What is the NRMP doing now?

[Superpsych]

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I'm sure we have all asked this question; now that my ROL is in what are they doing for 3 weeks?

If the NRMP is using a computer program to rank everyone I would assume it can finish this task within a day via the algorithm. So with that assumption what are they doing for the remaining time.... evaluating the data, error checking, etc?

I hope it is mainly error checking; what do you think they are doing?

 

[LimbicResponse]

Going on vacation, and routing the calls to India of those applicants who forgot to certify/did not certify the last update/my computer died/insert excuse here.

No really , I have no idea what they are doing now. Better question, if this is a computerized automated process, what do they actually do all year??

 

[OldPsychDoc]

Counting their money and laughing at us.

 

[wholeheartedly]

I read in another forum (EM I think). That after the computer runs the algorithm, ppl still have to go through the ROLs by hand to double check for errors and thats why it takes a few extra weeks. Not sure what their source for that info was.

 

[LimbicResponse]

I read in another forum (EM I think). That after the computer runs the algorithm, ppl still have to go through the ROLs by hand to double check for errors and thats why it takes a few extra weeks. Not sure what their source for that info was.

I'm going to have to 'wholeheartedly' disagree with this.. The math is actually pretty hard to do, by hand.

 

[st2205]

I'm going to have to 'wholeheartedly' disagree with this.. The math is actually pretty hard to do, by hand.

Math?

 

[Superpsych]

Counting their money and laughing at us.

along with the USMLE and ERAS

 

[Superpsych]

Going on vacation, and routing the calls to India of those applicants who forgot to certify/did not certify the last update/my computer died/insert excuse here.

No really , I have no idea what they are doing now. Better question, if this is a computerized automated process, what do they actually do all year??

I don't understand why they are not more transparent unless they are hiding something; yet they give all this post match data and information on the process but never the full story.

 

[billypilgrim37]

along with the USMLE and ERAS

And ABPN.

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[futuredrpsych]

who knows. it's all part of the four year long hazing process that is medical school.

 

[vistaril]

along with the USMLE and ERAS

the fact that these organizations screw us over so soundly is troubling.....

there has to be a better system(at least for noncompetitive specialties like psych) than the one we have now.....I understand how the match is good for many specialties, but in the case of psychiatry(at least for amgs) things would just work so much better if the process werent in place. everyone would save money(programs and applicants) and I think everyone would be happier as well.

 

[kindasorta]

The algorithm takes a few minutes per aPD. The remainder of the time is spent "double-checking" (ie: blow-fueled orgies in Thailand on our dime)

 

[LimbicResponse]

Math?

Doing this by hand actually would take a lot longer than 3 weeks.

http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/about_res/algorithms.html

 

[digitlnoize]

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[wholeheartedly]

I don't believe they meant going through all the lists and repeating the algorithm by hand, just that real ppl go through and check for errors or indications of errors. That's just what I said I read in another forum. Here's a more official response, might have to scroll down a bit.


http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/faq/us_seniors_faq.html#16

 

[Superpsych]

I don't believe they meant going through all the lists and repeating the algorithm by hand, just that real ppl go through and check for errors or indications of errors. That's just what I said I read in another forum. Here's a more official response, might have to scroll down a bit.


http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/faq/us_seniors_faq.html#16

so this is what they say:

Why does it take three weeks from the rank order list (ROL) deadline to Match Day?

Several weeks are needed for the NRMP to take a number of steps to ensure the accuracy of Match results and the subsequent release of Match information. Those steps include:

Checking the integrity and completeness of the data.
Transferring the data to the algorithm module, checking it again, and processing the matching algorithm.
Verifying the results of The Match and transferring the data into the NRMP databases.
Conducting the Match Week Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP).
Creating more than 60,000 individual reports for applicants, programs, and schools, and assuring confidentiality of that information.

 

[shan564]

who knows. it's all part of the four year long hazing process that is medical school.

I think the hazing continues well beyond these four years.

 

[Superpsych]

I think the hazing continues well beyond these four years.

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