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hey alejandlu, nice credentials. yah more interviews should be coming in. i wanted to put my exp under work as well. but in eras it strictly says work exp must be compensated experience and in electives you are not compensated. what is your opinion on this? do you think PDs will think you cant follow instructions. When i called a few places they said that they were not sure where to put the USCE. I have a couple of observerships too, should i put those under work exp also. Also how much of your usce was in surgery or surgical subspecialties? thank you.
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I really do not know the correct answer to give you as far as the USCE goes, but I am almost 100% sure that the observership goes under the volunteer experience. As far as PD´s scrutinizing every move you make on ERAS....I tend to think they should have better things to do. But who knows.
At any rate, the majority of my USCE was in general surg and pediatric surg. 6/10 months I would say.
On a more somber note, I was not granted interviews at Oklahoma, Virginia commonwealth, nor Greenville in North Carolina. IMGphobic I guess.
AMERICADOTCOM, I also applied to Loyola and they sent me an e-mail stating when their interview dates were and that they would be notifying by November 11. I feel it will not be so positive, but oh well.
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Alejandu, how did you wind up doing so many months just in surgery? usually places only let you stay in there electives 1-3 months. you should get an interview where you rotated since you were there for so long.
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Hey Alejandu,
I know these places are really not IMG friendly.I received the similar response from Loyola.VCU said that they have many applicants(I guess many AMGS=Less qualified but eh AMG)so they cannot offer interviews.Anyways there are many more places but why dont they mention in the ERAS website NOT IMG FRIENDLY;so we dont have to waste the application and money.Anyways guys do not loose hope interviews are offered as late as Jan end.Let us keep the faith after all we all have the will to be good surgeons and so be it.Good luck.
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| sharvil
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hi ppl, have been following this thread since some time, thought i might put in my story as well,
applied on 27th october, and so far 4 interviews and 6 rejections............
interviews at Mayo-prelim, Creighton university, Nassau University, Huron Hospital,
Rejections at Columbia, Wayne state, Henry Ford, U. Virginia, U. Florida, Baystate-Massachussets.
My creds are 99/99/-cs pass/Certified/GC/no usce/no uslor...............
all the best to you guys and gals and lets be surgeons, the greatest in the world...........
and end up as faculty or visiting professors or guest lecturers in the places which did not send us interviews...................
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Hey Sharvil,
Excellent credentials I am suprised you did not get more interviews.Mayo is a very good program.Thanks for the encouraging words.I am sure you will make a good surgeon.Hey Alejandlu any news from other programs.It has been a dry day from me yesterday just a denial from University of Colorado.Still to hear from programs in NJ and Florida if they do care to reply.Anyways let us keep hoping for the best.
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Hey BHAGAT, I did already interview at the program at which I rotated through. It all looks really positive. However, I would hate to put all of my eggs in the same basket. I would really like to hear from some of the other programs I have applied to. Ideally from 5 more and I would be satisfied. But the name of this game is patience.
As for AMERICADOTCOMS´comments, I agree. They should put how IMG friendly they are in order to save us money. Then again. the last thing these programs are thinking about is some IMG´s bank account or finances. Sound a little upset? you better believe I am. Patience is running thin.
I´ll check up here later to see of there is any more news: Rejections vs. Interviews.
SHARVIL: when are you going to Mayo? I also have Itvw there.
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Just curious:
What has been your guys experience with calling programs and asking them about your application. Anything positive? Negative? Anything?
I feel like asking them what the deal is. I am growing inpatient with this whole thing and would like to know sooner than later...even if the answer is no!
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going to mayo on 9th jan in the bitter minnesota winter, you must be used to it alejendlu as you must have rotated for 10 months there.
thanks americadotcom for the compliments.
lets wait and watch, the ball is now in their court..................
and u r right alejandlu, the name of the game is patience, apply and the rest is going to be history in the future...........
all the best to all of you....
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| umut
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Hello to everybody. Hey people it looks like you are doing very good jobs. Cong. for your interviews. I hope that everything goes good for you. I had one good and one bad news. The good news is that I passed CS, the bad news is that I still did not get an interview. I had 4 rejections and did not hear from other programs .
I think you are right the patience is very important, and I am still waiting for good news.
Keep posting and good luck to everybody.
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Congratulations Umut.Good news always come in pairs so just hang in there.Good news is due very soon.Today was a dry day heard nothing from any of the programs.What about you guys?Any news from any of the programs.Keep posting.
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2 more interviews and 2 more rejections...........................
so in all 6 interviews and 8 rejections so far..........
hoping for the best
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Another Interview today: University of South Carolina at Columbia
Keep posting
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10 rejections - no interviews. Univ of Chicago is the latest to shoot me down.
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It has been a very dry day so far.I guess we are supposed to hear from Loyola today.Let us hope for good news today.
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hi americadotcom, loyola told me that they only have one fmg out of their 50 gen surg residents and that too a prelim year, so i did not apply there. so i would say dont hope too much from loyola.
my tally now is 8 interviews 8 rejections
and doc vivek dont use rejections, the word is very self depreciating, i would say regrets, i.e. the program regrets not taking you.
and keep the spirit up ppl, the interview season has just begun, dont worry it will happen for all of us.
all the best
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| umut
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Hello to everybody. Hey americandoc thanks for cong. I think it is a nice idea not to use rejections. It is really depressing. I have not heard from any program for the last 4-5 days. I have applied to 36 programs and had 6 regrets. I have a question for you foxs. What is the really diff. between categorical and preliminary. I mean I thought that preliminary is just for the ones who will not continue general surgery residency. Therefore I only applied for categorical positions. What about you? Can I apply to both preliminary and categorical and after 1 year training, change my status to categorical or re-apply for categorical positions. The info. is important fox. It will be great if you can answer..Take care and hope everybody hears good news. By now..
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| alejandlu
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WHAT´S GOING ON GUYS?
LOYOLA SAID NO. ANY GOOD NEWS FROM THEM....ANYONE? ANY OTHER NEWS OUT THERE?
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| sharvil
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hi ppl, as far as the count goes it is 10 interviews and 11 rejections so far.
one interview over at huron. 9 more to go.
hoping for the best
all the best to all,
and btw what happened to usmleforum.com
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| alejandlu
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INTERVIEW FROM ST. MARY´S HOSPITAL IN CT. SMALLER COMMUNITY PROGRAM BUT YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AFFILIATED.
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| sharvil
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hi people its been raining with interview and rejections,
so far 12 interviews and i dont know how many rejections,,,,
hoping for the best
all the best to all
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| bhagat
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hey sharvil are your interviews all categorical, prelim or mixed?
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| sharvil
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most say prelim, some say we may consider you for cat and some only say general surgery, so i think i will ask them when i rank them. hope that answeres your questions.....all the best
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| americadotcom
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Hey sharvil,
congratulations for the interviews.It is always better to get categorical but if you are interested in speciality surgery then prelim would be a nice idea.Most of the university programs give prelim spot to IMGs and keep the categorical ones for AMGs.This months has not been so fruitful.Recently got a decile from Thomas Jefferson,Virginia Mason and Vanderbuilt.I was wrongly informed that these places are IMG friendly.Guys have you had a chance to see the AMG website.They are loaded with interviews.Take a look at this
Abington Memorial (PA)
doctan
UAB
MS10, Smoke This, lilkidsurg, luckherm1, Ergo
Albert Einstein, Bronx
highball, happy puppet, alexrusso, ExtraCrispy, daisygirl, solstice118, MS10, merlin, rizz1431, robotsonic, goldie, poopsy
Albert Einstein BI (NYC)
doctan, AlexRusso, daisygirl, ExtraCrispy, MS10, rizz1431, robotsonic, goldie
Albert Einstein, Phil
chirish, drrouz, Blue Haze
University of Arkansas
fishmonger69, ThInKpInK
Atlanta MC
doctan, ThInKpInK
U of AZ
goldie, luckherm1
Basset Healthcare (Cooperstown, NY)
ExtraCrispy
Baylor - Dal
txmhn, MS10, JayDoc06, medicane2006, Ergo
Baylor - Hou
txmhn, cb131098, Smoke This, geekgirl, rizz1431, fishmonger69, Ergo
Baystate (Tufts)
ExtraCrispy, daisygirl, Coalboy
Beth Israel Deaconess
ExtraCrispy, MS10, cb131098, rizz1431, avgjoe, happy puppet, chael,Ergo Coalboy, poopsy
Boston University
robotsonic, solstice118, ExtraCrispy, ChiSoxMD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
ChiSoxMD, ExtraCrispy, cb131098, HMS '05, Avgjoe, geekgirl
Brookdale (Brooklyn)
AlexRusso
Brooklyn Hospital
doctan, AlexRusso
Cabrini (NYC)
AlexRusso, ToxicMegacolon
University of California - Davis
Toxic-Megacolon, avgjoe, happy puppet, Smoke This, robotsonic
UC Irvine
Smoke This, Toxic-Megacolon, avgjoe
UCLA-Harbor
Avgjoe, Toxic-megacolon
UCLA
Avgjoe, Smoke This, cb131098, ChiSoxMD
University of California - San Diego
geekgirl, Avgjoe, Toxic-Megacolon,
UCSF
cb131098, HMS '05, geekgirl, avgjoe, poopsy
UCSF - East Bay
Toxic-Megacolon
UCSF - Fresno
avgjoe
Carraway Methodist Med Ctr
imtiaz
Carolinas Medical Center
soon3bent, solstice118, MS10, JayDoc06, fishmonger69, luckherm1
Case Western Reserve/Cleveland
poopsy, Surg2b
UCincinnati
Soon2bent, Solstice118, rizz1431, ChiSoxMD, geekgirl, Surg2b
UChicago
Toxic-Megacolon, Smoke This, rizz1431, cb131098, TigerLily46, Surg2b, solstice118, happy puppet, geekgirl, ChiSoxMD
Cleveland Clinic
cb131098, fireflyrxn, ChiSoxMD, lilkidsurg
UColorado
merlin, Smoke This, highball, cb131098, ChiSoxMD
Columbia
chirish, ExtraCrispy, chael, rizz1431, robotsonic, AlexRusso
UConn
ExtraCrispy, Coalboy, poopsy
Cornell
robotsonic, Extracrispy, AlexRusso, happy puppet, rizz1431, ChiSoxMD, poopsy
Creighton University
ThInKpInK
Dartmouth
happy puppet, ExtraCrispy , solstice118, rizz1431, Coalboy
Drexel
drrouz
Duke
Smoke This, HMS '05, geekgirl, ChiSoxMD
Emory
txmhn, Smoke This, Toxic-Megacolon, HMS '05, happy puppet, JayDoc06, rizz1431, ChiSoxMD, chael, lilkidsurg
ETSU
NebelDO
University of Florida
solstice118, Smoke This, imtiaz, Surg2b, luckherm1
Georgetown
eilis721, MS10, drrouz, Coalboy, geekgirl, lilkidsurg
George Washington
Toxic-Megacolon, geekgirl, lilkidsurg
Greenville Hospital System (South Carolina)
fishmonger69, NebelDO
University of Hawaii
Ergo
Harlem Hospital (NY)
doctan
Huntington Hospital (Southern California)
Toxic-Megacolon, Highball
Jewish Hospital (Ohio)
doctan, highball
Johns Hopkins
ExtraCrispy, ChiSoxMD, HMS '05, geekgirl, lilkidsurg
Indiana University
TigerLily46, fishmonger69, Smoke This, solstice118, soon2bent, Blue Haze, highball, Surg2b
University of Illinois at Chicago
Toxic-Megacolon, soon2bent, imtiaz, solstice118, MS10
Iowa
Smoke This, geekgirl, imtiaz, cb131098
University of Kansas - Wichita
imtiaz
U Illinois at Peoria
imtiaz, ThInKpInK
U Illinois at Chicago Metropolitan Group Hospitals Program
fireflyrxn, Toxic-megacolon, imtiaz, Blue Haze, ThInKpInK
Kaiser Southern California (Los Angeles)
Toxic-Megacolon, avgjoe
University of Kentucky
fishmonger69
Kern Medical College California (Bakersfield)
ThInKpInK
Lahey Clinic
Daisygirl, blue haze, Coalboy
Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Blue Haze, AlexRusso, robotsonic
Louisville
cb131098, Smoke This, soon2bent, TigerLily46, fishmonger69, JayDoc06, Surg2b, luckherm1
Loyola (Chicago)
blue haze, Surg2b, Toxic-Megacolon, ChiSoxMD, Ergo
Maimonides (Brooklyn, NY)
Plinko, daisygirl, AlexRusso
Maine Medical Center
goldie
Maricopa Med Ctr (Phoenix, AZ)
imtiaz, Blue Haze
Massachusetts General Hospital
HMS '05, ChiSoxMD, Surg2b, cb131098, geekgirl, ExtraCrispy
Mayo
NebelDO, geekgirl, cb131098, lilkidsurg
Mayo Jax
Smoke This, luckherm 1
Mayo Scottsdale
Avgjoe, luckherm1
University of Maryland
Toxic-megacolon, soon2bent, Smoke This, geekgirl, goldie, Coalboy, lilkidsurg
UMass
solstice118, ExtraCrispy
MCG
NebelDO, TigerLily46, fishmonger69
Medical University of South Carolina
fishmonger69, solstice118, JayDoc06, highball, goldie, luckherm1
MCV
Solstice118, TigerLily46
Methodist Hospital - Brooklyn
AlexRusso
Methodist Hospital - Dallas
txmhn, JayDoc06, Blue Haze
Methodist Hospital - Houston
txmhn
UMiami
Smoke This, solstice118, rizz1431, highball
University of Michigan
cb131098, HMS '05, Avgjoe, Toxic-Megacolon, Surg2b, ChiSoxMD, geekgirl, lilkidsurg
University of Minnesota
cb131098, happy puppet, geekgirl, Smoke This, Toxic-Megacolon, rizz1431, goldie, ChiSoxMD
University of Mississippi
ThInKpInK
University of Missouri - Kansas City
fishmonger69, highball
Mt Sinai
eilis721, alexrusso, happy puppet, chael, ExtraCrispy, chirish, TigerLily46, Toxic-Megacolon, daisygirl, solstice118, Blue Haze , MS10, merlin, rizz1431, goldie, robotsonic, poopsy
Mount Sinai/Rosalind Franklin/CMS (Chicago)
Toxic-Megacolon
Nassau (LI, NY)
Alexrusso, ExtraCrispy
University of Nebraska
fishmonger69
New Hanover Regional
NebelDO
U of New Mexico
blue haze
UNC-Chapel Hill
txmhn, happy puppet, MS10, Coalboy, lilkidsurg
North Shore-LIJ (LI, NY)
alexrusso, daisygirl, ExtraCrispy, Toxic-Megacolon, doctan
NYMC - Our Lady Mercy
AlexRusso, daisygirl
NYMC - Sound Shore
AlexRusso
NYMC-St.Vincent's
blue haze, robotsonic, doctan, solstice118, daisygirl, AlexRusso, goldie
NYMC- Westchester Medical Center
daisygirl, goldie, AlexRusso
NYU
blue haze, ExtraCrispy, poopsy, robotsonic, solstice118, alexrusso
Northwestern
ChiSoxMD, Surg2b, happy puppet, geekgirl
Ohio State
nebelDO, cb131098, rizz1431, Surg2b, lilkidsurg
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
JayDoc06, fishmonger69, Blue Haze
OHSU
happy puppet, avgjoe, poopsy, toxic-m.c., Smoke This
Penn State
TigerLily46, Smoke This, NebelDO
Phoenix Integrated (Good Samaritan)
chirish, txmhn, TigerLily46, Blue Haze
Pittsburg
ChiSoxMD, Smoke This, avgjoe, poopsy, geekgirl, lilkidsurg, Surg2b
U Penn
geekgirl
Queens Medical Center (NY Hospital)
AlexRusso, Toxic-Megacolon, daisygirl, chael
Robert Wood Johnson (UMDNJ)
Alex Russo, daisygirl, solstice118, goldie
Robert Wood Johnson (UMDNJ) Camden Program
AlexRusso
UMDNJ - Newark
rizz1431, AlexRusso, daisygirl
Rush Medical Center (Chicago)
happy puppet, rizz1431, Surg2b, ChiSoxMD
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Txmhn, merlin
USC
Smoke This, Toxic-Megacolon
Uni of South Carolina/Palmetto
doctan
U South Florida
solstice118
St. Agnes (Baltimore)
Toxic-Megacolon
St. Elizabeth Health Center (Ohio)
doctan
St Joseph Mercy (MI)
Toxic-megacolon, Surg2b
St Joseph (Chicago)
Toxic-Megacolon, imtiaz
St. Louis University
imtiaz, Toxic-Megacolon, Surg2b, ThInKpInK, luckherm1
St. Luke's Hospital (Bethlehem, PA)
Plinko, daisygirl
St. Luke's-Roosevelt (NYC)
chirish, robotsonic, daisygirl, ExtraCrispy, rizz1431, MS10, chael, poopsy
St. Raphael's (New Haven)
ExtraCrispy
Stamford (CT)
ExtraCrispy , daisygirl, NebelDO
Staten Island University
AlexRusso
Stony Brook
alexrusso, ExtraCrispy, daisygirl, rizz1431, goldie
SUNY Downstate
Blue Haze, robotsonic, AlexRusso, daisygirl, goldie
SUNY Upstate
Smoke This, AlexRusso, ThInKpInK
Swedish
avgjoe, goldie
Temple University/Conemaugh (PA)
Doctan, Blue Haze, highball
Thomas Jefferson University
geekgirl
University of Tennessee (Chattanooga)
NebelDO, Blue Haze, goldie
University of Tennessee (Memphis)
Toxic Megacolon, fishmonger69, Blue Haze, MS10, JayDoc06, NebelDO
University of Tennessee (Knoxville)
MS10, imtiaz
UT-Houston
soon2bent, fireflyrxn, cb131098, Ergo, lilkidsurg
UT-Medical Branch (Galveston)
fishmonger69, Ergo
UT-San Antonio
fishmonger69
UT-Southwestern
Smoke This, JayDoc06, fireflyrxn, rizz1431, Surg2b, fishmonger69
Union Memorial (Baltimore)
ToxicMegacolon, doctan, Blue Haze, Coalboy
University of Utah
happy puppet, MS10, geekgirl, Smoke This, luckherm1
Vanderbilt
rizz1431, Surg2b, ChiSoxMD, Ergo
Virginia Mason
NebelDO, robotsonic, avgjoe, goldie, luckherm1
UVa
Smoke This, geekgirl, poopsy
Wake Forest
solstice118, MS10, Coalboy
Washington Hospital Center (DC)
Toxic-Megacolon, drrouz, ThInKpInK
WashU
Smoke This, avgjoe, cb131098, fishmonger69, rizz1431, HMS '05, geekgirl, doctan, Surg2b, ChiSoxMD, lilkidsurg
Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)
TigerLily46, Surg2b, poopsy, fishmonger69
William Beaumont (Royal Oak, MI)
soon2bent, imtiaz, TigerLily46, poopsy
University of Washington
lilkidsurg, solstice118, happy puppet, geekgirl, Toxic-Megacolon, Avgjoe, Ergo
Medical College of Wisc
NebelDO, Blue Haze, TigerLily46, poopsy, Surg2b, lilkidsurg
University of Wisconsin
ChiSoxMD, Smoke This, happy puppet, geekgirl, poopsy, Surg2b
Yale
ExtraCrispy, doctan, Coalboy
Anyways let us hope that there are more interviews out there.Since programs on an average interview 10 candidates for 1 spot;I guess 10 interviews would be a safe margin for getting a spot.Keep posting and good luck.
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Ehi, there are a lot of programs that have already sent an invitation to the AMGs which I have applied to as well but didn't let me know my status yet!!!
Do you think that silence means rejection at this point? That's so frustrating my God...
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