Recent content by GIJOES

To all of you out there. GI is very competitive, and asking others if they have a chance is a ridiculous question. It is like when your patients ask you what is their chance of living or dying...do you give them an actual percent or date of death? If you are asking if you have a chance, most...

According to prestige: 2. UCSF 4.Columbia 5.Cornell 3. UCLA 6.Michigan 7.Pittsburgh 1.Mayo (if Rochester)? 8.Sloan Kettering (I think affilliated w/Columbia/Cornell) 14.NYU 12.UCSD 17.Tufts 9.Brown 15.Rush 16.Albert Einstein 10.UNC 11.Vanderbilt 18.Case Western 19.Loyola 21.UT Houston 20.USC...

Please help rank programs without taking reputation and previous rankings in consideration (i.e. Harvard and Hopkins are always considered #1 and 2). I have no preference for location, no kids, not married. Stanford, Michigan, Wash U, Hopkins, MGH, UCLA, Southwestern, Oregon, Northwestern...

1. Michigan 2. Yale 3. Vanderbilt This is only my opinion. All are great but Michigan is considered a top tier GI and Medicine program for that matter. Yale has an "old school" name, but I don't think their GI is as strong as their reputation claims it to be. Heard Vanderbilt is good, but...

I actually think there might be more than 90 programs that responded, but applicants are not posting, just viewing this site and don't want to register for a fear of having their identity exposed. We all know this is a site to help others, and I encourage applicants viewing this forum to...

Per Ayakkaden: Univ of Missouri, Columbia. Interviewing 24 aplpicants for one 2008 and two 2009 positions.

89. Cal-Pacific 90. Kaiser-LA

1. MGH--also sent rejections 2. Penn 3. Yale 4. Duke—also sent rejections 5. Baylor (Houston)--also sent rejections 6. UT Houston--also sent rejections 7. Univ of Florida (Gainsville)--also sent rejections 8. South Florida 9. UVA 10. Indiana 11. NYU 12. BU 13. Louisville 14. Scott and White 15...

Didn't apply there, but I am sure you will be fine. Make sure you know your research well and just be yourself.

Per www previous post on interview impressions (thanks for contributing), SUNY Downstate: interviwed 30 people for 5 spots, of which 3 will be going through the match

NW offer

UTSW offer today:D

My colleague received an interview at Mt. Sinai (and no, this isn't his home institution).

1. MGH--also sent rejections 2. Penn 3. Yale 4. Duke 5. Baylor (Houston)--also sent rejections 6. UT Houston--also sent rejections 7. Univ of Florida (Gainsville)--also sent rejections 8. South Florida 9. UVA 10. Indiana 11. NYU 12. BU 13. Louisville 14. Scott and White 15. Vanderbilt--also sent...

hematemesis, I agree with the above statement. You were probably on an alternate list, but I would take an interview any way you get it. Congrats anyways. FYI: I personally cancelled 2 interviews (1 in the West Coast and 1 in East Coast) so good luck to all of you on the wait list. Please...