Justice
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Hey guys,
I will the best to all of those who try their best luck in scramble... Please post your story here if you scrambled in...
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| moe214
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i applied to all 30 prog..107 spots..nothing yet..as of 3:30 pm PST
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| faraym
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No luck here either.
All programs are filling up , God knows who is getting selected.
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| werther
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Nothing... applied to all ERAS allowed me to.
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| naygian
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nothing x me too
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| Anamgarcia
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hey guys... me neither.. no luck. now I am absolutely lost... depressed... i can't doit.. it is horrible
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| Justice
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What is the likelihood of that the programs scramble you in without phone call/interview? Can it be that tomorrow one logs into NRMP site and sees that he matched into a program he sent his application during scramble?
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| Anamgarcia
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I don't think that happens ... they all have filled their spots with lazy americans that needed to have a place 'to match'
sramble is not designed for us... if you dont believe it chek this email out.
>Dear Dr. -------:
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>I hope you remember me. I went in January to your office to ask you to
>please put a good word for me in the OB/GYN dept since I was applying to
>residency there.
>Now I am asking you again to please help me, yesterday I learned that I
>did not match to any position, and the feedback I got from the interview
>process is that I don't have a way to show that I will be a good clinician
>since I only have 6 months experience in the US. Now ------- has five
>preliminary surgery positions that would give me the chance to show that I
>am a great clinician, but I think I am going to need help from a faculty
>member to be able to get that chance. I am ready, with my ERAS already in
>their hands and also have the print out of everything, Do you think you
>can help me putting again a good word for me?
>My AAMCID is ----
>
>thanks in advance,
And his response was:
The match happened a few days before your email. I believe the system
is that any programs that look like they're not going to match are
given that information a couple days in advance so they can fill
outside the match. I would think that Monte would have filled its
prelim spots through the match and also any unfilled positions
already, before you sent me your email, but I will ask their program
director
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| bbb
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Anamgarcia wrote:
... they all have filled their spots with lazy americans....
Thank you - I believe that I fall under that category.....
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bbb - trying to combine common sense and humour into realistic answers, but not going to guess on anyone's chances of getting into a position....
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| Justice
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It's hard to believe that this person knows what he says.
I spoke to my friend who is a PD in pathology, and he said that him personally did not know if his program have all spots filled with the matched applicants.
What I also know is that many PDs start contacting other PDs on a day when results of match/not match are announced, to help their students who did not match. That's how we saw 90 unfilled spots in Peds on Monday night, and only ~60 on the scramble day, right after the system opened...
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| Anamgarcia
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sorry bbb, I meant medical students that are not in medicine moved by passion but moved by money. the ones that do not care
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| anastamosis
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I also emailed, faxed and called up people like crazy, but things didn't happen.
Now i feel the SCRAMBLE is an uphill task if you need a visa.
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| Anamgarcia
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this guy is the chairman in medicine
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| anastamosis
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Many programs say that they are looking into the applications and shall decide in a short while. Some of them even took small interviews on phone. When is the earliest that we can expect to hear from them, If at ll its going to happen?
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| faraym
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its not good even if you don t need a visa.
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| faraym
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yeah , after the small IV, they said I dont meet their criteria and they need ones with min 6 mts US experience...
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| Justice
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faraym wrote:
yeah , after the small IV, they said I dont meet their criteria and they need ones with min 6 mts US experience...
So, you got a call today? What program was it from?
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| medocuk
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Hey I disagree with some of the opinions here. Match is a very fair process. Progrmas find out of unmatched positions the same time the candidates find out of thier matched status.
PDs do have that advantage which I guess they can use to thier benefit considering they might already have candidates waiting to get matched.
I did not have luck at all. I got to speak to some people who refused me because of my visa status. I will need to get sponsorship.
I am now planning to better my chances for next year. To think of it August isn't that far at all.
Good luck to all.
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| naygian
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I continue calling all day long and still nothing happens , a couple of questions like VISA STATUS,usmle scores ,number of attempts, in one program but they told me that they will review the application and after they'll call me , but Its 5 p.m now and I haven't receive any call , Should I continue calling and calling to answer machines ???
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| faraym
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Justice wrote:
So, you got a call today? What program was it from?
washington hospital in washington,PA
they asked my scores, year of graduation, why FM?
US experience atleast 6 months, what I am doing NOW!
Put me on hold for few secs and said sorry u do not meet our criteria
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| anastamosis
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I got a few email rejections. No one called back, neither the ones where i left voice mails, nor the ones who took down information down on phone.
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| Justice
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faraym wrote:Justice wrote:
So, you got a call today? What program was it from? washington hospital in washington,PA they asked my scores, year of graduation, why FM? US experience atleast 6 months, what I am doing NOW! Put me on hold for few secs and said sorry u do not meet our criteria
I am so sorry to hear about this, Faraym... I can imagine how sad and mad you were when put your phone down...
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| SCI.AFTAB
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are you ready for this?
Be ready
The voice on the other side of line asked me , if I am ECFMG certified , answered Yes. asked since when. ? answered Oct 2007.
Answered , sorry we only proces Dec 2007 .
can you believe it , if yes please tell me the logic behind that.
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| SCI.AFTAB
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may be BBB knows why ,but I really donot have a clue.
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