Want to do fellowship but geographically restricted

[californiaappli1]

Hey guys,
Recently matched into a community prog in California. I am interested in rheum vs heme onc vs ID possibly however, due to family reasons will likely not be able to move elsewhere for fellowship.

Is it realistic for me at all to attempt to apply to just 2-3 fellowship programs coming from a community program?

And I guess it doesn't help that the only fellowship programs available are big name institutions...

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[gutonc]

Hey guys,
Recently matched into a community prog in California. I am interested in rheum vs heme onc vs ID possibly however, due to family reasons will likely not be able to move elsewhere for fellowship.

Is it realistic for me at all to attempt to apply to just 2-3 fellowship programs coming from a community program?

And I guess it doesn't help that the only fellowship programs available are big name institutions...

Of course it's reasonable to apply. It's also reasonable to assume that you may not match and will either have to practice Gen Med where you are, or move for fellowship.

 

[IMreshopeful]

Hey guys,
Recently matched into a community prog in California. I am interested in rheum vs heme onc vs ID possibly however, due to family reasons will likely not be able to move elsewhere for fellowship.

Is it realistic for me at all to attempt to apply to just 2-3 fellowship programs coming from a community program?

And I guess it doesn't help that the only fellowship programs available are big name institutions...

ID you can pretty much get in anywhere seeing how many unfilled spots there were (even at pretty good programs!)

Rheum and heme/onc are tougher...both are moderately competitive and there were a fair number of applicants in each that went unmatched.

You probably are safer doing this if it's for ID but not so much for the other two

 

[Raryn]

ID you can pretty much get in anywhere seeing how many unfilled spots there were (even at pretty good programs!)

Rheum and heme/onc are tougher...both are moderately competitive and there were a fair number of applicants in each that went unmatched.

You probably are safer doing this if it's for ID but not so much for the other two

I'd say that Heme/Onc is miles more competitive than rheum with rheum being moderately more competitive than ID. It ends up depending more on where in CA the OP is than anything else, but there's a decent density of programs in so-cal so if he were to apply to either rheum or ID he'd probably be fine. Heme/onc will be tough regardless.