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Is pre-matching still allowed at AOA residencies?
DOs cannot prematch acgme programs anymore.
Never heard of aoa prematching.
I always thought away rotations were more important for DO programs (ex: Osteo Neurosurg). If they want you and you perform extremely well could they pretty much offer you a spot in the match?
When you apply for residency, you will get emails or phone calls from programs saying "we are going to rank you really high," which basically means if you rank them #1 you can go there if you want.
I don't know. I think people are pretty honest. I guess it depends if the contact you receive is personalized or mass spam. I got a personal email from my program director telling me he was going to rank me highly. I also received some phone calls from other PDs. One PD hand wrote a page letter. Literally a page. I doubt they'd do this kind of stuff unless they were serious.
I wrote an email of interest to one PD. He said "Sorry. Not likely. However, anything can happen on match day. Good luck." Lolz