wamba
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Check these out from an AMG forum I visited. the messages were sent few days. Hope it helps release tension to all the people here who are freaking out.
" Most places will not offer you interviews until your Dean's Letter comes in on November 1 (or whatever the date is this year). You may hear from your home program sooner than that. Considering that the interview season does not start until mid-November at the earliest, y'all should chill, open a beer, and enjoy the fourth year. Even if your email is typed in wrong, all messages will show up in ERAS."
"having gone through this process not too long ago, i just wanted to indicate that the time at which you receive these interviews has little bearing on how good of an applicant you are. some programs review applications in the order they were received, some do it by location, some do it by screening factors (so sometimes it does matter if you're a stronger applicant), and some just do it at random. As an example, I received interviews at MGH, BWH and JHU (november) before receiving an interview at NYU (december) or Jefferson (december). So these "rounds of interviews" you guys speak of arent really like first cut, second cut etc in most cases. Good luck to everyone. and Ill be checking the site periodically to help ppl out so feel free to pm with any questions as the process goes along...if you want some answers from someone who already went through the process. Also I'd be happy to help people applying to columbia in answering some of their questions to the best of my ability."
" Hey all...Mumpu is ABSOLUTELY right....it's funny how all this seems like just yesterday when I was applying....I am currently an intern in NYC....anyways, Mumpu is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!!!! There are alot of people on this site who do alot of talking about this and that....if you haven't heard from a program DO NOT FREAK OUT!!! 11/1 and afterwards is when you'll get a majority of your interviews....as well as rejections (just being honest)....JUST RELAX!! (and I know it's SOOOOO hard to do that....trust me, last year I was one of those freaks who would check my e-mail q5 minutes to see if I got another interview...it's so funny reading some of these posts again since I realize that I am not the only wierdo )
It's true though...looking back, it REALLY didn't make a difference whether or not some program hadn't offered me an interview and were offering someone else....they will get to you eventually (whether for the positive OR the negative)....
True...if you have like a 99/99 and 18+ pubs, then you'll get an interview earlier than someone else....but like us normal people who fit nicely under the bell curve, these interviews won't be coming 'til after 11/1!!
SERIOUSLY...try to relax and enjoy 4th year....it's the last time you can truly relax since internship sucks!!....just a word of advice.....take it as you will...
GOOD LUCK!!!"
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| chemamr
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wamba: thank you really. the stress was "eating" me, now i feel much better. November is the month.
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| silenced, M.D.
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Be optimistic my fellow IMG's. This is the silence before the best.
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| LisaM
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14 more days to November!
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| sobia naeem
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good luck guys..nice to see you in the match forum lisaM.Hows things goin on your end.
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| doc-keanu
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Thx! Wamba
Lisa- Hi!
Did you get your Step 3 score?
All the best.
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| Abraham
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mmmhh,
I dont know guys,
I think this apply mostly for AMGs than for us.
However I hope I might be wrong as I still need more calls!
Thankyou Wamba for your time a patience bringing us this info!
Gl to everyone!
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