Mayo Clinic School of Grad Med Educ-MN

<Northwestern may have been really high last year b/c they had A TON (I think 12?) of internal applicants (not including rotators - though rotators don't all get intervews).

I'm also surprised that their step i is slig lu below average for the general population of derm applicants.

look at other programs on there. They all have crazy low step scores reported. No way is the average for NW less than 250. I think programs lie.

<- as a reference, there were about 24-26 interviewees at the nu internal day (home students, away rotators, re applicants, and research fellows)

Which Derm programs offer free hotel? Henry Ford, Mayo-Rochester, Mayo-AZ... others? Penn State, I'm there this week.

Nice

Geisinger pays fo hotel as well

Mayo-Jacksonville too

Southern Illinois university as well

absolutely got what they deserved. sent us SIX EMAILS SOACED OUT OVER AN HOUR of rejections, now they might have to fucking SOAP a person they rejected. -- SOAP 2 people they rejected -- Still not worse than MAYO and their BS Survey

I don't think this is fair, clearly the multiple emails were an admin error--it's not like they were intentionally saying FU. Everyone who got interview invites also got these rejection emails too. They're a good program << Agreed, I am not mad at Colorado at all for the 6 email mistake. It was funny and accidental << Unlike Mayo which was intentional spam x2 << dude chill, clearly was a clerical error. check your ego. The coordinator is a super nice lady, just a mistake...I do wish they sent out a few more interviews though

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<I got my first one today and it was Mayo so this process definitely makes sense /s

man i feel for you, im not saying its right or anything.

I feel for UConn and Maryland internals/rotators. Only given 1 date << can you imagine if you rotated at both, and then had to pick between invites at JHU, UCSF, Northwestern, UC-Davis, UMiami, Mayo-AZ?<<that was me, i had to pick between ucsf, northwestern, mayo AZ, Davis, and hopkins <goals x3

i would love to have those problems

I hate the overlap especially since I have had to pick even though I only have 5 invites. However, with people going to 15+ or 20+ interviews, I'm glad they do this to force a little trickle. << problem is for some of us we already got rejected from these programs, so even if the spots are now open...it won't be to us :(

As someone with far more rejections than invites, we have to accept that those were not for us.

they should just reject us rather than staying in limbo x1 << Just checked last year's chat and rejections came in waves. << while you're checking chat...by this point were interviews similarly distributed? or what tf is going on? << After a couple of waves of rejections, there's Mayo limbo, which appears to be a kind of wait list in case someone scheduled from the first draft dropps... Actually looks like a formal waitlist email came out later.

WAKE me up inside (WAKE me up inside) Call my name and save me from the daaaaaark

LMAO I love you guys

WHEN ITS ALL OVER

<I was told NOT to express your interest in mohs as they will think you are just interested in money .. always say you want general derm (or peds) even if its a complete lie

Do Mohs surgeons actually make that much more? <um, YES!

But that's if you do 100% Mohs, which is super rare. You need such a large network of general derm practices to feed your Mohs practice that there are not enough cases to go around

Ask yourself if you really want to live there tho lol

What if we didn't get rejected or waitlisted? Ultimate limbo? On the waitlsit for the waitlist?

lol

thoughts on this program?

interviewed here last year and loved it! Great program in a great location, the biggest drawback is that it's a small ;dept and only 2 res per year

awesome thank you! how does this Mayo Clinic site compare to the Rochester one in terms of resources, research, pathology and future job prospects (academic and private)

didn’t interview at Rochester but it’s for sure not as much of a powerhouse. They do have good faculty and research, lots of support for research and access to Mayo patient databases in the entire Mayo system including Rochester; lots of admin support for research as well, like someone can write and submit your IRB stuff etc. as far as I remember

That's awesome! Are you guys internal or rotators by chance?<<nope, external no ties x3 << mayo-AZ doesn't have internals...

LOL I'm an idiot << Well, they do, but not for this cycle. I think their med school opened last year.

Yo anyone made contact about the hotel reservation?

Penn's website says by 11/25

<Hopkins and penn - both of these places so far out of my reach it doesn't affect me << Try not to feel this way. I was on 0 for a long time and got 2 interviews at top 10 programs. My app is so regular that I assumed it was a mistake. The point is, you never know and no program is a reach.

<haha, Mt. Sinai practically sends after Christmas, but I like the wishful thinking!

12/6 in 2017, but yes, probs too early.

Rochester MN is about 10-15F colder than Ann Arbor

Have also heard the rumor that Mayo gives more support staff. Rochester is more boring and colder than Ann Arbor with the qualifier that both are cold. Ann Arbor has stuff around it but Rochester is really isolated.

I don't think any programs require different personal statements (at least when I applied). Some people changed their personal statements for programs they were really interested in or to clarify any ties to a geographic region that may not have been evident from the rest of their application. UTSW, Mayo, Indiana, and UMass had supplemental questions that were relatively short.

UTSW wants you to submit answers to 3 questions

in lieu of a PS

UMass

UMass had supplemental questions? Can't find that on their website. Do you mean BU?

<-- No they email the supplemental question out

just got one from UMASS and UCONN

OHSU too