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I applied to ~15 IM prelims- 1 invite

I applied to 29 IM prelims- 3 invites so far

Applied to 15 have 5 prelim invites but 4/5 are more community programs

For the people struggling to get invites, by any chance did you only apply to prelims that are considered "competitive" for whatever reason or did you mix it up and include community programs as well? I did not apply to community programs, all academic (that's why I applied to ~30)

applied to a mix of ~25 IM prelims in competitive location, 2 invites so far.

personally, I say dont freak out yet. My understanding is that you can email prelims when you get an advanced interview at a school and an "in the area" email -- if you dont have enough prelim interviews by Dec/Jan, I think many programs will make exceptions to their interview dates and accommodate you.

applied to 20-25 TY/prelim, at 9 interviews right now. I think I have been more fortunate than most

Our school IM chair told us not to stress, the invites will come. Especially since we're derm!

Anyone get prelim IM invites to BU, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, or Mount Auburn Hospital? If so were you internal or external? I Medstar washington prelim invite, external

I think boston med center sent invites, not that you still can't get one regardless

Mount Auburn, external x4

<-- what kind of stats?

so what is "enough" prelim invites after all? I was thinking 8 with some community programs i was interested in due to location should be enough?

Mt Auburn external invite here, step 1 240+, at Top 10 in NE region

Oh god what did I miss

check out the link to the right before the BU folks take it down again| already seen it and didn’t apply BU| I’m sure BU knows who this person is given that they said they had just interviewed there for a faculty position

Has BU been trolling again?

https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/boston-university-and-the-6-year-program.1125973/

for people who got a BU invite did you actually do the supplemental essay and do you want to stay on for the 3 years of being an attending

I did the essay x3; I want to do 80-20 research, so it's appealing. I'm a little concerned about the rumors about the department culture though. x3

i rotated at BU and there are a lot of misconceptions about the department. In particular many of the previous posts regarding BU were related to a Professor who is no longer affiliated with the department. The Chair and the associate PD are awesome and incredibly supportive. My main reason for contributing to this posts is because I think the residents are awesome and I don't think the programs name should be tarnished b/c of one individual who has since left BU. Happy to address any concerns based on my experience. Posting anonymously b/c there were very few rotators overall at this program - we were sent a survey at the end and could see who else rotated there.

Nice try. http://www.bumc.bu.edu/derm/vincent-falanga-md-facp/

i don't think their website is up to date. I asked a resident if he's still there and they said "no". I also never saw him at grand rounds or in clinic so if he is around then his involvement in training is minimal.

This program offers outstanding training for a future in academic dermatology while providing our residents with a nationally competitive salary and benefits that include a comprehensive health insurance plan.

What exactly did this guy do? https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/boston-university-and-the-6-year-program.1125973/

Why not go interview and form your own opinions of the program rather than continuing with this nonsense

<--- Amen.

BU secondary apps were real long. Guess all that went to waste

I don't think so. Personally i feel my secondary got me the interview

I really enjoyed it, I felt I got fantastic teaching and the residents were happy. Lots of support for research if you're into that.

Bottom line is no one knows, because no one has gone through it. Residents told me that it can't be legally binding per ACGME rules so if you want to do private practice no one is going to care even if BU doesn't like it. The twist they didn't tell us before was that if you want to do a fellowship far away, then you have to do it after the second 3, not the first. They're implementing that as a new rule for our class

It is definitely binding

How is it binding?

From where?

Also curious as most programs have said they do not do this x2 \| RTM calls x2 (from a top 10 program) - previous spreadsheets show what programs have done RTM calls in the past (., ., ., Henry Ford, BU, etc) - Was it ., . or .?

Yale is also top 10 and outright told us at the interview that they would be making RTM calls.

not OP, but I already got a RTM call from a top 20 program this week.

WashU or Iowa?

I didn't interview at Iowa, but my friend said he got a call from them. Didnt seem like a RTM, just a hey, we think you would be a great fit, any questions? kind of call.

So you think Iowa called all of their interviewees and said "we think you'd be a great fit"? Or what exactly constitutes a RTM call? Do they have to explicitly say you are ranked to match?

. will make calls This year but as far as I can tell they haven't started

I think Iowa called everyone. Why do you think this?

Maybe Iowa is lonely.

I interviewed at Iowa and didnt get a call so.... x2 |

<<I'm also curious about this. It seems kind of early for this

Maybe it's ., they finished their interviews in mid December. Or Yale.

I got a call from Yale

Did they try to get a sense of where you ranked them?

When did you get the call from Yale? Did anyone get a call from .?

I'm pretty sure this said UCSF ranked-to-match earlier?

No it said Stanford. That troll (anonymous gopher) changed it to other things like UCSF and BU and I kept changing it back. I'm the OP.

This same troll has been doing that for weeks. He changed one of my posts from "UCSF" to "Kentucky" a few weeks ago.

A user claimed that he/she received a RTM call from Stanford. You can choose to believe it or not believe it. OP will refrain from commenting further due to vicious attacks from the first time it was posted.

I know Boston does, any others? Did Mayo email you regarding the supplement?

ohio state

MAYO DOES

UT-Southwestern and BU

U Conn?? Just got an email from them

Indiana, UMass

Thank you for the heads up!!! || UPenn has a supplementary questionnaire on their website