What applicants said about Indiana University SOM in the 2020 cycle

What did people that interviewed at Indiana think? I don't know why they went unmatched - I think it was an error with the match list submission and not truly lack of interest.

<- the chair felt a bit arrogant/douchey but I heard that the rest of the faculty are super nice and it makes up for it. strong research and relatively low COL in Indy. I'm also shocked they went unmatched last year, and it was almost definitely a technical error since I know people who ranked it #1

Our group went late but it was ~12:30. Sat in a large room with tables, mixed seating between applicants and faculty. You're free to leave whenever, there's no pressure. Some people left even before lunch for flights and they were understanding. I ate some food and left around 1 no problem.

IU had to soap all 4 spots i think << IU is Indiana University?

yes

< how do you know? Is there a list of SOAP spots?

i saw it on the 2018-2019 spreadsheet around match time

Anyone know what happened with the IU program? I heard it may have been an ERAS submission error since they are otherwise regarded as a good program. Has any derm program ever had to SOAP all spots?

So I still have a chance to match into derm?

meh weird if it was a error cause I heard they matched like 1 of the spots and others were SOAP

ooooh i didnt know they matched 1 << didn't they match someone from Harvard? Was that through SOAP?

yes i think so

wow a Harvard med student didn't match? << I heard a couple of harvard people didnt match derm... << HOW DID THEY LIKE THEM APPLES

wow that's crazy! did they have disciplinary problems?

yeah one of them got DUI

the one that matched IU or unmatched?

IU

lol damn

how was this info even leaked lmao << a resident on one of my aways had just come back from leave.....for a DUI. Their mug shot came up on Google next to their professional headshot.

how long a leave do you have to take for a DUI? Not that I'm planning on getting one lol

LMAO, also its amazing they let him/her come back

wait you're saying the Harvard student that matched at IU got a DUI?

didn't UMASS or UCONN match all IMGs, was that through SOAP or intentional? << I heard from a few reliable sources that UMass intentionally matched 2 IMGs and took 1 resident who was switching from another specialty at UMass. They did not SOAP and from their website it looks like one of the first times ever they didn't take at least 1 of their own students. Not to say non-traditional applicants don't deserve a shot, but there are many fantastic US MD seniors who didn't match last year.

Indiana matched 1 of their 5 spots last year without the SOAP. They have 5 spots every 3rd year (back to 4 this year).

so what's wrong with the program? How come they had to SOAP? <I rotated there - there was one mean attending but everything else seemed good - not sure how I’d explain it being the only program that needed to SOAP and having 80% of its spots go unfilled (before the SOAP)

Have you talked to the program coordinator?

yes- all spots for december are full Did you bring up the extenuating circumstances with your couples match? Sometimes they can try and squeeze one in if it's for a really good reason. If not, keeping my fingers crossed you find someone who can switch

i dont know if this is such an extenuating circumstance. they can interview on different days if they both got interviews. that's what me and my fiance did. itll work out don't worry!! :]

yes

< how do you know? Is there a list of SOAP spots?

i saw it on the 2018-2019 spreadsheet around match time

Anyone know what happened with the IU program? I heard it may have been an ERAS submission error since they are otherwise regarded as a good program. Has any derm program ever had to SOAP all spots?

So I still have a chance to match into derm?

meh weird if it was a error cause I heard they matched like 1 of the spots and others were SOAP

ooooh i didnt know they matched 1 << didn't they match someone from Harvard? Was that through SOAP?

yes i think so

wow a Harvard med student didn't match? << I heard a couple of harvard people didnt match derm... << HOW DID THEY LIKE THEM APPLES

wow that's crazy! did they have disciplinary problems?

yeah one of them got DUI

the one that matched IU or unmatched?

IU

lol damn

how was this info even leaked lmao << a resident on one of my aways had just come back from leave.....for a DUI. Their mug shot came up on Google next to their professional headshot.

how long a leave do you have to take for a DUI? Not that I'm planning on getting one lol

LMAO, also its amazing they let him/her come back

wait you're saying the Harvard student that matched at IU got a DUI?

didn't UMASS or UCONN match all IMGs, was that through SOAP or intentional? << I heard from a few reliable sources that UMass intentionally matched 2 IMGs and took 1 resident who was switching from another specialty at UMass. They did not SOAP and from their website it looks like one of the first times ever they didn't take at least 1 of their own students. Not to say non-traditional applicants don't deserve a shot, but there are many fantastic US MD seniors who didn't match last year.

Indiana matched 1 of their 5 spots last year without the SOAP. They have 5 spots every 3rd year (back to 4 this year).

so what's wrong with the program? How come they had to SOAP? <I rotated there - there was one mean attending but everything else seemed good - not sure how I’d explain it being the only program that needed to SOAP and having 80% of its spots go unfilled (before the SOAP)