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Hi all,
I have a question about unfilled MATCH internships. I am a fourth year student about to graduate, and was considering doing a small animal rotating vs. private practice with wildlife for a year. My goal is ACZM or ABVP specialization. I reached out to a few of the "open to the public" internships that were available on the VIRMP website as I did not apply for the MATCH this cycle. One of the hospitals offered me a fill slot at their hospital for their rotating internship this week, but I haven't accepted or declined it yet.
My question is this. I was told by someone today now that if I do not accept the position, I will be banned from the MATCH for 3 years. My understanding was that this only applies to the MATCH process and not open to the public positions that were listed. I am very concerned now that if I don't take this internship that I will be banned from applying in the future. I'm currently still weighing my options and deciding this week on what position I would be taking. My confusion as well stems from the possibility of having to decline other internship positions if I was offered two outside of the MATCH through the public listings? I had reached out to multiple, so I would theoretically have to decline at least one if I decided to go with a different internship?
I'm just confused and panicking a bit about this. I appreciate any insight anyone has.
I have a question about unfilled MATCH internships. I am a fourth year student about to graduate, and was considering doing a small animal rotating vs. private practice with wildlife for a year. My goal is ACZM or ABVP specialization. I reached out to a few of the "open to the public" internships that were available on the VIRMP website as I did not apply for the MATCH this cycle. One of the hospitals offered me a fill slot at their hospital for their rotating internship this week, but I haven't accepted or declined it yet.
My question is this. I was told by someone today now that if I do not accept the position, I will be banned from the MATCH for 3 years. My understanding was that this only applies to the MATCH process and not open to the public positions that were listed. I am very concerned now that if I don't take this internship that I will be banned from applying in the future. I'm currently still weighing my options and deciding this week on what position I would be taking. My confusion as well stems from the possibility of having to decline other internship positions if I was offered two outside of the MATCH through the public listings? I had reached out to multiple, so I would theoretically have to decline at least one if I decided to go with a different internship?
I'm just confused and panicking a bit about this. I appreciate any insight anyone has.
