Agree, an applicant from my program had 2 interviews and matched with her first choice because the site was a perfect fit. I think more interviews are helpful in that they increase your odds but getting interviews with sites that are an excellent fit is the more important factor
I was aiming (originally) for 5-6 interviews. I think 3-4 interviews and you have a good chance at matching still. Feel out the interviews. It may be better to rank higher the interviews that went well and where you feel they liked you a lot rather than necessarily your top choice. Best of luck and keep positive!
I asked her and she said she was a little unsure because they mentioned the tracks were: Adult, Adult Hospital, and Child. She did apply for behavioral med so maybe one of the adult ones are actually bmed.. I’ll keep you posted if she clarifies with them.
yes, general track on thursday last week. looked like mass email, but they might do waves?
I received an invite back on 12/3 for the neuro track. Pretty sure it was a mass email, but maybe they send them in waves?!
Interesting... I just double-checked my materials and one of mine also has two match codes, but I know for a fact one of them included in that document I didn't apply for. I hope so, too! I'm not sure how the NMS works, but I'm assuming if they don't tell us we'll see once our rankings become available?
Thanks for this! I will definitely reach out and ask.
Thank you so much!!☺️
I didn’t apply here but I was reading into the NMS policies recently and can offer some insight to your last question/statement. On January 18 when the ranking system opens, there won’t be anything pre-loaded. We’ll have to search for our programs just like we did in the AAPI. So it would be a good idea to clarify with any programs we applied to multiple tracks for. Technically in NMS you can list any program regardless of whether you applied or whether you got an interview. NMS doesn’t know where we applied and where we interviewed.
Can you elaborate on this? I've heard people say that before, but I don't understand how it could be true. Isn't there a better chance you'll match somewhere if there isn't discrepancy in how you and the site match each other?
The NMS website thoroughly covers this as well as includes a match simulator anyone can use. I highly recommend spending a lot of time on their website—I found it very helpful and it answered all of my questions about the algorithm and the best “strategy” (matching according to your true preferences). They include various examples of what can happen when applicants or internship TDs try to “game” the system (short version—it doesn’t work out).
Hi, I'm currently an intern here and am happy to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to pm me.
Aww thank you! I’ll definitely reach out soon. I’m a practicum student at VAIHCS working in pain psych/PCMHI, but no doubt the intern experience is different! 🙂
Oh interesting. I was wondering about this and didn’t know where to find info on it. Thanks for letting me know! I did reach out and it does appear that I’m being considered for all of the tracks I applied to. I will double check with the TD when I meet with her though!
You got this! Let us know how it goes <3
Best of luck! I believe in you!
That must have been a nice surprise in the junk mail. Congrats!
Definitely! I've been going through the old threads and have seen quite a few people Match with only ranking 1 or 2 sites (The number of interviews they had varied from 1-5).
They cancelled teenage bounty hunters?!?! Noooooo!
Thank you!! I still haven't received mine to be able to call, so I appreciate you doing it and updating all of us!
I agree, I know someone who ranked based on where they thought the interview went better versus where they liked the most and they later found out that their top choices actually ranked them pretty high but they didn't match because they ranked the top choice lower thinking the interview didn't go that well.
I have a friend who heard back from the Kaiser Oakland GI and adult track (last week?) and I heard back from the Kaiser Oakland hospital track today... sounds like they are going track by track. My friend and I are still waiting to hear back from the pediatric track
Do we know what the physical examination piece is? I would think just the drug test but am curious if anyone has a different impression.
I got rejected from Kaiser Oakland, so there’s still hope yet!
I feel this in my soul 🤣
No, I didn't ask about that. I would assume it's just the drug test. I did ask about the panel interview- the email from the TD said there was a panel interview when you did the CVA. Due to COVID, HR said they weren't sure if that was still happening. She said she would call me with further details on the CVA, location, etc. For now, all they needed from me was just the signed OF-5 form.
I have friends in Canada who had their notification day last Friday. A super intense day for them but the roller coaster was done in a day. Here we are, 4-5 weeks into this with another to go. #adrenalglandsareshriveled 🤣
Are we sure there’s a physical component? None of the emails I received have mentioned this.
I have also heard this from multiple supervisors and people involved in the match (during presentations about it). They basically said that it messes up the way the algorithm is truly supposed to work and people end up not matching (whereas they would have matched if they had left their rankings the way they wanted to rather than how well they thought they did on interviews/which sites liked them most). This is a truly crazy process, but I've heard and seen the "system work" multiple times (even with low numbers of interviews - all it takes is one!).
