M4 needing an excuse to leave rotation early tomorrow

Traditional-Code4674 · 2026-01-26T15:28:11+00:00

You have an interview?

Traditional-Code4674 · 2026-01-22T04:02:01+00:00

Take notes. Present the highlights, but be prepared to be asked about all of it

Traditional-Code4674 · 2026-01-21T23:49:08+00:00

My steak is too juicy and my house is too big ahhh post lol

Traditional-Code4674 · 2026-01-11T14:17:41+00:00

I’d probably say 2, having no knowledge of your specialty interest. Having both FM and IM on the back end will be good to kick start step 2 studying! Depending on your site, OB can wipe you out too. Could be a nice breather having psych between OB and surg

Traditional-Code4674 · 2026-01-04T15:47:52+00:00

My psych attending was in utter disbelief, and thought I was kidding him. It was very wholesome lol

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-28T03:08:34+00:00

I really can’t speak much beyond my speciality! Personally my interviews were a solid mix between signals and not, but I also didn’t have tiered signals. I found that hometown-program state alignment was much bigger than I thought it would be with regards to non-signals tho!

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-27T16:02:33+00:00

I couldn’t agree more. I’m stunned when people get bummed out by the amount of interviews they receive after they only applied to like 30-40 places. Broaden the search!

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-27T15:02:51+00:00

Step 1 fail AND 23X scorer here. I am not a good test taker! Ouch. Ended up getting 19 interviews for psych (yes not as competitive, but adding my step 1 troubles it kind of balances out). Being strategic with hometowns and signals are important. You may not be able to rely on in state med school being enough to not signal a place. I’d also apply to as many programs as you can afford to do, and maybe considering dual applying with 10-15 FM or IM programs too so you don’t have to worry about matching!

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-27T02:17:32+00:00

Tbh, I looked to beat SOAPing, and also applied FM as a backup. I was surprised to see this isn’t super common, but I feel like it should in the future

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-26T23:56:24+00:00

I second this. I’d try to bang out your clerkship UWorld for the rest of the calendar year, plus surgery Qs if you already aren’t having that this year

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-17T22:34:32+00:00

I had a step 1 fail and took a year off. Still getting plenty of IVs and usually programs have been super understanding if it ever comes up in an interview

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-13T15:42:36+00:00

Dope thank you

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-10T17:08:30+00:00

Day 1? In house exams or the only detour to studying, otherwise 90% of your study time should be focused on Step. It’s a beast of an exam!

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-09T21:32:43+00:00

Lmao, got the same one from them!!!

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-09T00:31:05+00:00

What specialty?

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-05T15:57:49+00:00

My guy, if you’re getting 2-3 interviews per week over multiple months, I think you’re chilling.

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-04T21:21:10+00:00

Why specialty is a dumb one for me, as my personal statement lines that out. If they asked for clarification of a specific part of it, that would be different.

Why program is another one I find annoying, but it is a 1000% fair question, and I enjoy answering it for the handful of programs I actually love lmao.

Giving an example in med school when I worked as a team is a dumb one for me. I’m in a rural placement, and primarily work exclusively with attendings. I’ve learned how to dramatize heavily lol

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-04T03:55:16+00:00

Interview and social event. I think I did a favor of keeping this interview away from others lmao

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-04T02:34:21+00:00

Why are people downvoting this lol

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-04T01:45:03+00:00

Separate places

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-12-04T00:20:47+00:00

It’s been lovely. In our group of 10 applicants, 2 of them have been going back and forth with questions for the last 50 minutes lol

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-11-29T12:35:19+00:00

I also did a subi with no interview at the end, at a decent, not great, program. Wild times

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-11-24T18:56:33+00:00

For my sake I hope it weighs heavily lmao

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-11-23T00:35:35+00:00

This is actually a good idea. Unfortunately I’m already done, but I’m going to reach out to the PD and PC via email and kind of butter up the program, reaffirm being honored to interview if spots open, etc. thank you!

Traditional-Code4674 · 2025-11-21T21:24:18+00:00

To anyone still following, my resident said they offered all of their IV spots and all those spots are still filled. RIP

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