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Okay guys here is a question...which school have you seen that has the best match list? Also why is it so good? And if you have multiple ones rank them!
Best Match List:
Best Match List:
Okay guys here is a question...which school have you seen that has the best match list? Also why is it so good? And if you have multiple ones rank them!
Best Match List:
This question has no answer. You do realize that, right? There is not a school with the "best" match list since the match list depends on so many factors....and even after that it depends on what match list has things that you're interested in on it.
At my University of Michigan interview, the admissions director said that Umich was ranked
3rd (tied with another school) in the country for med schools by residency directors. Does anyone know where this full ranking list can be found or what other schools have high rankings? It seems like this ranking system would correlate with match lists.
Residency Director's Rankings is part of the criteria that US News uses to rank med schools and it's on a 5.0 scale. Here's a thread with the rankings of the top schools: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=342736&highlight=residency+ranking
For the rest you'll have to pick up a copy of US News and look in the "Assessment score by residency directors (5.0 highest)" column
US News publishes "residency directors rankings" for both their research and primary care rankings. However, I'm not sure if that's what the admissions director at UMich was talking about, b/c they're not ranked 3rd in either.
Harvard, BY FAR. If you go to Harvard, you are virtually guaranteed to get a Harvard residency. Over 55% of Harvard students stay for residency. Another 15% or so go to UCSF. The rest go to "lesser" places like Hopkins, Bascom Palmer, Stanford, etc.
Once again, there is no such thing as a "best" match list. What if you don't WANT to go to Harvard for residency? What if you're from SoCal and think moving to the NE would be a death sentence b/c of the weather? So, it might be the best match list for T., but def. not for everyone.
But I do think you bring up one very good point. It's not like Harvard is the only school that keeps a lot of its students. From what I have seen, most medical schools do that. So if you absolutely love an area/school, do consider the fact that actually going to med school there will give you a greater chance of getting to know the right people and landing a residency spot there.
OK, time to wake my brain up and start the cramming.....microanatomy is my nemesis [until tomorrow, when anther subject takes over].
But I do think you bring up one very good point. It's not like Harvard is the only school that keeps a lot of its students. From what I have seen, most medical schools do that. So if you absolutely love an area/school, do consider the fact that actually going to med school there will give you a greater chance of getting to know the right people and landing a residency spot there.
Harvard keeps more of its students than any other school.
Harvard, BY FAR. If you go to Harvard, you are virtually guaranteed to get a Harvard residency. Over 55% of Harvard students stay for residency. Another 15% or so go to UCSF. The rest go to "lesser" places like Hopkins, Bascom Palmer, Stanford, etc.
You do your residency at a hospital, not a med school. So your claim that >55% of Harvard students stay for residency is inaccurate.
Second, the name of the affiliated med school has no bearing on the reputation of a certain residency program.
Third, Harvard med students aren't guaranteed their pick of residency programs, just like Harvard undergrads aren't guaranteed their their pick of med schools.
Fourth, some residency programs only have 1 or 2 positions each year, so they are much more concerned with the quality of the individual than the reputation of their med school.
Fifth, ranking match lists is just plain stupid.
On my interview day, the admissions director said Michigan is in the top five which they are according to this, so I'm pretty sure this ranking is the one he's talking about. Even though they're fourth in it, these rankings are obviously fluid and I'm sure they change from year to year, since the third and fourth ranked school are only separated by 0.1.
#1: Harvard is affiliated with lots of teaching hospitals: BIDMC, MGH, BWH, ME&E, DFCI
So I should have asked...which schools have students match in to the toughest residency programs (Derm, Neurosurgery, Surgery, etc.) and a second question be which match at the toughest locations to get into...I agree that you can get into any residecny position from any school, but it is clear that some schools have more students matching into the tougher catagories than others...that is all that I was asking
Yeah, but you don't "do your residency at Harvard." These hospitals are funded and managed independently from the university/med school.
The Methodist Hospital in Houston is affiliated with Cornell Medical College. But you don't say that you are staying at Cornell, if you do your residency in Texas. Get my drift?
Surgery is not a tough residency program. IIRC, spots are left unfilled every year.So I should have asked...which schools have students match in to the toughest residency programs (Derm, Neurosurgery, Surgery, etc.) and a second question be which match at the toughest locations to get into...I agree that you can get into any residecny position from any school, but it is clear that some schools have more students matching into the tougher catagories than others...that is all that I was asking
Yes, you do "do your residency at Harvard." Ask a doctor who did his/her residency at MGH or BWH where they did their residency. I'll bet you $100 that they say "Harvard," rather than the name of the Hospital.
If this is true, then you should see the name "Harvard" mentioned when doctors list their residency program on a CV. I'm sure some doctors do, but it isn't the norm.
Make that check out to Mighty Angus.
http://www.radonc.duke.edu/modules/radoncfaculty/index.php?id=2
http://www.boston-neurosurg.org/faculty/black.html
http://www.sd-neurosurgeon.com/ott.html