Cancelled a residency interview. Does my school find out or know this?

[DennisReynolds]

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Just like the title states.

If I cancel and don't show up and notified the program and all of that, do they contact my school?

I'm trying to keep my school the eff out of everything I do for the next 7-8 months as long as they get a tuition check for doing jack.

 

[Dr. Death]

Just like the title states.

If I cancel and don't show up and notified the program and all of that, do they contact my school?

I'm trying to keep my school the eff out of everything I do for the next 7-8 months as long as they get a tuition check for doing jack.

No. The less your school is involved the better when it comes to 4th year

 

[NotAProgDirector]

If you cancel with reasonable notice, that's fine. No way I'd contact your school -- people cancel interviews all the time.

If you cancel with no notice, or worse just don't show up, then I'll probably reach out to you first and see what happened. Some chance I'd contact your school, depending on the circumstances.

 

[BorntobeDO?]

Just like the title states.

If I cancel and don't show up and notified the program and all of that, do they contact my school?

I'm trying to keep my school the eff out of everything I do for the next 7-8 months as long as they get a tuition check for doing jack.

I have one interview that I tried to get moved and was unsuccessful in moving to a date that would work, so I canceled the slot. My school is not informed. I don't see why a program would do that if your not a jerk about it.

 

[DennisReynolds]

If you cancel with reasonable notice, that's fine. No way I'd contact your school -- people cancel interviews all the time.

If you cancel with no notice, or worse just don't show up, then I'll probably reach out to you first and see what happened. Some chance I'd contact your school, depending on the circumstances.

What about cancelling 3 days prior due to an unexpected family event dealing with hospitalization?

 

[Rekt]

What about cancelling 3 days prior due to an unexpected family event dealing with hospitalization?

Important to remember PCs/PDs are people too. They would be empathetic about it. It would suck for them, but life happens. Sometimes they can find regional applicants to fill a spot. I very much doubt they would contact your school over it since it's not really unprofessional.

 

[calvinhobbes]

Just like the title states.

If I cancel and don't show up and notified the program and all of that, do they contact my school?

I'm trying to keep my school the eff out of everything I do for the next 7-8 months as long as they get a tuition check for doing jack.

No. But I advise you go to every interview and rank every program, to avoid the SOAP. This isn’t 2015 anymore, the game has changed, and I don’t think anyone should be declining any interviews unless it’s literally impossible to attend.

 

[calvinhobbes]

What about cancelling 3 days prior due to an unexpected family event dealing with hospitalization?

Sorry to hear. You’ll be fine, no one will contact your school.

 

[thumbz]

This is one circumstance where you should disclose why you're canceling, even if you don't legally need to. If applicants leave us in a lurch/no show then we tend to let their schools know as it is a professionalism issue. If you cancel two days prior with a valid reason we offer to reschedule and move on, realizing life happens.

There was a thread on here 1-2 years ago about some poor applicant who canceled the right way only to have a PC send them an unprofessional rant of an email and contact their school. In that case it only reflected poorly on the program and the PC for being so petty and unreasonable but it goes to show weird things happen.

 

[DennisReynolds]

No. But I advise you go to every interview and rank every program, to avoid the SOAP. This isn’t 2015 anymore, the game has changed, and I don’t think anyone should be declining any interviews unless it’s literally impossible to attend.

I have 12 more interviews locked and loaded and 4 more in a separate specialty. Intend to rank all of them.

 

[Giovanotto]

No. But I advise you go to every interview and rank every program, to avoid the SOAP. This isn’t 2015 anymore, the game has changed, and I don’t think anyone should be declining any interviews unless it’s literally impossible to attend.

?????

 

[calvinhobbes]

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My point was, with the the uncertainty of 2020, no DO match, more applicants, etc, and that no one is immune to the SOAP anymore (no safety AOA scramble spots exist anymore, no guarantees of matching no matter how excellent an applicant is), the best advice is to attend every interview and rank... better to go matched and transfer later, then go unmatched and even risk not getting something in the SOAP. Just ask the SOAPer’s last year and the hell they went through and wished they ranked more programs (even if the programs were poop).

 

[DO2015CA]

What about cancelling 3 days prior due to an unexpected family event dealing with hospitalization?

if you present it to them that way and are still interested in the program then you can ask if there were reschedule spots

 

[Throwawaycall]

It is not the schools business what or how we interview even if it is their best interest if you match. Unless it’s a professionalism issue but even then our time and future is not the COMs to decide

 

[thumbz]

It is not the schools business what or how we interview even if it is their best interest if you match. Unless it’s a professionalism issue but even then our time and future is not the COMs to decide

Except for that when you go out and about you're a representative for your school, whether you want to be or not. And a sentence in your MSPE that says "We were contacted by a residency program stating that Mr X was unprofessional in their interaction with the program" will be a death sentence, at which point your COM has decided your future. You could always hope that your MSPE comes out before you get flagged for unprofessional behavior though, and that your COM is more worried about their graduation rate than their reputation.

 

[Throwawaycall]

Except for that when you go out and about you're a representative for your school, whether you want to be or not. And a sentence in your MSPE that says "We were contacted by a residency program stating that Mr X was unprofessional in their interaction with the program" will be a death sentence, at which point your COM has decided your future. You could always hope that your MSPE comes out before you get flagged for unprofessional behavior though, and that your COM is more worried about their graduation rate than their reputation.

I think they are released by then but I suppose if they update it prior to graduation w fourth year evals and it gets sent out for fellowships in future it could hurt. I think OP was talking about properly cancelling though not shacking up in the hotel and getting bomb faced at pre interview dinner then missing the actual interview. Which I have heard of happening lol.

 

[Sardonix]

My point was, with the the uncertainty of 2020, no DO match, more applicants, etc, and that no one is immune to the SOAP anymore (no safety AOA scramble spots exist anymore, no guarantees of matching no matter how excellent an applicant is), the best advice is to attend every interview and rank... better to go matched and transfer later, then go unmatched and even risk not getting something in the SOAP. Just ask the SOAPer’s last year and the hell they went through and wished they ranked more programs (even if the programs were poop).

Not practical advice for average FM candidates, FYI.

 

[calvinhobbes]

Not practical advice for average FM candidates, FYI.

True, but I guess better to be safe then sorry 😉

 

[Throwawaycall]

Fm is like broccoli

 

[DennisReynolds]

Fm is like broccoli

hahahahaha what lmao

 

[DO2015CA]

Fm is like broccoli

So FM is the best vegetable?

 

[BorntobeDO?]

Fm is like broccoli

So no one likes the taste but sometimes you know you need to rank it for your (career) health?

 

[Giovanotto]

Not practical advice for average FM candidates, FYI.

and a few other specialties.