Post Interview Contact

I got an email the day before the rank list was due essentially thanking me for considering the program and reiterating that although they are a new program, their faculty is dedicated to teaching and ensuring that the residency program is successful.

Although they have great facilities and the luxury of LA weather...I think they are gonna have to go pretty deep on their rank list this year.

out of curiosity, anybody hear anything at all from Cedars-Sinai after their interviews? How far down their ROL do you guys think they might go, given that they are a new program but also in LA (very desirable)?

Programs can't specify certain people or areas to download. Basically, if they log on and hit the "download" button - all the updated information from all the applicants is downloaded to their program.

So even if your information was updated recently, it doesn't mean it was you they were looking at - it could have been any of the ~100 applicants they interviewed.

Can anything be extrapolated from programs downloading updated USMLE transcripts even after their rank lists are supposedly done (long after interview)?

Anybody know if U Washington, USC, Cedars-Sinai, or Northwestern have been reaching out to people?

It has been pretty quiet around here lately. Wednesday night gonna turn into ROL posting pandemonium?

Anonymous Post:

"I got a phone call from Dr. Fu recently."

has anyone received anything else? Rank list is due in a week and it seems to have been abnormally quiet.

Any sense in contacting programs over the next week and a half? I can't imagine much is going to change. Most places have to have certified and are done but I would be willing to shoot an email if I thought it mattered.

HSS has sent 2 snail mail letters. One stating that the applicant is at the "top" of their rank list and one stating that they will be "included" in the rank list. Take that for what it's worth.

HSS snail mail letter stating that the applicant will be included the their rank list.

No mention of how many or the chances of successful match. I wasn't at any info meetings so I don't know the significance of this. Anyone do sub-i's there or at any of the tour/info sessions and know the significance of this?

Not sure what others' experiences are, but I think there is and will continue to be a lot of contact between applicants and programs bw interview and ROL. I would agree most programs are moving away from the official "tier" letters and the statements at interview day saying there will be official post-interview contact, etc.

That said, I think most programs are likely reaching out to a few select applicants with calls or emails...or at the least responding to thank you letters with strongly encouraging responses. I think the prior statements regarding matching and not having received a phone call are absolutely true. Not everyone who matches will get a call or letter and not everyone who gets a call will match.

However, I can attest that programs who say they don't participate in post-interview contact actually do...so, the point of this message - while some programs say that the list is done at interview day, chances are it's not. My program states that it's done, and in many ways it is, but slight shuffling occurs until the last week, and if it's your top spot, it's always worth a phone call or email to tell them so.

It seems like fewer programs are reaching out to applicants each year. Classmates going into other specialties have said the same thing and suggested that its due to programs getting nailed by Match violations. I wonder if its just going to be quiet until March 16th...

anyone heard from any of the florida programs? looks like USF and Orlando have contacted people in the past...

Anonymous Post:

"Yep, got the same UC Davis email."

Has HJD made any calls for their 6-year spot?

Anonymous post:

"Received an email from UC Davis stating I am in the top 15."

Anybody got anything similar?

I would call back. Odds are, you won't fall that far down your rank list, but if you did it would be nice to know you gave each program your best shot. And yes, I do think it is a little odd that he didn't leave a brief message, but I bet he would just rather talk in person rather than through a voice mail.

Two missed calls from the PD of a program near the bottom of my list. He called at the same time last Thursday and Friday night, and didn't leave a message both times. I looked up the number to confirm that it was the PD. I legitimately missed his call both times, but in retrospect realized it would have been awkward conversation. Any advantage in calling the PD back? Anyone think it strange that he didn't at least leave a brief message identifying himself?

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