SIU SOM & Affil Hosps-IL

additional edits: loyola has 3 spots, U of C has 4, SIU has 2, MCW has 5

SIU has 3 as of last year

PD at Loyola said there's 4 spots this year

Absolutely. While reviewing applications, the residents and faculty note applicants they WANT to interview and then there are the so so applicants they still give the interview just in case/ curtosey/ etc. During the interview, I find it obvious the way the residents and such interact with the stellars that looked great on paper during the interview. As long as they aren't straight weirddo, I assume they will be ranking them highly. There is always that rare case of someone that is a weirdo and will drop down that list if that are just plain weird or doesnt seem like a fit

<Like the way residents interact with them during the downtime? That seems unlikely.

Very unlikely. Most residents don't know your application. If they are an interviewing resident, they probably have a limited application and don't know your scores.< It variues by program (some were blinded, others had scores/stats in front of them). However, at most programs there is no official rank list pre-interview that interviewers know about since they don't all meet together to make this list. They may each have their individual rank list generally based on their own interests and how it overlaps with the applicants they read about to prepare for the interviews but honestly there were plenty of interviewers who knew very little about me at both top and mid tier programs. Also, a lot of programs use a scoring system during interviews which is what makes their initial rank list which serves as a starting point during the rank meetings

< thought columbia was 5? <yes my mistake it's 5!

I can confirm a few residents and faculty that interviewed me were aware of my scores

<< thanks, will update

No, they attached a sheet with hotel rates too

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

<also really want to Wright State January date. Unfortunately, there are so many open interview spots for the Dec 13th date that I just don't think it's going to happen =/ > yeah...so unfortunate! I figured it is worth a try, though!

I know! I logged onto Thalamus for Wright State less than 10 min after getting the email and all Jan spots were already full! trying to stay hopeful that a few might open up as it gets closer! > I will do the same ;)

i think you made the rigth choice << Utah vs SIU? Are you kidding me? Unless you’re trying to have SIU as a program that’s “easier” to match to, Utah is superior in every way << yes, check two cells down...he dropped SIU.

Utah is not diverse, especially if you want to learn on skin of color

Is SIU diverse?????

You da best!

Just dropped my SIU for Utah... still not sure if I made the best call

<I know at my program they rate if they think applicants will rank the program highly and a lot of thatt is based on geography. This counts just as much as other big categories like "research" or "scores" << what if we're an East coast and did an away at a West coast? and also have a LOR from that west coast school? >>Midwest and did one east/one west and it ain't doing much for me << okay so it's not just me. this is really interesting+frustrating.> not sure how much more fucking obviously willing to go wherever we can be .

there is no logic...we are some of the best medical student and I'm sure most of us are extremely hard working, but we are now in a position of weakness with no power at all #jaded

medical school applications all over again haha <tbh I never felt like that then. I felt I would get in somewhere versus now I truly am worried about not matching << you better than me, i was kinda scared i wouldn't get into a med school. but yes, i am even more scared about match, because it's one and done.

<no midwest love and im from NE >> Barely any Midwest love from the Midwest lolol

east coast, away rotation in nyc. ignored at NYU, columbia. <same. and downstate potentially lol

yea east coast ignored by east coast here << cell OP here, also forgot to mention, rejected at SIU and all midwest programs basically so far. geography is not a factor for me at all because im getting nothing

did you get a letter from your NYC away rotation? << yes, got a LOR from faculty member, not sure of quality but i had to use it. and one of the residents said he really hopes to see me back for an interview (means nothing but it was nice to hear)

yeah it's frustating.

what are these programs even looking for at this point? i check all the boxes and yet still no love. sigh. << honestly, it's a great question. i dont think anyone knows and the people with double digit interviews have a legitimate reason to not care haha, they deserve it. but yeah i think it's just brutal out there because we're all just that good.

i have double digit interviews and can 100% say that there are so many people on here who are equally/if not more deserving and it's not far. I know people identical to me on paper with 1 or 2 and the whole system is entirely fucked. That being said, still hate this waiting game and feel for everyone on here. << this is the way to properly say that you have a lot of interviews. people with no tact, please take note! :)

not just tactful but also true. I also have double digits and think the system is truly just randomness and maybe only peripherally based on merit

< Me to an audience of PDs: https://youtu.be/4Irs_jeRInU?t=99 << lmao i had no idea this existed x2

Their dates overlap with a lot of programs