UCLA-Semel: Sent me flowers at school. Repeated phone calls. Finally, PD started showing up at my house, holding a boombox playing "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel.
UCSF: Letter stating that I could come in as chair of the department instead of going through the residency.
UW: Phone call with chair. Promised that I would be the
only applicant they would rank. "Those other people are s**t", direct quote from chair.
UCSD: Letter from chair offering one "free murder" a year, no questions asked. Also, ten pounds of the lunch meat of my choice.
Emory: Told me that if I ranked them, they would bring back Freaknik.
Duke: Showed a strange prediliction for telegraphs (both singing and regular), culminating in a visit from a rather tired man and horse from something called the "Pony Express"
UPMC: Offered to construct giant retractable dome over the city of Pittsburgh to block out the snow. Should dome construction prove unfeasible from an engineering standpoint due to our current knowledge of carbon nanotubules, will instead relocate program to Papeete, Tahiti.
Penn: Minimal post-interview correspondence, but did unveil a life size bronze statue of me in hospital lobby during my interview day, so I have to think my chances are at least ok.
Hopkins: Call from PD telling me that if I went there they would let me wear shorts during rounds. On Mondays, shorts must feature Hopkins logo.
Cornell: The PD and chair sent me warm, but impersonal, letters written on ultrafine sheets of 24K gold
NYU: No post-interview contact.
Columbia: Letter offering to rename hospital to New Ypsl Presbyterian Hospital, pending negotiations with the State of New York.
MGH: Given the high cost of rentals in Boston, offered to let me live rent-free in the Pavilion at McLean (
http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/patient/adult/pav.php).
Only heard back from 1 program and it's not even in my top 5. I don't mind though, there should be no such thing as post interview communication imo
