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"Your program is my number one." Is this a match violation if this is indeed the truth?
"Your program is my number one." Is this a match violation if this is indeed the truth?
You cannot ask the program how they are ranking you.
The program cannot ask you how you are ranking them.
Both are match violations.
You both are free to tell each other. I would advise only telling one program that they are # 1 (seems like common sense, but you'd be surprised!).
Frugal is right about the NRMP rules of the match. It is OK for you to tell a program you are their #1, but if I was playing this game, I personally wouldn't. I would go for a 2nd look and tell the PD verbally how much you like the program and what you like about it (eg, names of attendings, research, didactics, MR, cirric, location, etc). I think the reason why I wouldn't let a program know they are #1, especially if they are a top notch place (BID, MGH, Duke, etc) is that some places hear it all the time and it may mean nothing and make you seem ingenuine/prototypical candidate. I would definitely list the reasons as to why and explain thoroughly, if you haven't already done so during your IV. At my #1, I let them know what I liked about the program and that I would be happy to be their resident, without right out saying it to them...just my 0.02, will let residents/other applicants/attdg's correct me (hehee, bring it gutonc with the lmgtfy link)