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Will this change with the single match?
username checks outProbably because the majority of DOs will be disappointed on match day.
ding ding ding winner winner.the biggest reason is because its not in the budget. and the second biggest reason is, even though DO schools may have a "100%" placement rate (which is BS, they may have 95% placement rate), MATCH rate is only like 85% and that translates into a day of absolute devastation for a lot of people.
Omg! Lol I love it :0**** match day.
It already sucks ass that our school REQUIRES us to attend graduation.
I plan on silencing my phone and blocking ALL numbers of anybody from my program and going incognito on everything and forget the horrors that my school put me through.
I want to grab a couple beers and champagne, go book a yacht with some family, and smoke a couple cubans and get the best tan I can get before residency.
ding ding ding winner winner.
If 20% of your class doesn't actually match on match day, thats a real downer at the party.
I don't see why they can't have one now that we only have one match day. Why would anybody be disappointed that they got into a residency spot that they applied to and ranked? I highly doubt that anybody that match would be disappointed. The only disappointments are probably the people that didn't match (2-15%), so I don't get why people are saying the majority of people will be disappointed as reason why we don't have a match ceremony. IDK, maybe I'm too naive to understand any of this yet, and maybe I'll get as salty as a lot of you are at some point.
The DO ACGME match rate was just under 81% last year overall. Thats 1/5 who failed to match on match day. Its not just 2-15%.I don't see why they can't have one now that we only have one match day. Why would anybody be disappointed that they got into a residency spot that they applied to and ranked? I highly doubt that anybody that match would be disappointed. The only disappointments are probably the people that didn't match (2-15%), so I don't get why people are saying the majority of people will be disappointed as reason why we don't have a match ceremony. IDK, maybe I'm too naive to understand any of this yet, and maybe I'll get as salty as a lot of you are at some point.
This comment makes zero sense. How could someone not match if they got their last ranked spot. By getting their last ranked spot they would have to match by definition. Someone who doesn't match gets nothing, no spot at all. There is literally nothing to celebrate about that. The SOAP is freakin terrible.Does nobody know what happens on Monday of match week? Nobody should be freaking out at a match party that they didn't match unless they got there last ranked spot haha
I was having this debate with a 4th year at my school this week about why we gun so much for so little. Theres this guy at my rotation doing FM and he is living the life. Chilling, taking a week off to go on trips. Literally NGAF. He was all in on FM from the beginning. Has a plan to use some rural loan repayment programs to knock out 250k of debt in 3 years thru stacking employer incentives plus state incentives, then he will pay off the rest working in a rural ER. Then he wants to be a hospitalist. I have done 4 months of inpatient IM/Hospitalist rotations this year, it isn't that bad. At least as a backup #gunnerlife.Because if you don't get ortho, surgery, ENT, derm, plastics, radiology, anesthesia, you ain't ****.
You just a dumb poo-poo head primary care doc.
Have fun in the middle of nowhere treating DM and HTN and seeing stinky feet ur whole life.
Being overly cynical and negative about everything is not the same as being woke about the "truth".
The DO ACGME match rate was just under 81% last year overall. Thats 1/5 who failed to match on match day. Its not just 2-15%.
This comment makes zero sense. How could someone not match if they got their last ranked spot. By getting their last ranked spot they would have to match by definition. Someone who doesn't match gets nothing, no spot at all. There is literally nothing to celebrate about that. The SOAP is freakin terrible.
I know the truth hurts... But hey, I guess the forum is really just about personal attacks.
With how unaware some of the people at DO schools are, people like me and Sab need to exist. People are just dangerously un-informed, coming from real active experience with people making terrible decisions this past interview season.
This.SDN is not exactly a place brimming with self-confidence and bravado. Anyone who thinks its their solemn duty to talk about how we're all doomed can put their capes back in the closet/stop pretending to be martyrs.
Legit ROFLBecause if you don't get ortho, surgery, ENT, derm, plastics, radiology, anesthesia, you ain't ****.
You just a dumb poo-poo head primary care doc.
Have fun in the middle of nowhere treating DM and HTN and seeing stinky feet ur whole life.
My point was that it's not the majority people that are disappointed. But I can see people not in the mood to party after receiving the news that their friends/classmates didn't match.The DO ACGME match rate was just under 81% last year overall. Thats 1/5 who failed to match on match day. Its not just 2-15%.
This comment makes zero sense. How could someone not match if they got their last ranked spot. By getting their last ranked spot they would have to match by definition. Someone who doesn't match gets nothing, no spot at all. There is literally nothing to celebrate about that. The SOAP is freakin terrible.
Why do you think the only disappointed people are the people who didn't match? Going to 8 on your already weaker list than your stats should provide interviews for is going to disappoint a lot of people. Just the way it is.My point was that it's not the majority people that are disappointed. But I can see people not in the mood to party after receiving the news that their friends/classmates didn't match.
First of all... you guys need to chill with the bickering. Second, Caribbean schools have match day celebrations, so this whole “DO schools don’t do it because we suck and nobody wants to see the tears” is absurd. In a traditional match you find out before hand if you matched at all, and then going to the celebration is optional. @sunshinefl our school has a get together with a map and treats and all that, but not many come because a huge chunk of the class does ACGME and the dates are not the same. Being spread out is also a thing, but schools like DCOM send out a special poster to their students and encourage them to post a pic saying where they’re going.
These regular SDNers acting like they go to a fake medical school becuase it’s DO is not doing anyone any favors.
I wish I knew because I always dreamed of my match day ceremony. In fact, last year when I was an M1 I searched all over campus on Match day looking for ours for our 4th years. Later after I couldn’t find one, I found out I was wrong in presuming we even had one. A few months ago our class student government polled everyone to see what type of match day ceremony we would like to have so they could present it to the admin. I never heard a follow up but that’s still 2 years away so we have time. We did just have a mini-match day type thing when we picked up our core rotation site envelopes together, so that quenched my thirst a little.
He means that everybody gets an email that they matched before they actually find out where they matched. MD schools that have match day celebrations do them on the day you find out where you match but after you know you’ve already matched. That way if you didn’t match or matched in your backup specialty you don’t participate in the ceremony. It would be impossible for somebody to find out in match day ceremony that they didn’t match.The DO ACGME match rate was just under 81% last year overall. Thats 1/5 who failed to match on match day. Its not just 2-15%.
This comment makes zero sense. How could someone not match if they got their last ranked spot. By getting their last ranked spot they would have to match by definition. Someone who doesn't match gets nothing, no spot at all. There is literally nothing to celebrate about that. The SOAP is freakin terrible.
He means that everybody gets an email that they matched before they actually find out where they matched. MD schools that have match day celebrations do them on the day you find out where you match but after you know you’ve already matched. That way if you didn’t match or matched in your backup specialty you don’t participate in the ceremony.
My friends girlfriend is at an MD and they stand up on stage and announce where they matched live as they see it for the first time. She’s says it’s the most awkward thing ever bc you can tell when someone is devastated if they fell in their rank and the whole thing is recorded lolCompare the match lists and data from any of the lowest ranked MD schools in the nation to any DO school and you'll find out why it would be embarrassing for DO schools to be having big ceremonies.
My friends girlfriend is at an MD and they stand up on stage and announce where they matched live as they see it for the first time. She’s says it’s the most awkward thing ever bc you can tell when someone is devastated if they fell in their rank and the whole thing is recorded lol
the biggest reason is because its not in the budget. and the second biggest reason is, even though DO schools may have a "100%" placement rate (which is BS, they may have 95% placement rate), MATCH rate is only like 85% and that translates into a day of absolute devastation for a lot of people.
How are these schools hiding that 5% of their graduates are unemployed?
Mine's shown a 100% placement. As I understand its considered one of the better DO schools, has its own healthcare system/hospital, etc. I mean I think its good but this does worry me a little.
And of the DO students who don't match is this pure chance based off bad luck on clinical rotations? The fact these students had no business being in medical school?
My friends girlfriend is at an MD and they stand up on stage and announce where they matched live as they see it for the first time. She’s says it’s the most awkward thing ever bc you can tell when someone is devastated if they fell in their rank and the whole thing is recorded lol
Huh? Do people actually do this?We had a few students who apply to primarily Ortho programs w/ FM places as backups. Some bitter tears were def shredded during Match Day when they found out that they were matched to some random FM programs in some random places.
Huh? Do people actually do this?We had a few students who apply to primarily Ortho programs w/ FM places as backups. Some bitter tears were def shredded during Match Day when they found out that they were matched to some random FM programs in some random places.
Huh? Do people actually do this?