MD & DO co'21 Residency Panic thread

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AnatomyGrey12 said:
One more day until I submit that list and get to go back to twiddling my thumbs and playing Halo lol
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bye bye paddle GIF by Ørsted

love to see it.
 
Chibucks15 said:
I do not care what or where you are applying to. Your situation isn’t THAT different than top tier places everywhere else. You can keep pumping up your self importance all you want it doesn’t change the fact we’re all in the same boat.

but best of luck to you in your Uber unique and special pursuits. Worrying about it just makes you feel worse. Roll with whatever happens I promise you’ll feel better
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iamarosepetal said:
I don't agree with frenchyn's wording ever but lol i'm not going to lie when I'm not a CT or a derm candidate :dead: I got interviews at t10/t20 places with my measly 23x score lmfaoooo but not even ranking them high cause i'm chasing my own happiness lol.
THIS IS AN ERAS PANIC THREAD I rather let people panic on here than you know simmer in the abyss
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I gotta say, as a relatively competitive applicant in another small highly competitive field, I also think he's being overly anxious. Which is fine, this is the kind of situation that brings out anxiety in everybody. But competitive specialties aren't an entirely different world from the rest of the match.
 
NecrotizingFasciitis said:
Halo 3 is the OG Halo; sooooooo many memories

shotty snipes
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Ding ding ding * this was the correct answer (halo 1&2 would have been acceptable for the nostalgia, and halo wars would gotten partial points for unexpected yet respectable answer)

some great memories playing shotty snipes/custom games/forge/campaign (last mission on legendary + all skulls on) w the boys all night
 
Scrubs101 said:
Ding ding ding * this was the correct answer (halo 1&2 would have been acceptable for the nostalgia, and halo wars would gotten partial points for unexpected yet respectable answer)

some great memories playing shotty snipes/custom games/forge/campaign (last mission on legendary + all skulls on) w the boys all night
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I think I would agree that Halo 3 is probably the best, but I have the best memories/spent the most time playing Halo 2. So much fun high school nostalgia with that game.
 
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So I applied to separate tracks at a given program (categorical, physician-scientist). Can/Should I rank both? I believe I received the invite from one specific program for only one of their tracks.

Also, just out of curiosity, what happens if I rank a program/track I did not interview at/for?
 
sella.turcica said:
Also, just out of curiosity, what happens if I rank a program/track I did not interview at/for?
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Nothing other than you just won’t match into that program/track because they won’t be ranking you since they didn’t interview you.
 
AnatomyGrey12 said:
Nothing other than you just won’t match into that program/track because they won’t be ranking you since they didn’t interview you.
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I've encountered some weird hybrid TY/advanced programs where I interviewed for the rads residency and then they sent me a match code for their PGY1 program and told me I should rank it and they'd count my rads interview as my interview for the TY too.

So it's possible to match a PGY1 you never interviewed for, in theory even one you never actually applied to
 
efle said:
I've encountered some weird hybrid TY/advanced programs where I interviewed for the rads residency and then they sent me a match code for their PGY1 program and told me I should rank it and they'd count my rads interview as my interview for the TY too.

So it's possible to match a PGY1 you never interviewed for, in theory even one you never actually applied to
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Well yeah but that is kind of a niche scenario. I don't think that is similar to the scenario described by the poster above.

Edit: they also told you they were ranking you.
 
AnatomyGrey12 said:
Well yeah but that is kind of a niche scenario. I don't think that is similar to the scenario described by the poster above.

Edit: they also told you they were ranking you.
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Yeah definitely only applies for people with a prelim year. Funny to think I could match with a PD I've never spoken to and who I didn't even send my ERAS to lol

Edit: All of this strikes me as evidence that flying around the country, dressing up and having an interview day for TY/prelims is completely unnecessary. I hope they all switch to Zoom interviewing permanently.
 
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if anyone has an opinion on DR programs in Ohio, please PM me! Would love to hear other people's opinions on the programs
 
Some data came out for Urology match today.

Avg apps per person: Similar to last year (77 vs 74)
Avg interviews done per person: Similar to last year (12 vs 13)
Avg interview invitations per person: Down from last year (9 vs 13)
Match rate: Similar to last year (80% vs 83%)

Very interesting to see - it looks like maldistribution of interviews may have been a thing, but it didn't much impact the outcomes.
 
efle said:
Some data came out for Urology match today.

Avg apps per person: Similar to last year (77 vs 74)
Avg interviews done per person: Similar to last year (12 vs 13)
Avg interview invitations per person: Down from last year (9 vs 13)
Match rate: Similar to last year (80% vs 83%)

Very interesting to see - it looks like maldistribution of interviews may have been a thing, but it didn't much impact the outcomes.
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How is the average for interviews actually done higher than the average interview invites? Seems like you need an invite to do the interview...
 
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TelemarketingEnigma said:
How is the average for interviews actually done higher than the average interview invites? Seems like you need an invite to do the interview...
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I agree, it shouldn't be possible to have more total interviews attended than total invitations. I think it might be showing interviews attended for matched applicants, versus interview invitations for all applicants (matched or not). Here's the page if anyone else wants to try and figure it out
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
If it’s the mean, then some people at the top end of the spectrum hoarding interviews will skew it up.
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My brain doesn’t want to do math right now, so maybe you’re right, but seems like interview hoarding would lower both numbers, since others wouldn’t get invited OR attend interviews they didn’t get invited to. I’m thinking more like the invites number is including people with 0-low interview invites, who then didn’t attend any interviews and/or for some reason aren’t included in the interviews attended number (shifting the average up)
 
TelemarketingEnigma said:
My brain doesn’t want to do math right now, so maybe you’re right, but seems like interview hoarding would lower both numbers, since others wouldn’t get invited OR attend interviews they didn’t get invited to. I’m thinking more like the invites number is including people with 0-low interview invites, who then didn’t attend any interviews and/or for some reason aren’t included in the interviews attended number (shifting the average up)
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I didn’t look at the data, just his summary. But if a small number of applicants got a disproportionately large number of invites AND kept them, it could still result in fewer average interviews and a larger number of average interviews attended. But I haven’t done the math to see what it would have to be to do that. Might be impossible.
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
I didn’t look at the data, just his summary. But if a small number of applicants got a disproportionately large number of invites AND kept them, it could still result in fewer average interviews and a larger number of average interviews attended. But I haven’t done the math to see what it would have to be to do that. Might be impossible.
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x = total invitations, y = total attended, n = total participants
x must be greater than y
x/n must be greater than y/n
 
Does anyone else find it ridiculous that we more or less have to manually create our rank lists in a separate system than that we first applied to? Like, I understand the difference between AAMC/ERAS and the NRMP Match, but c'mon. It's not only creating more work for the applicants, but more pragmatically, it introduces an unnecessary element of human error to the process. What if I get the code wrong, what if I accidentally apply to the wrong track, etc. etc.?
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
I didn’t say I don’t know how to do math. I am a mathematician. I said I didn’t do the math.

But the way mean works, it allows for small outliers to skew results. I’m sure you’re aware of that.
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I think you’ll find IM residents/attendings to be your people once you start rotations.
 
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Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
I didn’t say I don’t know how to do math. I am a mathematician. I said I didn’t do the math.

But the way mean works, it allows for small outliers to skew results. I’m sure you’re aware of that.
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underthesun said:
I think you’ll find IM residents/attendings to be your people once you start rotations.
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Nah hes rads gang and doesnt know it yet

I knew you were a math major I thought youd get a kick out of my terrible proof
 
morningmedicine said:
Does anyone else find it ridiculous that we more or less have to manually create our rank lists in a separate system than that we first applied to? Like, I understand the difference between AAMC/ERAS and the NRMP Match, but c'mon. It's not only creating more work for the applicants, but more pragmatically, it introduces an unnecessary element of human error to the process. What if I get the code wrong, what if I accidentally apply to the wrong track, etc. etc.?
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I feel you. I had a multi level quadruple check process for looking up, making a list of, typing up, and verifying my codes.
 
Does anyone know if new board exam scores are sent to ERAS automatically? Like, let's say you apply and send in Step/Level 1 + 2. Then later on (post/mid-interviews or whatever) you take the PE....will they automatically see your score or would you have to manually re-send it in?
 
fldoctorgirl said:
Does anyone know if new board exam scores are sent to ERAS automatically? Like, let's say you apply and send in Step/Level 1 + 2. Then later on (post/mid-interviews or whatever) you take the PE....will they automatically see your score or would you have to manually re-send it in?
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you have to manually resend them.
 
fldoctorgirl said:
Does anyone know if new board exam scores are sent to ERAS automatically? Like, let's say you apply and send in Step/Level 1 + 2. Then later on (post/mid-interviews or whatever) you take the PE....will they automatically see your score or would you have to manually re-send it in?
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Manually send it in. August is the best time if you're worried about a fail affecting your # of invites
 
sunshinefl said:
you have to manually resend them.
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Pro is if you have a bad score or fail after sending its not automatically re-sent.
Con is you have to remember to do it (easy enough, I sent it 10 mins after I got my Step 2).
Noteworthy is if you resend it sends to all programs you already authorized release to. You can't pick and choose.
 
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