Hey people, can you rate this residency match list? Rate it as 10 (the best it can get) to 1 (really sad). Here it goes: Pediatrics Boston Combined Pediatrics Pediatrics University of Michigan Hospitals Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital Anesthesiology University of California, San Francisco Pediatrics Boston Combined Pediatrics Internal Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital, MO Diagnostic Radiology B.I. Deaconess Medical Center, MA Radiation Oncology Stanford Health Services Radiation Oncology University of Michigan Hospitals Pathology University of California, San Francisco Emergency Medicine Washington University Radiation Oncology Sloan Kettering, New York Neurology University of California, San Francisco
You can't really tell jack from that list...for example, many schools have multiple hospitals, take the harvard system the big 3: mgh, bw, bi and then like 25 other that are associated in the conglomerate "harvard system" (like the u of mic system, was sys etc.) You need to know which hospital in particular (and you also need to know if they scrambled for some of the positions)
id say 7.3141529838345343534350032823523 i hope that helps you in making the most important decision of your entire life. heh.
i don't know what the hell i'm ranking but you don't really have to know what you're talking about on SDN so I'd say: 5.69 Seriously, really tough to do that kind of random "ranking"
If this small sample is indicative of the rest of the class, this is a 10/10. This is coming from a fourth year med student who has heard a lot about these programs. Those rad onc matches are particularly impressive, this is one of the hardest specialties to match into.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by yunfat: <strong>yeah, the list does seem a little short... unless there is a med school with such a small class.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">maybe everybody else on the actual list, got matched to the carribean...if that is the case...then I change my vote to a 4... hehe
Of course it's an awesome matchlist!!! It's like 10 people at top ten hospitals. What's the point of showing us that?
Thanks for participating SDNers !! It was fun, wasn't it?? This was matchlist of U. Of Maryland MD/PhD graduates in the past 6 years. I got it in the mail, thought it was interesting, and I posted it here. I guessed right that I would get "Why are you looking at the matchlist so much.. blah" responses here.. TO all of you just RELAX!! Did I say that I will decide where to go based on your feedback on this matchlist?? Do you really think I don't consider other factors?? C'on people.. have a nice day chef
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by WatchaMaCallit: <strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by yunfat: <strong>yeah, the list does seem a little short... unless there is a med school with such a small class.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">maybe everybody else on the actual list, got matched to the carribean...if that is the case...then I change my vote to a 4... hehe</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'd practice in the Caribbean , I'm tired of the snow
Of course, It's like 10 people out of 100 or something. there are going to be people like this in EVERY med school class. Which who's you that it comes down to how hard you work in the class. However, if you look at a much more "prestigious" school, you will notice that the majority of the matches all look like those!
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Scooby Doo: <strong>Of course, It's like 10 people out of 100 or something. there are going to be people like this in EVERY med school class. Which who's you that it comes down to how hard you work in the class. However, if you look at a much more "prestigious" school, you will notice that the majority of the matches all look like those!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually Muddphudd matches I've seen have been very ridiculous almost regardless of the school's prestige. I saw Penn State's MD/PhD match list and it was full of UCSF and MGH matches. WashU claims that 99.9% <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> of their MSTP grads get their #1 choice of residency. I still find that hard to swallow despite the fact that we were given the matchlist. It just seems totally impossible to me. Does anyone have any input on this? Are these #s twisted or are they legit?
