Couples match scheduling question

[Jaydoc311]

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Does any one have any advice about scheduling interviews as a couple? I am applying in peds and my boyfriend is applying in family med. We have both submitted our ERAS. I have heard back from Wash U and he has heard back from Milwaukee. Is it ok to contact the respective programs we have offers from and let them know that we are interested but wish to be scheduled on a day that they will also be conducting interviews for the other person's program? Is it better to wait until we have both received offers from a particular program before scheduling? We would really like to go at the same time to cut down on travel costs, look around the cities together, etc.

 

[drbetty]

hi jay doc, im in a similar situation and was advised by "aProgramDirector" to wait a little while before our other half contacts his respective program, since it is early in the interview season. i have been scheduling my interviews mid-to-late season and mentioned in the email that i am couples matching, but i plan to cancel if he is not offered an interview, and hope that he will have heard by novemberish.

congrats on your and your boyfriend's first offers🙂

 

[CrazyPeds527]

Hey couples matching folk:

One thing that worked well for my better half and I (she does OB/Gyn) was scheduling my interviews on dates that I knew her programs offered interviews (i.e if her program only did friday interviews, scheduling mine on a corresponding friday, even if she didn't have her interview yet).

By sending your ERAS early, as you have, you will be able to coordinate most of your interviews, but be ready to travel alone for a few...it just was not feasible when programs simply don't offer enough interview dates that correspond with other programs (I dont know about family med; ob for example, some programs only had 3 dates the entire interview season!)

Know this: if you wait to schedule your interview after you have been offered one, you may not get the date you want...but if you schedule and try and make a change later when your other half hears from their program, the program may accomodate you (they did for me last year).

Good luck with interview season, feel free to PM me with specific questions if you have them

 

[Cardsfan]

One bonus to interviewing at different places is you can sometimes weed out places without both people interviewing. If my wife or I didnt like one place, the other wouldnt interview.

 

[twilburys]

One bonus to interviewing at different places is you can sometimes weed out places without both people interviewing. If my wife or I didnt like one place, the other wouldnt interview.

that's a great point!