Applying to PSYCH Residency with criminal record

[Baxter56]

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[Baxter56]

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[MedSchoolGurus]

I would apply much more broadly than 40-50 programs especially if these charges appear on your background check. It is not uncommon for people with clean records and great scores to apply to 70+ programs in competitive fields. The only thing you have to lose is money here, and if you gamble and apply too narrowly, you'll be out of luck for a year.

 

[libertyyne]

Are you a usmd?
Did the arrests result in convictions ?

 

[MSTP18]

I would apply much more broadly than 40-50 programs especially if these charges appear on your background check. It is not uncommon for people with clean records and great scores to apply to 70+ programs in competitive fields. The only thing you have to lose is money here, and if you gamble and apply too narrowly, you'll be out of luck for a year.

Psych is not one of those fields. That being said, I agree that OP needs to apply well beyond what would otherwise be considered standard for someone with their stats.

 

[MedSchoolGurus]

Psych is not one of those fields. That being said, I agree that OP needs to apply well beyond what would otherwise be considered standard for someone with their stats.

What I meant is that is normal for students to have to apply broadly when the chances of matching are lowered such as in a competitive field or in the case of OP, a criminal record.

 

[radsisrad]

Hi all,
I was advised to apply broadly, but of course only take a normal amount of interviews.

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Any applicant with a checkered history or red flags should take every single interview offered.

 

[Baxter56]

Are you a usmd?
Did the arrests result in convictions ?

DO, they did but the convictions were set aside five years ago. They have never come up on a background check for school or rotations.

 

[Baxter56]

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Any applicant with a checkered history or red flags should take every single interview offered.

I will take every interview offered to an extent, we do not get time off to interview at my school and I cannot miss Excessive days on rotations if I expect to have decent reviews, not to mention expecting to actually learn on these rotations.

I think other physicians and advisers have recommended this because they believe I will already be filtered out (before being offered an interview) if the charges are a deal breaker.

 

[Baxter56]

Thank you for the advice everyone, I applied to 62 and I will likely add 10-20 more tonight.

 

[watermelon master]

Thank you for the advice everyone, I applied to 62 and I will likely add 10-20 more tonight.

You should be applying to much more than that. I would apply to at least 100 programs. At this point adding more programs is just a drop in the bucket when it comes to missing a year's salary because you didn't match.

 

[MSTP18]

I will take every interview offered to an extent, we do not get time off to interview at my school and I cannot miss Excessive days on rotations if I expect to have decent reviews, not to mention expecting to actually learn on these rotations.

I think other physicians and advisers have recommended this because they believe I will already be filtered out (before being offered an interview) if the charges are a deal breaker.

By that point in time, the reviews don't really matter. Obviously you can't fail any rotation, but a borderline pass won't have any impact. Given your situation, I would probably err on the side of more interviews rather than less.

 

[Baxter56]

Ok thanks everyone. I will be adding any and every program that I can tonight.