Anyone get one of these calls? What's your take on a program stating that you are ranked to match? Is it legit? Not just derm, but for prelim programs too.
Ranked to match?
- Thread starter molmol
- Start date
- Joined
- Dec 24, 2008
- Messages
- 350
- Reaction score
- 50
"Ranked to match" can mean several things:
1. You are ranked into a dedicated match spot (in other words you are in the top X and there are X residents that they take every year)...in this case you will definitely match
2. You are ranked in a position that the program will typically go down to on their rank lists. For example, you might be ranked #14 and the program typically goes to #15. Then you are "ranked to match" based historically on how low they have to go..there are no guarantees here and if this year the program were to only drop to #10 but you were ranked #14, well you're just out of luck.
So you have to take it with a grain of salt. It's hard to know exactly where you stand on the spectrum. It's a totally different thing if you are told that you are "ranked in the top X" since that is a lot more specific and I did receive calls in both groups. That being said, you NEVER want to tell a program that you are ranking them #1 and then not do it because derm is a small world and that looks very poorly if it comes out that you lied.
These calls are actually totally legit and well within the rules of the NRMP match. Any party can voluntarily tell the other party of their interest and the violation comes in if you SOLICIT for the other's party's interest.
1. You are ranked into a dedicated match spot (in other words you are in the top X and there are X residents that they take every year)...in this case you will definitely match
2. You are ranked in a position that the program will typically go down to on their rank lists. For example, you might be ranked #14 and the program typically goes to #15. Then you are "ranked to match" based historically on how low they have to go..there are no guarantees here and if this year the program were to only drop to #10 but you were ranked #14, well you're just out of luck.
So you have to take it with a grain of salt. It's hard to know exactly where you stand on the spectrum. It's a totally different thing if you are told that you are "ranked in the top X" since that is a lot more specific and I did receive calls in both groups. That being said, you NEVER want to tell a program that you are ranking them #1 and then not do it because derm is a small world and that looks very poorly if it comes out that you lied.
These calls are actually totally legit and well within the rules of the NRMP match. Any party can voluntarily tell the other party of their interest and the violation comes in if you SOLICIT for the other's party's interest.
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2005
- Messages
- 817
- Reaction score
- 6
It went something like this...
It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said "How will you rank me?"
Five days since you laughed at me saying
"Come back for a second look and we'll see"
Three days since the interview
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you
Yesterday you'd forgotten me
but it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry
In all seriousness... Good luck to all of you! Hoping for a happy Match day! 🙂
It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said "How will you rank me?"
Five days since you laughed at me saying
"Come back for a second look and we'll see"
Three days since the interview
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you
Yesterday you'd forgotten me
but it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry
In all seriousness... Good luck to all of you! Hoping for a happy Match day! 🙂
