ron3214
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Did ne 1 recieve a general letter from the PD of Akron General to consider the program strongly, couple of days ago in another forum some ppl recieved it. I also interviewd there but i havent recieved any emails from them. Does this mean they wont rank me
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| decide
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Hi ron, I received a generic mail few days bak abt the program strengths, is it the one u r talking abt? There was no other response. I dont think dt mail meant they would or would not rank u. Gud luck
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| adipose
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yea, it was a generic email. didn't mean anything.
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| adipose
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PS. they have 4 seats going for the match... they interviewed 76 this year.
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| ron3214
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i guess so its the same one .I dunno never got ne response from them.Anyways GL guys.
Thanks,
Ron
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| adipose
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dont sweat it man. it aint like we got prematches! 
Anyways, it aint the best place either, hopefully you'll match somewhere better.
Take it easy buddy and GL!
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| decide
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Hey adipose, did u get a reply for ur thank u note from them other than the card they sent?
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| adipose
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For some reason, this hospital keeps coming up every once in a while... I'm not sure why that is.. I found it to be an "ok" community hospital, but that was about it. Nothing too impressive. city is boring. staff is ok. residents are ok, not the best or brightest. Pass rates on med boards is in 80's (you can check it out on the internal medicine website)... don't know why people are stressing over this hospital. Again, only 4 seats are going to the match, so it's basically similar to playing the lotto -- in my opinion, there are better hospitals out there.. GL and I hope you guys match there if it's your number 1 choice.
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Yes adipose it is just an ok community program. I didnt know abt the board pass rate being so bad though.
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| adipose
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http://www.abim.org/residency/statistics.aspx
Check it out.. it's the statistics for every single program in the states by the AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE... it's something a lot of us fail to check out... Akron has one of the worst... kinda embarrassing.
GL
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Now I remember the PD mentioning smthing abt board pass rate and he seemed kind of concerned.
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| adipose
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decide: did you go IV at Toledo?
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| decide
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No, i didnt have any iv in toledo. Did u iv in a particular geographical region?
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| adipose
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No, I applied everywhere and took anything... I was asking you just because I know toledo has a worse pass rate and just wanted to warn you... thought maybe you were sticking around ohio area -- most of my IV's were in NY.-- I found NY to have better pass rates BUT most hospitals iv'd wayyy too many people and chances are slim with everyone coming in at 99 99 99 (or so they claim).. I guess we will just have to wait and see on match day. I really hate this process. GL
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Ya, u guessed dt rite dt was the reason I was curious abt Akron... definitely there r far better programs out there...I would say most of nyk ivs are better. Lets wait nd c wht happens on the match day. Gud luck nd thanks for the info.
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| aps
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hey guys..i too had ived at Akron.i did receive a generic email from the PC..the same u guys r talking abt. they just have 4 spots...have u guys heard if they have already given prematches?i havent heard anyone gettn one in ohio..atleast on this forum.
yeh as u were sayn...board passing rate in around 85% , pd metioned it during my iv,small city, mostly IMGs..small community program.
do let me know if u hear anything else.
thanks
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| B12
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3 prematches were given.
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| ron3214
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B12 they have 4 seats for the match outta 8 seats so i guess 4 have already been offered as prematch. During your interview did PD ask you a lotta questions??
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| B12
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Hey ron. I just checked on NRMP and it states 4 seats are going for the match. The PD was great, very nice man, we talked about my academic performance, what i'm looking for in a program, goals, family, arts and other crap (lol)... yidda yidda yidda. Was about 40-45 minutes, program coordinator came in twice to tell us to move on.. it was a nice conversation. this isn't my first choice though.
GL
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