<p>what is the normal path throughout undergrad/grad college for a pre-med program. I mean like how does this work? Thanks for explaining to me :)</p>
<p>See thread: "Coursework".</p>
<p>where.....?(10char)</p>
<p>yup, i have a question also =(...sorry this might have been discussed b4 =(...but if i want a residency in a specific state or area of the country...should i prefer to go a med school at that specific area of us or specific state? tys...this question must have been answered previously b4...=( sorry</p>
<p>1.) Hospitals are often reputed to protect their own medical students. So if you're really attached to doing your residency in Houston, you might be advised to take a spot at UT-Houston over a somewhat more prestigious school somewher else -- say, NYU.</p>
<p>2.) At least as a general rule, you must interview in order to be eligible to match into a hospital. If you are dead set on doing a residency in, say, Los Angeles, then all your interviews will be in Los Angeles. You can imagine that this would be easier, then, if you were going to school at USC or UCLA than, say, the University of Washington, even though the latter is slightly more prestigious. Especially because you might well be doing a lot of interviews.</p>
<p>3.) There's always a regional bias in everything. It's partly a question of information, it's partly a self-perpetuating phenomenon, it's also just a question of people knowing other people who've been from that place.</p>
<p>This is the sort of thing that leads people to explain that Fordham -- a lower-tier law school in NYC -- gets more placement into desirable NYC law firms than somewhat higher-ranked law schools like, for example, Emory.</p>
<p>This is less important in medical school than law school, perhaps partly because things in general are less competitive once you're into medical school than they are once you're into law school.</p>
<p>In conclusion, it might be the sort of thing you'd use as a tiebreaker. But, then, if you want to do your residency in Nashville, it probably means you like Nashville. And that probably means you'd want to go to medical school there because you like it, not just because your residency options are better.</p>
<p>And that, I can heartily endorse. It's good to go to places that you like.*</p>
<p>*It's also good to be exposed to lots of different places, too. For me, that's actually a consideration: I love Houston and want to do my residency there, so it's better for me to go see another part of the country first before finally settling down there.</p>
<p>tys!!!!!!!</p>
<p>just out of curiosity...ok we all know that approx 30,000 students each year attend a top 20 school (by us news standards), does anyone know around how many students each year enroll in like a top 20 med school judged by research (by us news standards)?</p>
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<p>Schools/hospital tend to like their own esp since you can build your relationships with them during your 3rd and 4th yr rotations. On the other hand they don't hold a binding relationship with the student and will pick from the pool of applicants. One med student I met, goes to school at Florida and will be headed to psychiatry in California.</p>
<p>Assuming around 125-150 per graduating class, that's approx. 3000 students in top 20 schools.</p>
<p>Residency assignments occur through the National Resident Matching Program.</p>
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The NRMP is not an application processing service; rather, it provides an impartial venue for matching applicants' and programs' preferences for each other consistently. Each year, approximately 16,000 U.S. medical school students participate in the residency match. In addition, another 18,000 "independent" applicants compete for the approximately 24,000 available residency positions. Independent applicants include former graduates of U.S. medical schools, U.S. osteopathic students, Canadian students, and graduates of foreign medical schools.
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<a href="http://www.nrmp.org/about_nrmp/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.nrmp.org/about_nrmp/index.html</a></p>
<p>The best strategy to secure a particular residency position is to be the best candidate -- come from a reputable school, have good manners, good scores, good grades, and good letters of recommendation. For very competitive residencies, this is the only strategy. For some cities and some residencies, little effort is required.</p>
<p>Applying to a residency at your own medical school has three minor advantages: first, you are a known quantity or can be checked up on very easily; second, you can get a pretty good idea what the program is like by following residents and going to conferences over a long period of time; third, you will not have to move -- a big deal, actually, since you can take a two week vacation.</p>
<p>Applying to a residency at another institution can be facilitated by doing a rotation there in the specialty of interest. In this way, you can become a known quantity and see the program first hand while being on your best behavior for six weeks.</p>
<p>See the thread "Searching for medical information" <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=252828&highlight=nrmp%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=252828&highlight=nrmp</a></p>
<p>tys guys!!!!</p>