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As a preface, this may seem stupid to some of you. But here's my perceived dilemma.
As an MS4, I have had the pleasure at interviewing at several top-tier and mid-tier Psych residency programs, and found that so far I didn't click as well at the most prestigious ones. However, I want to leave the doors open to myself for a top-tier (read, SF or Boston) fellowship or faculty position, and am not sure if I should just toss my gut out the window and pick reputation to help clinch this. I definitely want to be a leader in the field down the road, but am not sure if I'm being overly neurotic about name/quality of training, or if I'm on the money.
I've gotten some private message help from a few of the forum legends, but wanted to open it up and ask if any of you (especially attendings) have a strong feeling on this. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat.
As an MS4, I have had the pleasure at interviewing at several top-tier and mid-tier Psych residency programs, and found that so far I didn't click as well at the most prestigious ones. However, I want to leave the doors open to myself for a top-tier (read, SF or Boston) fellowship or faculty position, and am not sure if I should just toss my gut out the window and pick reputation to help clinch this. I definitely want to be a leader in the field down the road, but am not sure if I'm being overly neurotic about name/quality of training, or if I'm on the money.
I've gotten some private message help from a few of the forum legends, but wanted to open it up and ask if any of you (especially attendings) have a strong feeling on this. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat.