For people who matched in 2019, at what rank did you match?

[PS2summerdays]

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I’m curious about which number program (ranked) that people in psychiatry ended up in on average. Thanks.

 

[mbgr2014]

Not sure about on average. I would guess that statistic is out there somewhere for psych but not sure. NRMP has stats for the broader class of grads, though

I matched at #1.

 

[yanks26dmb]

Matched #1

 

[reca]

Everyone matches #1. If not on match day, then certainly the next year when they're telling people how far down their list they went to get to the program they're training at.

 

[PS2summerdays]

Not sure about on average. I would guess that statistic is out there somewhere for psych but not sure. NRMP has stats for the broader class of grads, though

I matched at #1.

Couldn't find the stats anywhere! Thanks for input.

Everyone matches #1. If not on match day, then certainly the next year when they're telling people how far down their list they went to get to the program they're training at.

Truth right here. Hopefully posting results with the anonymity of the Internet can alleviate the stigma of not matching at your #1.

 

[rikudo]

numbah wun!

 

[tellme_areyoufree]

Everyone matches #1. If not on match day, then certainly the next year when they're telling people how far down their list they went to get to the program they're training at.

I admit openly that I matched at my #2 psych program, and that in retrospect it should have been my #1.

 

[futuredo32]

This is SDN where everyone has a perfect MCAT, I am guessing most will say numero uno.

 

[MacDonaldTriad]

I don't know about psychiatry specifically, but the NRMP data shows that people in general do get their #1 and something like 85% get 1,2, or 3. This is why anything more than 10 interviews moves you from 98% likely to match to 98.1% likely to match. (I made up the last bit, but it is still true).

 

[Merovinge]

Anecdotally, I have heard very few people who ranked below their top 4 in psych. The most likely way to not make top 3 are somehow getting a bunch of flyer interviews at top tier places with a mid tier application, moderate red flags that make you hireable but less desirable, or being an IMG/Caribbean grad.

For an N of 1, I ranked at my 3rd due to my first being a flyer (wait listed, got in for the interview at end of cycle), 2nd was home program that filled home slots the year I graduated with people they liked more than me. I actually spent a lot of time deciding between 3 and 4 and am oh so glad I ranked my 3rd as I did, as the program and location ended up being a great fit. Everything people say, is based on real numbers, so spend your time on the top 3-4 and make sure they are truly in the order you want. If you know you are a weak applicant then certainly spend a bit more time with the lower rankings.

 

[superfrogpoke]

Anecdotally, I have heard very few people who ranked below their top 4 in psych. The most likely way to not make top 3 are somehow getting a bunch of flyer interviews at top tier places with a mid tier application, moderate red flags that make you hireable but less desirable, or being an IMG/Caribbean grad.

For an N of 1, I ranked at my 3rd due to my first being a flyer (wait listed, got in for the interview at end of cycle), 2nd was home program that filled home slots the year I graduated with people they liked more than me. I actually spent a lot of time deciding between 3 and 4 and am oh so glad I ranked my 3rd as I did, as the program and location ended up being a great fit. Everything people say, is based on real numbers, so spend your time on the top 3-4 and make sure they are truly in the order you want. If you know you are a weak applicant then certainly spend a bit more time with the lower rankings.

Thanks for the insight! How do you determine if an interview is a flyer interview for you?

 

[Oedipa Maas]

flyer interviews

What is that?

 

[Merovinge]

Thanks for the insight! How do you determine if an interview is a flyer interview for you?

You can get a pretty good feel for how competitive a program is through a number of ways: talking to your PD/attendings/residents/fellow med students applying for psychiatry, looking at their program's name (strong universities/med school tend to have some correlation to residency strength), seeing how much research money they have been awarded, checking SDN, looking at their current residents (what med schools did they come from), if you know particularly famous faculty then whichever program they are at is likely pretty solid.

There are some very obvious signs like I listed above (was waitlisted).

 

[zoreo09]

#4

 

[whackamole21]

#1, couples

 

[chesne]

#7. A great program that I think many people would rank as their #1, but not what I was aiming for at the time. I got a ton of interviews. My explanation is that I couldn't turn off my social anxiety under the pressure of interviewing and I was trying to match to a desirable/competitive area of the country. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Bloom where you're planted?

 

[MisterKitty]

9th/11

 

[FlowRate]

How do you imagine this will help you? There are already statistics on ALL people who matched.