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How do you get someone to "make a call" on your behalf from your program... especially if you are also interested in staying at your home program but are interested in another program more??
Browneyedgirl81 said:I don't really understand what you mean by that. At my school there are like 15 people applying to Ophthalmology, so I doubt that faculty can be making calls without us asking because there is just not enough time - and how do they know which programs we like and that we want them to make a call to?
babyblue_39 said:but if you're a "keeper" wouldn't they want to keep you at the home program??
If a program has finished interviews 1-2 weeks ago, would you say that their selection committee has met already? Or do you think they would wait until after break? Also, if we were to give the contact info to our advisors, would we give more than a telephone number (e.g. email, snail mail address)?rubensan said:a couple people have PM'd me re: phone calls. to tell you the truth, i'm not really sure how i feel on this subject. i did not have someone make a phone call on my behalf for ophtho...i did for my prelim spot. i guess my feelings on the subject go something like this: january is a busy time of year. if evey one had people call on their behalf, program directors and dept chairs would have their phones ring off the hook. i think the best thing to do is go back to the person who wrote your letter of rec for ophtho, tell them where you want to go and then ask if you think a phone call will help. one last thing to consider is that the AUPO (american university professors of ophthalmology-a meeting of ophtho program directors and dept chairs) have their annual meeting a week or two before the match (1/10/2006 this year). what a great opportunity for all of these people forming rank lists to meet one last time before everything is set in stone .
rubensan said:one last thing to consider is that the AUPO (american university professors of ophthalmology-a meeting of ophtho program directors and dept chairs) have their annual meeting a week or two before the match (1/10/2006 this year).
Elephantitan said:A phone call could help but it should be fairly soon after the interviews b/c the committee often meets fairly soon after the conclusion of their institution's interview process and rank lists are set so it would be hard to change the order too much after all of these attendings (and residents if applicable) have gathered and formed their list.