Competitive after prelim yr?

[trkd]

Just wondering if one were to scramble into a prelim year, would you be more competitive with a year under your belt or same as the previous unmatched year?

Any thought?

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[toxic-megacolon]

Just wondering if one were to scramble into a prelim year, would you be more competitive with a year under your belt or same as the previous unmatched year?

Any thought?

You would be slightly less competitive after doing a prelim year. A transitional year would make you slightly more competitive as it won't hurt your Medicare funding, but TY spots are pretty competitive and hence hard to scramble into.

 

[trkd]

You would be slightly less competitive after doing a prelim year. A transitional year would make you slightly more competitive as it won't hurt your Medicare funding, but TY spots are pretty competitive and hence hard to scramble into.

I didn't know that transitional year did not affect your funding. Interesting. It seems there is much that the young pad-won has to learn.

So when you say that transitional would make you slightly more competitive, would this be more competitive than a prelim year or than the previous unmatched year. I know it is a hard call to make.

Thanks!

 

[DeLaughterDO]

It seems there is much that the young pad-won has to learn.

Should this perhaps be "It seems there is much the young - awon has to learn"

I've always heard having a year (or two) under your belt only makes you a stronger candidate. This may vary from program to program, because of the funding issue, which according to toxic may or may not even be a consideration. Cheap labor is still cheap labor, and with a year under your belt, you are extra cheap labor (pgy-2 labor for pgy-1 salary) that has a year's practice at "moving the meat," so to speak.

Of course, this is only what I heard from my neighbor's boyfriend's second college room-mate's sisters hamster, so YMMV.

That was a lot of babbling.. off to another thread.

Peace!

jd

 

[bla_3x]

I was told that both a TY or prelim would affect your funding if going into a 3 year program.

I had asked the question in regards to an AOA traditional internship, so maybe it is only true in that sense.