Do programs know today if they filled?

[toothless rufus]

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Was wondering if they know that they have open spots as of noon today or if they don't know until noon tomorrow?

 

[OldPsychDoc]

Was wondering if they know that they have open spots as of noon today or if they don't know until noon tomorrow?

Talked to our PC this am--we don't actually find out until 1030 or so tomorrow. (She said that if we weren't filled she was planning to take the phone off the hook and go shopping... J/K!)

 

[toothless rufus]

Talked to our PC this am--we don't actually find out until 1030 or so tomorrow. (She said that if we weren't filled she was planning to take the phone off the hook and go shopping... J/K!)

Haha! That would be cruel indeed!

Is it possible for a program to have not filled if they were number one on your rank list, and assuming that they did in fact rank you?

 

[siked]

They find out tomorrow at 11:30 A.M. EST, a whole half hour before the scramble starts!

 

[toothless rufus]

This is a key question: does anybody know if this scenario is possible?
Is it possible for a program to have not filled if they were number one on your rank list, and assuming that they did in fact rank you?

 

[st2205]

If you both ranked each other (and you ranked them #1) then the only way they would have unfilled spots is if you first matched there and then they didn't match the other spots or if they didn't rank you.

 

[toothless rufus]

If you both ranked each other (and you ranked them #1) then the only way they would have unfilled spots is if you first matched there and then they didn't match the other spots or if they didn't rank you.

Yes. Thats what I thought. Thanks!

 

[Cinnameg]

If you both ranked each other (and you ranked them #1) then the only way they would have unfilled spots is if you first matched there and then they didn't match the other spots or if they didn't rank you.

From what I understand after reading the match algorithm, this is slighly incorrect: residency's rank lists are only taken into account if there are more applicants who want to go to that residency than there are spots. If you rank an unpopular place with >5 slots and only 4 other people want to go there, then you would end up matched at that residency. It's only if you rank a very competitive place that the residency's preference list is consulted. Say 20 people rank Program X as their #1, but Program X only has 15 spots. The 5 people who didn't get into Program X would be the five lowest on Program X's applicant preference list.

 

[toothless rufus]

From what I understand after reading the match algorithm, this is slighly incorrect: residency's rank lists are only taken into account if there are more applicants who want to go to that residency than there are spots. If you rank an unpopular place with >5 slots and only 4 other people want to go there, then you would end up matched at that residency. It's only if you rank a very competitive place that the residency's preference list is consulted. Say 20 people rank Program X as their #1, but Program X only has 15 spots. The 5 people who didn't get into Program X would be the five lowest on Program X's applicant preference list.

But one of those 5 people would have to match if there was an open spot, even if they were ranked that low correct? There is no way for a program to have an unfilled spot if they ranked enough people.

 

[IAmAUser]

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[Doc Samson]

If you ranked a program, they didn't fill, and you were unmatched - then, yes, they did not rank you.