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so i sent some interest letters to my top programs but i didn't get any responses. should i resend it or call them?
anyone else going through this issue?
anyone else going through this issue?
what did you say in your interest letters? and did you just send it to your interviewers or to the program director?
i am thinking about just sending it to the PD of my top 3 choices. the only problem is i cant decide on the top three!! i feel like by the time i decide the top three, it will be too late to send an interest letter!! oh well
I am in the same boat. I emailed the PD and got a vague response. Then I emailed the chair with no response. I am not 100% sure that the email address was correct, but now I am in panic mode. This is compounded by the fact that I have gotten lots of interest from other top choices. It is tempting to change my rank list since others have expressed so much interest, but I know I am not supposed to do that. Ugh. This sucks.
Another person that does not understand the match-lovely. Unless I am not understanding you, however sounds like you said since your top choice (or whoever you emailed and got no response) did not respond to you-you are thinking they may not be interested in you however the other programs have showed interest. But it sounds like those other programs are not your top choice. So why would you change your rank list and put the programs who expressed interest in you first?
If I am correct I would read up on how the match works ASAP-I LOVE how many applicants, 15 days away from ROL deadline still do not know how the match works Helps all the rest of us!
I DO understand how the match works. I said it was TEMPTING to change my list, but I am obviously not going to do that. I know that I will rank the programs based soley on my preference. I was simply saying that I could understand how applicants can get stressed out by the process and be TEMPTED to change their ROL in the above situation.
The purpose of this thread to is share stories about getting feedback from programs and, perhaps, to vent a little. I find it comforting to know that others are feeling anxious about this process. So, no, you are NOT correct. I am SO sorry that I won't be HELPING your chances at matching.
Still makes no sense-why would you be tempted if there is no better chance of matching at your 2nd or 3rd(assuming you do not get number 1) if you rank them first or your true preference of 2nd or third-I mean there is literally no benefit to putting those lower choices first. I could see if there was a slight benefit that normally one would not care but if there is NO benefit-what could be tempting about it-to be tempted means there is some reward to be had.
I am not putting you down-I wanted to make sure people reading this understood the match as I am sure you have noticed there are constantly threads popping up with people totally not getting it.
don't worry bellalou, I understand your temptation. just as programs want interns that are excited to be at their program, we want to go where we are wanted! i mean sometimes our #1 and #2 (and #3 for that matter) don't really differ by all that much and I would much rather show up somewhere where everyone is happy to see me b/c i was their top choice vs. going to a program where I am "not who we hoped for but good enough."