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Hey everyone,
I am new to this forum, and to any forum for that matter. I have been moved to seek your advice regarding my rank list due to my absolute confusion. I am from Europe and I interviewed for categorical positions at: UVA, Duke, Tuts-NEMC, St. Vincent's, and Georgetown. I also interviewed for a 2-year preliminary position at Johns Hopkins. Hopkins interview went very well and they were excited by my application. Tufts-NEMC were equally excited and said that they were going to rank me highly. UVA offered me a categorical position outside the match into year 2. I loved the city of Boston the best. I suppose the question is would I be crazy to rank a Hopkins prelim above a categorical in the match rank? or should I just say to hell with it and accept the offer from UVA? I am not from the states and so the ins and outs of the programs are a bit alien to me. My ideal would be Hopkins but everyone is telling me not to go for the prelim. I told the RD that I was thinking about ranking them first and he said that he would be honoured to have me but he would caution me from ranking any prelim above a categorical. He also said I should think about it carefully before becoming 'infatuated with hopkins'. I don't know what to do. Any advice? I am thinking (1) Hopkins Prelim (2) Tuft NEMC (3) UVA (4) Duke etc am I as crazy as everyone says?
THANX
I am new to this forum, and to any forum for that matter. I have been moved to seek your advice regarding my rank list due to my absolute confusion. I am from Europe and I interviewed for categorical positions at: UVA, Duke, Tuts-NEMC, St. Vincent's, and Georgetown. I also interviewed for a 2-year preliminary position at Johns Hopkins. Hopkins interview went very well and they were excited by my application. Tufts-NEMC were equally excited and said that they were going to rank me highly. UVA offered me a categorical position outside the match into year 2. I loved the city of Boston the best. I suppose the question is would I be crazy to rank a Hopkins prelim above a categorical in the match rank? or should I just say to hell with it and accept the offer from UVA? I am not from the states and so the ins and outs of the programs are a bit alien to me. My ideal would be Hopkins but everyone is telling me not to go for the prelim. I told the RD that I was thinking about ranking them first and he said that he would be honoured to have me but he would caution me from ranking any prelim above a categorical. He also said I should think about it carefully before becoming 'infatuated with hopkins'. I don't know what to do. Any advice? I am thinking (1) Hopkins Prelim (2) Tuft NEMC (3) UVA (4) Duke etc am I as crazy as everyone says?
THANX
