So, I'm a non-trad, 29, hoping to meld some kind of career in family med and/or psych with public health. (I work at the CDC right now.)
Admitted to Emory and UMD, waitlisted at Yale, leaning towards Emory (unless I get into Yale) b/c of 1.5 preclinical and P/F and Grady and public health connections.
Random question: My family is in the northeast (Boston). I want to end up in the northeast or on the west coast (went to grad school in Seattle and loved it) for residency. I often hear people refer to regional bias of the match.
Isn't a lot of this probably due to the fact that people are settled somewhere and want to stay? (They marry someone, they get used to a place?) - and if affects their ranking? Should it matter at all coming from Emory (esp. for relatively non-competitive FM/IM or weird programs like joint FM/psych?)
If people think it still matters - shouldn't having prior ties in other areas (DC/Boston/Seattle) due to my non-trad-ness makeresidency programs "trust" that I want to end up in those places?
Just curious 🙂
Admitted to Emory and UMD, waitlisted at Yale, leaning towards Emory (unless I get into Yale) b/c of 1.5 preclinical and P/F and Grady and public health connections.
Random question: My family is in the northeast (Boston). I want to end up in the northeast or on the west coast (went to grad school in Seattle and loved it) for residency. I often hear people refer to regional bias of the match.
Isn't a lot of this probably due to the fact that people are settled somewhere and want to stay? (They marry someone, they get used to a place?) - and if affects their ranking? Should it matter at all coming from Emory (esp. for relatively non-competitive FM/IM or weird programs like joint FM/psych?)
If people think it still matters - shouldn't having prior ties in other areas (DC/Boston/Seattle) due to my non-trad-ness makeresidency programs "trust" that I want to end up in those places?
Just curious 🙂
