Hopefully this is not a Doubletree - it is their norm and nothing special.
My kids were quite attached to them when they were young and so we bought a tin one time when checking out.
8 interviews down, 5 to go. Favorites are emerging. Some surprises; some not.
And the courting has begun in earnest with lots and lots of love notes.
D2 cancelled a couple of interviews scheduled for December at low priority programs because she is getting tired of all the traveling. (Plus all those airline tickets, car rentals, hotels, Uber rides are all starting to add up to $$$$.)
@texaspgānot a Doubletree.
6 interviews down, 9 to go. My D also had to cancel about 4 interviews because of travel logistics and date conflicts.
@wayoutwestmom - we signed up to host kids from Dās med school. One was supposed to come next week and cancelled saying priorities changed based on something that opened up next month!
Not surprised. Lots of swapping around of interview slots happening toward the end interview season.
Rank lists are due Jan 15.
D2 has one interview left in the first week of January.
Only for the early matches (optho and urology - guess weāve narrowed down Dās specialty to one of two things, lol) for everyone else, thatās when the NRMP R3 system opens. Rank lists due Feb 22nd.
Iām all done with interviews! Pretty sure I know which is going to be #1 but thereās a chance it could change. I might do a couple 2nd looks in mid to late January.
@iwannabe_Brown - when do the optho results come out? I know someone who is done with the interviews but sill working through the preliminary year interviews.
Ophtho is via the San Francisco Match. Ophtho releases results on Jan 12.
https://www.sfmatch.org/MatchCalendar.aspx
Urology match releases results on Jan 18.
http://www.auanet.org/education/auauniversity/residents/residency/urology-and-specialty-matches/specialty-match-timelines
Applicants for both still need to go thru the NRMP match for their prelim/transitional year.
(And, no D2 isnāt going into either uro or ophtho. Sheās going into a moderately competitive specialty-- that is not IM-- and is planning on subspecializing.)
@texaspg yeah, and our school puts a lot of energy into telling people to take their prelim interviews seriously. We have had kids match into PGY-2 positions for uro and optho and then have to scramble/SOAP into a prelim spot because they didnāt take the prelim process seriously enough.
Do parents attend Match Day?
Yes, W and I had a great time. The video of Sās smile as he opened and read match letter is simply priceless. Lots of cheers from other families/students. Some sobs from students who didnāt match where they hoped. Overall Iād highly recommend you/spouse attend.
School dependent.
At D1ās school, students are allowed to bring 1 guest to the ceremony. While parents arenāt specifically excluded, usually there are very few (or none) at the brunch. Mostly spouses/partners/best friends. Partly because itās a very emotional day with crushing disappointments for those who donāt match to their expected location or specialty; partly because the Match ceremony is very informal, a catered sit down brunch with mimosas and other adult beverages that morphs into a hours party with music and dancing afterwards. (Think more wedding reception and less commencement processional.)
D1 described it as a āstrong men weeping quietly in the corners and happy students literally dancing on tabletopsā
That would be such a bummer if we couldnāt attend! We are so excited for March and to see where DD will be spending her next chunk of years. The school sponsors a beer/pizza event that traditionally morphs into a bar crawl. I rented an Airbnb and my kids friends parents are staying with us. We will host some kind of get together at the house on St. Patricks day. So looking forward to sharing this time with my daughter.
At my D and then future SILās Match day, parents were of course welcome, but not āencouragedā by their kids. I would have spent north of $800 to go there, only to wave goodbye as they all left for an extensive bar crawl. I took her advice and stayed home across the country and watched it on live stream. I donāt feel I missed out on the moment, plus nobody had to witness my ugly cry when they matched to their #1.
Parents are commonplace at my school but I personally have both pre and post noon plans such that like cottontales, if my parents came, they would spend hundreds of dollars and hours traveling for 1 hour with me. Iām just going to call them on 3/16 and theyāll only be coming for graduation.
Did I mention the chartered party bus for downtown bar crawl for the the after-Match party party?
I didnāt attend D1ās Match ceremony. But she did text me her results as soon as she got back to her seat. I wonāt be attending D2ās Match in March. (Sheāll be taking her BF who will be relocating with her for residency.) But sheāll text me and her sister once she opens her envelope. And you know what? Iām OK with their choice in both instances. Match is really for the students. Itās their day and if they want to share it & celebrate it with their classmates who have walked beside them on this 4 year long journey-- Iām really perfectly fine with that.
And very exciting news! Because D1 has been a āgood team playerā (i.e.volunteered to work every holiday for the past 2 years AND rescheduled her wedding when it turned out 3 residents in her department all were getting married the same week), her chief gave her 3 (4?) days off so she could attend D2ās graduation. D1 will be here for the ceremony and will be hooding her sister.
Havenāt posted in a while, but wanted to check in. Itās almost over for D. She still has a few more prelim interviews but residency is finalized. (WooHoo!) 21 invites; attended 16. Matched on 1/11! She finds out on 3/16 where sheāll be for her intern year (16 invites; will attend all). All is good. Itās been a long process, and weāre excited for this new phase to begin.
Congrats @jc40. Optho?
So. Many. Love. Notes.
āeven from programs that purportedly donāt send love notes. (Not that that actually means anythingā¦)
@texaspg since urology was 1/18, it has to be optho which released to programs and schools on 1/11 and applicants on 1/12 (guess there were some loose lips at the school if @jc40ās D knew on 1/11). That 8 day turnaround from rank list deadline to match sure sounds nice right about now although 3/16 is rapidly approaching. It blows my mind that the actual algorithm only takes ~17 seconds and the rest of the 3 weeks is literally just verification + snail mailing match results to the schools.