2010-2011 Interview Thread

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For the past few years, as a group, we have been posting interview offers with with available interview dates to help each other gauge where his/her applications stand during the ERAS season. When you hear from a program, please make a short post here:

Institution
Interview dates offered

To make things really easy, make sure to copy previous offered interviews to your post, to make a running list.

It's fun, it's encouraging, and it can be helpful to all. Look forward to seeing you guys Match this year. :)
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Anybody care to post prelim interview offers? Or should that go under a different thread?
 
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N-Surge said:
For the past few years, as a group, we have been posting interview offers with with available interview dates to help each other gauge where his/her applications stand during the ERAS season. When you hear from a program, please make a short post here:

Institution
Interview dates offered

To make things really easy, make sure to copy previous offered interviews to your post, to make a running list.

It's fun, it's encouraging, and it can be helpful to all. Look forward to seeing you guys Match this year. :)
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Thank you for making this! I have been looking at last year's interview invite thread to find out information for this year- so I am happy that you made this! Can't wait until we start getting invites!
 
We had previously tried using a anonymous account for people to post. However, it was abused and so we won't be trying this again. I'd volunteer to post PMs anonymously if I wasn't so swamped. If anyone here wants to take the charge on this please post here in this thread.

Please post what you can when you can, regarding what makes you stay comfortable. Others like you will probably appreciate the exchange in information. I know I did. :)
 
A link to last year's interview thread might be helpful. Thanks!
 
As LD said last year, you may not hear much until Nov. 1st. I imagine it may be about the same way this year. So, hang tight. :)

On an amusing note... A few of us on here received rejection letters after Matching two years back. Pretty amusing. :)
 
N-Surge said:
As LD said last year, you may not hear much until Nov. 1st. I imagine it may be about the same way this year. So, hang tight. :)
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Thanks for the reminder N-Surge :thumbup: It's been kind of a bummer hearing everyone else in the class getting 15-20 interviews while my inbox is running on empty :(
 
glad to hear I'm not alone. Being familiar with typical SDN posts, I thought I was going to check this forum and see that everyone else is already choked out with interviews.
 
I almost forgot, I did hear back from one derm program already: UT Southwestern in Austin. They said that they had limited interview dates and wanted to know in 140 characters (yes, characters, not words) or less why I'm interested in their program. That's just a little longer than a text message on my cell phone. Needless to say, I'm not optimistic about my odds of interviewing there.
 
Otis601 said:
I almost forgot, I did hear back from one derm program already: UT Southwestern in Austin. They said that they had limited interview dates and wanted to know in 140 characters (yes, characters, not words) or less why I'm interested in their program. That's just a little longer than a text message on my cell phone. Needless to say, I'm not optimistic about my odds of interviewing there.
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Sounds like they want a TWEET! :)
 
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Otis601 said:
I almost forgot, I did hear back from one derm program already: UT Southwestern in Austin. They said that they had limited interview dates and wanted to know in 140 characters (yes, characters, not words) or less why I'm interested in their program. That's just a little longer than a text message on my cell phone. Needless to say, I'm not optimistic about my odds of interviewing there.
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= 387 characters (with spaces)
 
Otis601 said:
I almost forgot, I did hear back from one derm program already: UT Southwestern in Austin. They said that they had limited interview dates and wanted to know in 140 characters (yes, characters, not words) or less why I'm interested in their program. That's just a little longer than a text message on my cell phone. Needless to say, I'm not optimistic about my odds of interviewing there.
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they liked you enough to send you the email ;)
 
Otis601 said:
I almost forgot, I did hear back from one derm program already: UT Southwestern in Austin. They said that they had limited interview dates and wanted to know in 140 characters (yes, characters, not words) or less why I'm interested in their program. That's just a little longer than a text message on my cell phone. Needless to say, I'm not optimistic about my odds of interviewing there.
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I got this email as well...I though the 140 characters had to be a typo. Oh well...LOL. I also received the umass 100 word more information too.

Has anybody heard from the early interviews...from last year's thread it seems like there were a couple interviews given out around this time.
 
i got both emails too. honestly i couldn't really decide what to put in less than 140 characters so i just resorted to making it longer. i think it ended up being 3 short sentences, yet still over the 140-character request. hopefully they don't mark it against me for not following directions...

to answer your question 311, i am still an empty nest for derm interviews.... but i was wondering the same thing.

determinator, did anyone NOT get the email? i assumed it was sent to all applicants... please correct me if i'm wrong.
 
You should write back in tweet: " I would luv 2 liv n Austin. Derm iz dope, yo" (BTW, I'm not an applicant this time around, just joking ok?)
 
I got a similar message from UMass Derm asking me to describe in 100 words or less why I was interested
 
smiley737 said:
I got a similar message from UMass Derm asking me to describe in 100 words or less why I was interested
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It seems like this is becoming the fashionable thing to do this year. When programs get 600 applications - 80% of them in the top 10% of their class, 250 of them in AOA, and 50 of them ranked No. 1 overall in their class - they have to have a better way to thin down the herd. I can see this helping 2 groups of people: 1) less-than-stellar candidates who have an additional forum to state their case, 2) Candidates applying outside their geographic area to off-the-beaten-path residency programs.

My advice, if you get several of these, take some time and put together a solid, eloquent template about what you think every program would like to hear and tailor it appropriately for each programs strengths/interests.

Personally, I would think about it like a "thank you note" you send before you go to interview because the same ingratiating skills are required.
 
ALABAMA
UAB: 11/16 snail mail (12/12, 12/17)

ARIZONA
Mayo Scottsdale: 12/7 email (1/8, 1/15, 1/21)

ARKANSAS
University of Arkansas: 11/12 email (12/4)

CALIFORNIA
Harbor-UCLA: 12/10 email (1/12, 1/19)
Kaiser Permanente - Los Angeles: 11/24 email (1/18, 1/27)
Loma Linda: 12/02 email (01/15)
Stanford University: 11/24 email (1/9, 1/12)
University of California - Davis: 11/13 email (12/2, 12/9, 12/16)
University of California - Irvine: 11/9 email (12/16, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20)
University of California - Los Angeles: 11/24 email (1/12, 1/26)
University of California - San Diego: 11/25, 12/1 email (1/9, 1/14)
University of California - San Francisco: 11/24, 12/2 Phone (1/6, MD, 1/13-14, MD/PhD)

COLORADO
University of Colorado: 12/2 email (1/22, 1/25)

CONNECTICUT
University of Connecticut: 11/13 email (01/06)
Yale: 11/23 phone (1/9, 1/16)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Howard University Hospital: 11/19 email (1/8, 1/15, 1/22)
Washington Hospital Center: 11/19 email (12/3, 12/17, 1/7, 1/21)

FLORIDA
Mayo Jacksonville: 12/03 email (01/11, 01/12, 11/21, 11/22)
Miami University/Jackson Memorial: 12/04 email (01/10)
University of Florida: 12/7 email (1/7, 1/14)
University of South FLorida: 12/10 email (1/10, 1/11)

GEORGIA
Emory University: 11/23, 12/9 email (12/17)
Medical College of Georgia: 12/4 email (1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29)

ILLINOIS
John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County: 11/30, 12/12, 12/21 email (12/15, 1/12, 1/19)
Northwestern University: 11/4 phone, 11/24 email (12/2, 1/12, 1/13)
Rush University: 11/25, 12/3 email (1/16)
Southern Illinois University: 11/13 email (1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29)
University of Chicago: 12/14 email (1/20, 1/21 - pick morning or afternoon session on either day)
University of Illinois COM at Chicago: 10/9, 10/13, 11/31 email (12/16, 1/13)
Loyola: 12/14 email (1/22)

INDIANA
Indiana University: 11/24; 12/3 email (12/9, 1/13)

IOWA
Iowa: 11/19 email (12/9, 12/17, 1/7, 1/14)

KANSAS
University of Kansas: 11/30, 12/1, 12/2 email (1/7, 1/14)

KENTUCKY
University of Louisville: 11/13 email (12/12)

LOUISIANA
Tulane: 12/4 email (1/8, 1/9)

MARYLAND:
Johns Hopkins: 11/21 phone (1/9)
University of Maryland: 12/11 email (1/5)

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston University: 12/1 email (1/13, 1/20)
Harvard Combined Programs: 11/23 pre-rejection email, 12/11 email (1/5, 1/10)
University of Massachusetts: 11/27 email (1/11, 1/22, 1/23)

MICHIGAN
Henry Ford: 11/18 email (12/7, 12/18, 1/8, 1/15, 1/18)
University of Michigan: 11/10 email (12/5)
Wayne State: 11/13 email (12/2, 12/9, 1/6)

MINNESOTA:
Mayo Clinic: 11/11, 11/19, 12/16 email (12/7, 12/11, 12/14, 12/18)
University of Minnesota: MD 12/3, Med/Derm 12/4 email (both 1/8-9, 1/15-16)

MISSOURI:
Saint Louis University: 11/30 email (2/4, 2/11)
University of Missouri: 12/2, 12/4 email (1/7-8, 1/21-22)
Washington University: 11/20 email (1/9, 1/23)

NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-Camden: 10/16 email (1/7, 1/14, 1/28)
UMDNJ-Newark: 11/4, 11/6, 12/1 email (11/30, 1/4)

NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico: 12/9 email (1/9)

NEW YORK
Cornell: 12/4, 12/7 email (1/26, 1/27)
NYMC: 12/9 email (1/13, 1/20, 1/27)
NYU: 12/3 email (1/25, 1/26, 1/28)
SUNY Buffalo: 10/14, 10/15, 10/20 email (12/8, 12/15, 1/12)
SUNY Downstate 11/30 email (1/6, 1/13) - only 1 date offered
SUNY Stony Brook: 12/7 email (2/4)
University of Rochester: 12/7 email (1/8, 1/29)
Einstein: 12/21 email (1/14, 1/21)
St Luke's/Roosevelt: 12/23 email (1/27, 2/3)

NORTH CAROLINA
Duke: 11/21, 12/4 email (12/16, 1/14)
Pitt County - ECU: 11/2, 11/19, 12/2 phone (12/1, 12/8, 12/15, 01/05, 01/12, 01/19)
UNC: 11/12 email (12/18, 1/8, 1/22)
Wake Forest: 11/20 snail mail (1/8, 1/9, 1/29, 1/30)

OHIO
Cleveland Clinic: 12/11 email (1/8, 1/13, 1/22, 1/29) - only one date offered
Case Western: 12/2 email, 12/24 email (12/17, 1/9, 1/14, 1/21)
MetroHealth Case Western: 12/7, 12/15 email (12/15, 1/5, 2/4, 2/9)
Ohio State University: 11/17 email (1/22)
University of Cincinnati: 11/17 email (12/17, 1/7)
Wright State: 11/25 email (12/11, 1/11)

OKLAHOMA
University of Oklahoma: 11/2, 11/9 snail mail (12/3, 1/14)

OREGON
OHSU: 12/7 email (1/15, 1/29)

PENNSYLVANIA
Drexel: 10/21, 11/10 phone (11/19, 12/10, 1/14) only one date offered
Geisinger: 11/17 email (12/7, 12/14, 1/4)
Jefferson: 12/9 email (1/15)
Penn State: 11/9 email (12/9, 12/11)
University of Pennsylvania: 12/4 email (1/7, 1/14, 1/15, 1/21, 1/22) only one date offered
Pittsburgh: 12/17 email (1/6, 1/13, 1/20)

RHODE ISLAND
Brown University: 11/19, 12/2, 12/4 email (12/4, 12/17)
Roger Williams Medical Center: 12/10 email

SOUTH CAROLINA
MUSC: 11/2, 11/3 email (12/12, 1/9)

TENNESSEE
UTHSC: 11/11 email (1/8)
Vanderbilt University: 12/14 email (1/12, 1/19, 1/26)

TEXAS
Baylor: 11/18 email (1/14, 1/28)
Scott and White: 10/23 email (11/5, 11/19, 12/5)
Texas Tech: 11/9 email (12/10, 12/17, 1/7)
UT Austin: 11/28 email (1/22)
UT San Antonio: 11/9 email (12/4)
UT Southwestern: 11/9 email 12/3 (12/17, 1/7-1/8, 1/14-1/15)
UTMB Galveston: 12/03 email (2/4, 2/5)

UTAH
University of Utah: 11/24, 12/4 email (1/8, 1/29)

VERMONT
University of Vermont: 11/25 email (1/23, 1/24)

VIRGINIA
UVA: 12/01 email (01/21, 01/28)
Virginia Commonwealth University: 12/3 phone, 12/8 email (1/15, 1/22)

WASHINGTON
University of Washington: 11/24 (1/15, 1/29)

WISCONSIN
Marshfield Clinic: 11/10, 11/18, 11/30 email (12/14, 1/11)
Medical College of Wisconsin: 11/11 email (12/16, 12/18, 1/11)
University of Wisconsin: 11/18 email (01/05, 01/12, 01/13, 01/19, 01/20, 01/26)
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Rejections

ALABAMA
UAB: 11/23 email

ARKANSAS
University of Arkansas: 12/7 email

CALIFORNIA
Stanford: 11/25 email
UCI: 11/12 email
UCSF: 12/3 email
UCLA: 12/4 email
UCSD: 12/10 email
Kaiser: 12/15 email

COLORADO
University of Colorado: 12/10 email

CONNECTICUT
University of Connecticut: 11/16 email
Yale: 11/24 email

FLORIDA
USF: 12/11 email

ILLINOIS
Northwestern University 11/24 email
SIU: 11/17 email
UChicago: 12/21 email

INDIANA
Indiana University: 12/14 email

IOWA
University of Iowa: 11/30, 12/2, 12/3, 12/4 email

KENTUCKY
Louisville: 12/9 email

MARYLAND
Johns Hopkins: 11/24 email

MASSACHUSETTS
Harvard: 12/15 email
U Mass: 12/7 email

MICHIGAN
Henry Ford: 11/20 email
University of Michigan: 11/10 email

MINNESOTA
Minnesota: 12/15 email
Mayo: 12/18 email

MISSOURI
University of Missouri: 12/2, 12/8 email
Washington University: 11/25 email

NEW MEXICO
New Mexico: 12/21 email

NEW YORK
SUNY at Buffalo: 11/2, 11/4, 11/5, 11/10 email
Columbia: 12/7 email
Cornell: 12/10 email
NYU: 12/10 email
Rochester: 12/17 email
NYMC: 12/18 email

NORTH CAROLINA
UNC: 11/12 email
Wake Forest: 11/12, 11/30, 12/13 snail mail

OHIO
Ohio State: 11/24 email
MetroHealth-Case Western: 11/30 email
Cincinnati: 12/16 email

OKLAHOMA
OU: 10/19, 11/2, 11/9, 11/14 snail mail

OREGON
OHSU: 12/7 email

PENNSYLVANIA
Geisinger: 11/18 email
Jefferson: 12/09 email
Penn State: 11/13 email
University of Pennsylvania: 12/14 snail mail

TENNESSEE
UTHSC: 12/9 email

TEXAS
Baylor: 12/9 email
Scott and White: 10/31, 11/9 snail mail, 12/7 email overkill
Texas Tech: 11/20, 11/23 email
UTMB - Galveston: 12/4 email
UTHSC - San Antonio: 11/19 email
UTSW: 11/23, 12/01, 12/17 email

UTAH
University of Utah: 11/25 email

VERMONT
University of Vermont: 12/3 email

VIRGINIA
Eastern Virginia Medical School: 12/4 email

WASHINGTON
University of Washington: 12/2 email

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Waitlists

MINNESOTA
University of Minnesota: 12/10, 12/18 email

MISSOURI
University of Missouri: 12/2 email

NORTH CAROLINA
University of North Carolina: 11/12 email

TEXAS
UT Austin: 12/3 email

VIRGINIA
University of Virginia: 12/3 email
 
NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-Newark: 10/15 email (11/8) one date only
 
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that's really early. I remember being kind of bummed out last year because I didn't hear anything until the week before thanksgiving.
 
Got email (10/19) for interview at SUNY Buffalo 12/7 12/14 1/11. First response from a program thus far :)
 
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Does anyone know or heard anything about SUNY Buffalo program? They don't have an active website.
 
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Phone call from PGY-2
Interview for 11/11/10
 
smiley737 said:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Phone call from PGY-2
Interview for 11/11/10
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I just looked - Thomas Jefferson downloaded my app on 10/13.... took them only a week to decide who to interview! (btw I didn't receive a phone call today :( )
 
smiley737 said:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Phone call from PGY-2
Interview for 11/11/10
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I also got a phone call yesterday from a resident. But, from Drexel. Also on 11/11/10. Maybe my ears are bad and I mistook one Philly program for another. I'm waiting for their f/u e-mail.
 
molmol said:
I also got a phone call yesterday from a resident. But, from Drexel. Also on 11/11/10. Maybe my ears are bad and I mistook one Philly program for another. I'm waiting for their f/u e-mail.
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lawl, no you're correct and I am wrong. I couldn't make out what the resident was saying on the voicemail even after replaying it 3 times. Now that you mention Drexel it does sound more like "Drexel" than "Jefferson". Good thing a confirmation email is supposed to come... :rolleyes:

NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-Newark: 10/15 email, dates 11/8

NEW YORK
SUNY Buffalo: 10/19 email, dates 12/7 12/14 1/11

PENNSYLVANIA
Drexel University, phone call, dates 11/11
 
That's the same way Drexel sent interviews last year. They do at least three waves of interview offers, so don't freak out. They have a resident call you and tell you the specific day that you interview. A friend of mine was invited to the first day and I had the last interview day. Our offers were at least a few weeks apart.
 
mohderm said:
That's the same way Drexel sent interviews last year. They do at least three waves of interview offers, so don't freak out. They have a resident call you and tell you the specific day that you interview. A friend of mine was invited to the first day and I had the last interview day. Our offers were at least a few weeks apart.
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thank you so much for that information mohderm!
 
If people are comfortable posting waitlists/rejections also, this should help the rest of us know somewhat where we stand at different programs


Interview Offers

NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-Newark: 10/15 email, dates 11/8

NEW YORK
SUNY Buffalo: 10/19 email, dates 12/7 12/14 1/11

PENNSYLVANIA
Drexel University, phone call, dates 11/11



Waitlists




Rejections
 
Interview Offers

NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-Newark: 10/15 email, dates 11/8

NEW YORK
SUNY Buffalo: 10/19 email, dates 12/7 12/14 1/11

PENNSYLVANIA
Drexel University, phone call, dates 11/11, 1/20



Waitlists




Rejections

 
Just because...please list the date you completed your application.

I'll start. :)

UMN - 10/22/10 (application complete 10/15/10)
 
Interview Offers

NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-Newark: 10/15 email, dates 11/8

NEW YORK
SUNY Buffalo: 10/19 email, dates 12/7 12/14 1/11

PENNSYLVANIA
Drexel University, phone call, dates 11/11, 1/20

Waitlists

Rejections

UMN - 10/22/10 (application complete 10/15/10)
 
mohderm said:
That's the same way Drexel sent interviews last year. They do at least three waves of interview offers, so don't freak out. They have a resident call you and tell you the specific day that you interview. A friend of mine was invited to the first day and I had the last interview day. Our offers were at least a few weeks apart.
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Also last year the first interview date (the November one) was only for Philly area applicants and rotators so don't despair if you don't have one of those connections and didn't get the invite.
 
Interview Offers

NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-Newark: 10/15 email, dates 11/8

NEW YORK
SUNY Buffalo: 10/19 email, dates 12/7 12/14 1/11

PENNSYLVANIA
Drexel University, phone call, dates 11/11, 1/20

TEXAS
UTHealth Sciences San Antonio, 10/22 email, date 12/10

Waitlists

Rejections

UMN - 10/22/10 (application complete 10/15/10)
 
Did everyone get the U of Chicago supplemental app request too?
 
Interview Offers

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center: 10/25 email, dates 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, 12/16, 1/6, 1/20

NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-Newark: 10/15 email, dates 11/8

NEW YORK
SUNY Buffalo: 10/19 email, dates 12/7 12/14 1/11

PENNSYLVANIA
Drexel University, phone call, dates 11/11, 1/20

TEXAS
UTHealth Sciences San Antonio, 10/22 email, date 12/10

Waitlists

Rejections

UMN - 10/22/10 (application complete 10/15/10)
 
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