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yesterday an attending emails me at a top 20 program in the southeast(that I didnt even rank because I dont want to go there) and she tells me they ranked me in their top 6(meaning I would be guaranteed to go there had I put it number one)
In what other field of medicine can a person with crappy board scores, a 2.something gpa, mediocre letters of rec, and some poor narrative comments during non-psych rotations(ie medicine and surgery) have "name" programs rank them to match? Gotta love psych! The funny thing is that I had no real interest in going there in the first place and only took the interview because I was bored and wanted a free steak/hotel for the night.
Say what you want, but this is the least competitive specialty of them all. Yes, there are far more unfilled positions in other fields(im, family, etc), but for a person to match at a "top" im program they need to be a good candidate. If a person wants to match at a top psych program they basically have to come from an american allopathic school, have a pulse(most of the time), and not have a serious criminal record
In what other field of medicine can a person with crappy board scores, a 2.something gpa, mediocre letters of rec, and some poor narrative comments during non-psych rotations(ie medicine and surgery) have "name" programs rank them to match? Gotta love psych! The funny thing is that I had no real interest in going there in the first place and only took the interview because I was bored and wanted a free steak/hotel for the night.
Say what you want, but this is the least competitive specialty of them all. Yes, there are far more unfilled positions in other fields(im, family, etc), but for a person to match at a "top" im program they need to be a good candidate. If a person wants to match at a top psych program they basically have to come from an american allopathic school, have a pulse(most of the time), and not have a serious criminal record