ROL question regarding preliminary programs

[Rehabs of Steel]

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Are you able to specify preliminary program ranks depending on which advanced program you match, or are both lists handled separately? For example, if I ranked Advanced Program X as #1 and Advanced Program Y as #2, could I specify that I want Prelim Program A as my #1 for Program X, but Prelim Program B as my #1 for Program Y?

 

[G0S2]

Are you able to specify preliminary program ranks depending on which advanced program you match, or are both lists handled separately? For example, if I ranked Advanced Program X as #1 and Advanced Program Y as #2, could I specify that I want Prelim Program A as my #1 for Program X, but Prelim Program B as my #1 for Program Y?

Yes. I was told you can link certain prelim programs with specific advanced programs so that you can match at a certain advanced program if you first matched to the prelim program you wanted and vice versa.

Prog X with Prelim A

Prog Y with Prelim B

If you want to do a prelim in the city where the advanced is:

Prog X (Boston) with prelim 1 (Boston)
Prog X with prelim 2 (Boston)
Prog X with prelim 3 (Boston)

If you want a particular prelim:

Prelim 1 with Prog X
Prelim 1 with Prog Y
Prelim 1 with Prog Z

That's what I understand.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

Here's the way it works:

You first generate your primary rank list, which will contain your advanced programs. Assuming you're interested in something like Derm:

1. Program A, Boston
2. Program B, Boston
3. Program C, San Fran
4. Program D, Houston
... etc.

Then, you generate prelim rank lists, and link them with your main rank list. So, you might have a prelim list of:

1. Prelim X, Boston
2. Prelim Y, San FRan
3. Prelim Z, Houston

...which you would link to matches #1 and #2, but:

1. Prelim Y, San Fran
2. Prelim Z, Houston
3. Prelim X, Boston

... which you would link to Match #3

Also, you can finish your primary rank list with prelim programs -- this would allow you to match into a prelim if you don't get an advanced spot. You could also choose not to match at all, and then try to scramble into an IM spot (although that could work out or not)