IamNikolas
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Posts: 41
(10/13/01 4:30:39 pm)
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Away Rotations
I'm sure everyone will be asked where they did away electives during interviews...I'm wondering if
programs care WHERE you did your aways...for example, if you did your away electives at competitive
programs (say, HSS, Duke, Penn, etc.) is this going to hurt your chances at the less competitive
programs? I was told that such programs may think you will not rank them highly, and so they wouldn't
put you high on their rank list either. Is there any truth to this?
DrNukeOrthoMan
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(10/15/01 11:00:05 am)
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Chill man
hey Iamnikolas, Man you've been posting so much on this forum, I'm beginning to wonder if you do
anything else. Just chill dude. If you've done all that you can and have got the scores and stuff, then
stop worrying. You'll be fine. You'll get in where you fit in if you catch my drift. later
IamNikolas
Registered User
Posts: 42
(10/15/01 11:38:38 am)
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Thanks for answering the question
Thanks dr. nuke...for your totally unhelpful and condescending, albeit somewhat encouraging comments.
I am sort of addicted to this site...I check it every time i check my email.
DrNukeOrthoMan
OSRR Newbie
Posts: 3
(10/16/01 7:04:05 am)
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IamNikolas
Hey man, I wasn't intending to be condescending or crass. I just come from the lot that gets it done and
doesn't sit there worrying about every little detail. I'm sure that if you really want ortho and you've made
the grades and done your homework, you'll get in somewhere. How many programs did you apply to?
best of luck
Dr. Nuke
IamNikolas
OSRR Junior
Posts: 43
(10/16/01 9:44:06 am)
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re:
applied to 38.
good luck.
Nick.
OrthoStud
OSRR Junior
Posts: 42
(10/20/01 2:13:08 pm)
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away electives
i don't think programs will care much about where you've done electives...they may ask you, but I doubt
if that would influence their opinion of you as a candidate for their program.
I know of one guy last year who rotated at Cleveland clinic and NYU-joint disease and matched at a small
community program... you just shouldn't go on about how great those programs are at your interview.
Anyone else?
Earthdawg
OSRR Intern
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(10/20/01 3:01:13 pm)
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Away Rotations
I would have to disagree a bit with orthostud. Last year I got asked where I had rotated at virtually every
interview. Programs are VERY concerned where you did your away rotations because it provides
information to them as to your interests. Just like candidates, program chairmen want to know how
interested candidates are in THEIR program, and I'm sure it affects rank lists to a degree. If a program
chair ranks only candidates that have little interest in their program, they run the risk of not filling, or
ending up with a class full of people from the lower end of their rank list. That certainly doesn't mean you
won't match somewhere if you don't match there. As orthostud said, you certainly don't want to
interview at Community Program A, and go on and on about how great Academic Program B is, or vice
versa. Also, be careful not to berate other programs either - you could come across as a whiner. Don't
forget, the ortho world smaller than you realize, and if you bash a program halfway across the country,
you could be bashing your interviewer's good friend's program without knowing it. I found out after the
fact many times that the person I was interviewing with was (or brothers) with someone at one of the
programs I rotated at. I recommend that you be kind to the programs you rotated at and when asked
and simply relate the positive experiences you had while there. More importantly, try and spell out why
you are interested in a particular program when you interview there.
orthogirl
OSRR Newbie
Posts: 1
(10/30/01 1:51:09 pm)
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Re: Away Rotations
I completely agree with Earthdawg. The majority of the programs I interviewed with asked me about my
away rotation.
IamNikolas
OSRR Junior
Posts: 45
(10/30/01 3:40:59 pm)
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re:
thanks a lot for the replies orthostud,earthdog and orthogirl...
i'm still wondering how to show interest in community programs when all of my aways have been at
academic programs...i feel like they would see right through me.
any ideas? or should i just be honest about my interest in academics?
Thanks.
