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It's now 3.5 inches from post match euphoria.

 

[Trisomy13]

Not sure what 3 years in Connecticut will be like...

"3 years in Connecticut" was a major factor in my ROL.

I'll miss my Thai Taste lunch cart and Modern's Apizza but I couldn't bring myself to "rank-to-match" there.

Besides, who needs *another* Yale diploma 😉



Seriously though, New Haven isn't that bad, and you'll be too busy to get bored and find the bad neighborhoods (and the bad neighborhood girls) like I did.

 

[adleyinga]

umm..... am i missing something here? why didnt you match, if i may ask? seems people with those kind of numbers are not having much difficulty matching. well, at least in the SDN world. hope things work out for you.[/QUOTE]

Board scores were good but he/she may have blown it on the interview. At my place a student with 239 and 224, AOA nominee, 3.9 GPA first 2 years, solid letters etc did not match- came down to interview which is important

 

[person2006]

[/QUOTE]Board scores were good but he/she may have blown it on the interview. At my place a student with 239 and 224, AOA nominee, 3.9 GPA first 2 years, solid letters etc did not match- came down to interview which is important[/QUOTE]

I blew it a 2 or 3 interviews to be honest, but that left a bunch of good ones. Some of the programs were just over my head, but most weren't. They were even telling me during the interview that I had everything I needed and it just came down to where I wanted to be; which was followed by "here, etc." from me. One problem I think was that no one from my home school helped me with phone calls. Another problem is that I interviewed at several programs that ended up mostly filling with their own students- why ****ing interview 200 people if you're going to take 75% your own students. I would have gone elsewhere if I knew they had such a strong preference for their own students that it's hardly worth interviewing. I recommend to those applying next year- look at where their residents came from, if too many are from that school, don't bother.

 

[Daredevil]

My home school wouldn't call for any of us. My anes. chair also refused to write a letter for me since I never worked with her in the OR before. 🙁

If anything, they were trying hard to recruit us into their program, so there isn't much assistance/guidance in terms of helping us out with getting into better programs. 👎

 

[chicamedica]

My home school wouldn't call for any of us. My anes. chair also refused to write a letter for me since I never worked with her in the OR before. 🙁

If anything, they were trying hard to recruit us into their program, so there isn't much assistance/guidance in terms of helping us out with getting into better programs. 👎

I felt that from my home program too.

 

[Stillinscrubs]

For any underclass medical students,

I tell this to all the third years who ask me. You should approach, in my opinion, the process of getting a residency as two steps. One get the interview and two get ranked high on the list.

Number one is all about: boards, third year grades, and very important letters of recommendation. What combination is needed varies year to year and is not a set number. Do the best you can and live with the results. Anything else is wasted energy.

Number two: Throw pretty much everything from number one out the window. Realize that you are qualified since you got the interview, now sell yourself as a person to the program. Show them you have a personality, be able to explain how you think and why you think that way. Sounds stupid maybe, but I think it is that easy. Programs are looking for PEOPLE that they would enjoy working with everyday, will get through tough situations well, and can articulate a thought process beyond a test situation. If you aren't good at the art of conversation, practice. Then learn how to make yourself memorable without it being a negative. Also sell why you would want to be at that location. Focus on all the positives of the location and the program. It shows you have thought about them and gives them reassurance you are honestly interested. Not just "I am here because you have a good name."

Number three: Make sure programs know you are interested in them, but don't lie. You will be dealing with people from other programs the rest of your life. If you are dishonest you have got to deal with that. All the programs I ranked I would have been happy to be at. At some programs I think I developed rather friendly relationships with PD's or others in the program. I look forward to meeting these people in the future and discussing the art as well as the things I do outside of work with them.

Good luck to all of you, I hope you get your #1.

 

[ThinkFast007]

For any underclass medical students,

I tell this to all the third years who ask me. You should approach, in my opinion, the process of getting a residency as two steps. One get the interview and two get ranked high on the list.

Number one is all about: boards, third year grades, and very important letters of recommendation. What combination is needed varies year to year and is not a set number. Do the best you can and live with the results. Anything else is wasted energy.

Number two: Throw pretty much everything from number one out the window. Realize that you are qualified since you got the interview, now sell yourself as a person to the program. Show them you have a personality, be able to explain how you think and why you think that way. Sounds stupid maybe, but I think it is that easy. Programs are looking for PEOPLE that they would enjoy working with everyday, will get through tough situations well, and can articulate a thought process beyond a test situation. If you aren't good at the art of conversation, practice. Then learn how to make yourself memorable without it being a negative. Also sell why you would want to be at that location. Focus on all the positives of the location and the program. It shows you have thought about them and gives them reassurance you are honestly interested. Not just "I am here because you have a good name."

Number three: Make sure programs know you are interested in them, but don't lie. You will be dealing with people from other programs the rest of your life. If you are dishonest you have got to deal with that. All the programs I ranked I would have been happy to be at. At some programs I think I developed rather friendly relationships with PD's or others in the program. I look forward to meeting these people in the future and discussing the art as well as the things I do outside of work with them.

Good luck to all of you, I hope you get your #1.

bravo..well said.

 

[gaseous_clay]

allopath at bottom tier med school
-Step1: 187 (should have studied, obviously, this screened me from a lot of places)
-Step2: 223 (studied)
-Class rank: not sure...probably bottom third. honored two rotations (IM and psych), had not-so-hot surgery evals
-Misc: had a couple of community service activities, prior teaching experience, anesthesia preceptorship summer after first year
-Away rotation at two places
-Research: GI research, 2 pending publications in anesthesia
-Letters: one from big-name chairman, one from locums tenems at my school, one IM doc, and one pain attending from my away rotation
-#programs applied to: 45, but applied in late october, step 2 score not released until very, very end of october, only applied to programs in major cities w/ exception of loma linda
-#interview offers: 11 (some well-known institutions like mt. sinai, case west, others not so known)
-#interviews attended: 11, ranked 10 programs
-matched at my #2 -- location was a big factor for me, i think i'll be happy here
-moral of the story: apply very early and DON'T BLOW OFF STEP ONE!!

good luck

 

[ketafol]

Board scores were good but he/she may have blown it on the interview. At my place a student with 239 and 224, AOA nominee, 3.9 GPA first 2 years, solid letters etc did not match- came down to interview which is important[/QUOTE]

I blew it a 2 or 3 interviews to be honest, but that left a bunch of good ones. Some of the programs were just over my head, but most weren't. They were even telling me during the interview that I had everything I needed and it just came down to where I wanted to be; which was followed by "here, etc." from me. One problem I think was that no one from my home school helped me with phone calls. Another problem is that I interviewed at several programs that ended up mostly filling with their own students- why ****ing interview 200 people if you're going to take 75% your own students. I would have gone elsewhere if I knew they had such a strong preference for their own students that it's hardly worth interviewing. I recommend to those applying next year- look at where their residents came from, if too many are from that school, don't bother.[/QUOTE]

When you say you blew it, what do you mean?

 

[VolatileAgent]

btw, whatever happened to thinkfast and his treacherously hubris-filled posts?

 

[rufio173]

Stillinscrubs,

Thanks for that breakdown. I'm really going to work hard on selling myself as a person at my top choices. 🙂 I agree with you, I think anybody that gets an interview, that you can almost throw out all that other stuff out and you are pretty much on equal footing.

Cheers,
John