Rejections 2005-2006

OHSU gave me the heisman today via ERAS

Greenville says no thanks via generic ERAS only.

Loma Linda today by snail mail.

Oregon says NO

Medical U of S.C. can't offer me an interview.

But they did give me honorary mention because they were able to use the back of my application as scratch paper while creating the list of canidates who deserved an interview.

Thanks MUSC !!
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Rush and MUSC kicked me in the nuts...and pointed and laughed while doing it.

Rush says no.

UCSD gave me the axe via ERAS email.

Dear Jalby,
We here at the Orthopedics department cannot explain the gratitude we have for you choosing to apply to our measly little program. Thank you for giving us this vote of confidence. Unfortunately, we don't like you enough to give you an interview. Thanks again for the vote of confidence in out program.
Sincerely,
UCSD Orthopedics department

Before people lose their minds the schools I mentioned in the interview versus non-interview offers were strictly used to make a point of how the game is so unpredictable. I have not received final notices from all those programs. Specifically HSS. I had to say that as I do not want to spread incorrect information and cause any of us any undo and un-needed stress. Accept my apologize if I was too late in preventing either.

Peace,

I have gotten acceptances at some places and rejections from some places. With both coming from strong academic and smaller community programs. I got an interview at one of my home state institutions and not at the other. Got an interview at Case, Einstein Phily, & HSS, but not Harvard or Miami. This is a game that none of us can predict. Doesn't ease the frustration, but it is what it is. The interesting part about it all is that we were all warned by our predecessors that this would be a crazy and unpredictable game. Yet, most of us, including myself at times are completely at awe. LOL. It is kind of funny. Or maybe I just laugh to keep from cursing.

By the way, I am not the traditional ortho candidate. Take that as you wish and how I am sure some of you will take it and you will sit at home wondering why myself or another person who is not 260 and God's to the ortho world got interviews in the 1st place.

Obviously this is like rolling dice. Lol. Just humor perspective. Take nothing personally. Good luck to all and to all a good night.
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In regards to previous comments made regarding the interview selection process. I do not believe it matters where you go to medical school, what your grades/board scores/AOA status are; or what your letters say. If you are a qualified candidate for an orthopaedic residency, ie. you are not a dumbass then you probably will get interviews if you apply to enough programs.

I am not AOA, not 250 and not an ivy league student. However, I got interviews across the midwest, east coast and south. I didn't apply anywhere else. A classmate of mine who has slightly better numbers did apply all over and has interviews at all of the top programs in the country. Neither of us are ivy leaguers. Yet he didn't get interviews at some of the places that I did and his numbers are good enough for Wash U/Iowa/Mayo etc.

None of it makes since. The point is that programs have to guess not only on who will be good residents but also on who will actually rank them high enough to fill their spots.

If you are a up and coming M3 interested in ortho, I agree with priapism in that you should save as much money for drinking but don't be discouraged from applying to different regions.

JackDanielsIfYouPlease

Yes Tufts hates me. too.... They suggested that next time I apply please do not send in a full body shot in profile showing my priapism....
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Tufts hates me, alot
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I think you guys are discouraging future applicants. Its really not that bad; just look at the lists of residents at any NE school and you'll find plenty of people from non-Ivy's. I suspect it has less to do with politics but rather w/ programs trying to guess at who is more likely to end up there. So when a NE program looks at a mid-west applicant who has grown up in the midwest and never been to the coast they may think that this applicant is more likely to rank programs in the midwest higher because its closer to home etc. Same for the new yorker who has never left the city - why would a program in the midwest think they could snag a competetive applicant away from Manhattan? So if you're from midwest and want to go to east coast, show it - try to do some rotations there, personalize your personal statement, etc.

I also think that it varies with the faculty of each program. I would guess that if you apply to a program where an influential faculty member (chairman, or program director, etc) went to your medschool or did a residency at your institution your chances probably increase. Unfortunately, people tend to stay in the same geographic area, hence the discrepancy in interview offers.

If our friendly residency coordinator is reading this, maybe they could offer some advice on this.

i agree the politics of this are wack. I am AOA, 250 good med school plenty of research and i am from the midwest trying to get out. Not a single NE school has shown me love. But the midwest loves me. looks like im stuck for 5 more yrs

hey sicklecellphallus

same thing applies to non-ivy eastcosters men.....i dont think i got any interviews from the mid west........unless u count grad rapids and the hford.

newyz miami officially ended my dreams of repopulating miami..... with cuban chics....

Colorado, Duke, and Penn all told me to go take a walk on the brown side.

I am loving the sarcasm...I just finished step2 --hopefully thats the last time I have to think about all the ways a vagina can bleed or what a 75 year old woman's uterus should look like.....
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This experience has been difficult and trying....and I have learned that if your from the midwest....it dosent matter what kind of scores/grades/letters u have....if your school dosent have an "ivy" in it you get tossed into the community college stack of files....

I wish I knew this I could have saved a few hundred bucks and bought a lot of beer....so if any third year med students are reading this.....just apply to all the midwest places get interviews and save all the application money you would have spent on applying to the east coast schools and throw yourself one hell of a bash when you match......
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Penn regrets that I wasted my time by applying to them because I didn't go to Harvard et. al.