In the beginning of the interview trail (hope it gets longer). So far, I have 8 interview invites.
As a Caribbean FMG, I am planning on taking all the invitations offered (yes, even programs that may be considered malignant). I am also planning on ranking everything - I don't have the luxury of not ranking a program.
Lately, I have heard many things about interviews in Psychiatry. Things along the lines of "Psychiatry is more selective when it comes to interviewing applicants." (Meaning that an applicant's ERAS application is reviewed with a fine-toothed comb and that if you are granted an interview, you are indeed being strongly considered).
A resident at a program I recently interviewed at mentioned that the number of interviews needed to match in Psychiatry last year was 4.5. I was shocked to hear that it was such a low number. I tried searching online to find where this resident got this information from, but haven't been successful yet.
This begs the question whether or not there is a magic number in Psychiatry - basically, at what number does one have enough interviews in order to safely exhale???
Also, it being about one month into the season - when is it fair to starting calling up programs to check on your application status/possibly solicit an interview??? (I hope this practice isn't too frowned upon).
As a Caribbean FMG, I am planning on taking all the invitations offered (yes, even programs that may be considered malignant). I am also planning on ranking everything - I don't have the luxury of not ranking a program.
Lately, I have heard many things about interviews in Psychiatry. Things along the lines of "Psychiatry is more selective when it comes to interviewing applicants." (Meaning that an applicant's ERAS application is reviewed with a fine-toothed comb and that if you are granted an interview, you are indeed being strongly considered).
A resident at a program I recently interviewed at mentioned that the number of interviews needed to match in Psychiatry last year was 4.5. I was shocked to hear that it was such a low number. I tried searching online to find where this resident got this information from, but haven't been successful yet.
This begs the question whether or not there is a magic number in Psychiatry - basically, at what number does one have enough interviews in order to safely exhale???
Also, it being about one month into the season - when is it fair to starting calling up programs to check on your application status/possibly solicit an interview??? (I hope this practice isn't too frowned upon).
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