Rejections 2004-05

Duke Rejection on 11/30 via email:
"Our Residency Selection Committee has reviewed your application to the Duke Orthopaedic Residency Training Program. I regret to inform you that you have not been selected to interview at Duke.

Due to the large number of highly qualified applicants and the limited number of interviews we can offer, we are not able to issue invitations to many excellent candidates. I am certain you will do well in the program to which you will match. "

Long Island Jewish gave the "at this time, you have not been granted an
interview" by email on 11/30.

Perhaps my application will look better at a different time.

Jefferson said "uh, no" on 11/30.

In the past week, also got the finger from Duke, Boston, Utah, Columbia and U Conn.

Ouch, this is a painful process.

Damn!

Prior to Thanksgiving things were looking up, now is going downhill FAST.

Rejected by UC-Irvine on 11/30 via snail mail
Rejected by Pitt and Thomas Jefferson via email on 11/30

I remember the good ol' days when I used to check my email only to find 2 rejections for every 1 invite. NOW, I've gotten 13 straight "thanks but no thanks".

Somebody, anybody invite me over. I'd love to visit ur program!

University of Washington thanks me for my interest and offers me luck in finding a "suitable" program.

UW is nuts!

they send some wierd rejection letter saying they're interviewing people only "serious" to match into their program. I guess I'm not serious. Actually, these thousands of dollars I'm spending for interviewing, flights, hotel rooms, applying, etc - it's all really just a joke. I'm not really going to rank anyplace anyways.

In fact, forget Ortho, I was kidding when I decided to apply.

Actually, I think I'll just go find myself a "suitable program", but wait a minute, if I have 250+ boards, many honors, and lotsa extracurriculars and am still 'unsuitable' for 'UW Ortho', I am not suitable for ANY ORTHO, so why bother searching around for some mysterious "suitable program"...