Ranking different specialties

[45408]

Does anyone ever apply for more than one type of residency and then rank them? Say you'd like to do ortho, but if you don't match into that at one of the three hospitals you liked, you'd rather do EM at two other hospitals. Can you do that?

I tried searching, so I hope this hasn't been beaten to death.

 

[Faebinder]

Does anyone ever apply for more than one type of residency and then rank them? Say you'd like to do ortho, but if you don't match into that at one of the three hospitals you liked, you'd rather do EM at two other hospitals. Can you do that?

I tried searching, so I hope this hasn't been beaten to death.

You rank programs by inserting their respective program number... regardless of the specialty that program is.... so in theory you can rank

FM...
Psych...
Surgery...
Neurosurgery..
FM..
FM..
Pathology....

If you rank a PGY2 program, you get to associate a PGY1 program with it.

 

[Pembleton]

So how do you write a personal statement when your specialty choices are so varied?

 

[Winged Scapula]

So how do you write a personal statement when your specialty choices are so varied?

You write multiple personal statements and attach the pertinent ones via ERAS to the appropriate program. Same goes for LORs.

 

[Pembleton]

You write multiple personal statements and attach the pertinent ones via ERAS to the appropriate program. Same goes for LORs.

Thanks Kimberli. I guess I thought ERAS was like AMCAS

 

[Winged Scapula]

Thanks Kimberli. I guess I thought ERAS was like AMCAS

Nah. There are more options to vary things.

Its very common to apply to more than one specialty, especially in the more competitive fields.

 

[jocg27]

Nah. There are more options to vary things.

Its very common to apply to more than one specialty, especially in the more competitive fields.

Even though I know it's common and see the reasoning for it, this sounds really scary to me-- your final decision about your specialty made for you, you get to find out your career on match day...

I guess you gotta do what you gotta do though..