I highly doubt a program is going to take the time to figure out all the logistics to schedule your interview, pay for your dinner, breakfast, lunch, and maybe hotel. Then say I would have ranked him in the top 50%, meaning you’d probably match, but I’m too lazy to send him an email to ask about his CS score.
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I was asked at a few interviews about my CS. I emailed a few programs I had higher interest in that i got my score.
Additionally, shouldnt screw up your match if you passed it lol. Which is most important
It is not uncommon to match even with a failed Step 2cs ( only USMDs). They just need to pass before they graduate.
True. But you shouldnt worry AT ALL if you passed it first time
It was more just worrying that programs entered their rank lists already and saw my CS hadn’t been reported yet and counted it against me.
Ah, i highly doubt it.
Some people just got their scores last week. PDs know about this last rush. You’re fine.
In times like this I think of a quote from Teddy Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Certified my list. Hopefully everyone here gets their top choice! I think we deserve it after all the panic lol.
Just to quadruple check, once we certify our list there is nothing else left to do, correct?
it makes me nervous that y'all liking my post rather than confirming.
You also need to make sure your school has verified you too.
Also double check the NRMP, AAMC, and USMLE ID, make sure they are right. Apparently a few years ago someone doing competitive specialty typed it in wrong and had to to soap.
Not sure if it's just horror story my school tells me but just in case.
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Not sure if it's just horror story my school tells me but just in case.
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I hear you man. Seems we finally figure out what to do and where to be - then here we go again onto something new! Good thing is most residencies know this and will help support us through this, and another good thing is we’re diving into specialities with like-minded people. I’m willing to bet we all have best friends at these new programs just waiting to meet us! Plus... FINALLY we get to start doing the things we love to do, with coats with better pockets!!
I can’t wait to start residency, but intern is definitely going to be brutal since it’s not in my preferred specialty.
We will finally feel like we belong on our rotations and within the hospital we work at. We will no longer be changing hospitals every 4 weeks. I did no more than 12 weeks at one hospital, and none of my rotations were at the same hospital back-to-back.
We will no longer have to put on a fake act and pretend we’re undecided on our specialties hoping it will help us get better evaluations.
We will hopefully get our schedules further out. I got tired real quick of not being able to make weekend plans because I wasn’t sure which day I had off until I started that rotation the Monday before.
We will no longer have to take a shelf exam each rotation.
We will actually be taking care of patients, putting in orders, and making real decisions.
And lastly, we will finally get a real paycheck.
I saw from MANY of my matched upperclassmen last year that they had their schedules in MAY, for the ENTIRE YEAR...
Absolutely agreed on the absence of shelf exams!!
I’m excited for a new adventure, and having genuine responsibilities - instead of feeling like I’m in the way or taking up someone’s precious time.
I feel this. As it gets more real, starting to doubt my previous rank list and changing it to rank my home program #1 to avoid change
Somebody hold me
Just checked my Rank List for the nth times. I am paranoid that somewhat it is not certified in the system when I thought I am and I end up not matching 😱.
My Applicant Status is “Certified”, Fee status is “Paid”, Verification status is “Verified”. Am I good? Anything that I need to do?
My Applicant Status is “Certified”, Fee status is “Paid”, Verification status is “Verified”. Am I good? Anything that I need to do?
Sounds like you're good to go!
Everyone try to make any changes today, apparently NRMP site likes to crash tomorrow. Good luck! Hope we all get our top choices!
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I've been the same way. I've had my list certified and unchanged for two weeks (double and triple checked using apps and nearly every time my answers came out the same) but I've still logged into NRMP multiple times to make sure I wasn't imagining being certified. Even now as I type this I'm questioning whether or not my memory is failing me.
I went into editing mode just to re-certify and get the email.
Same here!
I’ve had my list certified since January. Today I just full on woke up panicked and nauseous and feeling like something is going to go wrong. This is greatttt.
Pray.
I feel like I’m going to vomit...I guess it’s out of my hands now. I’ve done what I could do.
Me too. But I’ve been having a few celebratory nips
T MINUS 1 HOUR AND 3 MINUTES.
I’m just watching Netflix now. I’m good. So good....
I’m just watching Netflix now. I’m good. So good....
MS3 on EM rotation March 16th at 10:59am EST: "26 yo female 4th year medical student presents to the ED with chest pain, SOB, diaphoresis, and N/V/D for the past 3 hours..."
16 minutes left until our lives are no longer in our hands... 
What time are rank lists due? I’m ready to get to work on mine!
It’s done.
There's not really a good reason why match day couldn't just be this Friday... It's going to be a long 3.5 weeks
I can’t believe some bean counter at the AAMC knows if and where I matched and I have to wait a month
Would it make you feel better to know it's actually 2.5 weeks? Look at that! One week already down!
I count March 20th as match day which is 3.5 weeks away (3 weeks 2 days), but you could make an argument that it's 2.5 weeks to Monday of match week, but the day that everyone is really waiting for is March 20th
GUYS ITS ALL OVER!! WE DID IT!!!
I must have checked my certified status maybe 20 times today.
Fingers crossed and praying that everything turns out as it is meant to be
I must have checked my certified status maybe 20 times today.
Fingers crossed and praying that everything turns out as it is meant to be
It’s really over. Now the wait begins.
Wishing you all best of luck.
Wishing you all best of luck.
I dare any premed to say trying to get into med school is worse than waiting for Match day. Do it. I dare you.
n=1 but for me, trying to get into med school was much more stressful--applied to 54 med schools, got straight up rejected by 50, interviewed at 4, waitlisted at all 4, and didn't get accepted until mid-May. By then I had already rewritten a personal statement and was scrambling to figure out a plan B bc the chance of getting off any of these WLs after traffic day was very low. Waiting for Match Day isn't as stressful because if you've played your cards right, there's a high rate of success for matching. Yes it may suck that you don't get your top choice but at the end of the day you're going to be a doctor regardless, and that's something that you've worked incredibly hard to achieve and should be proud of!
It can be nerve wracking that we have to wait while a computer determines where we go next on our journey but at this point it's completely out of our hands so might as well enjoy M4 year to the fullest--celebrate your accomplishments, catch up with friends, spend time on hobbies, and consider it a blessing to have reached this point in your medical career, especially because not everyone who gets into to med school makes it to this part 🙂
Premed doesn’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line for match day... I dare say match is worse...
Yea, I was definitely more stressed out with the medschool process haha
Agreed med school was infinitely worse than this. We are much more in charge as applicants in the match. Med school apps we are disposable.
But you're a med student who has gone through both the med school app process and match so your opinion is valid.
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