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What applicants said about The MetroHealth Sys/Case Western-OH in the 2020 cycle

Cleveland, OH

The MetroHealth Sys/Case Western-OH

Applicant sentiment — from 24 anonymous posts, 2019-2020 Derm

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AI-generated summary of opinions expressed in anonymous, unverified posts. It describes what posters wrote, not verified facts about this program. · Updated Aug 2026 · Full program summary · Contest or respond to this entry · Takedown & right of reply

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How long has broward's derm program been around?

#2550Mar 23

DO program for a few years - just started taking MDs last year -- Broward is one of the most favorable MD programs of the previous DO residencies. They're already almost 50/50 and many DOs have said that they think it will be 100% MD within 5 years. They also transitioned way early on and have been accredited for a while now

Mar 23
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Likelihood of them actually taking MDs rather than DOs? Have heard even though these programs are now accepting MDs, they still prefer DOs

Mar 23
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I know an MD who matched last year <you can see the current residents on the website. they have 3 MDs and 5 DOs. seems they are taking more MDs now

Mar 23
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Its really not fair to not consider MDs

Mar 23
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why not?

Mar 23
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And you wonder why some MD programs have DO bias...

Mar 23
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Haven't met an MD program with DO bias - rather way too many MD programs with MD bias.

Mar 23
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case western lol

Mar 23
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Anyone able to switch Case Western/Metro Health who has 1/31 (I have 1/24)?

#2338Mar 23
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What is the difference between Casewestern (University Hospitals) vs Metrohealth (casewestern)? I am so confused

#2319Mar 23

Isn't one of them DO?

Mar 23
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UH has 6 spots, 4 are MD and 2 are DO. It is more of an academic hospital. Metro is more of a community hospital and has 2-3 spots per year (2 this year). They are MD, but have been friendly to DOs in the past too. Both hospitals (and Cleveland Clinic) have affiliations with Case, but UH is basically what people mean when they say Case.

Mar 23
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wtf why waste spots on DOs

Mar 23
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omg that's so harsh

Mar 23
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Metrohealth (Case Western) invite x3

#2302Mar 23
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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center invite (Case Western) x5

#2260Mar 23

<email or eras? personalized? external/rotator/internal? thanks! <- email, generic, external and no regional ties <thanks and congrats! <what are their interview dates? January 11 and January 30

Mar 23
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Any thoughts on this program? There's a pretty negative comment on Doximity

Mar 23
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Do any internals or rotators have insight on when Case Western (MD) invites might come out? Currently delaying booking a flight, but can't wait much longer :/

#2219Mar 23

Unsure but they haven't come out for internals yet

Mar 23
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Do we know if Case Western UH sent out MD invites?

#2206Mar 23

I think it was the osteopathic track released

Mar 23
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What programs are left?

#2197Mar 23

Florida St, Roger Williams, University Hospitals, MetroHealth/Case Western, Puerto Rico, rutgers --- Is CaseWestern for MD Still open???

Mar 23
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KCUMB Mesa, Larkin-Hialeah, Beaumonth Health (Trenton), Still OPTI (Kirksville), Riverside (Ohio Health)

Mar 23
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rutgers already sent out invites and rejections.

Mar 23
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What is University Hospitals?

Mar 23
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Case Western

Mar 23
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Case Western/UH DO interview x2

#2196Mar 23

< just DO?

Mar 23
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DO are DOCs too. Don't discriminate or hate. Look yourself in the mirror

Mar 23
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Not their point. You're crazy x1

Mar 23
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I think it was a joke

Mar 23
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you're a joke

Mar 23
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<Any MDs get this?

Mar 23
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Phd here and got it

Mar 23
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Predications for this week? Maybe UCLA, Brown?

#2145Mar 23

arent those the only two left? what about casewestern?

Mar 23
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there's a lot left (loma linda, case western, einstein, brown ucla, fsu, temple, baylor in dallas, etc.)

Mar 23
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I have about 10 places I applied to that have not sent invites/external invites...and I did not apply everywhere x2 <just look at the interview invites spreadsheet to see who's left

Mar 23
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has baylor come out? (it seems that baylor houston already did)

Mar 23
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baylor houston came out for internals only so far (pls correct this if I'm wrong)

Mar 23
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Can I wait till after ranking to take Step 2 CK?

#1990Mar 23

x 2 how do we find out if we actually need this or not. Don't want to bomb it in case I have to do this all over again if I don't match...

Mar 23
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< I feel your pain

Mar 23
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But serious question though...My school doesn’t care.

Mar 23
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i heard others mentioning that some schools require it to rank, but idk which programs

Mar 23
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< I know UCSF and Case Western do

Mar 23
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For Case Western questionnaire, what is the difference between the second and third question?? x2I am so confused? What if we haven't taken all the cores yet?

#1528Mar 23

i just filled out both of them the same bc i assume its a mistake << I filled it out before they added the 2nd questions 2 times

Mar 23
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How can you not have taken the cores yet and be a MS4?<because some schools make it impossible to finish all your cores+do a derm elective/and or sub I+aways+time for research

Mar 23
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< I also don't understand difference between question 2 and 3. I am in a H/HP/P/F system.

Mar 23
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<< They screwed up. Originally it was 4 questions and somehow there's now 5. That question got duplicated

Mar 23
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This is gonna be real awkward when my pass fail school means that my answers to this questionnaire are useless

Mar 23
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For the Case Western questionnaire, what is the difference between questions 2 and 3? 2. Please click the option that represents the number of core rotations in which you obtained the second-to-top possible grade (High Pass, Commendable, or equivalent at your institution). Choose one. 3. Please click the option that represents the number of core rotations in which you obtained the second-to-top possible grade (Honors, Pass, Fail, or equivalent at your institution). Choose one. * * They updated the document and made a mistake --> yeah those questions are different than what I have #1. is asking for honors #2 is asking for high pass. >> Can someone please explain how to answer these questions? Does it mean if you have 6 high pass then you have zero second-to-top?

#1502Mar 23

I would say N/A for #2 if you have 6 of the highest grades NOTE: Rotations included are: Family Medicine, Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery.

Mar 23
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Do you guys have your class rank? I don't know it and my school is giving me a hard time. Anyone having the same problem? << Not applying to CW but my school will not tell us our rank. << I did not put it in and just submitted. most schools do not tell you rank --> do you think it looks bad not to submit the class rank? What did you put in the box instead since it is required?

Mar 23
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"N/A" or "not ranked" for schools that do not do internal rankings. Alternative is making something up haha, so I think they won't mind << absolutely ridiculous that they ask for this without going through your school

Mar 23
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If we all put N/A they will have to actually read our applications.

Mar 23
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anyone not get the case western questionnaire?

#1501Mar 23

i did not get it . | I thought i didn't, but then i checked and noticed I didn't apply to this one. oops << lol I forgot to apply too. Were they late in listing the program on ERAS or something? Because I applied to a lot of places and wouldn't have skipped saving it if I saw it.

Mar 23
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<lots of DO residents. is it a DO program?

Mar 23
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It has 4 MD and 2 DO a year. Its an MD program with 2 spots saved for DOs

Mar 23
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Anyone got a Case western questionnaire? - is neuro considered a core clerkship? << what are the core clerkships?

#1498Mar 23

they list the ones they consider on the top of the survey--- thank you! totally missed that. <<<< case western UH is a very malignant derm program....i interviewed there last year and hated it, didnt get good vibes from PD/Chair, and i also disliked how they sent us that survey that made it easier for them to judge us solely off metrics..

Mar 23
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yesx10 4 questions on it: How many Honors? How many High Pass? Are you AOA? What is your Class Rank? ...wow << silly questions but if you aswer 6 in one then have to answer zero in the other right? or did i read it wrong?

Mar 23
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great to know this is all they value and couln't review MSPE

Mar 23
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wonder if they send this to all applicants? X2 << Not to be rude, but isn't all this in our application... << I agree with you 100% haha <<< so have they not even looked at our apps yet? lol << are they even allowed to ask for our class rank? I thought the Dean has to send that x2

Mar 23
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Do you think "top grade" means A in general or A+.....? << Depends on what is the equivalent of H. you don't want to stretch the truth incase they look on your app after, but I agree it is hard to fill it out since we all have different grading scales and different cores

Mar 23
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we don't have honors and they don't tell us our rank? also virtually no one gets an A+. idk how to fill this out

Mar 23
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I put n/a for rank

Mar 23
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hard to fill this out << yeah, this is ridiculous << this supplement seems insanely lazy. Everything is in our MSPE. Also makes it clear they only seem to care about 2 metrics x2

Mar 23
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yeah, it's pretty insulting. i am more than my grades..... x5

Mar 23
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goes to show how silly the whole system is, we are being compared across schools in terms of grades, but each school does it so differently that it shouldn't really be such a big factor in whether we receive interviews or not at any institution. x2

Mar 23
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Did everyone who applied get this?

Mar 23
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Does anyone know the difference between the Metro Health and the University Hospitals program (both are Case Western)?

Mar 23
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<Both are affiliated with Case; Metro is the county hospital, so you tend to see more Spanish-speaking patients, patients on Medicaid, etc; UH is more academic. Also UH is a bigger program (6 per year vs 2-3 per year at Metro); That said, Metro is a very-tight knit group of residents who are very much like a family (cheesy, I know, but true) << Thank you, good summary!!

Mar 23
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Realizing I only applied to Metro as I thought the UH was DO only, oops!...anyone else? << Lolll same, thought it was DO

Mar 23
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do you think it's worth emailing/explaining and submitting now? << No. I think it's too late.

Mar 23
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UH does their interview invites by a point system. So you get points for different things (including class rank, honors, AOA/SSP, publications, what type of journal it was, what number author you were). This is their easy way of creating the points for us. << that sounds terrible

Mar 23
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Guys, try it for yourself, if you say something about unethical research, the cell gets deleted. It's a cool magic trick!

Mar 23
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<Strange

Mar 23
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There is absolutely no way this Case survey is for research - appears to be a lazy way to make us do their data entry for them to auto-grade our applications

Mar 23
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Ew, that's even worse

Mar 23
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IM programs go through thousands of applications, and they need to use a survey doc/point system to go through a few hundred? << Pretty frustrating x4

Mar 23
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im just shocked they haven't looked at our apps yet. << I heard that UW PD just started looking at apps this week

Mar 23
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for those who received, was it via eras or email?--> email

Mar 23
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