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Rotated, but didn't get an interview - now what?

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15 years 7 months ago - 15 years 7 months ago #20825 by tablet pc
Replied by tablet pc on topic Thanks for all the input
Thanks for all the input in advice everyone.

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15 years 7 months ago - 15 years 7 months ago #20831 by
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This program of yours that you rotated at seems to me pretty f-in stupid. I mean, I go to a rather large northeast school that takes lots of rotators. And we don't necessarily interview every one of our applicants, simply because it would mean we'd have 100+ interviewees and would prob be wasting a lot of candidates times if the residents/attendings didn't really like them. And undoubtedly we have score cutoffs (though i'm not sure what they are).

But the part that gets me is why they let you rotate there in the first place, if you didn't meet their score cutoffs to begin with.

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15 years 5 months ago - 15 years 5 months ago #21315 by
Replied by on topic I think BoneBlaster has it
I think BoneBlaster has it right.
Also, the reason students with bad paper files are accepted for sub-Is is simple: there isn't enough available information to properly screen students at the time the rotation schedules are being set up. I've been told that many, if not most, programs don't even bother screening.
Face it--a good rotation can tip the scales in your favor, but it is crazy to expect it to offset a terrible record at your home institution. If you don't have the paper file to back up your stellar sub-I performance, then you should expect to be disappointed, unfortunately.

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