Heds Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Dal too. Has anyone heard from Western? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobs Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Anyone heard from Winnipeg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCFPEMhopeful Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Dal too. Has anyone heard from Western? Anyone heard from Winnipeg? Nope, nothing. Winnipeg said they would only notify successful applicants; but western said they should let everyone know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heds Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Apparently Western is planning on sending out their invites tomorrow, according to one of the current ccfp-em residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W0lfgang Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 You're not as well trained and are much less likely to be hired. Why not just gain the hours in a rural-ER, and challenge the CCFP-EM exam after? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ER scrub Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Western (apparently interviewing only 29) Anyone know if this is the typical interview number? I thought it would be more for 8 spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOCK Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Western invites or declines out? Or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobs Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Winnipeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmrezz Posted October 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Western Any news from Manitoba? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOCK Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Manitoba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamMed14 Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 For the sites that have stated how many people they're interviewing most say 20-30 for their spots (the # of spots they have seem to make little difference). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 In surgical specialties I interviewed last year, there were 40 interviewees for 3 spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mononoke Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 In surgical specialties I interviewed last year, there were 40 interviewees for 3 spots. Really? Which specialty was this? That's quite the competition.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Really? Which specialty was this? That's quite the competition.... Probably just one school though (?) - I mean when you take ALL the spots at all the schools for whatever that was there is a lot more than 3 I bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralk Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Probably just one school though (?) - I mean when you take ALL the spots at all the schools for whatever that was there is a lot more than 3 I bet Yeah, the surgical programs interview 40 for 3 spots because they know all those applicants are also applying to most other programs around the country - they often have to interview that many to guarantee they'll fill their spots with desirable candidates. The FM/EM programs can interview fewer applicants because they only need to interview that many to fill. FM/EM matches seems to be a lot more regional - applicants tend to match to their first choice program or not at all, with less than 20% landing in a 2nd or lower choice program. In a strange way, the lower interviewee-to-spot ratio in FM/EM actually reflects higher competition when compared to (most) surgical specialties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Really? Which specialty was this? That's quite the competition.... Two schools for 2 different specialties, I interviewed at both (did not apply at any other schools for these specialties) and landed 1 of the 3 spots. I imagine that all interviewees were qualified and suppose that it came down to the interview. Many who had their hearts set on these specialties ended up doing family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRAYINGFOREM Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Did Toronto release its acceptance/rejection emails yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startrekker Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Anyone interviewing at McGill on the 5th from the GTA area interested in carpooling / splitting the driving ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRAYINGFOREM Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Hi there Looking for advice on how to rank. Is there any point to ranking programs that did not invite you for an interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleDaisy Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 There is no point to ranking programs that did not invite you for an interview. Focus on the programs that invited you for interviews and ranked them according to your preference Good luck! Hi there Looking for advice on how to rank. Is there any point to ranking programs that did not invite you for an interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestar10 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 There is no point to ranking programs that did not invite you for an interview. Focus on the programs that invited you for interviews and ranked them according to your preference Good luck! Gonna disagree with this. Rank according to where you want to go. Very unlikely that you do match to non interview programs but not impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleDaisy Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 It is possible to match to non interview programs? Sorry I am just curious for my CaRMS in 2017 Gonna disagree with this. Rank according to where you want to go. Very unlikely that you do match to non interview programs but not impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralk Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 There's nothing to lose by ranking programs that didn't interview you - the match algorithm is very flexible in that regard. There's not much to gain though. Programs are competitive enough that any program who might rank you would invite you for an interview, and they'll have more than enough interviewed candidates to fill their spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 There's nothing to lose by ranking programs that didn't interview you - the match algorithm is very flexible in that regard. There's not much to gain though. Programs are competitive enough that any program who might rank you would invite you for an interview, and they'll have more than enough interviewed candidates to fill their spots. only drawback is the small cost involved the main point here though is very valid and important - the optimal way to play the carms game is to rank your choices in the order of preference absolutely regardless of how likely you think you will match there. That is not an opinion - it is something that can actually be proven with the math underlying the carms algorithm. You have to love game theory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bunny Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Actually I think the cost got incurred when you chose to submit an application to a given school. Since it has been paid for, no harm in ranking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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