This sucks!

[cali_girl]

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Hey,
I can't believe I matched at the 8th program on my list. I am so disappointed and have been crying for 2 days. It's really not a great program. How easy is it to transfer after your first year? Is is feasible with transferring research project, etc? How do you find the programs who have open spots, and how often do they open up? I really need something to hope for right now. It's going to be a long 4 years.

 

[snowinter]

Hey,
I can't believe I matched at the 8th program on my list. I am so disappointed and have been crying for 2 days. It's really not a great program. How easy is it to transfer after your first year? Is is feasible with transferring research project, etc? How do you find the programs who have open spots, and how often do they open up? I really need something to hope for right now. It's going to be a long 4 years.

Hey Cali_girl,

I think it was a very competitive year for obgyn. I matched at my 8th choice as well.

Sure you can always transfer-- but for now -- I think the best thing to do is look for the positives in your program. Who knows -- it may suprise you. Maybe it is really the right program. you know? that's what I'm doing.

Also -- i'm thinking that although some ppl did match at their top 1-2 programs -- this forum is SOO SILENT since match day b/c maybe a lot of ppl didn't match at their top top choices.

good luck cali girl! 😍

 

[pruritis_ani]

Hey,
I can't believe I matched at the 8th program on my list. I am so disappointed and have been crying for 2 days. It's really not a great program. How easy is it to transfer after your first year? Is is feasible with transferring research project, etc? How do you find the programs who have open spots, and how often do they open up? I really need something to hope for right now. It's going to be a long 4 years.

Hey Cali_Girl..

Sorry you are unhappy with your match. It did seem to be a rough year out there...but, you do have some things to be thankful for!

1) You got a job. There are a lot of folks that didn't
2) If it is an accredited program, you will get reasonable training!
3) The relatively high attrition rate means that there will certainly be some GREAT second year spots open next year. Look at the ACOG site for some samples of what are open this year.
4) You are just about to graduate medical school! That is a great accomplishment!

While it is no fun to go so far down your list, the flip side is that you could have wound up with no match, and been scrambling into one of the 24 spots left after match. You may wind up being pleasantly surprised, and very happy at your program. I don't know how well you know it, but if you are basing this on interview day and what you have heard, you could easily be wrong. It is tough to get a very accurate idea of what is in store before we get there. A lot of us who are very excited may wind up bummed with our match, and a lot of less than thrilled folks will be much happier come mid year.

So, I just wish you the best, and encourage you to see the bright side. Work hard, and keep an open mind. Keep your eyes open for jobs via ACOG. Stay in touch with programs that you want to go to. Be the best intern they have at the program you matched with. Lots of people switch programs every year, for lots of reasons.

All the best, and chin up!

 

[pruritis_ani]

Also -- i'm thinking that although some ppl did match at their top 1-2 programs -- this forum is SOO SILENT since match day b/c maybe a lot of ppl didn't match at their top top choices.

It has been rather quiet around here. That may explain things.

Another thing is that it is really, really difficult to get an idea of what the real world looks like when comparing to SDN. I mean, we really have no idea who is on the other side of these screen names! If you look at the USMLE scores posted, and some of the matches (in ob/gyn and other specialties) you will see that this is really a forum full of superstars or bs artists. I think we have a mix of both!

So, moral of the story is don't hold yourself to SDN standards on anything. Geez, if I did that I would shoot myself. Just look at my freakin rank list compared to everyone else's!!!! I feel like a ****** 😉 I don't think any program on my list has the prestige of the worst of most other lists.

 

[Flea girl]

Hey,
I can't believe I matched at the 8th program on my list. I am so disappointed and have been crying for 2 days. It's really not a great program. How easy is it to transfer after your first year? Is is feasible with transferring research project, etc? How do you find the programs who have open spots, and how often do they open up? I really need something to hope for right now. It's going to be a long 4 years.

Hey Cali girl
I completely agree with what everyone else has said. This year was definately a tough year to match. After I found out there were only 24 positions for the Scramble I was convinced I ended up at my 14th choice. I kept telling myself "Well better to match at 14th then to Scramble". A friend of mine had to go in the Scramble(late change to IM) and still does not have a spot. So, things could be worse. Remember, eveything happens for a reason....If all else fails, then you can always transfer spots after your first year! One of my old attending told me his wife(who is an OB resident, I think pyg2 or 3)is transferring programs for the 3rd time!! I truely wish you the best of luck and who knows it could be better then you think 🙂 .

 

[cali_girl]

Thanks for the support everyone. I'm feeling a little better. I'll stick it out for a year (like I have any choice) and if it's really bad I can always transfer. But about the comments that it might not be as bad as I think, it's the same program I went to medical school for, so I really know it's not great. 🙁

 

[TSisk23]

Please pardon the fact that I know nothing but I'm curious...why did you rank it?

 

[UCLAMAN]

Please pardon the fact that I know nothing but I'm curious...why did you rank it?

same question I have.

 

[snowinter]

same question I have.

guys --

well is it any better to scramble?

save that question for when you go through the match next year.

good luck 😍

 

[cali_girl]

Yeah, I always thought the same thing. Why would anyone cry on match day? If you didn't want to go there, why rank it? I only interviewed because it was a freebie, since it was my school's program. But I am limited in geography to big cities because of my husband's job, and my dean scared me at the last minute with how few programs didn't fill over the last couple years, and I knew applications were way up this year. So I ranked everything I interviewed at. It was 8 out of 13, so it wasn't at the bottom of my list, but it was the first of the programs that would make me cry. So I became what I always never understood, the person who is crying on match day.

 

[dlc6]

caligirl,
You were not the only one. I applied in a different field but one that I had always heard to be "not so competitive". I interviewed at 11 and ranked 10 (I really WOULD have rather scrambled then end up at the 11th spot). I wouldn't even have applied to the place I ended up ranking 10 except for the fact that someone very close to me suggested it because it was such a great place (and I know it is just not in my ideal location). All throughout the match process I was sure I would not get past my top 4, that at least one of those programs would like me. What a shock it was to open up that envelope to find out I was going to my number 10. To tell you the truth, I had forgotten everything about that program because I honestly didn't think I was going to have that big of a problem. I cried match day and everyday since, except today...today is the first day that I have begun to accept that this is where I am going. I have definitely exhausted the four (I think) stages of grief. So you are NOT alone!