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If you don't tell a [top, desirable] program they're your first choice, do you still have a chance of matching there?
Residents I met on the interview trail often said that it was important to express interest in a program's location during my interviews. How much does expressing this kind of interest actually make a difference?
How much do phone calls from mentors matter? I've heard mixed reports based on the mixed results of people who matched at programs their mentors made calls to and those who did not match at such programs. I read a study somewhere that said that only a minority of PDs trust what mentors and applicants say about their interest in programs. Does this apply to ophtho too?
Matching is a puzzling process!
Residents I met on the interview trail often said that it was important to express interest in a program's location during my interviews. How much does expressing this kind of interest actually make a difference?
How much do phone calls from mentors matter? I've heard mixed reports based on the mixed results of people who matched at programs their mentors made calls to and those who did not match at such programs. I read a study somewhere that said that only a minority of PDs trust what mentors and applicants say about their interest in programs. Does this apply to ophtho too?
Matching is a puzzling process!