hotel - probably.
Silence
(Points) "Hey! Something shiny!"
Do you think the distraction technique would also work well for awkward moments during the interview?
If anyone interviews with me in the next ~2 months, I should be easy to spot. I'm the girl on crutches and/or with my leg in a boot.
What kind of shoe am I supposed to wear on the other foot? Heels are out of the question. (Besides the comfort factor, I personally would laugh at anyone trying to manage crutches w/one high heel & the other leg braced.)
In other news, I think my Penn application is finally done... I just can't let go of this one! Holding onto the secondary app makes me feel like I'm still in control of my fate. I just have to give it up & realize there's nothing magical I can write on that app that will convince them to take me. Sigh.
If people aren't happy with "addict", individual code words for each member (or code traits) might work
"On SDN, there's this guy, Inuranic, he must look like George Clooney." (or any reference to how handsome Inuranic is)
In regards to meeting SDN addicts in person, I've met my first.
MarcTam, you are SO tall! How did you like NYU?
I really liked NYU as well...and I could also see myself there. Wasn't the view from Smilow 13 incredible? BTW we didn't get to see the dorms...you guys must have gotten the deluxe tour!
Woo! Another VCU-er! Go us!
Albert Einstein:marctam86 (invite 9/10, interview 10/19), j-weezy (rescheduling?), MSTPbound (invite 9/11, interview 10/19), pennquaker08 (invite 9/12, interview 10/19), Ruz (interview 10/19)
Baylor: j-weezy (invite 9/10, interview 10/5 - reschedule for 11/2), revaldo29 (exact same scenario as j-weezy.), pkr (invite 9/10, interview 10/4-5), Ziggy08 (invite 9/11, interview 10/5)
Case Western: j-weezy (invite 9/14, interview 10/17-19), lorenzodaponte (invite 9/17, interview 12/13-14), jlamacc1 (invite 9/22, interview ?)
CCLCM: MSTPbound (invite 9/4, interview TBD), meowkat444 (invite 9/19, interview TBD)
Dartmouth: SuperMatt (invite 9/17 (dated 9/11), interview TBD)
Drexel: chylo (complete 9/13, invite 9/14, interview 10/10)
Hopkins: solitude (invite 9/6, interview 9/20-21), Ziggy08 (invite 09/19 for 10/18-19)
LSU-New Orleans: Inuranic (invite 8/27, interview 10/3)
Medical College of Georgia: revaldo29 (invite 9/11, interview 10/16) solumanculver (interview 10/15-16)
MSSM: MSTPBound (invite 9/17, interview 11/19)
MUSC: Inuranic (invite 8/30, interview TBD) solumanculver (interview 11/30)
Northwestern: pennquaker08 (invite 9/20, interview 10/17-19 but must reschedule because of AECOM), marctam86 (invite 9/20, int 10/17-19 must resched!), j-weezy (invite 9/20, interview 10/17-19 - reschedule for December 5-7 hopefully), MSTP08 (invite 9/24, int 10/17-19) solumanculver (int 10/17-19)
NYU: MSTPBound (invite 8/15, interview 9/7), pennquaker08 (invite 8/21, interview 9/7), MarcTam86 (invite 9/5, interview 9/21), Picklesali (invite 9/6, interview 9/21), dazlindz (invite 9/19, interview 10/5), neuropenguin (invite 9/20, interview 10/5)
Penn State (Hershey): chylo (complete 7/31, invite 9/10, interview 11/4)
TAMHSC: Ziggy08 (not sure about date), StereoSanctity (invite 9/21 for 10/31)
University of Alabama: revaldo29 (invite 9/19 for 1/9), Mountain Cow (invite 9/21 for 12/13), StereoSanctity (invite 9/21 for 12/13)
University of Connecticut: GreenMudPhud (invite 8/29 for 10/1 or 10/29), MarcTam86 (invite 8/29 for 10/1 or 10/29)
University of Illinois/UIUC Med Scholars: OncDoc19 (invite 9/21 for 10/24)
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson/Princeton/Rutgers: meowkat444 (invite 9/19, interview TBD), pennquaker08 (invite 9/20 for 11/8-11/9), chylo (invite 9/20 for 11/9)
University of Michigan Ann Arbor: j-weezy (invite 8/28, interview 10/25-26), solitude (invite 8/28, interview 10/25-26), revaldo29 (invite 8/30, interview 11/8-9), OncDoc19 (invite 9/13, interview 11/29-30), Kraazy (invite 9/13, interview 11/15-16) Picklesali (invite 9/25, interview 11/15-16 but may have to reschedule)
University of Pennsylvania: marctam86 (inv, 9-20, must sched online), pennquaker08 (invite 9/20, must schedule), Ziggy08 (inv 9-20 for 11/15-16), j-weezy (invite 9/20 for 11/15-16 - must reschedule), genejockey (invite 9/20 for 11/15-16), Ruz (Invite 9/20, interview 11/15), meowkat444( 9/23 for 12/6-7)
University of Pittsburgh: meowkat444 (invite 8/28 for 9/27 although must reschedule), pennquaker08 (invite 8/28, interview 9/27), MSTPbound (invite 9/19, interview 10/8 but must reschedule)
University of Rochester: meowkat444 (invite 8/17, interview 9/26-9/27), skillmatic (invite 9/06, interview 10/04)
University of South Carolina: Inuranic (invite 8/15, interview TBD)
University of Virginia: Mountain Cow (invite 9/9, interview 10/4-5)
UT-Houston: StereoSanctity (invite 8/29, interview 10/11) Ziggy08(invite 8/29, interview 10/11)
UTHSC-San Antonio: StereoSanctity (invite 8/30 for 10/1)
UTSW: jlamacc1 (invite 8/25, interview 9/21-22), pkr (invite 8/25, interview 9/21-22), j-weezy (invite 9/21 for 10/5 - reschedule for 10/12)
Vanderbilt: j-weezy (invite 9/4, interview 9/27-29), jlamacc1 (invite 9/10, interview 9/27-29), lorenzodaponte (invite 9/13, interview 9/27-29)
VCU: Inuranic (invite 8/27, interview 11/5), chylo (invite 9/24, interview 11/19)
WashU: j-weezy (invite 9/7, interview 10/4-5), solitude (invite 9/7, interview 10/4-10/5), revaldo29 (interview 10/4-5), genejockey (invite 9/7, interview 10/11-12), Ziggy08 (invite 09/23, need to reschedule)
Weill Cornell Tri-Institutional: j-weezy (invite 9/11, interview 10/26 - reschedule for 11/16), solitude (don't know yet)
Yale: solitude (invite 9/12 for 10/22-10/23)
WOW! Congrats everyone! What a flood of invites today!