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Depends on where they rank you, I guess.
I'm interested in this as well...any thoughts?
 
I seriously doubt they would rank one of you highly and not rank the other highly simply because you come from the same medical school. I mean, if I put myself in a PD's shoes, I would want to rank everyone in the order that I would want them to be in my program and would not feel compelled to 'choose between' two candidates just because they completed medical school at the same institution. I suppose I would have to 'choose between' them in the sense that the system obligates me to rank one higher than the other; but, I would feel free to make both of them 'ranked to match' if that's where their candidacies naturally placed them.
 
I just think I would be worried crapless that everyone seems to have ranked UCSF as #1 this year more than your your classmate ranked UCSF #1.
 
It's pretty common. The year after I started my residency the new class had three people, half the class, all from the same med school (which was in a different state). They probably don't want to fill their class with people all from the same school, but I highly doubt they would be adverse to taking two.
 
It happens. Sometimes it's planned, & sometimes it's not. I know that my residency got 2 people from the same school. Both ranked the program high, but 1 of them was ranked a fair amount higher by the program.

I've seen a program take all but 1 of their residents from their own school, & this was a decent sized program (5-6 residents / year). Talk about favoritism.


----- Antony
 
There were a few consecutive years when almost all of columbias class was from Columbia. But that is in part due to the fact that Columbia is a strong problem with an elite medical school and people from mahattan aren't willing to move anywhere except California
 
pathstudent said:
There were a few consecutive years when almost all of columbias class was from Columbia. But that is in part due to the fact that Columbia is a strong problem with an elite medical school and people from mahattan aren't willing to move anywhere except California
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I hope that's a typo 🙂 They indeed have a strong program, and although it's not on the best part of Manhattan, it's still Manhattan
 
I didn't get it, but I'm very happy where I matched. I know in my heart it's a great fit for me.

I just wish my program were in that gorgeous Bay Area. 😍
 
serialsections said:
I didn't get it, but I'm very happy where I matched. I know in my heart it's a great fit for me.

I just wish my program were in that gorgeous Bay Area. 😍
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Hey SerialSections: I was looking at your rank list...both UCSF and Stanford are great programs but are highly-sought after by applicnts. Don't feel too bad, especially this year's not exactly an easy year for the match with the rising competition. Good luck with residency.
 
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