I am seriously freaking out over a residency interview thank you email mix-up

[Nameless MD]

I interviewed at my top program yesterday and was super excited. So excited that I wrote my thank you emails immediately after my interview was done. Unfortunately, I sent the wrong email to one of my interviewers as the email content was addressed to a different person at the program. I spotted the mistake right after hitting send, and immediately followed up with an apology, but now I'm so scared that this may affect my chances at the program. Will this sort of thing be seen as a red flag for me?

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[Bartelby]

It sounds like a total non-issue.

 

[Old&InTheWay]

I think I may have done something similar, but by the time I realized it, too much time had passed to unawkwardly correct the mistake. It haunted me right up to match day when I matched at the program. Basically, no one cares about your thank you notes.

 

[Sushirolls]

This mistake will be frowned upon for the one minute it took to read the email, and you will be thought less of for one minute. After that it will be deleted and you will be forgotten.

 

[MacDonaldTriad]

I used to say that I like emails better than cards, but now I have changed. I can throw away cards without feeling obligated to send back a message. If this mistake makes a difference to your number one, you should rethink your number one anyway.

 

[Old&InTheWay]

I used to say that I like emails better than cards, but now I have changed. I can throw away cards without feeling obligated to send back a message.

Agree. This is why I always send thank you emails from a burner email address with an attached message that says "Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.."

 

[OldPsychDoc]

Agree. This is why I always send thank you emails from a burner email address with an attached message that says "Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.."

Because nothing says "I love this program and think I would be a really great fit" like refusing to respond to emails.

 

[Old&InTheWay]

Because nothing says "I love this program and think I would be a really great fit" like refusing to respond to emails.

I think you are misinterpreting. In fact, it's a merciful reprieve from the obligation to participate in the pageantry of social niceties. An alternative is to say "no need to reply; I will interpret your silence as a tacit agreement that you are planning on ranking me to match."

 

[Psychresy]

I interviewed at my top program yesterday and was super excited. So excited that I wrote my thank you emails immediately after my interview was done. Unfortunately, I sent the wrong email to one of my interviewers as the email content was addressed to a different person at the program. I spotted the mistake right after hitting send, and immediately followed up with an apology, but now I'm so scared that this may affect my chances at the program. Will this sort of thing be seen as a red flag for me?

If this is an issue, you don't want to go to this program.

Though ironically, depending on the tone of your apology email, you may (or may not) have come across a bit neurotic which may have bearing.

 

[nexus73]

This is such a non issue. Be thankful you didn’t forward any nude pics to the program director.

 

[Nameless MD]

Thank you all for your responses.

 

[Crayola227]

This is such a non issue. Be thankful you didn’t forward any nude pics to the program director.

Who knows though, might help more than it hurts depending on a number of things. Just another reason to lift.

 

[jbomba]

Who knows though, might help more than it hurts depending on a number of things. Just another reason to lift.

Wait op doesn't lift? This changes things.

 

[MacDonaldTriad]

This has taken a low turn. I can just see a new ERAS filter where you can choose to let faculty see the nude pics or choose not to let faculty see the nude pics...... 🙄

 

[OldPsychDoc]

This has taken a low turn. I can just see a new ERAS filter where you can choose to let faculty see the nude pics or choose not to let faculty see the nude pics...... 🙄

 

[TheaterOfTheme]

Additionally, if it is impossible to find a list of faculty emails for a program, is that essentially their way of preventing you from sending unwanted emails? I hope so, because these thank you notes are really quite a pain for everyone involved. I feel guilty not sending them, I feel guilty sending them and knowing the receiving party will have to take time to reply, and I feel depressed when I get a generic response to my email that took me an hour to write in order to ensure it wasn't generic/awkward/presumptuous.

I guess I just feel guilty for existing. Is that my greatest strength or my greatest weakness? Is it a red flag or an indication of empathy? PLZ LET MATCH COME SOON