@WayOutWestMom Hope New Year brings the best for both D1 & D2.
FYI. Today marks a milestone Just paid the final tuition fees for education from 529 account. Presume though medical kids keep studying (residency / fellowship) there is no need to pay any fees. My D is back home to relax for holidays, though it is a 4 weeks block for residency interviews. Hoping she matches to one of the 4 top choices she is contemplating. Vanderbilt, UTSW, UCSD, USC in that order. Any suggestions / inputs on these programs if any for Internal Medicine.
@thumper1 - thatās fabulous that sheās almost done! D finished two years of residency and is now in her first of two years of research. Then comes three more years of residency. Long way to go still! She has been enjoying the research year thus far. She moonlights quite a bit too and is liking the fact that they get paid very handsomely for their shifts.
That rank order needs to be hersā¦and really hers alone. She has done the research about these programs and interviewed. She needs to clarify the rank order herself.
All we did was look at the ever changing rank order list, and smile and nod!
We never did anything with Med School or Residency applications/ranking other than be cheerleaders. Itās my sonās life, not mine. He knows what he likes/wants/prefers, and so far, heās quite pleased (2nd year of Residency) which means weāre happy too.
I hope everyone and their applicants are enjoying some well-deserved downtime. D has one interview left in January. She is off from school for a month. Well, sheās already been off about 10 or so days of her month. This week D was awarded a pretty significant unexpected merit scholarship from her school which will pretty much pay for her entire 4th year of tuition and fees. H and I are so happy for her!! We are getting ready to set sail on a cruise for the holidays with D, her H and other family members. I hope interview season is going well for your kids! Happy Holidays!
Scholarship is awarded at a ceremony in mid-October. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of a faculty nomination for academics, scholarship and leadership. Nominees are asked to write an essay to support their nomination at the beginning of the fall term and winners are selected by a committee of alumni & faculty.
SIL still has 3 more interviews in January. He has 10 IM IV and 3 FM IV total. He is very happy with the opportunities he has and has a solid rank order list.
The family is surprised at how his geographic preferences affected his IV offers. Most of his IV are in our home state or very close by.
Also pleasantly surprised at the effectiveness of LOI. He wrote 10 personal LOI and received 3 interviews as a result.
Looking forward to Match Day! Canāt believe itās almost here.
As internationals since they need a visa to work in the US as residents.
if they graduated from a non-US, non-Canadian med school they are considered FMGs.
Canadian citizen graduates of Canadian medical schools may need to get permission from government/provinicial officials if they want to leave Canada to do a residency in the US.
I am reading this line for internal medicine and not sure they add up correctly when I look at all applicants vs positions and how many didnāt match.
No. Canada has its own separate MatchāCaRMS. Those who apply to the Canadian match take different standardized exams (MCCQE) than the US (USMLE or COMLEX).
As for your second question, the applicant number includes those who withdrew from the Match or did not submit a rank listāusually because they didnāt get any interviews.
2400 out of 12087 R1 IM positions is <2%. So in the larger picture, there arenāt a huge number of FMGs who find positions in US IM programs.
That means there are ~3000 residency positions offer outside of the Match. Through the military match, for example, and at programs that fill their positions directly, not thru the NRMP.
Just paid the final tuition fees for education from 529 account. Presume though medical kids keep studying (residency / fellowship) there is no need to pay any fees. My D is back home to relax for holidays, though it is a 4 weeks block for residency interviews. Hoping she matches to one of the 4 top choices she is contemplating. Vanderbilt, UTSW, UCSD, USC in that order. Any suggestions / inputs on these programs if any for Internal Medicine.