2012 APPIC Internship Application Thread

[newpsych27]

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That's my problem as well. I have never in my entire life lived more than 20 minutes WALKING from school/work. I like to live close so that I never have to worry about getting to where I need to be on time b/c of traffic etc.

I read a study a while back that found a negative correlation between length of commute and scores on a self-report measure of happiness. Probably a good criterion to keep in mind! 🙂

 

[docma]

Just rank where you want to go..in the order of your preference...don't try to second guess the sites. Just focus on your own ranks (that is hard enough, right?) You will not change the process by trying to read site preferences. The machine works from your preferences and will try to match you to the highest rank on your list that is possible.

I think students sometimes trip themselves up by thinking it will matter to be able to say that they got their "top" choice, so they rank a site where they feel they are a more likely match so they can say they got their "first choice". But there are too many variables at work to make a clear judgement of this, I think, and it creates the risk of missing out on what you most wanted because of the (very human) desire to feel like you are in control of the process. It is hard to do, but just trust the machine with the ranking work.

 

[newpsych27]

Does anyone have cool plans for the weekend after match day? I'm trying to come up with something fun (and affordable) to do with my partner. I figure it'll serve a celebratory purpose if I match, and it'll help cheer me up if I don't. 🙂

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Update on the Orlando VA:

We are non-APPIC, but will be participating in the Match. Prospective interns will be completing the application using the AAPI online service. We have not yet been assigned our program code number. I hope to receive this and get this out today, as well as some additional information.

 

[mcs207]

Does anyone have cool plans for the weekend after match day? I'm trying to come up with something fun (and affordable) to do with my partner. I figure it'll serve a celebratory purpose if I match, and it'll help cheer me up if I don't. 🙂

That is a great idea. I think I have been so worried about the idea of not matching that I hadn't thought about that. It might be nice to do something fun either way though!!🙂

 

[Duck Duck Goose]

That is a great idea. I think I have been so worried about the idea of not matching that I hadn't thought about that. It might be nice to do something fun either way though!!🙂

I spent the weekend after match day checking out the sites that were available in Phase II and preparing my applications (even though I couldn't submit them for a few days). If I don't match in Phase I this year, I'll certainly be doing the same thing.

If I match, drinks, dinner, and a movie? Or maybe just ordered in chinese food. 🙂

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

I think how I feel will not only depend on if I match, but where too. I'm applying to some sites that are very different from each other, so if I match at any of my top three I'll probably have my mind blown, dance around the house, jump around like a crazy person, and shout joyful exclamations all over the apartment... perhaps insist that my boyfriend follow me around playing "I'm walking on sunshine" on a boombox so I can strut everywhere I go. 😛 If I match at a lesser preferred site, a teeny tiny piece of me will be sad and mourn the loss of my high reaching hopes, but then I will still be thrilled and immensely grateful to have matched. If I don't match, I imagine I'll be sitting and staring at the computer in a dazed state of sadness and confusion, then break out the bottle of whiskey, take a shot or two, and get apps together for round two. Probably all while alternating between crying and being numb. I know myself well, lol. 😛

 

[cervello]

I'm going to Vegas! 10am flight Match Day.

 

[Duck Duck Goose]

I think how I feel will not only depend on if I match, but where too. I'm applying to some sites that are very different from each other, so if I match at any of my top three I'll probably have my mind blown, dance around the house, jump around like a crazy person, and shout joyful exclamations all over the apartment... perhaps insist that my boyfriend follow me around playing "I'm walking on sunshine" on a boombox so I can strut everywhere I go. 😛 If I match at a lesser preferred site, a teeny tiny piece of me will be sad and mourn the loss of my high reaching hopes, but then I will still be thrilled and immensely grateful to have matched. If I don't match, I imagine I'll be sitting and staring at the computer in a dazed state of sadness and confusion, then break out the bottle of whiskey, take a shot or two, and get apps together for round two. Probably all while alternating between crying and being numb. I know myself well, lol. 😛

Remember those studies on how people think they'll be happier when good things happen and sadder when bad things happen than they actually are? 😛

For me, not matching was like, "Oh, crap... I guess they send out the rejections first! [They do, so don't bother waking up early. And then later...] Well, that's interesting that they're in Phase II." Not a lot of time for mourning at that point. Phase II Match Day with no match was almost expected, so uneventful. No tears shed here, just a few curses. Good luck to everyone!

 

[newpsych27]

I'm going to Vegas! 10am flight Match Day.

Now that is an excellent post-match day plan!

After a lot of contemplation, my partner and I are leaning toward a glamorous evening of stuffing ourselves with Girl Scout cookies and watching hours and hours of How I Met Your Mother on Netflix.

 

[Quynh2007]

Now that is an excellent post-match day plan!

After a lot of contemplation, my partner and I are leaning toward a glamorous evening of stuffing ourselves with Girl Scout cookies and watching hours and hours of How I Met Your Mother on Netflix.

finally finishing last season's Dexter, catch up on Modern Family! (and maybe re-watch Breaking Bad)

 

[MsBella13]

Now that is an excellent post-match day plan!

After a lot of contemplation, my partner and I are leaning toward a glamorous evening of stuffing ourselves with Girl Scout cookies and watching hours and hours of How I Met Your Mother on Netflix.

That sounds legen, wait for it, dary!!!!

Sorry I had to, this sounds like a perfect evening 👍

 

[ClinApp]

Hi, all. Just sending out some good thoughts to all my fellow applicants. I'm relieved to be finished with interviewing and a bit apprehensive about the match, but I'm hoping for some good news in a few weeks. I hope you all are finding rational ways to compile your ranking lists and some useful ways to fill the next few weeks of w-a-i-t-i-n-g! Good luck, everyone, and hang in there!!

 

[NYCPsych]

Hi, all. Just sending out some good thoughts to all my fellow applicants. I'm relieved to be finished with interviewing and a bit apprehensive about the match, but I'm hoping for some good news in a few weeks. I hope you all are finding rational ways to compile your ranking lists and some useful ways to fill the next few weeks of w-a-i-t-i-n-g! Good luck, everyone, and hang in there!!

Yes, good luck to everyone!!

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

Yep, definitely lots of positive well-wishing vibes going out to all of us going through this exciting and stressful process. I am soo glad to be done with interviews now. Now it's ranking time! And then... waiting. This must be cruel and usual punishment we have to endure for the next three weeks.

So I've heard of people having 'watch parties' in their cohorts... are any of you doing that?

 

[psyunknown]

What are watch parties?

 

[psychwanabe]

What are watch parties?

I think there are different versions, but in my program often students who are waiting to see if they match get together the night before and often spend the whole night drinking, playing games, etc. waiting for 7:00am when they start checking their email. Last year it was dinner out and then bowling until about 2:00am, I think the year before they stayed together all night. It helps keep the nerves at bay as the hours wind down.

My best wishes to everyone as well. One of my supervisors called this process "voodoo" and others call it a crap shoot. It definitely feels that way at times!

 

[RoseRed2]

Anyone considering not including a site they interviewed with on their rank list?? I am really struggling with a few sites since I have now gotten clarity that I don't want to work in this particular setting they are in and realize it could limit future options potentially. If I am being honest with myself then I wouldn't include them, but it is also really scary to think about not matching and dealing with that. Thoughts?

 

[ClinApp]

Anyone considering not including a site they interviewed with on their rank list?? I am really struggling with a few sites since I have now gotten clarity that I don't want to work in this particular setting they are in and realize it could limit future options potentially. If I am being honest with myself then I wouldn't include them, but it is also really scary to think about not matching and dealing with that. Thoughts?

I'm planning to rank every site, as my primary goal is to match and all my sites were acceptable. For me, waiting another year or potentially not doing an internship seem far more limiting to future opportunities than matching at a sub-optimal site (and I don't think our information about the sites is perfect anyway, and many provide quite excellent training even if it might be different from my ideal preferences). But other opinions may differ . . . . Good luck figuring things out for yourself!

 

[psychRA]

I'm not ranking one of my sites. It's going to decrease my odds of matching by a lot, but I'd rather wait another year and reapply than do my internship there. It's not a terrible site, but it's going to make it much harder to find a postdoc in comparison to my other sites. I want to match, but I don't want to put myself in a position where I'm finishing my internship and scrambling to make the next step work.

 

[jolio]

I'm not ranking one of my sites. It's going to decrease my odds of matching by a lot, but I'd rather wait another year and reapply than do my internship there. It's not a terrible site, but it's going to make it much harder to find a postdoc in comparison to my other sites. I want to match, but I don't want to put myself in a position where I'm finishing my internship and scrambling to make the next step work.

how would a certain kind of of internship placement make you scramble to make the next step work? i guess i don't fully understand why the type of internship training matters enough to be willing to put it off another year, unless you're counting on developing specific skills you'd otherwise lack and that you need for your career.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

how would a certain kind of of internship placement make you scramble to make the next step work? i guess i don't fully understand why the type of internship training matters enough to be willing to put it off another year, unless you're counting on developing specific skills you'd otherwise lack and that you need for your career.

I can think of many situations in which matching to a particular site could significantly affect the "next step," whether that be job hunting or finding a postdoc. Lack of accreditation would be the number one such condition that would spring to mind, as this would eliminate opportunities to work for employers such as the VA if that's what you desire. Academic jobs could also be jeopardized if you match to an internship that doesn't afford you the opportunity to participate in research (although this could be balanced by having a particularly strong CV from your grad program).

While it wouldn't completely disqualify you from postdoc contention, if your internship offers absolutely no opportunities for your ultimate desired specialty, that could also significant detract from your overall competitiveness. If you planned on looking into a neuro postdoc, for example, and matched to an internship site that had very little in the way of neuro opportunities and/or had a poor history of neuro postdoc placement, it could make things difficult for you.

Ultimately, it's really a personal decision weighing the pros/cons of matching at the site(s) in question vs. the possibility of not matching at all and having to go through the process again next year.

I had one site that I considered not ranking based on a few of the factors above (e.g., they offered neuro opportunities, but weren't as strong in that regard as my other sites; the setting, while great if it's what you wanted to eventually focus on career-wise, wasn't as compatible with my career goals; their postdoc placement rate wasn't as high as other places on my list). I ended up ranking them, though, based on the fact that I simply HAD to match last year.

 

[terrybug]

I had 1 interview that really made me leary of matching there. Ultimately, I just ranked them last, because, at the end of the day, it's just 1 year somewhere. If it isn't everything I hoped it was, it will be okay.

 

[ClinApp]

For any of you out there with some geographical (or other) constraints because of a partner, family obligations, etc., how tempted are you to rank programs based on your true training preferences versus the programs that would be more convenient for personal reasons? And how have you resolved any conflict between these goals in ranking your choices? Just curious how others are approaching this issue. I'm leaning toward prioritizing the personal reasons but wonder if I am going to feel like I am missing out on more exciting opportunities that may have more potential for bolstering my future career choices.

 

[Dewe]

Does anyone know approximately what time notification emails are sent on Match Day? I know the most recent email to the Match News listserv said notifications will be emailed by 10am EST at the latest, but I was wondering if they are typically sent earlier than this. Basically, how early do I need to be up and anxiously refreshing my email? 🙂

 

[Duck Duck Goose]

Does anyone know approximately what time notification emails are sent on Match Day? I know the most recent email to the Match News listserv said notifications will be emailed by 10am EST at the latest, but I was wondering if they are typically sent earlier than this. Basically, how early do I need to be up and anxiously refreshing my email? 🙂

Last year, Phase I was 8:39AM (EST) and Phase II was 8:35AM (EST). Rejections/nonmatches came in before matches.

Text of rejection (Phase I) below:

Subject: Applicant #####: APPIC Match Result

To: MY NAME - Applicant Code #####

This message provides you with your Match result for Phase I of the APPIC Internship Matching Program for internship positions beginning in 2011.

We regret to inform you that you did not match to a position.

A list of programs with positions available after Phase I of the Match will be provided beginning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on February 25, 2011 on the Match web site at http://www.natmatch.com/psychint

You are eligible to participate in Phase II of the Match, and to submit applications using the AAPI Online application service to programs that have positions available in Phase II. Information about participating in Phase II of the Match is available on the APPIC web site at http://www.appic.org/match/5_2_5_match_phase2main.html

IMPORTANT: You should now review carefully all the instructions and procedures provided at the link on the APPIC web site referred to above. The information provided there includes a "Getting Started" guide for applicants who are participating in Phase II, detailed "Frequently Asked Questions" for applicants, and information about the "late-breaking news" service that will be available for Phase II.

In addition, APPIC Match Policies (especially Match Policies #3 and #8) apply to applicants seeking available positions and to programs with positions available after the Match. The Match policies can be viewed on the APPIC web site at http://www.appic.org.

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If you receive this message prior to checking the Match web site for your Match result, there is no need for you to also check your Match result on the web site, as the information provided on the web site is the same as in this message.

 

[erg923]

For any of you out there with some geographical (or other) constraints because of a partner, family obligations, etc., how tempted are you to rank programs based on your true training preferences versus the programs that would be more convenient for personal reasons? And how have you resolved any conflict between these goals in ranking your choices? Just curious how others are approaching this issue. I'm leaning toward prioritizing the personal reasons but wonder if I am going to feel like I am missing out on more exciting opportunities that may have more potential for bolstering my future career choices.

Happy wife, Happy life. 😀

 

[Milk Milk Milk]

Happy wife, Happy life. 😀

Fuggedaboudit!

 

[MsBella13]

Anyone considering not including a site they interviewed with on their rank list?? I am really struggling with a few sites since I have now gotten clarity that I don't want to work in this particular setting they are in and realize it could limit future options potentially. If I am being honest with myself then I wouldn't include them, but it is also really scary to think about not matching and dealing with that. Thoughts?

I dealt with a similar situation last year. I did not match and I had 2 interviews in Match 2. I did not rank one of the sites because, similarly, I had clarity that I did not want to work in such a setting. I felt I'd rather do another year of school then go to such a setting, be unhappy, and limit future options. Yes, I had to pay for another year of school, but my dissertation is almost done, I've had another awesome year of training where I've built additional connections in the community I want to work in when I'm done school, I've worked with clients who have changed my worldview, and I got interviews at places where I really want to be that are a better fit with my career goals.

This year, I did not rank one of the sites I interviewd at. When I showed up for the interview, the TD told me about training activites that were not included in the brochure; this really annoyed me because had I known about such activities, I would not have applied to the site in the first place, nevermind spend hundreds of dollars in flight, hotel, and car rental costs.

And yes, it's scary to think about not matching, but don't forget there may be better opportunities in Match 2.

Best of luck in what you decide to do

 

[zeldazelda]

For any of you out there with some geographical (or other) constraints because of a partner, family obligations, etc., how tempted are you to rank programs based on your true training preferences versus the programs that would be more convenient for personal reasons? And how have you resolved any conflict between these goals in ranking your choices? Just curious how others are approaching this issue. I'm leaning toward prioritizing the personal reasons but wonder if I am going to feel like I am missing out on more exciting opportunities that may have more potential for bolstering my future career choices.

Going with combination approach (depending on the site) but ranking mostly on true preferences. A year will fly by, and I'd rather have awesome training that will set me up for what I want to do long-term. Spouse ok with decision though. Would be harder if spouse was not in agreement or pressuring me to go the other way.

 

[Milk Milk Milk]

Going with combination approach (depending on the site) but ranking mostly on true preferences. A year will fly by, and I'd rather have awesome training that will set me up for what I want to do long-term. Spouse ok with decision though. Would be harder if spouse was not in agreement or pressuring me to go the other way.

I don't have any geographic restrictions so I ranked first and foremost on training experiences and future opportunities. Like zeldazelda said, my feeling is it's only a year and it's really sort of exciting. Spouse gave his thumbs-up on sites at the time of applying so we're 100% on board with wherever we end up...assuming I match.

 

[Quynh2007]

For any of you out there with some geographical (or other) constraints because of a partner, family obligations, etc., how tempted are you to rank programs based on your true training preferences versus the programs that would be more convenient for personal reasons? And how have you resolved any conflict between these goals in ranking your choices? Just curious how others are approaching this issue. I'm leaning toward prioritizing the personal reasons but wonder if I am going to feel like I am missing out on more exciting opportunities that may have more potential for bolstering my future career choices.

I did not want to sacrifice training and long-term potential b/c of 1 year. All the sites I interviewed at all have strengths and weaknesses but they all provide exceptional training. My top 3 are somewhat geographically limited in that they are all within 3 hours driving from the SO. He is applying to pharmacy school, and he has/had interviews at his top two. If I get my #1, we will be in the same city since he will pick the school that is in that city. If I get my #2, that's a little more dicey as it's equally distant from both of his top choice schools. If I get #3, not sure if I am willing to live together and make the 1 hour commute each way to work (considering #3 has long hours) or what. My #4 is not ideal, but great training, but I hate the city, and it'll be minimum 3 hours away. #5-7 is all flying distance, so that is why they are lower on the list.

 

[psych905]

Did anyone who interviewed at Montefiore in Bronx, NY receive an email stating that they are no longer under consideration for a spot? Their website says that you will be notified via email after they have completed interviews if you are no longer under consideration.

 

[2917]

Best of luck everyone. 🙂

 

[ndcm]

I saw someone post on here that they were told not to expect to match because they did not receive a business card on their interview. Was everyone offered business cards on their interviews? I received them at some, but I would say I did not receive one at most (even on interviews I thought went well). What are thoughts on this? 😀

 

[psyunknown]

This has already been discussed, but to add my thoughts, they are this: each site is different. . . the more we sit and try to analyze every action a site did or did not do during interviews and open houses we will drive ourselves insane. Some sites/people give business cards, some don't. Sites know we can find most information we need/want online and are saving money/paper.

Those are my thoughts, take 'em or leave 'em. Good luck to everyone in trying to stay sane over the next 2 weeks.

 

[psydperson]

did anyone get emails from sites specifying that they will be ranking you? i only received an email like that from one site out of the six i interviewed at...

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

For any of you out there with some geographical (or other) constraints because of a partner, family obligations, etc., how tempted are you to rank programs based on your true training preferences versus the programs that would be more convenient for personal reasons? And how have you resolved any conflict between these goals in ranking your choices? Just curious how others are approaching this issue. I'm leaning toward prioritizing the personal reasons but wonder if I am going to feel like I am missing out on more exciting opportunities that may have more potential for bolstering my future career choices.

I am in this position and ranking has been a serious struggle for me. My spouse is supportive of whatever decision I make but I am experiencing some serious guilt about uprooting our lives and disrupting my spouse's career significantly. The 'compromise' is that I am putting my number 1 dream site at the top of my list, even though it's the worst situation for our quality of life, and then for the following slots I gave preference to quality of life and his needs for the next few rankings on the list even though they might not necessarily be the next in line preference-wise. I feel like it's unlikely I'll match at number 1, but it's such a great site that I have to try. If I don't match at #1, then hopefully I'll match at one of the next few on the list which will be great for our quality of life.

 

[5480]

My top site sent an email today saying that they were no longer sure they could fund positions for next year and have officially withdrawn from the match - devastating and extremely frustrating this late in the process.

I can't believe it and needed to vent to a group of people who would understand!

 

[ClinApp]

I am in this position and ranking has been a serious struggle for me. My spouse is supportive of whatever decision I make but I am experiencing some serious guilt about uprooting our lives and disrupting my spouse's career significantly. The 'compromise' is that I am putting my number 1 dream site at the top of my list, even though it's the worst situation for our quality of life, and then for the following slots I gave preference to quality of life and his needs for the next few rankings on the list even though they might not necessarily be the next in line preference-wise. I feel like it's unlikely I'll match at number 1, but it's such a great site that I have to try. If I don't match at #1, then hopefully I'll match at one of the next few on the list which will be great for our quality of life.

Thanks so much for sharing your experience. This sounds like a good compromise. Still haven't decided which way I'm leaning (just 24 hours to go), but an allocation of different spots to training versus lifestyle preferences sounds like a good way to go. Thanks! And thanks to others who have posted their thoughts, very helpful!

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

5480-- I'm so sorry to hear that, that truly is just terrible and must be so defeating. In attempting to put a positive spin on it, it's better that they withdrew and you didn't match there and then have a troubling internship experience because they were 'on the rocks' or what not. I hope you have some other really great sites on your list that will be a great fit for you.

ClinApp--- Good luck with your rankings! It's hard when you have to consider so many variables when making these decisions, it always feels like comparing apples to oranges to pineapples! I hope you settle on a system for ranking that you can get some sense of peace from!!

 

[terrybug]

My top site sent an email today saying that they were no longer sure they could fund positions for next year and have officially withdrawn from the match - devastating and extremely frustrating this late in the process.

I can't believe it and needed to vent to a group of people who would understand!

That is ridiculous. Wow.

 

[erg923]

That is ridiculous. Wow.

Yea, and no doubt AFTER the person already spent hundreds of dollars (if not more) traveling to the site so they can sell their "fit" to the site (which, by the way, is way over focused on...it's one freaking year!). Meanwhile TDs on intern-network listserve tell you, its a flawed system that we are working under and "isn't it better that they did it now rather than pull out after you match?" 🙄 Someone needs to sit some of these people down and say..."Ya know, you just don't get it, do ya...?"

What a sorry and sad system the match is. Only profession where finishing your degree is NOT determined via concrete accomplishments (passing a standardized test or dissertation defense) or skill competecey ratings....but by your ability to get hired into a massively flooded job market (seriously, does that make any sense to any one!?). And...the person is given no feedback about how they can, for sure, finish their degree program. What a crock! Comments?

 

[psychRA]

It is better that they withdrew before the match, though, isn't it? I mean, it doesn't make the wasted money any less infuriating, and it doesn't undo the fact that people have also invested a lot of emotional energy in a site that wasn't an option in the end. But I know someone whose site had to shut down the internship after they had already matched, and they were really in a terrible position - it was too late to go somewhere else, they had started making plans to move, they didn't have a job lined up through their grad program, etc. And she hadn't actually moved yet, luckily.

I get the sense that sites don't withdraw unless they're in a really terrible position and really have no other choice. It doesn't make it okay, and I agree that the "oh well, it's part of the process" tone on the listserve is invalidating. I just don't know if there's a good solution once the situation has reached that point.

 

[moneyphd]

Yea, and no doubt AFTER the person already spent hundreds of dollars (if not more) traveling to the site so they can sell their "fit" to the site (which, by the way, is way over focused on...it's one freaking year!). Meanwhile TDs on intern-network listserve tell you, its a flawed system that we are working under and "isn't it better that they did it now rather than pull out after you match?" 🙄 Someone needs to sit some of these people down and say..."Ya know, you just don't get it, do ya...?"

What a sorry and sad system the match is. Only profession where finishing your degree is NOT determined via concrete accomplishments (passing a standardized test or dissertation defense) or skill competecey ratings....but your ability to get hired into a massively flooded job market (seriously, does that make any sense to any one!?). And...the person is given no feedback about how they can, for sure, finish their degree program. What a crock! Comments?

**rant/co-rumination warning**

If they advertise having a position open, they should be held accountable from the date the interview is scheduled. In the real world, academic and government positions are generally secured before applications are even requested.

If this is a dignified profession, we should be shown more consideration.

In terms of the Match crisis, I also think that adding more unstable internship spots is going to make it worse and flood the job market for us later. Graduate programs need to limit the number of students they accept each year. If just one or two students don't match (esp. from for-profit schools), programs need serious consequences.

 

[Milk Milk Milk]

I was looking back over Matching information on the NMS portal and this little gem popped out at me:

"Applicants and internship programs do NOT receive information about the rankings submitted by other applicants and programs. Each applicant is given only the final result the applicant obtains in the Match. Each program is provided only with the names of the applicants that it obtains in the Match, as well as the results of the Match for the other applicants ranked by that program."

So, does this mean that sites will know where I matched if I don't match to their site? Anyone else find this a little odd? I'm trying to think of what purpose this serves and I can't think of one. Any ideas about this? 😕

 

[psychRA]

I was looking back over Matching information on the NMS portal and this little gem popped out at me:

"Applicants and internship programs do NOT receive information about the rankings submitted by other applicants and programs. Each applicant is given only the final result the applicant obtains in the Match. Each program is provided only with the names of the applicants that it obtains in the Match, as well as the results of the Match for the other applicants ranked by that program."

So, does this mean that sites will know where I matched if I don't match to their site? Anyone else find this a little odd? I'm trying to think of what purpose this serves and I can't think of one. Any ideas about this? 😕

Yeah, I was wondering about that as well. I really can't think of any reason why a site would need to have that information.

I'm pretty certain that I'm not going to rank one of my sites, so if they do rank me but I don't match anywhere, won't they be able to figure that out once they look at this list? If I don't match this time, I'm going to be less picky for the next cycle. I'd rather not have the fact that I chose not to rank them this year come back to haunt me next year if I reapply to that particular site.

 

[psychwanabe]

So, does this mean that sites will know where I matched if I don't match to their site? Anyone else find this a little odd? I'm trying to think of what purpose this serves and I can't think of one. Any ideas about this? 😕

Yes, that is what it means. One of the TD's said at interview that he always looks to see where "his" applicants matched because he's competitive with some of the neighboring programs. Therefore, he sees where anyone who interviewed with him matched.

 

[member19171917]

yikes

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

I was looking back over Matching information on the NMS portal and this little gem popped out at me:

"Applicants and internship programs do NOT receive information about the rankings submitted by other applicants and programs. Each applicant is given only the final result the applicant obtains in the Match. Each program is provided only with the names of the applicants that it obtains in the Match, as well as the results of the Match for the other applicants ranked by that program."

So, does this mean that sites will know where I matched if I don't match to their site? Anyone else find this a little odd? I'm trying to think of what purpose this serves and I can't think of one. Any ideas about this? 😕

Yep, that's what it means. One of the children's hospitals I interviewed at told us that they always look at where the interviewees end up matching, and they almost always match a good places. They were using it as an example to show us that we had nothing to worry about (i.e., if you got this interview, you'll like match), but I did find it a little unusual that they get to see this info.