What actually happens to the Thank You notes?

[jennyboo]

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Can anyone tell me what residency programs do with the thank-you notes you send them (whether via email, handwritten, or typed) after you send them?

Do they throw them out / delete, or do they stick them in your file?

 

[Mumpu]

They compare what you wrote to different people and submit your handwriting for expert examination to learn about your personality traits. Then they run the DNA from your saliva on the envelope to see if you have any genetic diseases that could affect your ability to function as a resident. Then they park the mind control satellite over your house to see where you will rank them.

 

[BKN]

They compare what you wrote to different people and submit your handwriting for expert examination to learn about your personality traits. Then they run the DNA from your saliva on the envelope to see if you have any genetic diseases that could affect your ability to function as a resident. Then they park the mind control satellite over your house to see where you will rank them.

I would, but there are funding issues. 😡

We read them and put them into the file where they can be referred to at the match party.

 

[robotsonic]

We read them and put them into the file where they can be referred to at the match party.

I'm really looking forward to the day when I think of the ranking of applicants as a "party" 😀 😳

 

[Poety]

robot you're so funny 😛

BKN, ARE YOU TELLING ME that all my emails are in one pile? OMG <faint> I was so redundant with one program oy vay! It will be like, "you're my number one" oh wait heres a variation "because of that, I'll be ranking you number one" oh, and here she says it again "in conclusion, I thought you'd like to know you're at the top of my list" ahhh and yet again "on Jan. 15th, your program will be ranked number one" MUST you put them all together at the party? COME ON!! cut us some slack here 😳

 

[jennyboo]

Yeah, so much for copy and pasting the same communication to all FOUR people who interviewed you that day and just changing the names around.

 

[BKN]

robot you're so funny 😛

BKN, ARE YOU TELLING ME that all my emails are in one pile? OMG <faint> I was so redundant with one program oy vay! It will be like, "you're my number one" oh wait heres a variation "because of that, I'll be ranking you number one" oh, and here she says it again "in conclusion, I thought you'd like to know you're at the top of my list" ahhh and yet again "on Jan. 15th, your program will be ranked number one" MUST you put them all together at the party? COME ON!! cut us some slack here 😳

MUST. . .RESIST. . .THE . . . URGE . . . TO . . .SCARE. . .POETY. . .ah, what the hey. . .

Not to worry. First, that's just how I do it. Your first choice probably throws them all away. Or they'll probably have too much to do when writing the list to read a bunch of notes again! 😴

 

[BKN]

If you guys put 10% of the effort into studying in medical school as you put into obsessing about the darn thank you notes, you're all getting your first choice!

 

[Poety]

MUST. . .RESIST. . .THE . . . URGE . . . TO . . .SCARE. . .POETY. . .ah, what the hey. . .

Not to worry. First, that's just how I do it. Your first choice probably throws them all away. Or they'll probably have too much to do when writing the list to read a bunch of notes again! 😴

I can hope right? and yeah, you should NOT be reading the notes again 😴 yuck!

If you guys put 10% of the effort into studying in medical school as you put into obsessing about the darn thank you notes, you're all getting your first choice!

If only the books were this interesting 😉 Oh wait, the psych books are

 

[BKN]

P, I love the latest avatarita. Has the dog got the hand in his mouth?

 

[Poety]

No, shes pulling his whiskers off and hes trying not to get mad hes such a gentle dog 😳 poor thing was trying to move away but she has the kung fu grip ya know 😛

 

[DOtobe]

I don't think I wrote one thank you note. I may have sent a thank you email. I don't even remember.

And poety, cute avatar 🙂

 

[DropkickMurphy]

So there's no truth to the rumor that they are used as rolling papers during "smoke" breaks? 😉

 

[Poety]

I don't think I wrote one thank you note. I may have sent a thank you email. I don't even remember.

And poety, cute avatar 🙂

thanks DO! 🙂

 

[pdintheusa]

At our program, they are also scanned and included in the applicant's folder during our match meetings. So yes, I would recommend at least changing a sentence or 2 between letters - I definitely notice if it is identical.

 

[Marci Way]

Can anyone tell me what residency programs do with the thank-you notes you send them (whether via email, handwritten, or typed) after you send them?

Do they throw them out / delete, or do they stick them in your file?

Our program keeps the Thank You Notes and makes sure that all the faculty see them.

 

[roja]

We have a fancy goblet that burns them all up and then spits out them out on rank list day. Then we drink 'juice' and dance naked around it chanting. (we are a very liberal program)

Okay, not really, our PC keeps copies of them (including PS) so that at graduation, we our interns can access them and use them to mock the seniors in front of everyone! Nothing like a little humiliation on graduation day.

Alright! Alright! That's a lie too. (I am going loopy from the looming SAEM deadline--- and trying to figure out how to work going to AAEM because I am so homesick)

I think our PD reads them and then throws them away. (I didn't see mine in my file) I have had several written to me. I read them and then put them in the shrine I keep for exaulting myself. 😀

 

[BKN]

We have a fancy goblet that burns them all up and then spits out them out on rank list day. Then we drink 'juice' and dance naked around it chanting. (we are a very liberal program)

Okay, not really, our PC keeps copies of them (including PS) so that at graduation, we our interns can access them and use them to mock the seniors in front of everyone! Nothing like a little humiliation on graduation day.

Alright! Alright! That's a lie too. (I am going loopy from the looming SAEM deadline--- and trying to figure out how to work going to AAEM because I am so homesick)

I think our PD reads them and then throws them away. (I didn't see mine in my file) I have had several written to me. I read them and then put them in the shrine I keep for exaulting myself. 😀

I'm liking this. Next year I'm going to feed them to a magic hat that chews them and says "Bright. . .hard-working. . .he could be a Gryffindork. . .but too much a..kissing. . . Slytherin!"

Wait a minute, who are the good guys again?

 

[roja]

Gryffindorf!!!!!!!!!!! Because, really, no one wants to be a Huffinpuff! (thank my five year old for making me watch Harry Potter over and over again. 😀)

 

[Doc Samson]

Can anyone tell me what residency programs do with the thank-you notes you send them (whether via email, handwritten, or typed) after you send them?

Do they throw them out / delete, or do they stick them in your file?

Directly into the cylidrical plastic lined filing cabinet (unless you say something really goofy, in which case we pass them around among ourselves laughing at you).

 

[TheThroat]

I read 'em and then throw 'em away. We make our rank list according to the application and interview, not on which applicants write thank-you letters.

 

[Fermata]

If for whatever reason I'm in a position where I'll receive these Thank You letters then I will insist that they are written on Charmin.

 

[AngryTesticle]

I read 'em and then throw 'em away. We make our rank list according to the application and interview, not on which applicants write thank-you letters.

Exactly! I read the thank you card, I say "That was nice of him/her." Then it sits on my desk and usually papers or loose pieces of paper accumulate over it and it all eventually goes into the trash.