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Has anyone who is an external applicant gotten an interview from Medical College of Wisconsin or University of Pennsylvania?
Hosp of the Univ of PA (Dermatology/3 yr)
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Someone added a Penn State rejection today in the Interviews tab. Can anyone confirm this? I didnt get anything from them today x3
yes, I did receive a rejection, maybe my application was especially subpar for their standards :(
Mar 23
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can we start changing to add a third option? internal vs external vs away. it would give a better idea as to who has sent out interviews. x4|D: Okay you should be able to change it now. U Penn told me that they have only sent out internal and aways. not all of them
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penn state external! x2
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I think it's worth pointing out that UCSF probably isnt even a good fit for 90+% of the spreadsheet. Yes it's a fantastic name with fantastic training, but it, like many other top programs, is totally geared toward churning out academic dermatologists who are professors and do research. If your passion is strictly clinical derm, and most especially if you're not particularly interested in an academic career (career, not job), then I honestly believe a smaller, less "brand-name" program is really what you're looking for. And at the end of the day, they still call the lady/gentleman that matched at their last choice program "dermatologist"
i agree. but just like with med school and with college before that, there will always be people who will never be happy unless they go to a brand name school. i know one of the applicants from penn this year, he/she is a total ivy league elitist. just an example.
Mar 23
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lol, I wonder if we're thinking of the same person
Mar 23
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Is it me?
Mar 23
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| Maybe who are you lol?
Mar 23
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initials E.M
Mar 23
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^^^Lotta anxiety here right now lol....
Apparently we're not allowed to post interview invites from top programs on this spreadsheet (see Yale, UCSF)
Mar 23
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Harvard, Stanford, Penn, and NYU will crash the sheet
Mar 23
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Mid or low-tier program sends out an invite -> "Congrats! Internal or external? Any ties to the program?" vs Top-tier program send out an invite "I DIDNT GET AN INVITE THERE SO YOU MUST BE A TROLL. WHY ARE YOU COMMENTING ANONYMOUSLY? LIARRRRRRRRR"
Mar 23
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Please stop. This is not productive.
Mar 23
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This is the most stressed out I have been... ever. x4
there's still 60% of programs that are waiting to send out invites. hang in there!
Mar 23
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Still 60%! Not to mention some places have only released partially (Penn just internal, Michigan just research track, Case Western just DO, Broward just physician only, etc. etc.)
Mar 23
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There's like no way I'm going to have 8-9 interviews (average from last year) at this point. I just don't understand this process.
Honestly, quit thinking you need to get to 8 or 9. There are people every year who match with much less than that. At every interview you go to (even if it's just 1), just fucking kill it there. it's cliche to say, but you only need that one interview to match.
Mar 23
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You realize statistically, 1 interview means like a 25% chance of matching right?
Mar 23
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There are still 39 derm (and 2 med-derm) programs who have yet to send out invitations. Hang in there!
Mar 23
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There's only 1 med-derm program (Penn) that hasn't sent out invites. The other 4 have already.
Mar 23
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what about that blue-colored arizona program at the bottom?
Mar 23
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That's not a med-derm program lol not sure why it's blue
Mar 23
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Hey, mods. Can we fix that please?
Mar 23
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Also, based on the number of swap requests listed here (which I'm sure is just a small proportion of all conflicts), there might be more invites coming from programs soon, even if they've already sent out their primary wave.
Mar 23
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This is so true. If you look at the 2015-2016 spreadsheet you will see that people received many more interviews than they actually went on in many cases. I'd expect the same to occur this year as well.
Mar 23
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Someone on the interview swap tab is holding two interviews on 11/29, too late to cancel and let someone else attend. Kind of annoying. At some point if you can't arrange a swap you need to cancel.
Yeah. Let's try to give the programs and other applicants a 2-week notice if we can.
Mar 23
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we know youre gonna go to UPMC. drop your Penn State interview and let it come to one of us like sweet Hershey chocolate
Mar 23
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Agreed. Have edited conditional formatting to highlight (in red) dates that are within the next 2 weeks.
Mar 23
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Cool!
Mar 23
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you know, its just dumber than dumb to hold on to an interview that you cant go to because statistically it could mean that the person you knocked off of that potential interview is more likely to take your spot in the match.... especially in the same state where some people have ties.... its just really dumb to do that besides being mean. Let people have the interviews at places you dont want to go because then they might match there and will be less competition for the places you actually want to match at!! it just makes sense people!!!
Mar 23
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lol this has been resolved and canceled the psu interview last week, i just dont go on this psycho spreadsheet when i dont have to
Mar 23
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Any news on UPenn externals? Did those go out?
No, they do not release invites (other than internals) until last week of Nov, first week of Dec!
Mar 23
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Thanks!
Mar 23
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Dear applicant with two interviews scheduled for 11/29. There is 1 week left. Please be courteous to your fellow applicants and drop one of your interviews.
Anyone else think the two VCU people are a perfect swap but they probably forgot that about their swap request?
Mar 23
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Contact info is right on the sheet if you want to contact them direcly and give them a heads up
Mar 23
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done lol
Mar 23
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The dbaggery with double booking is unbelievable. Wish this was all done through ERAS and applicants couldn't do this in the first place. x2
Mar 23
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This 11/29 applicant was actually TRIPLE booked with Yale initially, if you look at the resolved swaps.
Mar 23
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Too close to the interview date and a program probably can't even accommodate a swap, the interviewers have to read over files in advance
Mar 23
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Its a small world and people will find out about this bullshit
Mar 23
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If anyone can switch with their UPMC or Penn State interview date with me, that would be fantastic. Otherwise, please leave me alone. These programs don't even have waitlists. They're not going to pull one of you guys in at the last minute. Thanks.
Mar 23
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Damn, ice cold reply. But it is a little messed up people are attacking the person for doing something, almost everyone here would probably do too in the same situation
Mar 23
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I don't have sympathy for the applicant who's manipulating the interview system. If he/she cancels right before an interview, or no-shows, their school should hear about it and word should spread. Do you think the program that gets shafted will invite future applicants from that school?
Mar 23
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These programs don't even have waitlists --- you can't be serious. Just because a program doesn't send out a waitlist doesn't mean they don't have alternates they will offer an interview when people cancel. Programs have a number of interviews they want to conduct in order to ensure they match all their spots. If everyone like you refused to drop an interview until the last minute, you are putting these programs in a bad spot and hurting another person's chance of matching. x3 again canceled psu last week and just didnt update this spreadsheet so yall are wasting your time complaining about me
Mar 23
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This person forgets that several lines up they asked if anyone could switch their UPMC or Penn State interview date with them
Mar 23
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Has UPenn give out interviews for external applicants?
Their website says they will send out invites by Dec. 15th, so its possible they have not sent out external interviews yet, though I am not sure.
Mar 23
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I do know someone personally who is an external, non-rotator from philly who got an invite at the beginning of the month...perhaps they also invited locals as per last years spreadsheet?
Mar 23
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External, non-rotator here with no Philly ties. I received an invite from them as well.
Mar 23
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the UPenn invites went out over a month ago (external, didn't rotate, no affiliation with Philly)
Mar 23
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Received info from a reliable source saying to expect more interviews to go out in early December (maybe this coming week?) sorry I can't be more specific!
Mar 23
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<--- woot!
Mar 23
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https://www.pennmedicine.org/departments-and-centers/dermatology/dermatology-education-and-training/residency-training-programs
Mar 23
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UPenn invite, external non-rotator, email
Congrats!
Mar 23
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Thanks!!!| me too, yay!
Mar 23
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Congrats! Was this regular derm track? Anyone hear from CTCL, research, or med/derm tracks?
Mar 23
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regular track
Mar 23
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Did anyone get 1/18 for Penn? (This is not a swap request, just curious)
Yes
Mar 23
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Did this date go mostly out to internal applicants, rotators and locals?
Mar 23
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Internal here. All of the internals and locals interviewed 12/4. There are rotators who weren't there.
Mar 23
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Is Penn giving out any more interviews?
I hope so! A reliable source told me they are not done extending invites. They also have several tracks like med-derm, research track, and CTCL that have not extended invites yet
Mar 23
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Just a heads up, I think the only date offered for the regular track is 1/11 at the moment
Mar 23
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Research interviews are from 1/4-5; the coordinator said they're sending them out soon (I'm an internal). I dunno if there are also regular-track interviews on that day
Mar 23
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Thanks for clarifying! I've updated my comment reflecting this one. Coord also noted that most spots on 1/4 are reserved for research track and med-derm applicants as I couldn't switch in |
Mar 23
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Are you talking about U Penn or Penn state?
Mar 23
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Penn = UPenn
Mar 23
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Haven't heard anything! |