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Edit late November: Interview season is in full swing and I've gotten more invites than I need including to strong names like Emory, Carolinas, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, Cincy, Highland. My interviewers have told me that my SLOEs are all solid (one went as far as to say "all top third," which I'm happy with). So either my SLOE from this place wasn't as weak as I was worried about, or the rest of my application was enough to make up for it. I wouldn't quite say I was worried for nothing, but at least things seem to have worked out. /edit
Having never read a SLOE before, I'm looking for others' input: What's a bad SLOE look like?
Like... How bad does a SLOE have to be to hurt you? Does it need to explicitly say bad things along the lines of "We have concerns about X's professionalism and performance on this rotation," or is it also pretty bad if it's simply bland and impersonal?
I'm 3 weeks into an Away and feeling like I'm invisible to the attendings and letter-writers here, despite doing the "available, affable, able" thing as well as having Honors and an outstanding eval from another EM rotation. Bracing myself for a big discrepancy between those two SLOEs. The rest of my app is excellent, so I'm trying not to worry, but... Reassurance and/or horror stories from those who have gone through this process would be appreciated. Crossing my fingers for, "I know it's scary, but I got a Pass on my Away and still had no problem getting interviews at places I wanted, it'll be okay!"
Meanwhile, if anyone else is out there on a rotation that isn't going the way they wanted, feel free to PM me or reply here and we can vent.
Having never read a SLOE before, I'm looking for others' input: What's a bad SLOE look like?
Like... How bad does a SLOE have to be to hurt you? Does it need to explicitly say bad things along the lines of "We have concerns about X's professionalism and performance on this rotation," or is it also pretty bad if it's simply bland and impersonal?
I'm 3 weeks into an Away and feeling like I'm invisible to the attendings and letter-writers here, despite doing the "available, affable, able" thing as well as having Honors and an outstanding eval from another EM rotation. Bracing myself for a big discrepancy between those two SLOEs. The rest of my app is excellent, so I'm trying not to worry, but... Reassurance and/or horror stories from those who have gone through this process would be appreciated. Crossing my fingers for, "I know it's scary, but I got a Pass on my Away and still had no problem getting interviews at places I wanted, it'll be okay!"
Meanwhile, if anyone else is out there on a rotation that isn't going the way they wanted, feel free to PM me or reply here and we can vent.
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