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Hi everyone,
Had a few questions regarding AF and Family Medicine -- had a long conversation with a girl from my flight at COT who is at USU and she told me that almost 2x the number of people applied for family medicine this year than were spots available. Plus, it seems a good deal of USU wants family in 2014 as well. My questions are:
Basically, I wasn't worried about matching at 6pm, and now, closer to 8pm, I'm hella worried -- both because of the sheer #s and the number of USU kids interested (I understand they get preference over HPSP, right?). Any advice on how to best navigate this JSGME business would be greatly appreciated.
Had a few questions regarding AF and Family Medicine -- had a long conversation with a girl from my flight at COT who is at USU and she told me that almost 2x the number of people applied for family medicine this year than were spots available. Plus, it seems a good deal of USU wants family in 2014 as well. My questions are:
- Has anyone else heard this statistic? Did they only defer the 10 spots that were originally alotted in the HPERB?
- What can I do now (halfway through MS3) to make myself any more appealing to the JSGME? I have 2-3 locations that are more appealing to me, personally (family nearby, lived there previously) and hope to have the best possible chance to match there.
- When on rotations, are there things that I can do to stand out (in a positive light) that aren't necessarily apparent to people who have only done civilian rotations?
- Who gets deferments? I've heard that some specialties defer the people they really want so they stay happier w/ the military, while some specialties defer the people they don't want so they don't have to put up with them for the next 3 years.
Basically, I wasn't worried about matching at 6pm, and now, closer to 8pm, I'm hella worried -- both because of the sheer #s and the number of USU kids interested (I understand they get preference over HPSP, right?). Any advice on how to best navigate this JSGME business would be greatly appreciated.