No pressure or anything but did anyone from UQ get matched yet? Would be nice to hear some news since the webpages haven't posted anything. Thanks for your info in advance!
No pressure or anything but did anyone from UQ get matched yet? Would be nice to hear some news since the webpages haven't posted anything. Thanks for your info in advance!
No, but you are sounding more and more like one.Nah, UQ ochsner just wants you to fork over 350k, if you ask about residency you're a "troll."
Nah, UQ ochsner just wants you to fork over 350k, if you ask about residency you're a "troll."
Wow congrats nybgrus on matching!!! I hope you get your #1 choice in the end. And wherever you go, I'm sure they're lucky to have you. I have seen your posts here on the forum a lot and they have always been so detailed and helpful. So thank you for posting such good info for students applying this cycle.
It is heartening to hear that most of the class matched. I am applying to post-baccaleaurate programs right now in addition to UQ, but I'd rather start med school sooner. If you had the choice to do it all over again, would you make the same decisions? Would love to hear from you. Thanks
Any word on a match list yet?
This is the only thing I could find. Turns out I counted wrong - 10 of us stayed at Ochsner, not 9.
This is a great start! Wow, Cook County EM is a stellar residency. Looking forward to a comprehensive match list.
So aside from those who matched in the US, three got internship in Qld? Sounds like a better than 92% match rate to me.
For the two who didn't match, did they not apply for Aussie internships? If their applications for US residency were as subpar as you allude to, one would think it would be prudent to have a back up plan.
The new Qld Ballot priority list is out for this year (for internship 2015) -- it puts Ochsner students P6 (while int'l students in Australia are P4), so are now at a relative disadvantage. Note however that if this had been done for internship 2014, nothing would have changed, since the Commonwealth funded extra spots were reserved for int'ls (without differentiating between Australian programs in Australia vs. those outside of Australia) and once again did not get filled. No one knows how long the Commonwealth will continue to fund spots for int'ls though.
Some of the residency matches for non-Ochsner UQ students (all 4 years in Queensland) who applied to the US match (mainly Canadians?) are listed here if anyone is interested: http://www.mededpath.org/residency_match_2013.html
Just to add a little nuisance (not sure if it was covered before), there was also 1 that got into a spot at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, CA as a PGY-1 in Peds. He did not technically "match" but he did get a coveted residency in California.
@nybgrus, how did your friend get that spot if not through the match or scramble? Pretty cool.