Suny Buffalo post-interview letter

[gaspass2008]

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To those that interviewed at Suny Buffalo, did everyone receive Dr Lema's letter? I know he said everyone would be told their level of competitiveness but I forgot how many levels he mentioned. I was told I was only "moderately competitive" what does that mean? where do I stand in their rank list, in the middle? how many do they put on their rank list?

 

[Salt Creep]

Seemed like he said there would be 3 tiers, but I don't remember offhand what they were exactly.

Mine was "ranked competitively". I don't know if moderately competitive would be higher or lower than that. No clue how many they rank.

 

[anesguy1012]

Dr. Lema is arrogant and thinks way too highly of his program. I know some residents there who are pretty below-average, yet probably had high USMLE scores or something. The guy DOES NOT know how to choose candidates. It's all a game about numbers with him. If he told you you're in the lower two tiers, rank them low because he is ranking you low.

I mean, please, it's basically CANADA!

 

[climbingdocs]

I still don't undestand why should one rank program low if the program ranks them low. (Does my question make sense? 😕). Can you still rank your fav program high even though they may rank you low?

 

[Salt Creep]

Your rank list order should be determined SOLELY by your order of preference. Altering it based on where you think your chances are better may only serve to buy you a contract with somewhere you don't like as much - when you very well could have been at your #1 choice.

 

[climbingdocs]

Gocha!