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Here are my anticipated reactions to match results for my neuro advanced positions match on March 19th:

#1: Yeah baby! This is so awesome. I am genuinely looking forward to some of the best years of my life! 😀

#2/#3: Not bad. I reasonably satisfied with this result. There are significant pluses and minues to this program, but everything should work out.🙄

#4: Hm. It's hard to say how this is going to work out. I guess I'll hope for the best. 🙁

#5-11: ****! ****! ****! This is ********. ****! 😡:scared:

Unmatched: "Excuse me sir. Would you kindly point me in the direction of the nearest bridge."

How do you anticipate reacting to your match results?

(admins: yes...this is a repost from the neurology forum; delete the copy there if you are so inclined as it is not getting many responses)
 
#1-2: Jaw hitting floor followed by 20 straight minutes of whooping and "YES YES YES!" then backflip off stage and high fives to everyone in the room

#3-5: Smile and nod

#6-Last 2: Fake smile and nod

Last 2: Look of horror, inaudable #### under my breath.

Not matched: My brain would probably fry
 
I'm streaking around the auditorium.
 
1- Denial

2- Anger

3- Bargaining

4- Depression

5- Acceptance

In that order
 
Here's the most simple breakdown I've come up with:

-matched: champagne

-unmatched: whiskey
 
1: w00t! The process works! The match is truly an efficient and fair system! Great training and great location! Puppies and sunshine!

2: woot... I'm going to get amazing training... and hang around with all my old classmates! But I probably shouldn't call my husband for a few days. Maybe I should find him a job and a house out here before I let him know... maybe I can get his mom to give him the news.

3: urgh... oh well, I'll totally survive the program, the residents totally say their happy, even if they don't act it... and my husband is going to be happy. Very happy. Why am I complaining? Its a great program. Repeat to self: great. They say they're number 1. Totally great. I guess I'll call him now so his excitement can rub off on me.

4: woot! Amazing training! People would kill for this residency! But... so cold.... can't... feel... fingers. Need to buy mittens.

5: cool. Now I can be a totally pompous doctor from THE top program. I'll still freeze to death on my first call night. The Match is clearly designed by a toddler, but at least I'll never have a problem getting research done.

6: Still in Boston? Really? Didn't I learn anything from how I might react to 4 & 5? I'll call the husband tomorrow, and send him another jacket.

7 - 10 : UCs that I can't even remember how I ordered. The match system is clearly BS. I have no idea how all these smart people fall for its promises. We should really have a coup.
 
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either way I'm going to DSW.

#1 rain boots
#2 knee high black boots
#3-5 hiking boots
#6-7 snow boots
#8 toms
#9 cowboy boots

#10-12 is going to take more than DSW to save me.
 
1. 😍
2, 3 😀
4, 5, 6 🙂
7. :scared:
8, 9 😕
10. 🙁
11, 12 😡
13. 😱
 
LadyGrey said:
1. 😍
2, 3 😀
4, 5, 6 🙂
7. :scared:
8, 9 😕
10. 🙁
11, 12 😡
13. 😱
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Wow, 13 interviews! I am impressed that someone has the energy to do that.
 
I will celebrating on 'Black Monday' if I get the e-mail saying 'congratulation you have matched' (Have got the champagne in the fridge!)
:soexcited:


On match day:
#1 Over the moon
#2-7 Probably over the moon too! (the best programs fell into this category as location was the most important factor)
#8 Not THAT thrilled .. BUT.. at least the nightmares will stop..
 
Doowai said:
Wow, 13 interviews! I am impressed that someone has the energy to do that.
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Actually 14 interviews. Plus 4 osteopathic. It was pretty exhausting, and very drawn out (my DO interviews started in late October, so it was 3+ months of interviewing). I'm also really tired of suits, so thank god I can wear scrubs for the rest of my medical life. 😀

They were all relatively local (trains and driving); only spent one night in a hotel. I can only imagine the pain otherwise.
 
#1-2 (specialty surgery) I'm the bomb... booyaaa...

#3 (specialty surgery) Back home... sweet...

#4-6 (specialty surgery) nice, but this is going to be a lot harder than I thought.

#7 (general surgery) crap... oh well, there is always fellowships, plus this is close to home

#8-10 (general surgery) well... I guess I should consider myself lucky... this could turn out okay.

#11-14 (general surgery) man, I'm glad I went to a bunch of interviews... but, this blows... i thought I was better than this... whatever, at least I matched.

#15-16 (general surgery) so much for academics, fellowships, and all those other dreams... i should have done pediatrics
 
LadyGrey said:
Actually 14 interviews. Plus 4 osteopathic. It was pretty exhausting, and very drawn out (my DO interviews started in late October, so it was 3+ months of interviewing). I'm also really tired of suits, so thank god I can wear scrubs for the rest of my medical life. 😀

They were all relatively local (trains and driving); only spent one night in a hotel. I can only imagine the pain otherwise.
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Yeah, us DO's going for surgery or some other relatively competitive field usually end up doing more interviews. I did 15 allopathic and decided not to go on the DO ones. IT SUCKED! At least most of the pre-interview dinners had booze.
 
1. Sweet! I am the man, but now I have to get ready for the hardest 6 years of my life....
2. Awesome! I am thrilled to match at my #2 place
3-5. Very excited, still pop the champagne, but time to stock up on the cold weather gear
6-9. This will work, but it is not the ideal situation... I am so happy to have matched into such a difficult specialty and there are plenty of positives.
10. Cool I suppose, long 6 years ahead
11. I hate the NRMP and match system but better than not matching (maybe)
 
1. Me: Hallelujah! Him: Hallelujah! Us: We are so fortunate. But also... Damn, we're going to freeze.
2. Me: Hallelujah! Him: OMFG Yes! Us: So how are we going to afford to live here?
3. Me: Amazing - but ridiculously hardcore. Did I sign up for this? Him: Research up the wazoo here - sweet.
4. Going back to our roots. Us: Happy
5. Me: Thrilled! Him: Oh, ****.
6. Me: Oh, ****. Him: Thrilled!
7. Me: Hallelujah! (same school as #2). Husband = Eh.
8. Me: Fantastic program... but how am I going to get my fellowship... great location. Him: Yes, yes, yes!
9. Me: Amazing program, but as the joke goes they prescribe OCPs to all new female residents and antidepressants to everyone, I'm screwed. Him: Good international opportunities. Us: Eh.
10. Me: We are going to be so damned happy here! Him: But we're not going to get fellowships.
11: Me: Great reputation, not thrilled with the location. Him: Very happy.
12: Me: Loved it! Great fellowship opportunity. Him: I'll survive.
13: Me: Please, no... Him: Please, no... Us: Crap.
14: Me: &$*% Him: *$&# Us: At least we matched.
15-18: Me: How the hell did I go unmatched? Him: Matched at one of my favorite schools! Us: At least only one of us has to scramble.


Oh the joys of the couple's match compromise. 😉
 
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#1-Yay, free unlimited delicious food!
#2-Free kinda icky food.
#3-Icky expensive food, not even a lousy employee discount
>3... scramble... no tall buildings/bridges nearby, guess that leaves FP
 
#1: Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited, it actually worked out!!!!! The next 3 years are going to be wonderful!!!!!
#2-3: Damn, i really though #1 liked me....what happened? But i'll be living in a great city and have a great life!
#4: Oh ****.....get ready to work your ass off! At least it's a good program!
#5: Freeeeeeeeeeeezing. I thought no one ever got this far down their list?
#6-9: Stupid match
#10: ****, i shouldve just scrambled!!!!!!!
 
#1--Wow, did I luck out. It has everything i want and I don't even have to move.

#2--OK, I have to move and the pay is lousy, but it is prestigious and I like them. Happiness.

#3--Well, I have to move and the program isn't my favorite, but it has possibilities, and at least I can quit that job at the Starbucks.

>3 Scramble, Starbucks, or Doom.
 
All right, I'll play.

#1-2: Woohoo! Exactly what I want!
#3: I'll have to change mental gears, but yay! I'll be getting the best training out there and working with really great people as well!
#4: Great! My fellowship will just be for show!
#5: Cool, excellent training with people who can laugh at themselves!
#6: Really? They actually ranked me?
#7: Happy to work with friends. But why, God? Why do you do this to me?
#8: Cool, I'm gonna learn how to surf!
#9-15: Woohoo, I matched!
 
1. Yay! Exactly what I wanted--great people, great weather, great outdoors! And close to family to boot!
2. Excellent, but very, very cold. At least it has the programs I want and houses we can afford, plus fellowships to die for.
3. What an outstanding program and city--hopefully the fact that there aren't too many residents will be a positive and not a negative. And we'll definitely be moving in 3 years for fellowship.
4. So what if the hospital's not as nice? There's skiing 45 minutes from work and the people seem happy!
5. On the plus side, back to my happy beaches and sun of college. On the minus side, back to living in dorm-like housing.
6. Super close to home--my mom AND mother-in-law will be ecstatic. And the program's not too shabby either.
7. Love the program; the city, well, um, we'll adjust. And buy a lot of warm clothes.
8. At least it's warm.
 
Primary Rank Order List

1-7: I rock. I might shed some tears of joy.
7-13: It's not the same field as 1-7, but after enduring my medicine sub-I, I'll count myself hella lucky to be in this field
13-18: prelim medicine. mother@#$#&*^! I'm shedding tears but what I'm feeling is the complete opposite of joy.
 
1. Basic Trust vs. Mistrust
2. Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt
3. Initiative vs Guilt
4. Industry vs Inferiority
5. Identity vs Role Confusion
6. Intimacy vs Isolation
7. Generativity vs Stagnation
8. Ego Integrity vs Despair
 
Pompacil said:
n00b. I did 23 last year. 14 the year before.
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Really. So was one year a prelim or transitional match and then the next year for your advanced match? If so why didn't you just do your prelim and advanced match in the same year?

Or did you match into a specialty you did not like and go through the match again?
 
Oss
 
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Pompacil said:
n00b. I did 23 last year. 14 the year before.
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Wow, 23 - I am impressed with your energy to do that. Last year I had 14 or 15 interview offers and kept 10 of them, cancelled the rest. And I was pretty damn strapped out (financially as well) by the end of that. Were you interviewing at something rather non-competitive like FM , which pays for your hotel or did you have to pay for that as well. anyway, again - I find interviewing a dreadful experience and cannot imagine doing 23

I mean seriously - with the money spent on 23 interviews (ERAS fees, plane tickets, car rentals, hotels, food etc) you could buy a biz op (business for sale) like a dry cleaners or something and make decent money the rest of your days. I mean ERAS fees alone must have been 3 grand, unless you were asked to interview at every place you applied.
 
Not if you interview locally. ERAS fees were a beeeyotch. But I interviewed at 7 "1st choice specialty" programs of which all but 2 were within a car's drive away. I then interviewed at 6 "2nd choice specialty" programs all of which were located within a car's drive away. Then I finished it off with 11 transitional year/prelim programs. Again, all located within a car's drive away. Wasn't that expensive or even mentally draining (all interviews were nicely spaced out from October thru January with December and January being the heavy months)
 
Doowai said:
Really. So was one year a prelim or transitional match and then the next year for your advanced match? If so why didn't you just do your prelim and advanced match in the same year?

Or did you match into a specialty you did not like and go through the match again?
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I was applying for a competitive specialty and didn't match. I scrambled into a prelim, then reapplied for said specialty plus a backup. Ranked 20 programs (10 in each specialty) and matched in my first choice specialty.

Still have the credit card debt to prove it.
 
#1: hennessey, jetskis on south beach, mercedes benz dealership, vip at heathrow lounge
#2-#3: all of the above, but replace henny with the goose
#4-#5: i officially dont give a f%# anymore
#6-#8: god really does hate me
Unmatched: one way flight to brazil for a new career as a fisherman
 
#1: Awesome! Great training, big city...but I can't believe I'm actually moving to Texas

#2: Oh man! How much do skis cost? And I better start thinking of a research topic!

#3: Hooray! Residency is going to be a good time! Why is everyone asking me if I'm ok? Yes, I did choose to go here...no, I'm not upset at all, quite the opposite in fact.

#4: Excellent! I've got to make some phone calls...right now!

#5: It's cold...and snows, with no mountains. Whatever, I guess I'll deal with it - q6 call is probably worth it.

#6: Really? Hmm...didn't expect that. I do love that town, and the hospital is really nice, and the university does have a pretty good name. This will be okay.

#7: FML. WTF happened? Am I really that awful? I really wanted to move out of this town. Well I do like this resident and that resident and this staff person...but I also hate that other resident and that staff person. Why did I put this on my list? I should have put that program I didn't like here just so I could have moved...they wanted me, they would have taken me...@#^&*(*&^%$%^&*)*&^#@#
 
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