Winston-Salem, NC
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Who had the best hospital tour? I think OHSU hands down. They seriously took us up a tram. Gorgeous Portland views and lots of wind.
UCSD. Straight to the shores/cove x2
The Wake bus tour with Dr Feldman was awesome! We even stopped for delicious BBQ. Second time i type this because felt the need to delete my comment
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How will you guys deal with the uncertainty/anxiety between the last derm interview and match day?<SSRI - helluva drug
Are you me?
curious about how many med students are on an ssri lol I feel like 80% of my friends in med school are
If I had to guess I'd say probably 20-50%, but that's not backed up my data
wow you guys are on SSRIs? Relaxxxxxxx <definitely NOT the way to respond to your future patients.
Yeah, not that it's any of your business but while I am personally not on an SSRI, the friends I have in med school who are have been on them before med school began and is due to unrelated (to med school) trauma they had in their lives. I know this an anonymous spreadsheet and may not be indicative of how you would act / respond irl, but perhaps be a little less judgemental and dimunitive of people's experiences and current situations? x100
SSRIs are awesome!!!!
Some people on this spreadsheet are pure trash and it makes me so sad to think that they could possibly be my co-residents some day. <people are both good and bad. Wake up
what is the rejection you feel the SALTIEST bout?
pretty much every rejection
idk, i knew i wasnt going to haaavad so when i got the r i moved on. wake forest though, making me look in a fucking attachment to figure out if i was rejected? LMAO SALTY AF about that
<that rutgers "non-acceptance" was pretty annoying
< Home state programs and undergrad school (to be fair my undergrad is a top 5, but I still wanted it haha)
USC
Penn...got an interview from literally every single top 20+ program except for them, and they were my initial top choice.
strong flex
lmao
Rutgers Non-Acceptance x12
<Got my hopes up with the ERAS attachment <programs that do this with rejections are literally the worst. so annoying x20002 I think they just won the Darwin Awards for rejection letters << no, that was Wake Forest. Cryptic message and you had to open the attachment to see you were rejected.
Can't believe they send such a cryptic message and make you log in to view the rejection. So stupid.
Ugh agreed
<- lol they also titled the pdf as a non-acceptance letter
I LOL’ed and didn’t need me to open the letter
Top 5 programs in terms of skin of color training? x4
skin of color as in red man syndrome?
oh good question! I would like to know too
My guess: Mt. Sinai, Wake, Howard, UCSF, Harvard, U penn, NYU
< you forgot UTAH
NYU??? x2
absolutely NYU << dang one would think that best skin of color training would occur in places with high % skin of color pop (Detroit, Birmingham, Baltimore, etc)
really UTAH?
I think sarcasm
What about Henry Ford, Emory, UNC, NW? Henry Ford PD actually felt the need to reassure us during the interview presentation that they get to see skin cancer at community clinics because the main hospital is so heavily just skin of color
<I rotated at UNC and felt it was very diverse - agreed, very pleasantly surprised
Another vote for Wake Forest! Amy McMichael is an amazing doctor and person!
<- WF faculty seems diverse, but their patient population is still pretty rural and not as diverse
yes, but Dr. McMichael has an interest in SOC so tailors her teaching/clinic to that. She gave a talk to our program a few years ago, hence the fangirling.
Also, Hopkins has a specific initiative to support underrepresented minority faculty and residents.
Another short notice, but anyone interested in swapping their Wake Forest 12/7 for my 1/4? Please feel free to email: wakedermswap@gmail.com
For Wake Forest - are people flying to Greensboro, Raleigh-Durham, or Charlotte?
My flight connects through Charlotte to final destination of Greensboro.
Flight to Greensboro for me.
VV but was any of that a surprise for people going into the research year? They made an informed decision knowing that the year is unfunded and there is no guarantee of interviews
< may not have been a surprise, but that still doesn't make it right
would you be surprised if your son came out of the closet? EXACTLY.
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MCW Rejection x15
MCW Waitlist
Ties to Midwest, strong app, very confused how I didn't get this one and disappointed. Congrats to you all though! << not missing much << There are 600-700 applications for a handful of positions. Don't take it personally. << Applicants who are JUST as strong as you PLUS Research Years and BOMB LORs from close mentors or friends of family.
I'm starting to think that a subject like of "Application update" never means interview.
love waking up on the west coast to rejection emails <<< sometimes i wake up on the east coast to rejection emails and it's like whoa you guys got the dreams crushing started very early today
Nervous about this week's batch of interviews. Godspeed, everyone x2
V scared to wake up tomorrow.
< totally scurd!
Wake forest rejection (Finally) x4
the gift that keeps giving << why are you so excited you got the rejection? <<< Nice to finally have closure since they have had so many cycles of invites and rejects
Very nice rejection letter, not the best communication method since your heart is beating 200bpm and you have to open up a completely neutral sounding email to view the rejection letter. Literally no idea of rejection or invite until you download the PDF x2< yea ridiculous that you have to go into eras to open an attachment for a freaking rejection
PD sounds like an idiot
Makes you really appreciate the programs that put their decision in the subject title. Shout out to UNC
Wake Forest Invite x2
WOKE Forest! LMAOOOOOO THE ROLLERCOASTER CONTINUES!!!
<- if they’re not gonna invite me can they just reject me already 😭x3
maybe in the next wave of rejections lol << no, they clearly want to torture everyone
I rotated here and didn't get an interview, RIP
Mayo Rochester Rejection x3 (ERAS or Email?)<ERAS
so... what if i didn't get invited but also didn't get rejected? this gonna be like wake all over again? lol x4
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
Wake Rejection again
< welcome to the club <3 <hahaha thanks!
<- anyone still in limbo..?
Yes, and very confused
has anyone heard from Wake forest or UTSW re: prelim?
< No, emailed WF a prelim LOI and no response
Wake Rejection x 9
Why is Cooper still giving interviews? They have one position. It kinda waters down the interview invite that I got .
regardless of your invite, they will fill up all the spots they have for interviews. I doubt they are creating new interview spots, just filling the existing ones. CONGRATS!
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Stanford's was also pretty solid <Most beautiful campus on the planet