Can I get whatever location I want for residency if...

[ChrisGriffen]

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Guys....it really doesnt matter

 

[MLT2MT2DO]

You sure about that? I get that it wouldn't be an exact estimate, because there is cohort variation, butyou can see from the FM graph that costales posted that FM attrition is in fact close to the 12% (roughly equal to adding each year).

And the graph above that has a total attrition percentage over 9 years of 5%. Look at it this way if the attrition in psych was nearly 40% a program on the higher end would be well over 50% (really over half their residents?), a low attrition would be 20%. Through 9 psych interviews there was one school that got my yellow flags up with an attrition of about 8% over the past 5 years the other 8 schools residents gave me a look of bewilderment as though it never happens when asked about it.

 

[MLT2MT2DO]

Guys....it really doesnt matter

True but you can only try to shove common sense down the OP's throat for so long...

 

[hallowmann]

Guys....it really doesnt matter

But..but...but... how will I know if I'm right about a generally pointless topic? Isn't that what med school is really about?

 

[Jamers]

Can I get whatever location I want for residency if I am not selective/do not care about which specialty I match into?

Long story short, I didn't get into any of my local schools but got into out of state schools. It's pretty far away, but looking at the match list the school historically matches around 10-14 students out of ~230 per year back at my home state.

My main priority is getting back to my home state for residency, so are the chances of this good assuming my only factor when picking residency/specialty is location? (It's an East coast school and I'm from the Midwest, also thinking that there won't be too many people from my Midwest home state attending this school who want to go back there for residency, not sure if that will help me too...)

I'm sorry you don't care what speciality you match into? I think that will change in a few years....but anyways, if your state has a large amount of programs and you want to do something less competitive like IM or FP then your chances should be good if you apply broadly.

 

[charger246]

ChrisGriffen the ***** shows his embarrassing lack of reading comprehension skills yet again! I never said I loved all of medicine equally, just that the specific area of medicine I practice in is secondary to my main priority, which is location. It's frightening that even the illiterate can meet the requirements for medical school these days.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Please keep the conversation civil.

 

[jl lin]

I think what is troublesome to people is that fact that the OP stated they do NOT like peds or FM, but he is willing to take a residency spot in the area (which is a loss for someone else who may really want it), simply b/c it is geographically desirable.

Note taking a spot away from someone that may really want and be a matter match for that spot--when he said that he has NO and DISLIKES FM and peds. This is HUGE troll-flag to me. Maybe I am wrong, but I am wondering if the person just posted this to stir the pot. When POSERS--and that's what he is if he takes a spot in an area that he is not interested or does not like--and that spot could have gone to someone that is excited and interested in those areas--it's either a troll (and I don't use that term lightly b/c people can be unfairly thought of as trolls), or it's about a person that is not reflecting the ability to have true commitment--and they see medicine as entitling him to some sense of clout and/or as just a means to make a fairly nice salary compared to the rest of the population. Are these the kind of individuals medicine is seeking? This is quite troubling; but again, it could simply be a stir-the-post/troll post. Sigh.

 

[JGimpel]

Most pre-meds may consider different schools based on proximity to their support system up until then, but would be glad to go to med school period. In Residency, you're an adult making life changing decisions for your patients, so you have to take that seriously then, even if you don't really care what you do. I'm sure it's much harder to be motivated to spend the time on the wards or in the clinics or even studying to make sure that your knowledge base is always increasing if you don't care about your field and can't wait to hit the bar with your friends or hang out at your parents. You will have to develop your own support system wherever you go, you can't expect to coast around your old digs as you'll have to learn how to be social with your coworkers no matter what you do. This ambivalence about what field you want to go into and working in medicine at all will also be apparent to anyone interviewing you before you even land where you're having the interview.

Work on your people skills/grow a pair to make an effort to network with people everywhere you go, get some experience in some fields, (since with your attitude you should be thankful any PD would offer you a job in any field) and reconsider your career choice now rather than a couple 100K later and you hate what you do. Get a map and draw a 20 mile radius around where you are. If there are no residency offerings in that area, that may be too difficult for you to handle, so pick the best of your options in that radius, even if it's some low-end hourly job and I seriously think you'll be better off.

I second the troll-alert.