What applicants said about Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-TN in the 2018 cycle

**fingers crossed** I hope so!!! OMG I increased the coming soon formula to 5 days and now there are 18 programs upcoming that are estimated to make first contact!!! So crazy.... plus we still have not heard from VCU, MUSC, Vandy, SUNY, and Wayne State!

andddddddddd... cue the delusional outrage.

Congrats! x1

Internal or external?

Internal

External x2

hmmm stanford doesn't traditionally use ERAS for invites

The email was through ERAS but there was no ERAS scheduling (since there's only 1 date)

the denial is apparently still alive and well here

But... but... It's November, which is the 11th month of the year, and 1=2, where the 2nd letter in Stanford is "t," meaning that Stanford gives out invites on Tuesdays. IT'S A TROLL, EVERYBODY!

Stanford typically does internals on separate date - not this year?

Stanford didn't release anything lol

are you sure, how do you know? Was this the troll too? I was wondering ... MODERATORS: any news on whether this stanford thing was a troll or not?

Please don't let this turn into a UCSF-style debacle. I got an interview - you can choose to believe it or not. I love how no one questions Case Western, Vandy, or Minnesota.

Thanks! I believe you, was just confused by all these unhelpful comments. Do you mind telling me if you're external or an internal student/away rotator? I really appreciate it.

No problem, external with ties to CA I thanks!!

Hey mnahg mhyui. Don't resolve other posters' comments without copying and pasting them in.

Personally, it was very random for me location/tier/size/strengths/etc x2

Got all the local programs, and then a random mix of size/ strengths/ tiers

Mainly in same tier with a few lower tier local programs

Local interviews, east coast only (where I am from).

</-- can anyone comment on whether they thought away rotations helped them in securing interviews @ certain programs (ms3 here starting to think about where to do aways)

Vanderbilt and Emory are both great away rotations and programs and guarantee you an interview. Georgetown (Washington Hospital Center) also interviews all of their rotators.

I would avoid programs that haurantee interviews. If they grant all rotators an interview, you don't know if its a courtesy interview or if they are actually interested which wastes your time and money. It also comes with the opportunity cost of competing for interviews at another away rotation

Looking back I wish I didn't rotate at places that guaranteed an interview for this reason.

I completely disagree. I chose places I was guaranteed an interview so that I didn't waste my time. I also got letters from my aways which made my interview actually mean something since I had to work closely with the PDs to get a letter. But I also chose NOT to do aways at top 20 institutions for the exact reason people mentioned. Just be smart and do aways where you'd want to go and rock them.

I find it hard to believe "courtesy" interviews are not legitimate interviews-as valuable as a dermatologist's time is, they wouldn't simply waste it just to be nice to an applicant they know stands no chance. Unless there's credible info from a selection committee member on here or online an interview is still an interview.

I chose to do 4 away rotations. 2 at places where interviews are guarenteed and 2 where they are not. I think this approach helped me. I got letters from my aways, including a very reputable doc and this has been brought up at EVERY single derm interview.

It is absolutely a fact that courtesy interviews exist. There are people interviewed on interview day that have previously been assigned "do not rank" status