Hello everyone,
I am writing to you all in regards to your thoughts about the current NRMP match system and the way it is set up. As you know, there is a lawsuit going on against the NRMP and the NRMP is trying to save its ass with the "Save the match.org" website. This currently system favors the programs too much. Many program will talk to each other after the interviews are done and negotiate which students they want with another program and rank them in a way you are destined to go to that program no matter how you rank them. We as applicants dont know what really goes on behind the scenes, but I do have proof of this.
Another reason it should be abolished is that the NRMP is the "middle man" of this entire system. Medical students pay too much as it is for tuition and fees for boards exams, etc with practically no income. The applicant should have direct contact when it comes to acceptances/rejections with the institution instead of playing these "mind games" with each other. Also, the system should be set up the way fellowships/med school applications are currently. The programs should give an applicant an acceptance letter directly and it is up to the applicant to decide whether he or she wants to attend that place, cutting out the "middle man" or NRMP. If he doesnt accept, then the schools should look into their waitlist. It would save us money and swing the favor back towards the applicant in letting him make his own choice and destiny. These are just my opinions. Everyone has the right to theirs, but I wish someone would set up an organization and try to abolish the current match system. The system should be set up by medical students that favors medical students. After all, we are "cheap" labor when we become residents.
Residents: http://www.residentcase.com/
NRMP: http://www.savethematch.org/
Take the time to review the websites and familiarize yourself with the issues being addressed. The outcome of this decision will affect more than just the NRMP match (also being sued are close to 30 medical schools/hospital systems and all of the following bodies: AMA, AHA, AAMC, ACGME, ABMS). Moreover, it will set legal precedent, whichever way the verdit turns out.
I am writing to you all in regards to your thoughts about the current NRMP match system and the way it is set up. As you know, there is a lawsuit going on against the NRMP and the NRMP is trying to save its ass with the "Save the match.org" website. This currently system favors the programs too much. Many program will talk to each other after the interviews are done and negotiate which students they want with another program and rank them in a way you are destined to go to that program no matter how you rank them. We as applicants dont know what really goes on behind the scenes, but I do have proof of this.
Another reason it should be abolished is that the NRMP is the "middle man" of this entire system. Medical students pay too much as it is for tuition and fees for boards exams, etc with practically no income. The applicant should have direct contact when it comes to acceptances/rejections with the institution instead of playing these "mind games" with each other. Also, the system should be set up the way fellowships/med school applications are currently. The programs should give an applicant an acceptance letter directly and it is up to the applicant to decide whether he or she wants to attend that place, cutting out the "middle man" or NRMP. If he doesnt accept, then the schools should look into their waitlist. It would save us money and swing the favor back towards the applicant in letting him make his own choice and destiny. These are just my opinions. Everyone has the right to theirs, but I wish someone would set up an organization and try to abolish the current match system. The system should be set up by medical students that favors medical students. After all, we are "cheap" labor when we become residents.
Residents: http://www.residentcase.com/
NRMP: http://www.savethematch.org/
Take the time to review the websites and familiarize yourself with the issues being addressed. The outcome of this decision will affect more than just the NRMP match (also being sued are close to 30 medical schools/hospital systems and all of the following bodies: AMA, AHA, AAMC, ACGME, ABMS). Moreover, it will set legal precedent, whichever way the verdit turns out.