Interview Invites 2017 - 2018

[Guest]

No need to be mean to others. If you have nothing good to share, I think most of us would appreciate if you keep your comments to yourself. Some of us have been very fortunate others have not, but no need to rub things on their face. Just understand that some people are in a stressful position.

[Guest]

(10-20-2017, 05:12 PM)Guest Wrote: For realz, I feel all the interviews are going to the same 50 people.  You’re all the same: ~250, elite med schools or md phds, and padded fluff for research.  I wish someone would have told me that before this started

I am not sure why this is comes as a surprise. The bar to entry to neurosurgery is very high, you are now competing with the top of the class from nearly every medical school.

[Guest]

(10-20-2017, 01:29 PM)Guest Wrote:

(10-20-2017, 12:35 PM)Guest Wrote: when is a good time to start emailing programs we haven't heard from that we are still interested in interviewing there? and do we usually email the coordinator or the director?

Just don't.  They know.  You applied.  Everyone else wants an interview too.  You didn't get one.  Someone more attractive did.  That's how life works.

Well, i'm not sure it's that simple actually.  For some applicants, sure, there is a competitiveness issue.  But in other cases, a good applicant may get an interview at Barrow but not a 'less competitive' school that they might be really interested in for geographic/personal reasons.  Is there a way to signal this?

[Guest]

(10-21-2017, 11:49 AM)Guest Wrote:

(10-20-2017, 01:29 PM)Guest Wrote:

(10-20-2017, 12:35 PM)Guest Wrote: when is a good time to start emailing programs we haven't heard from that we are still interested in interviewing there? and do we usually email the coordinator or the director?

Just don't.  They know.  You applied.  Everyone else wants an interview too.  You didn't get one.  Someone more attractive did.  That's how life works.

Well, i'm not sure it's that simple actually.  For some applicants, sure, there is a competitiveness issue.  But in other cases, a good applicant may get an interview at Barrow but not a 'less competitive' school that they might be really interested in for geographic/personal reasons.  Is there a way to signal this?

The best way would have been to do a sub-I there.

[Guest]

What could really move a program to interview someone that they did not pick for interview would be a call from someone connected on that person's behalf. Program Directors and Chairs trust or at least give deference to the opinions of friends and colleagues. Barring that, sending additional info and showing interest can't hurt and if you are on their backup interview wait-list, it may move you up the ladder. Key is not to give up. Match is a fluid process and anything can happen.

Regarding a previous post, of course the elite applicants should be getting interviews at any program that they apply to. This specialty, especially, needs the best of the best and everything must be done towards attracting them. So don't worry about them, get to work and increase the chances for yourself as there aren't enough elite candidates to fill all of the spots.

[Guest]

I am from a lower tier school but I agree, if you're from an elite program you should be getting interviews over me. Everyone knows what they're signing up for going into this.

[Guest]

Wow, ENT applications are down even more this year. I should have dual applied. They might have respected my 230s but with 25 publications more than this prestige laden astronomical Step 1 obsessed field.

[Guest]

Actually, for the past few years ENT’s average step 1 score has been higher than or the same as Neurosurgery’s. Just in 2016 the average match score for Neurosurgery applicants was 249 (step 1) and 251 (step2ck) and for ENT it was 248 and 253 respectively

[Guest]

Updated Emory, Dartmouth, and mayo rochester 2nd round


Invites:
9/17 - Indiana (10/27-28, 12/8-9)
9/17, 9/20 - Maryland (11/10, 11/30, 12/4, 12/12)
9/19 - Penn State (10/20, 12/8, 1/19)
9/20, 9/21 - Texas A&M Scott and White (10/16, 11/13, 12/11)
9/21, 9/27 - University of Wisconsin (10/15-16, 11/13-14, 12/5-6, 1/17-18)
9/21, 9/22 - University of Florida (10/16, 10/26, 11/14, 12/6)
9/21 - Saint Louis University (10/07, 11/18, 12/16)
9/21 - Yale (11/9-10, 11/30-12/1, 12/14-15, 1/11-12)
9/22 - Georgetown (10/19, 11/16, 12/7)
9/22 - Cleveland Clinic (10/20, 11/3)
9/22 - University of Illinois Peoria (10/28, 11/11, backup date = 12/9)
9/22, 10/14 - Michigan (10/27, 11/13, 11/21)
9/22, 9/26 - Medical College of Wisconsin (11/4, 11/18, 12/9)
9/22 - Geisinger (10/27, 11/10)
9/22 - Houston Methodist (12/8, 12/15, 1/12)
9/22, 10/4 - Utah (11/8, 12/6, 12/13)
9/22 - Iowa (10/23, 10/25, 10/30, 11/6, 11/8, 11/10, 11/13, 11/15, 11/17, 11/27, 12/11, 12/13, 12/15, 12/18, 12/20, 12/22, 1/8, 1/12, 1/17)
9/23 - University of Virginia (10/13-14, 11/17-18, 12/15-16)
9/25, 9/27 - SUNY Upstate (11/11, 12/9, 1/13)
9/25 - Minnesota (11/10, 12/1, 1/5)
9/25 - University of Virginia - NIH (10/11-12, 11/15-16)
9/25 - Baylor (11/14-15, 12/5-6, 12/12-13)
9/25 - Henry Ford (10/24-25, 12/5-6, 12/12-13)
9/26 - Tulane (11/3, 12/1, 1/5)
9/26 - Southern Illinois University (10/12-13, 10/26-27, 11/2-3)
9/26 - University of Alabama (11/1, 11/28, 12/20)
9/26 - Medical College of Georgia (11/10, 12/8, 1/12)
9/26, 9/27, 10/13 - UT Health San Antonio (10/20, 11/3, 11/10, 12/1)
9/26, 9/28 - University of Kansas (10/3, 10/10, 12/1)
9/26 - Duke (11/10-11, 12/8-9, 1/12-13)
9/27, 10/3 - the Ohio State University (10/11-12, 11/15-16, 12/6-7)
9/27 - NYMC-Westchester (10/20, 10/27, 11/17, 12/1, 12/15, 1/5)
9/28 - University of Rochester (11/3-4, 11/10-11, 12/15-16)
9/28 - University of Louisville (11/16, 12/7)
9/28 - University of Colorado (10/31, 11/14, 11/28, 12/14)
9/28, 10/13 - University of Arkansas (10/30, 11/21, 12/5, & 1/10)
9/28 - University of Washington (10/20, 12/8, 12/15)
9/28 - Virginia Tech (11/7, 11/14, 12/5, 12/12)
9/29 - LSU New Orleans (11/10, 11/17, 12/1)
9/29 - University of Kentucky (11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 12/7
10/2 - Loyola University (11-4, 11-18, 12-16, 1-13)
10/2 - LSU Shreveport (10/27-28, 12/8-9, 1/5-6)
10/2 - Hofstra (11/21 full, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12)
10/2 - Oklahoma University (11/2, 12/11, 1/23)
10/2, 10/4 - University of Buffalo (11/9, 11/16)
10/2 - New York University (11/17, 12/1, 12/15)
10/2 - Rush University - 11/16, 12/14
10/2, 10/5 - Oregon Health and Science University (11/16-17, 12/7-8)
10/3 - Wake Forest (10/23-24, 11/6-7, 11/13-14, 12/11-12)
10/3 - George Washington (11/8, 12/14)
10/3 - Rutgers University (10/18, 11/15, 12/20)
10/3 - Brown University (11/13, 12/4, 12/11)
10/3, 10/6 - UNC (11/3, 11/10, 12/6)
10/4 - West Virginia University (10/23, 11/20, 12/11)
10/4 - Rutgers (10/18, 11/15, 12/20)
10/4, 10/5 - University of Nebraska (10/28, 11/10, 12/8, 1/12)
10/4 - UC Irvine (11/30, 12/12)
10/5 - University of New Mexico (10/27, 11/10, 12/1)
10/5 - Albany Medical Center (11/9, 12/14)
10/5 - NYP Columbia (12/07 12/16)
10/5 - University of Miami (11/4 and 11/18)
10/6 - Northwestern (11/10, 12/1, 1/12)
10/6 - University of Mississippi (11/17, 12/2, 1/15)
10/7, 10/9 - VCU (11/3-4, 12/8-9, 1/5-6)
10/8 - University of Chicago (10/18, 11/15, 12/13)
10/9, 10/17 - Allegheny Health Network (11/6, 11/28, 12/15)
10/9 - UPMC (11/20, 12/11)
10/9 - Cincinnati (12/13-14)
10/9 - Carolinas Medical Center (11/18, 12/9)
10/12 - University of Vermont (11/2, 11/9, 12/7)
10/12 - Washington St Louis (11/12-13, 12/08-09, 12/15-16, 01/8-9)
10/13, 10/17 - Vanderbilt (11/20-21, 1/7-8)
10/13, 10/18 - Jefferson (11/11, 12/9, 12/16)
10/13, 10/18 - UT Southwestern (11/13-14, 12/6-7)
10/16 - University of South Florida (12/01, 12/15, 1/19, 1/26)
10/16 - Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (12/5)
10/16, 10/17 - Temple (10/27, 11/17, 12/8, 1/12)
10/16 - Brigham and Women's Hospital (11/8-9, 12/6-7)
10/16 - Mount Sinai (11/6, 11/18, Dec 1)
10/16, 10/18 - Stanford (12/16, 1/27, 2/2-3)
10/16 - Cornell (11/20, 12/14, 1/5)
10/16 - University of Illinois at Chicago (11/10-11, 12/1-2, 12/15-16)
10/17 - University of Tennessee (11/20, 12/18)
10/17 - Medical University of South Carolina (12/7, 12/8, 12/9)
10/17 - Inova Fairfax (11/14, 12/5)
10/18 - Barrow Neurologic Institute (11/13-14, 11/27-28, 12/4-5, 12/18-19, 1/8-9, 1/22-23, 1/29-30)
10/18 - Case Western Reserve University (11/8, 12/9, 12/16)
10/18, 10-20 - Mayo Clinic Rochester (12/8-9, 1/5-6)
10/18 - UCLA (12/6, 12/13, 1/17)
10/19 - University of Pennsylvania (11/15-16, 11/16-17, 12/6-7, 12/7-8, 12/13-14, 12/14-15, 1/10-11, 1/11-12)
10/19 - UCSD (12/8, 1/19, 2/2)
10/20 - USC (12/9, 1/6, 2/3)
10/20 - Emory (12/7-8, 12/14-15, 1/11-12)
10/20 - Dartmouth (11/10, 11/17, 12/12, 1/5)


Rejections sent so far:
10/2 - Kentucky
10/2 - Oklahoma
10/9 - Utah
10/10 - UC Irvine
10/11 - Brown
10/12 - VCU
10/12 - Nebraska
10/13 - NYU
10/13 - Tufts
10/16 - UTSW
10/17 - Cornell


No word yet from:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts General Hospital
Tufts Medical Center
UC Davis
UCSF
University of Arizona
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Puerto Rico
USC
University of Texas Galveston
University of Texas Houston
Wayne State

[Guest]

Wayne state sent out on Sept 26th. Dates are 10/18, 11/8 & 12/6

I believe someone said Tufts sent out too. I would update the list but I don't have my computer and the formatting messes up on my phone