What applicants said about U Colorado SOM-Denver in the 2020 cycle

maybe//lol; could someone please confirm?

Wait what do you mean poor residents? -- yeah the residents are fine

Interviewed 20 for 6 spots They interviewed fewer applicants this year compared to previous years << also I think their interview dates had a lot of conflicts and perhaps they didn't invite additional people after some had to drop ther invites

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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very few people go unranked, you have to be super shitty, most people aren't super shitty

<so even new programs like st lukes fully matched but not tufts or colorado? wth

I bet the new programs interview a ton of people to ensure they don't go unmatched. Like maybe 20:1 vs normally programs are 10:1. CU only had like 4?:1

feel like that still doesn't make sense tho right? like UNC interviews 5:1 and I think of them similarly to colorado. just a strange ass situation << Sometimes programs overshoot and interview all 260+ AOA from top 10 schools who all end up at Harvard or UCSF. That's probably what happened to DEnver

yeah also if they did only interview 19 people and have 6 spots then they're closer to 3:1

wow 3:1!? that's.... not a smart move.

this situation is just super unlucky and unfortunate because it confirms a program's worst fear and will discourage programs next year from saving everyone time and money by interviewing fewer applicants/spot

it was an insanely low number of interviews... do 1:5 if you are so confident (which a lot of the ivy leagues do), not 1:3. that's literally idiotic << Not even the top 5 could get away with a 1:3 ratio... Agreed 1:5 is the lowest even the best programs should drop to

St. Lukes Interviewed 120 people for 2 spots, It was impossible for them not to match

LOL WHAT << They thought they would get approved for 4 spots, so they did 120 which is 30:1, then a month ago they sent an email saying "sike" we just have 2 spots <- interviewed there and got such bad vibes from the program. DNR. <- just curious what your bad vibes were, as I also interviewed there but didn't see any red flags except for them being brand new

did an away at irvine (did not interview so no conflict of interest here lol) & honestly I'd easily choose colorado. Only reason to pick irvine would be if you had a burning desire to be in SoCal. Otherwise there's a ton of driving, packed schedules with lots of boring skin checks/follow ups, lack of diversity in both pt demographics and pathology. just overall the most uninteresting rotation I went on. Thought alot of ppl were weird too

PGY-1 here. Colorado>UCI, unless you need to be in SoCal. I did an away last year at Colorado and unfortunately didn't get an interview, but when I was there, all the residents and faculty were so incredibly happy. Happiest program I've seen yet.

<<also a PGY-1, I also did an away at CO and didn't get an interview, despite this I'm not salty still think it's an amazing program, Colorado >>> UCI, really strong clinicals, strong surgery, strong basic science, strong peds derm, tons of VA autonomy, chair is really nice, residents were cool, everything is in a central location with minimal driving, facilities are gorgeous especially the VA, location/Denver is great - can't say anything bad about it // on that note... can't recommend Colorado for an away rotation, because less than half of the rotators get interviews

UCI chair is leaving...

you pay

yikessssssss< what you can't afford to park??<<that is a rude and inconsiderate statement. shame on you. << i haven't had an interview anywhere derm, prelim, or TY that made you pay for parking o_O< A hospital in NY i paid $20 parking in a garage for 3 hrs.....

At the end of the day, having to pay for parking probably isn't going to break the bank but it's a bad look on the program to put that on an applicant you've invited to your program who has already paid hotel/flight and possibly picked your program over another place due to a schedule conflict when validating parking would cost the hospital nearly nothing

congrats! which program?

Was it Colorado??<no (that was a joke since they sent out 20 rejections per person)

<thats nice to know there could still be hope lol! x2

NO x 6 ... jk hope you get it.

<x2 <<I'll equate 4 rejections with waitlist lol

WE AT 6

x2, BRING ON #7, 1 rejection for every day of the week

1 for every layer of the skin

Wait im jealous..I'm only at 4

This is just sad :(

< They sent me 2 rejections x3 << Actually 3 rejections now. x3

4TH ONE NOW, JESUS THE INCOMPETENCE

lol I'm dead. They really want to rub it in

I got 3 rejections. Wow, was I that terrible of a candidate?

the rest of us got 4 so you might only be slightly terrible lmao

Alright Colorado, I get the hint. After the second rejection, i wasn't sure. But that third rejection confirmed that you really really don't want me << They probably clicked "send" and it was slow to load so they clicked it a couple more times. << ya I get it

COLORADO PLEASE STOP IT. A MAN CAN ONLY BE KICKED WHEN DOWN SO MANY TIMES

as DJ Khaled says, "ANOTHER ONE" <LOL

colorado... pathetic, great sign for that program!

fucking quadruple tapped, TKO

so emotionally exhausted by this process that all I could muster after getting rejecte by the same program 4x in 6 min was an eyeroll

I'd like to imagine that the coordinator left their ERAS up on their computer while going to get a snack from the kitchen and then their cat just walked all over their keyboard << lol the colorado Cat

WTF was this? No apology email? Wild ride.

Probably a mistake. Call the PC.

They emailed us. Everything is taken care of.

their dates are conflict-heavy, so there's hope

Congrats! x4 << what are the dates? << Jan 10 and 13

Any research track folks?

Are they personalized or group?

No names, so I assume group.

RIP

Heartbroken

Heartbroken over Colorado... really?

Colorado is spectacular< How you gonna say really to Colorado? Colorado is the tits bitch

<Amazing program with incredible residents/faculty, interviewed there last year and ultimately ranked a different program higher (and matched there) purely for personal/family reasons, but I truly loved Colorado!

Why are residents on here? Go live your best derm life. <not derm life yet if they interviewed last year << forget these naysayers, dear resident, thank you for posting here

< also heartbroken. very strong program in every way imagineable and what an epic location! congrats to those who got it. truly an awesome place to learn derm and enjoy the derm lifestyle

UCLA sent externals very late in the past. A few of the others wait until this week...and a few are very very late compared to the past haha

< when is sinai's interview dates?

Colorado x2, Utah, brown x2, stanford x2, Saint Louis, UCLA

Mizzou and SLU?