good luck to everybody!

[darkmansaad]

Just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone entering in the 2010 match the best of luck. Its been a long hard road so far and its time do the damn thang!!! See you on the interview trail...........

[awelchnp]

Good luck to you also! And for everyone elses sake PLEASE stay away from any a/c units........haha

[gumby]

No kidding! I think that goes for any and all heavy electrical equipment.

[miasma]

app is in. going for IM. now the waiting game begins...

[krust3]

G'luck to my fellow residency applicants!!!! here are some inspirational quotes i thought were applicable, enjoy!

"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women." Conan (the barbarian)

"It's good to laugh at yourself, but better to laugh at others." Jay Peterson (some dude i met on the subway)

"Fight like a cat, paws up! If you're going to fail, fail like a man. Fail with your belt tight! Don't tighten it up now, it's too late" Ozzie Guillen (chicago whitesox manager)

"To me it's always a good idea to carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way when someone says, 'Hey can you give me a hand?' You can say, 'Sorry, i've got these sacks.' Jack Handy

[miasma]

got first 2 interview invites today....nice IM programs in the same state....hope they keep on rolling in.

[miasma]

3 interview invites so far. hoping for more next week. fingers crossed. good luck everybody.

[krust3]

holy crap Az, nice work! at this rate you'll have to start declining some!

[Experienced]

Just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone entering in the 2010 match the best of luck. Its been a long hard road so far and its time do the damn thang!!! See you on the interview trail...........

Send a good thought to all those on Saba and in your clinicals who got you where you are right now.

Good luck!

E.

P.S. YouTube - The Beatles - Hey Bulldog - Subtitulado en español

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[ancylostoma]

Yes Az, its time you reject some interviews and share them with the rest of us..its only fair.

[darkmansaad]

First interview is in.....SUNY Downstate in Anesthesia....university programs dont usually IV this early but hey ...ILL TAKE IT!!!!!

[atropine]

First interview is in.....SUNY Downstate in Anesthesia....university programs dont usually IV this early but hey ...ILL TAKE IT!!!!!
Anesthesia, nice...Good luck.

[miasma]

got 2 today for IM....brings total to 7 so far....staying mainly in the northeast...which is nice (= good luck everybody!

[wolfvgang22]

Good luck all, and if you are looking for a good psychiatry residency I happen to know of one. ;)

[miasma]

a couple more today...one in nyc...other in baltimore...total of 10 thus far...best of luck everyone...

[darkmansaad]

im currently sittin on 2 in anesthesia....just wondering how other people in 'competitive' residencies (surgery/anesthesia/radiology/etc/etc) are faring. Not to knock IM or peds but it seems those are the only interviews going out and the other fields that interview a smaller pool of a more selected population seem to be taking their time going over applications and deciding. Just wondering if the rest of you guys agree with my assessment......and that way i can stop BUGGING OUT

[clinicalstudent555]

I was thinking the same thing...I've definitely talked to more people that are getting IM/Peds/Family Med interviews than anything else. I'm applying for EM and have gotten 3 from university programs...hopefully more to come =0)

[krust3]

Five Rads

Two pre-lim medicine

[tanthalas]

five rads

two pre-lim medicine

very nice!!!

[sgMD]

Five Rads

Two pre-lim medicine

This is impressive! Congrats...

May I ask what you got on your USMLE1? and whether or not you had any research experience/publications?

Thank you,

[darkmansaad]

you should ask him more about his bench press......KEY

[sgMD]

you should ask him more about his bench press......KEY

hahaha...sure!

what about you saad? anesthesiology is pretty impressive... besides the bench press and pumping your deltoid muscles, what did u get on USMLE approx? (if you dont mind me asking!)... and did you have research experience/publications?

and did you mention your 6-packs during your interview? ;)

[Dr Webber]

a couple more today...one in nyc...other in baltimore...total of 10 thus far...best of luck everyone...

Big congrats to you! You will DEFINATELY land one. Hard work always pays off. How many apps did you send in?

[darkmansaad]

sgMD: you'll have to ask everybody else for their stats. 248/254; 2 poster presentations accepted at national conferences, good LOR's. I havent mentioned my dieselness, will wait for interviews i hear thats actually wat they wanna hear is people that are well rounded and do things in life....which is me. But even with those #'s i feel im struggling for IV's; no med prelims have answered yet and only 2 surgery ones have (albeit they are at NYC top spots) but its a little disheartening. I've said from day one if you dont have 99's good luck matching into top residencies (if you dont have connections that is). Life as an IMG is hard and if you dont get a connection through rotations you really need those 99's man, no joke.

PS - i only have one rejection (UNC for anes) so im not sure if im still alive for other programs that have sent out IV's or if they are just going to ignore me like hot girls that i ask out on dates when they are sober?

[krust3]

This is impressive! Congrats...

May I ask what you got on your USMLE1? and whether or not you had any research experience/publications?

Thank you,


step 1: 253
step 2: 261

two master's thesis defensed- didn't seek pub.
one online case study in rads.

all means nothin till i get a match though... fingers crossed.

[sgMD]

248 and 253 on the USMLE step 1 is just impressive! seriously you guys deserve to get whatever residency you want... hopefully you will hear back from them soon... fingers crossed.... keep us posted.

[mario345]

sgMD: you'll have to ask everybody else for their stats. 248/254; 2 poster presentations accepted at national conferences, good LOR's. I havent mentioned my dieselness, will wait for interviews i hear thats actually wat they wanna hear is people that are well rounded and do things in life....which is me. But even with those #'s i feel im struggling for IV's; no med prelims have answered yet and only 2 surgery ones have (albeit they are at NYC top spots) but its a little disheartening. I've said from day one if you dont have 99's good luck matching into top residencies (if you dont have connections that is). Life as an IMG is hard and if you dont get a connection through rotations you really need those 99's man, no joke.

PS - i only have one rejection (UNC for anes) so im not sure if im still alive for other programs that have sent out IV's or if they are just going to ignore me like hot girls that i ask out on dates when they are sober?


step 1: 253
step 2: 261

two master's thesis defensed- didn't seek pub.
one online case study in rads.

all means nothin till i get a match though... fingers crossed.

baller..............

[ancylostoma]

I think the interviews should be piling up soon.

4 anesthesia invites

1 transitional program

1 medicine prelim

[darkmansaad]

just a follow up...

5 anesthesia invites (1 from West Coast!!)
3 Surgery invites

nothing from medicine or transitional prelims....dont expect any

[krust3]

as of today,

10 rads
4 prelim

definitely surprised with what programs have sent interviews and which ones sent rejections (well, maybe not the rejections so much... i mean, i'm still a foreign grad).... seems random almost.

still kinda surprised with the lack of prelim invites although i was kinda specific about the location...

from what i've been hearing, we may have the best match placement yet.

good luck on the interview trail!!!!

[miasma]

37 IM mostly east coast about 40 percent university programs. first interview tomorrow. will prob just go to 15 or so. good.luck everyone.

[awelchnp]

37 im mostly east coast about 40 percent university programs. First interview tomorrow. Will prob just go to 15 or so. Good.luck everyone.

good luck!!!!!!!