Geisinger Health System-PA

Is this year truly more competitive in terms of aways? Or is this the same every year?

sad that i still dont have aways, i m prob cooked :( i did a ry too.

i am sorry OP, at this point I would apply to everything (even if not ideal city or location) especially if they havent released, i would also apply to two week rotations and even think out of the box like orange park just opened theres on Clincian nexus, (look at the DO thread, Orange park is open and requires a step 2 score to apply and so if you test earlier than other applicants you could get a rotation purely by being early to submit) express interest (& email) places that far fewer people traditionally want to live at (ex: flint MI, mississippi, geisinger) these are wonderful programs but not everyone wants to live in these locations so i think sometimes they get fewer influx. also some of these people trying to switch away rotations might have commited to two rotations at the same time (hence, why they are trying to switch) you can try and snag a position this way if someone drops, maybe text them see if they are going to drop it and email the PC with interest make sure you have an app submitted. Where did you do your research year? does your ry mentor have any connections at insutitions they could reach out to ? half of the game is playing smart bc everyone is a good applicant

Is this year truly more competitive in terms of aways? Or is this the same every year?

feel like i didn't see this happen that much on the previous spreadsheet so im confused too

as someone who applied last year it def happened then too, people were buggin lol

thank you so much. im theOP and that made mefeel better.i honestly feel so stressed out bc i spent my whole med school chasing derm and it just fucking sucks that its like this but it felt good venting

100% understand the frustration and happy to help. im sure you are a stellar applicant so its time to play smart and play savvy, do the above and do what you can to set yourself up for success

iowa

have heard Miami has a really high Mohs match rate and strong procedural training

I think they have one Mohs spot per year, but yea some years match 3-4 into Mohs

i heard geisinger basically guarnantees home students match there

is there a resource to research different mohs fellowships?

there is no such thing as a "best" program for Mohs

there are several programs that save their Mohs spot for their internals

Biggest factor other than elective months is what the inpatient weeks look like. Is it super busy, high volume, high call, lots of nights etc. Geisinger TY was the most chill place I interviewed at easily

imagine my shock at geisinger TY when they told me it was a 28 bed hospital… and I said I liked having friends around and they kindly informed me it's 1:1 with an attending all day. Talk about getting DNR'd lol >it's also in a tiny town with nothing to do. Lots of free time as an intern, but nothing to do with it

MUSC, Vanderbilt , UAMS, UAB, NW, Harvard, MCW, henry ford> Geisinger

OHSU

When a program says they have "academic half days", does this just refer to study time or lectures

"academic half days" are study time. "didactics" are lectures

Geisinger senior class is all guys!

Uconn has a lot of men

Tufts senior class is all but 1 male

was on a social the other day, 14 women 3 dudes, guys are minorities

POOP

oh how the tables have turned lol

got a Geisinger TY and didn't get Geisinger Derm. Don't think they're tied because other specialties need prelim/TY too

probably program dependent> thank you

I got rejected from UConn prelim in October got a UConn Derm interview in November and then the prelim gave me an invite lmaooo so I'm guessing maybe

Damn more UConn lore.

POOP

the first reject was a mass categorical rejection email sent to everyone

I feel bad that UConn is becoming a meme

do they deserve it though…. Do they

duke, penn, mcw, univ of arkansas, hopkins, UNC, OSU, UPMC

isn't Yale traditionally 11/3?

wait penn is 11/3???

also Baylor, Geisinger, Mayo, Cornell, Northwestern (?), Ohio State, Arkansas, UT San Antonio, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech

pretty sure penn is 12/1

per the spreadsheet, 11/17

yes> 90% yes, I had some last year that u just emailed the PC to schedule (I.e. Geisinger, Cooper)> Yeah majority are thalamus I had two where we had to email the coordinator back though

anyone get into the teams meeting yet?

no - is it happening. It's 10:00PM, do you think it's ok to leave the waiting room.

Love how we all go straight to the spreadsheet for this stuff :)

this is my favorite part abt this sheet <3

stilllllll

lmao I keep getting emails every day