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I think we need to jazz up the title a bit to better reflect the anxiety/excitement we are all feeling. Maybe adding a few ****** on either side and randomly capitalizing things. Oh, and random !!! That seems to be the way to go on this forum.

😉
 
I was thinking we need to work Rebecca Black in on every Friday. That would really jazz it up. Or some explosions or something.
 
Hahaha! I'm not sure how to edit the title of the thread, but if a mod or some such can do it I'm totally in!
 
PSurg530 said:
I think we need to jazz up the title a bit to better reflect the anxiety/excitement we are all feeling. Maybe adding a few ****** on either side and randomly capitalizing things. Oh, and random !!! That seems to be the way to go on this forum.

😉
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LOL Love the suggestion! Can't wait till March 16th!
 
If you rank more than one specialty, does anyone know if there is a way to find out which you matched into prior to match day?
 
sasquatch said:
If you rank more than one specialty, does anyone know if there is a way to find out which you matched into prior to match day?
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Only if one of them is a categorical and the other is advanced. In that case, the email you get on Monday will tell you whether you matched cat or advanced +/- prelim. The email doesn't say "you matched to a Specialty X program."
 
gutonc said:
Only if one of them is a categorical and the other is advanced. In that case, the email you get on Monday will tell you whether you matched cat or advanced +/- prelim. The email doesn't say "you matched to a Specialty X program."
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Is that basically all the email tells you? I'm applying to both cat and advanced programs. With the advanced it will tell you if you did or did not get your prelim/intern spot too?
 
gutonc said:
Only if one of them is a categorical and the other is advanced. In that case, the email you get on Monday will tell you whether you matched cat or advanced +/- prelim. The email doesn't say "you matched to a Specialty X program."
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We get an email? I thought I read on the nrmp site that we have to log in to see our result on that Monday.
 
Well if the e-mail doesnt tell you, would your school be able to tell you if you matched into your first specialty choice?
 
sasquatch said:
Well if the e-mail doesnt tell you, would your school be able to tell you if you matched into your first specialty choice?
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No!

Here is the timeline FYI,

Match Week:

Monday 11:30am: Schools find out who their Unmatched Seniors are!
Monday 12:00pm: Applicants find out their match status (i.e. whether you've matched or not). It doesn't tell you what specialty or what program. JUST your match status (cat./advance/prelim).

At this point nobody but NRMP (i.e. "the computer" not the staff), knows the specialty or program you've matched into!

Thursday 8:00am: Schools find out exactly where you've matched.
Thursday 2:00pm: Programs get a list of their new interns!

At this point it would be a match violation for schools or programs to notify you. Why? who knows!

Friday 12:00pm: School Match Ceremonies.
Friday 1:00pm: Applicants find out exactly where they have matched!

I'm not sure what happens between 12pm and 1pm and whether schools are allowed to tell you or not in that hour. But at 1:00pm everything is posted and The Match Ends!

I hope this helps.
 
Doctor4Life1769 said:
Nope. Neither will NRMP when u call them.
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What is the whole point of telling people they've matched, but then waiting 5 days to let people find out where? Maybe I'm missing some obvious reason, but I can't think of any rational reason for this--is it just another way to stick it to us?

Well, on second thought, I guess it does prevent people from finding out they didn't match in front of everyone else at match day--although this could be easily prevented by just letting everyone know if and where they matched a the same time. I guess that would take the thunder away from the match day thing though. Maybe they should just let people opt in or out of having to do the match day thing.
 
bala565 said:
No!

Here is the timeline FYI,

Match Week:

Monday 11:30am: Schools find out who their Unmatched Seniors are!
Monday 12:00pm: Applicants find out their match status (i.e. whether you've matched or not). It doesn't tell you what specialty or what program. JUST your match status (cat./advance/prelim).

At this point nobody but NRMP (i.e. "the computer" not the staff), knows the specialty or program you've matched into!

Thursday 8:00am: Schools find out exactly where you've matched.
Thursday 2:00pm: Programs get a list of their new interns!

At this point it would be a match violation for schools or programs to notify you. Why? who knows!

Friday 12:00pm: School Match Ceremonies.
Friday 1:00pm: Applicants find out exactly where they have matched!

I'm not sure what happens between 12pm and 1pm and whether schools are allowed to tell you or not in that hour. But at 1:00pm everything is posted and The Match Ends!

I hope this helps.
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Wait, wtf?

We're the absolute last ones to know? What a pile of horsesh*t!
 
turkeyjerky said:
What is the whole point of telling people they've matched, but then waiting 5 days to let people find out where? Maybe I'm missing some obvious reason, but I can't think of any rational reason for this--is it just another way to stick it to us?

Well, on second thought, I guess it does prevent people from finding out they didn't match in front of everyone else at match day--although this could be easily prevented by just letting everyone know if and where they matched a the same time. I guess that would take the thunder away from the match day thing though. Maybe they should just let people opt in or out of having to do the match day thing.
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Hey man, I was in your shoes last year. The wait just to find out IF i matched sucked... what sucked even more was waiting to find out WHERE i matched.

As for the reason, hell if I know.
 
bala565 said:
No!

Here is the timeline FYI,

Match Week:

Monday 11:30am: Schools find out who their Unmatched Seniors are!
Monday 12:00pm: Applicants find out their match status (i.e. whether you've matched or not). It doesn't tell you what specialty or what program. JUST your match status (cat./advance/prelim).

At this point nobody but NRMP (i.e. "the computer" not the staff), knows the specialty or program you've matched into!

Thursday 8:00am: Schools find out exactly where you've matched.
Thursday 2:00pm: Programs get a list of their new interns!

At this point it would be a match violation for schools or programs to notify you. Why? who knows!

Friday 12:00pm: School Match Ceremonies.
Friday 1:00pm: Applicants find out exactly where they have matched!

I'm not sure what happens between 12pm and 1pm and whether schools are allowed to tell you or not in that hour. But at 1:00pm everything is posted and The Match Ends!

I hope this helps.
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I don't know if it's changing this year but in the past my school would give the students their envelope before the ceremony and it was up to the individual whether they opened it in private or on stage.

It seems like the waiting is just tradition and nothing else
 
Hey bala, where'd you garner that righteous timeline information? (in particular that Thursday bit)
 
turkeyjerky said:
What is the whole point of telling people they've matched, but then waiting 5 days to let people find out where? Maybe I'm missing some obvious reason, but I can't think of any rational reason for this--is it just another way to stick it to us?
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The reason is so unmatched people can participate in the scramble (well, now it's the SOAP).

Now as to why programs get to find out the day before we do and then have to keep it hush hush... hell if I know!
 
pixella said:
The reason is so unmatched people can participate in the scramble (well, now it's the SOAP).

Now as to why programs get to find out the day before we do and then have to keep it hush hush... hell if I know!
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Yeah, but I don't see how keeping it a secret from matched people affects scramblers at all. (man, that's a weird looking sentence, isn't it? bizarre lexicon we have)
 
turkeyjerky said:
Yeah, but I don't see how keeping it a secret from matched people affects scramblers at all. (man, that's a weird looking sentence, isn't it? bizarre lexicon we have)
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I think it's just to keep the tradition of everyone finding out the same day
 
Anyone else having trouble logging into the NRMP site? The main site loads but when I click the button to go to the log-in, nothing loads.
 
IMO what's BS is that as per current SOAP guidelines, most folks that scramble (or SOAP) find out sooner than people who have matched (by as much as 47 hours) where they are going to end up while people who have matched must sit around waiting for Friday 1pm. :wtf:

2012mdc said:
I think it's just to keep the tradition of everyone finding out the same day
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If they release the complete results on Monday, still everyone finds out at the same time, except the unmatched people who under the current system still don't find out with everyone else.

Maybe a more senior attending can comment, but I THINK the reason is probably because back in the 90s when the current Match was instituted, internet was not as widely available and in order to make sure everyone received the "letter" on the same day, assuming it was snail mail, they had to have some lag time between match status and match result release. Now that everything is electronic there is no reason to adhere to this schedule. BUT I assume that there were some old farts on the board who said that "when I was a medical student blah blah blah" and therefore these people should also suffer like I did! :poke:
 
bala565 said:
IMO what's BS is that as per current SOAP guidelines, most folks that scramble (or SOAP) find out sooner than people who have matched (by as much as 47 hours) where they are going to end up while people who have matched must sit around waiting for Friday 1pm. :wtf:



If they release the complete results on Monday, still everyone finds out at the same time, except the unmatched people who under the current system still don't find out with everyone else.

Maybe a more senior attending can comment, but I THINK the reason is probably because back in the 90s when the current Match was instituted, internet was not as widely available and in order to make sure everyone received the "letter" on the same day, assuming it was snail mail, they had to have some lag time between match status and match result release. Now that everything is electronic there is no reason to adhere to this schedule. BUT I assume that there were some old farts on the board who said that "when I was a medical student blah blah blah" and therefore these people should also suffer like I did! :poke:
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Even before SOAP most successful scramblers found out where they'd be ~ 2 days prior to the rest of us.
 
bala565 said:
IMO what's BS is that as per current SOAP guidelines, most folks that scramble (or SOAP) find out sooner than people who have matched (by as much as 47 hours) where they are going to end up while people who have matched must sit around waiting for Friday 1pm. :wtf:
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Trust me, the scramble sucked. And SOAP will be better, but will still suck. Almost anyone in SOAP would happily trade you for your matched spot. Knowing "earlier" where you are going is a small deal.

Also, look at it this way: if the match results and SOAP happened at the same time, your classmates who do not match would instead be going through the insanity of SOAP instead of partying with you. This allows SOAP to complete (mostly -- there are still offer rounds on friday afternoon, but I expect it will be over by then), and your peers to come to match day with their spot in hand.
 
bala565 said:
IMO what's BS is that as per current SOAP guidelines, most folks that scramble (or SOAP) find out sooner than people who have matched (by as much as 47 hours) where they are going to end up while people who have matched must sit around waiting for Friday 1pm. :wtf:
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You're seriously saying that you'd RATHER SCRAMBLE, for the poor consolation of knowing where you'll be going?

You'd rather deal with the very real possibility that you'll be doing a prelim surgery year in the middle of BFE, Iowa, or the chance that you'll be completely unemployed next year, just so you can find out 48 hours sooner?

Dude. I think you're missing the forest for the trees, here.
 
smq123 said:
You're seriously saying that you'd RATHER SCRAMBLE, for the poor consolation of knowing where you'll be going?

You'd rather deal with the very real possibility that you'll be doing a prelim surgery year in the middle of BFE, Iowa, or the chance that you'll be completely unemployed next year, just so you can find out 48 hours sooner?

Dude. I think you're missing the forest for the trees, here.
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What part of my post said anything about not wanting to match?

I simply pointed out that folks that don't match can find out their program (if they match through SOAP) before people who have matched!

Obviously, I would rather match and not have to go through the SOAP even if it meant waiting an extra week or month!
 
bala565 said:
I simply pointed out that folks that don't match can find out their program (if they match through SOAP) before people who have matched!
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But you're calling that BS. I don't see how it's BS. If you matched, you have to wait an additional 2 days to figure out where you're going. While, yes, it's a pain to wait, it's not the end of the world.
 
smq123 said:
But you're calling that BS. I don't see how it's BS. If you matched, you have to wait an additional 2 days to figure out where you're going. While, yes, it's a pain to wait, it's not the end of the world.
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I'm not trying to start an argument over this but in my opinion is BS and you can obviously have a different opinion! and BS in my mind doesn't equal the end of the world it just means BS. What I was trying to say was that the whole way it is currently setup doesn't make any sense. It doesn't help anyone. But what do I know? Maybe they have a very good reason for it! 😕
 
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:soexcited::soexcited::bang:
 
Hmm, we seem to have a discrepancy in the count.
 
I'm a slave to pixella's customized counter above, Sean. Someone confirm!
 
The counter is accurate, but because it is set for 1:00PM, depending on when you check it the days left will change in the middle of the day. So it is technically 45 days and 19 hours or something.

But I would still count that as 46.
 
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