This is incorrect. Please do not post such misleading information....
3. Consider which Residency Program will rank you the highest, and rank them as #1. And follow the process down the list to the one who will rank you the lowest.
4. DO NOT!!! rank according to which program you like the best.
Imagine, everyone wants to go to Yale. So everyone will rank them as #1? of course the program will only consider only those that Yale will rank the highest on the list.
Remember, the matching program ALWAYS starts with the Residency Program's ROL; and NOT with the applicants.
You sound clueless.Interesting response... lets look at the numbers.
2014 NRMP Match results:
61.5% of the US Seniors matched and approximately 38% of the IMG's Matched. That means that only 1 in 3 IMG's will find a program.
Nearly 99% of the Residency spots will be filled. Majority of them by the US Seniors. If a program has 10 spots, you can rest assured that all of them will be filled.
If you start doing research of PGY1's, PGY2's and 3's that matched in previous years, you will find that highly sought after programs are biased towards US Seniors, and those in the middle of the fields or VA programs end up with IMG's.
Now, why would you want to waste the #1 precious spot on your ROL on a program that you know you will NOT match in?
The process that is described above works well for the US Seniors, but not for IMG's where you have only a 1 in 3 chance of matching. You have to be calculating, otherwise the 10 spots will be filled by other IMG's who selected it higher than you.
Think!
wow dumb :sleepy:Interesting response... lets look at the numbers.
2014 NRMP Match results:
61.5% of the US Seniors matched and approximately 38% of the IMG's Matched. That means that only 1 in 3 IMG's will find a program.
Nearly 99% of the Residency spots will be filled. Majority of them by the US Seniors. If a program has 10 spots, you can rest assured that all of them will be filled.
If you start doing research of PGY1's, PGY2's and 3's that matched in previous years, you will find that highly sought after programs are biased towards US Seniors, and those in the middle of the fields or VA programs end up with IMG's.
Now, why would you want to waste the #1 precious spot on your ROL on a program that you know you will NOT match in?
The process that is described above works well for the US Seniors, but not for IMG's where you have only a 1 in 3 chance of matching. You have to be calculating, otherwise the 10 spots will be filled by other IMG's who selected it higher than you.
Think!
Actually, it makes sense.Wherever you read that you have to rank the programs in the ROL according to what you liked best, is a misdirection. The designers of the matching program want you to be honest with your ranking so that it brings credibility to how the match is made.
This is how the program actually works:
Step 1. Check the Residency Program's ROL, and find which applicant is placed as #1.
Step 2. Check if there is more than one Residency Program that ranked the same applicant as #1.
Step 3. Scan all applicants, and see if they likewise ranked the program as #1.
Step 4. Those that are not matched #1 to #1, go back to the general circulation.
Step 5. Go back to Step 1, and check applicants listed as #2. And repeat the process.
If you do not match in the first step, you go back to the general circulation with all the thousands of other applicants.
Solution:
1. During the interview process make sure that they will like you, and strive to be ranked as high as possible on their ROL.
2. The higher they rank you, the sooner the matching program will get to your name.
3. Consider which Residency Program will rank you the highest, and rank them as #1. And follow the process down the list to the one who will rank you the lowest.
4. DO NOT!!! rank according to which program you like the best.
Imagine, everyone wants to go to Yale. So everyone will rank them as #1? of course the program will only consider only those that Yale will rank the highest on the list.
Remember, the matching program ALWAYS starts with the Residency Program's ROL; and NOT with the applicants.
or dumbnessActually, it makes sense.
We have a habit of "following what the book says". Sometimes, we need to think and plan our strategies on our own, by interpreting the trends. It's called smartness.