deadlines for residency, please help

[carbonated]

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What does "will be accepting applications for 2010-2011" mean? For residency programs that start after a transition year, does that mean applying now would be for 2010-2011? How come many of them say "accepting applications for 2009-2010" still?

Also, some programs have deadlines of Oct 15th but on the application page it says it still accepts applications. That just means it's not updated? TIA

 

[yaah]

Well, to answer your last question I would say that residency webpages are notorious for being out of date. To wit: http://www9.georgetown.edu/gumc/departments/pathology/framegtp.html (click on "residents.")

In my experience you are lucky if the program website is up to date for this year, let alone this month. I don't know the answer to your first question, I suspect it depends on the program, some might mean apply now, some might mean for the next cycle.

 

[carbonated]

^Thanks so much, I suspected they had some old info.

Also, I was wondering if applying to a specialty that starts in pgy-2 (requires transitional year) means double the application fees, since the student would need to apply to transitional programs as well as residency programs?

 

[Blade28]

Why worry about this now? Focus on getting into med school first...don't worry about residency applications.

 

[dragonfly99]

Yes you have to pay twice the application fees if you are applying to PGY 1 prelim and/or transitional years and also upper level spots.

In terms of deadlines, etc. always check with the program if you are concerned. Web sites aren't necessarily up to date.