Prelim year location

[Hoya11]

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I am going to be applying to anesthesia and I want to be in the same place all four years. How do you know how to rank the prelim programs so that they are near the matched advanced program? for example, if i ranked yale at 1 for advanced, and yale prelim as my 1 for prelim, then i match at nyu advanced, i would have to move twice because i would be in new haven for the first year when i really wanted to be someplace in new york city near nyu. Any ideas?

 

[Auscultate]

I am going to be applying to anesthesia and I want to be in the same place all four years. How do you know how to rank the prelim programs so that they are near the matched advanced program? for example, if i ranked yale at 1 for advanced, and yale prelim as my 1 for prelim, then i match at nyu advanced, i would have to move twice because i would be in new haven for the first year when i really wanted to be someplace in new york city near nyu. Any ideas?

Each of your advanced positions is paired with its own prelim rank list that you generate,

For example your list might look like this
Advanced .............................Prelim
1. Yale Anesthesia >>>>>>>>> 1p. Yale Medicine prelim
...........................................2p. NYU Medicne prelim
...........................................3p. MSKCC transitional
...........................................4p. BIDMC Medicine prelim

2. NYU Anesthesia >>>>>>>>>>1p. NYU Medicine Prelim
...........................................2p. MSKCC transitional
...........................................3p. Yale Medicine prelim
...........................................4p. BIDMC Medicine prelim

3. BU Anesthesia >>>>>>>>>>>1p. BIDMC Prelim
...........................................2p. BU Medicne Prelim
...........................................3p. Yale Medicine Prelim
...........................................4p. NYU Medicine Prelim

So they first do your advanced position and then whichever one you match at, they will use the prelim rank list you attached to it.

 

[werewethere]

So, I'm not sure how familiar you are with NRMP, but probably not very since you haven't applied yet.

You will have a primary list which will include you anesthesia programs, in the order your prefer. You may wish to include back up possibilities (prelims, TY, or some other categorical type program) if there is any reason to think you might have a hard time getting anesthesia (you shouldn't, but you never know).

For each program that is advanced (i.e. any program that requires and does not include prelim/ty), you add a supplemental list which includes the prelims/tys that you would find acceptable, in the order of your preference, if you landed at that particular program (i.e. all NYC prelims/tys, if your advanced program is in NYC and you want to do all 4 years there). NRMP will run the supplemental list only if you have first matched into the advanced program. If you should match into a categorical program, there will not be no supplemental list, since you will be committed to 4 years.

On the Monday of match week, you will get a note from NRMP. This note will say you are matched (completely, you either got a categorical or advanced + tys/prelim), you don't need to scramble, you are matched to an advanced program (you did not get the program off the supplemental list, but you often can get a prelim in a large city in scramble), you matched to a one year program (only if you decided to put the prelims at the bottom of your primary rank list) or, you did not match (ouch, let's hope not).

If you should get an advanced position without prelim/tys, your school is obliged to tell you the city, but not the program, where you matched. That way you can plan your scramble accordingly. As you may have guessed, the location is not as helpful for NYC as it is for New Haven, but at least you can stay in the same general area for both prelim and advanced. Hope this helps, good luck in next year's match.

 

[Hoya11]

Thanks for the info guys I had no idea it worked like that, it makes sense tho..