Interviews, 2006

[medstar2]

Krieger Eye Institute in Baltimore today via email. Their interview dates are 12/15 and 12/16.

This is the new program in Baltimore....therefore no senior residents. I wonder how that would affect the quality of training, not to mention the workload...would be interesting to find out

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[mstud06]

batch #5


pittsburgh (phone)

 

[Dilgo6]

I'm just here to single-handedly balance out all the s

So here goes some news from me.

Alabama, SUNY Buffalo

 

[Frumps]

I'll help you out Dilgo....

Medical College of Georgia

 

[Ophth_06]

U Pitt (phone)
Colorodo (email)

 

[loggerd]

MUSC (phone)

 

[GrandMasterB]

umich via phone woot! batch 3.

 

[benit100]

UCSF today via e-mail. I'm Batch 3.

 

[monkey7247]

MUSC (phone)

[NapoleonD]Luckyyy![/NapoleonD]

Hoping to hear from them soon one way or the other.

 

[VicKai]

Case (email)
Cleveland (email)
UPitt (phone)

Benit, do yo mind posting some info? I hear UCSF are notorious for weeding with clinical grades? (ie if you didn't honor surgery and medicine, you're out)

 

[demspawn]

U Pitt! via phone!

BTW does anyone of you that got one from U Pitt have a lsot for Sunday 13th?
I only got for Friday 11th and am on call at my hospital as an intern!
I could really need some help if someone could swith with me.

Again: I am looking for Sunday 13th and offerring Friday 11th interivew slot

Thank you,

D.

 

[JR]

This is the new program in Baltimore....therefore no senior residents. I wonder how that would affect the quality of training, not to mention the workload...would be interesting to find out

Not true. You will be supervised by Wilmer residents when you are a 1st year. Wilmer residents will stop going to Sinai in 2007, so as a 2nd year Sinai residents you will be supervising Sinai 1st year residents beginning 2008.
It'll be great as 3rd years because you won't have those pesky Wilmer residents competing with you for cataract surgery .

Seriously, I truly believe this is going to be an outstanding program. Most senior faculty are Wilmer graduates and because program is so small you will have plenty of 1-on-1 teaching, supervision, etc. (do not underestimate the importance of that, TRUST ME!). All the faculty are SUPER NICE to the residents and are willing to teach and resolve issues.

Give this program serious consideration if you want strong clinical training, closeness of Wilmer research facilities, ability to make connections with Wilmer faculty and all without in-house call

See you at the interviews!

 

[benit100]

Case (email)
Cleveland (email)
UPitt (phone)

Benit, do yo mind posting some info? I hear UCSF are notorious for weeding with clinical grades? (ie if you didn't honor surgery and medicine, you're out)

Sure! Though I should probably first state that it's my home institution, which might ease people's minds a bit. I have honors in surgery, medicine, and OB/GYN from 3rd year. USMLE >250. AOA unknown yet (though I don't expect it since usually only students going into primary care are elected at my institution).

 

[benit100]

Offered an interview today at Iowa! Woohoo!! (Having heard such great things from our board moderator for the last 1 year +, how could I not be excited? ).

 

[Mutis]

PROGRAM.........................................Interviews
310.12 U Alabama - Birmingham...............X
311.10 U Arizona
311.68 U Arkansas................................X
312.63 U California - Davis
313.67 U California - Irvine
314.18 Loma Linda University
315.15 U California - LA
315.37 UCLA/Jules Stein/EyeSTAR
315.60 U So California............................X
316.11 M.L. King / Drew MC
318.16 U California - San Diego
320.10 CPMC - San Francisco ................X
320.68 U California - SF..........................X
322.18 Stanford University
323.11 U Colorado.................................X
323.62 Yale University............................X
324.61 George Washington U
325.66 Howard U - Wash, DC
326.60 Georgetown U/Wash Hosp
327.14 U Florida - Gainesville...................X
327.67 U Miami / Bascom Palmer
328.19 U South Florida - Tampa...............X
328.63 Emory University
329.13 Med C Georgia.............................X
330.19 Stroger/Cook Cty-Chicago.............X
331.18 Northwestern University................X
331.64 Rush/Presby/St.Luke's/PG1............X
332.13 U Chicago
332.65 U Illinois - Chicago.......................X
333.66 Loyola U / Hines VA Hosp..............X
334.67 Indiana University
335.10 U Iowa......................................X
335.68 U Kansas - Kansas City.................X
336.12 U Kentucky
336.69 U Louisville
337.15 LSU / Ochsner.............................X
338.61 Tulane University
339.62 LSU - Shreveport.........................X
340.67 J. Hopkins -Wilmer, GBMC
341.11 Friedenwald/Maryland Gen.
341.62 Sinai Hospital -Baltimore................X
342.17 U Maryland
343.63 Boston University.........................X
344.12 Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary
344.69 Mass.Eye&Ear/Spec Program
345.61 Tufts/New England Eye Ctr............X
346.18 U Michigan..................................X
346.64 Henry Ford Hosp - Detroit..............X
348.15 Wayne State University
348.60 W. Beaumont-Detroit/PGY1
349.10 U Minnesota - Mpls.......................X
349.68 Mayo Clinic.................................X
350.18 U Mississippi / PGY1
350.64 U Missouri - Columbia
351.61 U Missouri - Kansas City
352.14 St. Louis University......................X
352.67 Washington University
353.12 U Nebraska
354.62 UMDNJ - New Jersey MS
356.10 Albany Medical College
357.17 SUNY-Buffalo /Ed.Consort.
357.66 Nassau University MC - NY...........X
358.13 North Shore - LI Jewish...............X
358.65 Albert Einstein CoM
359.15 Bronx-Lebanon Hosp., NY
360.15 NY MC Brooklyn&Queens
360.60 Columbia U / Harkness
361.17 NY Presb. Hosp-Weil MC
364.16 Mount Sinai SoM - NY
365.14 New York Eye & Ear Infirm
365.67 New York University
366.65 St. Lukes/Roosevelt-NY
367.18 St. Vincent's MC - NY
367.64 SUNY - Downstate....................X
368.69 U Rochester.............................X
369.19 SUNY Upstate - Syracuse...........X
369.63 New York Medical College
370.11 U North Carolina
370.62 Duke University
371.15 Wake Forest U
371.60 Summa Health Sys. - Akron........X
372.12 U Cincinnati
372.69 Ohio State University.................X
373.18 Case Western Reserve U............X
373.64 Cleveland Clinic Found...............X
375.65 U Oklahoma-Oklahoma City.........X
376.61 Oregon HSU.............................X
377.19 Geisinger MC
377.63 Penn State U - Hershey
378.17 Drexel U - Philadelphia
378.66 Scheie Eye Inst / U Penn
379.16 Temple U - Philadelphia
380.13 Wills Eye Hospital
381.14 U Pittsburgh............................X
382.15 U Puerto Rico
382.60 Brown University
383.16 U South Carolina.......................X
384.17 Med U South Carolina.................X
385.18 U Tennessee - Memphis..............X
385.64 Vanderbilt University
386.63 UT Southwestern- Dallas............X
387.68 U Texas - Galveston..................X
388.11 Baylor CoM..............................X
388.62 U Texas - Houston....................X
389.12 Texas Tech University...............X
389.69 U Texas - San Antonio
391.19 Texas A & M/Scott & White........X
391.63 U Utah
393.15 U Virginia.................................X
393.60 Eastern Virginia MS
394.13 Med C Virginia
394.65 U Washington
395.12 West Virginia University.............X
395.69 U Wisconsin............................X
396.17 Med C Wisconsin......................X


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I hope that I got it right, please make any necessary corrections.

 

[loggerd]

Iowa today (email)

 

[Ophtho24]

Nebraska today via email.

 

[GrandMasterB]

uab via mail today. woot! batch 3.

 

[VicKai]

UC Davis

Looks like they mass emailed their invitation, so check your emails! Batch 5/6

Also, I heard that the AAO may have been holding things up, too. I imagine committee members being too busy with posters/presentations, but now that they are more available, GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

 

[John1975]

U Pitt! via phone!

BTW does anyone of you that got one from U Pitt have a lsot for Sunday 13th?
I only got for Friday 11th and am on call at my hospital as an intern!
I could really need some help if someone could swith with me.

Again: I am looking for Sunday 13th and offerring Friday 11th interivew slot

Thank you,

D.

HEY CONGRATS !! I got waitlisted at NorthWestern today. Better than a Rejection. So thats my best news in weeks after my initial interview. GL to everyone !!

 

[babyblue_39]

Oh man... I'm not complaining (really I'm not!) but what's the best way to choose among three programs that are great for different reasons?? These 3 programs all only have interviews on th same 2 days available so I have to let one go. One is a top 10 program (how can I turn down a top 10 program?!). Another is a middle tier California program (how can I turn down a California program?!). And the other is a solid program in my hometown (there's no place like home). I would love to match at any of the three. Flummoxed. Shocked. Excited. Yet very frustrated. I wish the answer were easier...

 

[rubensan]

UC Davis

Congratulations! UC Davis is an awesome program!

 

[maz56]

Loyola today by email....finally i got one. Batch 5.

They did not really give me a choice for dates. Has anyone scheduled their interview yet?

ML

 

[i-surgeon]

Good luck to all. I've been waiting a long time to do this and it feels good.

Interviews:
Iowa
Madison
Michigan
U of Rochester
MCW
Virginia
Colorado
St louis
Cole
Case
UIC

No rejections

 

[skier]

Just had a question. Programs list a date on the facesheet when you should expect a decision for interview by. If this date has come and gone should I interpret that as no interview or is the date more of a general idea of when they will get back. For example Iowa wrote 10/19 haven't heard anything one way or another. Thanks for the input.

 

[Frumps]

Just had a question. Programs list a date on the facesheet when you should expect a decision for interview by. If this date has come and gone should I interpret that as no interview or is the date more of a general idea of when they will get back. For example Iowa wrote 10/19 haven't heard anything one way or another. Thanks for the input.

I was wondering the same thing....

 

[nylee]

University of Chicago today! by phone on a saturday? that's awesome...


batch-5

 

[Here's Hoping..]

Regd: UW-Madison.
From what I understand they are a pretty good program. I think they ranked pretty high (#5?) in 2002.

I wasn't aware that ophtho residency programs are "ranked." Can anyone tell me more about this?

 

[monkey7247]

I wasn't aware that ophtho residency programs are "ranked." Can anyone tell me more about this?

There are rankings for everything. The ones I see most often quoted for ophtho are from the Ophthalmology Times. I personally think they mean little, but I'm sure others out there are more ranking-conscious.

 

[c_mor]

USMLE 227/240, lots of research
(BTW all your USMLE scores are scaring me )

Rejections : Boston, Colorado, Clevelend, Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Utah
Interviews: CPMC, Rochester, Northwestern, Iowa, UCDavis, Nebraska, OHSU, Med Col Wisconsin, UCSF, UCSD, Duke, Mt Sinai, UNC, Arizona, UCI, U Washington, Bascom Palmer, Mass Eye&Ear, Drew, Tennessee

 

[Eye(n)Stye(n)]

Interviews at...
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Loyola
OSU
Northwestern
SLUEI
Baylor
Mayo
Louisville
Cincinnati

wait-list Case Western

 

[diopter]

UT San Antonio (10/24, phone)

 

[Browneyedgirl81]

Wake Forest by snail mail today.

 

[Ophth_06]

UT-SA (phone)

 

[mstud06]

iowa

 

[doodpac]

Iowa
SUNY-Buffalo

 

[monkey7247]

Batch 6 (got in on target date)


University of Florida
Nassau
LSU-Shreveport
University of Arkansas
University of South Florida

(waitlist)
CWRU


Boston University
Med College Georgia
SUNY Buffalo
Ohio State

gotten face sheet from ~70% my programs

Uh oh, the rejections are catching up with the interviews. I know I've got a deluge of rejections coming, but it still stinks.

At least I'm getting mail.

 

[Ophth_06]

New York Med College (snail mail)
Iowa

 

[Frumps]

New York Med College (snail mail)
Iowa

How are the Iowa rejections coming??

 

[doodpac]

Iowa Rejections Via Snail Mail

 

[GrandMasterB]

rejection- iowa

interview- nymc

both today via snail mail

 

[Marcus Gunn]

Hey, what do you know. I still have SDN on my internet favorites....even though this painful process you all are in is now (thankfully) in my past. I had flashbacks today as the program had it's first interview session. Checking your email q10 minutes. Racing home to check the mail/phone messages. Checking SDN q15 minutes. Thinking all the while...."Internal medicine DOES have a nice ring to it."

Try not to worry so much. It'll all work out in the end! Enjoy your free lunches.....paid for by thousands of dollars in airline tickets, hotel rooms, fast food & car rentals! There are no free meals!!

Marcus

 

[nylee]

USC
UIC
UChicago
MEEI


vandy

 

[benit100]

Interviews offered over the weekend up to this morning:

UC Davis
USC
Stanford
Mass Eye & Ear
Casey (OHSU)

All were via e-mail except Stanford via telephone.

 

[Ophth_06]

U of Washington(email) & OHSU (email)

 

[doodpac]

NYMC

 

[Limbass]

Interviews:

UIC
USC
U of Chicago
UCDavis
Casey
CPMC
Clevland Clinic
Baylor
Mass eye and ear
Iowa
Colorado
Michigan
UT memphis
Wisconsin

Scores: Step 1-260 no step II yet. Senior AOA

 

[maz56]

Email today.

 

[cambiz711]

nymc, pitt, ucsd
baylor, ohio state, boston u
waitlist: northwestern, case western

259 step 1, 259 step 2, no aoa at my school

limbass, congrats on all those interviews, if u dont mind me asking, what batch were you in, and board scores? good luck to all!

 

[c_mor]

I'm already having to cancel some of my handful of interviews due to scheduling conflicts. This is getting frusterating. For example: Northwestern, UC Davis, and Iowa offer the same 2 dates*...

Does anyone have any suggestions or ever hear of schools opening up alternate dates or squeezing in extra people on a particular date?



BTW: I've seen the terms "batch" and "tier" - what do these refer to?




*Iowa had a 3rd date, now filled up