I've never had much luck with wait lists. It started all the way back when I applied to boarding school for 9th grade. I didn't get off that wait list, didn't get off for college, or for medical school, and it now appears I didn't get off the wait list for my first choice residency program who is having their last interview day today. I know from previous experience that it all works out okay. I ended up where I am now because of the way things turned out. I'm pretty proud of the place I'm at.
Still, I'm worried. I feel pretty confident that I'll match. I just have a good gut feeling about it. However, I don't have any interviews in the cities I was most interested in moving to and I still don't feel like I have enough interviews overall. The median number of places ranked for US seniors that matched in ob/gyn last year was 11. I'm below that number.
The most frustrating part is that on the interviews I've gone on, especially the local ones, they make comments assuming that I have my pick of residency. Clearly they are only looking at my CV and not step scores. My CV and recommendations alone make me look like a pretty stellar candidate. If they saw my first failed step 1 - then they'd know the truth that I'm pretty screwed in this process. I'm still going to make a damn good doctor, and hopefully be a ob/gyn, but likely not in the location(s) I had originally imagined for myself.
I can't believe it is already December. I can't believe I still have so few interviews. I don't really know how I'm going to last until match day on March 21st. Trying to take deep breaths and keep waiting.
Still, I'm worried. I feel pretty confident that I'll match. I just have a good gut feeling about it. However, I don't have any interviews in the cities I was most interested in moving to and I still don't feel like I have enough interviews overall. The median number of places ranked for US seniors that matched in ob/gyn last year was 11. I'm below that number.
The most frustrating part is that on the interviews I've gone on, especially the local ones, they make comments assuming that I have my pick of residency. Clearly they are only looking at my CV and not step scores. My CV and recommendations alone make me look like a pretty stellar candidate. If they saw my first failed step 1 - then they'd know the truth that I'm pretty screwed in this process. I'm still going to make a damn good doctor, and hopefully be a ob/gyn, but likely not in the location(s) I had originally imagined for myself.
I can't believe it is already December. I can't believe I still have so few interviews. I don't really know how I'm going to last until match day on March 21st. Trying to take deep breaths and keep waiting.
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