Hello all. I did the couples match this year with both of us going into psych. We received about 20 interviews out of 35 programs, and went on about 15. Several of these were highly ranked programs. We didn't match. Sure, not everyone who interviews is a good fit but it is likely because one of us didn't receive their passing CS score in time (the score came out the end of January, which we released and tried contacting programs) or it is because she passed it on their 3rd chance. We are both US MDs and this whole year has been crazy and I still can't fathom how this happened.
We are both pretty competitive (230-240s on the Steps, no red flags except for this CS debacle) and I think we were lumped together near the end or wholeheartedly not ranked for this reason. We created the list with every possible combo as well as those with just one of us matching. We still didn't match. Its been quite shocking and pretty miserable the last day but I am struggling with what to do. We are trying the SOAP out and I can provide more information if needed but this whole thing just seems too odd and I really could use some advice.
Also, we are exploring the psych programs and transitional years, as well as prelims, but I am not sure I feel that desperation for these since I really think a perfect storm of flukes resulted in this. I'm just not sure if taking a year off or doing a research year of some sort while re-applying would be any worse than doing a transitional year.
We are both pretty competitive (230-240s on the Steps, no red flags except for this CS debacle) and I think we were lumped together near the end or wholeheartedly not ranked for this reason. We created the list with every possible combo as well as those with just one of us matching. We still didn't match. Its been quite shocking and pretty miserable the last day but I am struggling with what to do. We are trying the SOAP out and I can provide more information if needed but this whole thing just seems too odd and I really could use some advice.
Also, we are exploring the psych programs and transitional years, as well as prelims, but I am not sure I feel that desperation for these since I really think a perfect storm of flukes resulted in this. I'm just not sure if taking a year off or doing a research year of some sort while re-applying would be any worse than doing a transitional year.
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