bellejolie Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 minute ago, justwannabeadoc said: When was the deadline for programs to submit rankings? April 1 When the Moon Forgot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When the Moon Forgot Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 Just now, bellejolie said: April 1 Interesting! I didn't know programs have an earlier deadline for submitting rankings! Learned something new today. bellejolie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, justwannabeadoc said: When was the deadline for programs to submit rankings? April 1 edit: too slow! When the Moon Forgot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMatchNoProblem Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, bellejolie said: I think it’s through the actual website so yes? I would assume so. So that would mean that it's very easy for them to modify if ever a mistake is found right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, NoMatchNoProblem said: So that would mean that it's very easy for them to modify if ever a mistake is found right? I find the delay baffling. Because an algorithm that has been run so many years in a row shouldn’t really be changing, and there shouldn’t be mistakes. (The base code and libraries can change so sure there’s new bugs and maintenance, but this is not the type of code that should have many opportunities for new problems to creep in, and that should all be testable ahead of time). And the algorithm itself should take less than a minute to run... RepresentativeSalad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bellejolie Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, frenchpress said: I find the delay baffling. Because an algorithm that has been run so many years in a row shouldn’t really be changing, and there shouldn’t be mistakes. (The base code and libraries can change so sure there’s new bugs and maintenance, but this is not the type of code that should have many opportunities for new problems to creep in, and that should all be testable ahead of time). And the algorithm itself should take less than a minute to run... Totally - I agree 100%. It’s tried and true. I don’t know what manual things they’re checking are at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 Just now, CaRMS2021 said: Any idea what the ‘reversions’ are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaRMS2021 Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 33 minutes ago, justwannabeadoc said: When was the deadline for programs to submit rankings? If programs do not submit by April 1st, PGME has until April 8th 3pm (same time as we did) to submit for them. So realistically April 8th 3pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaRMS2021 Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 Just now, frenchpress said: Any idea what the ‘reversions’ are? Reversions allow the Postgraduate Medical Education Office to submit instructions to CaRMS to transfer potentially unfilled positions from one program to another during the running of match. The goal of reversions is to match the maximum amount of applicants to programs, where able. Positions can only be transferred from a program to another during the running of the match if it has positions that have not been filled. frenchpress and NoMatchNoProblem 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, bellejolie said: Totally - I agree 100%. It’s tried and true. I don’t know what manual things they’re checking are at this point. I hate that someone out there probably already knows what I’ve matched to ThatMedGyal, Haribo7173 and When the Moon Forgot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellejolie Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 32 minutes ago, frenchpress said: I hate that someone out there probably already knows what I’ve matched to I know same haha. I can’t believe it’s like just over 1.5 weeks. After the weekend it’ll only be a week basically! The anxiety is starting to kick in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellejolie Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 Anyone else wondering if CaRMS is secretly monitoring the forums given the emails/tweets they've been sending out? LOL also 11 more days! Haruba and ihsh 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolz3 Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 I think most would rather a couple days delay (which has become shorter and shorter over the last few years) to have a confirmed result than potentially getting an incorrect result à la the Royal College in 2011. tbf that was the result of a manual error, but I think it makes sense to err on the side of caution with the additional 3rd party audit, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellejolie Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 56 minutes ago, lolz3 said: I think most would rather a couple days delay (which has become shorter and shorter over the last few years) to have a confirmed result than potentially getting an incorrect result à la the Royal College in 2011. tbf that was the result of a manual error, but I think it makes sense to err on the side of caution with the additional 3rd party audit, etc. yeah i was going to say computers are less likely to make mistakes than the humans, especially in an award winning algorithm that has been used multiple times but yes i do get the delay for a few days and yes have noticed it's increasingly shorter. they made it specifically shorter this year due to covid, in fact the entire process was shortened which I think should be the norm generally going forward. No need to drag the process out longer than it needs to be. Butterfly_ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 20 hours ago, CaRMS2021 said: Lol at them trying to hand wave about 2 days of work into a huge process. Pakoon, frenchpress, ihsh and 9 others 3 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haruba Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Anyone else have crippling anxiety about match day?? Doing anything I can to occupy my day (hard b/c of COVID restrictions) but my mind keeps drifting back to it. I'm so anxious that in ~1.5weeks its going to be decided what specialty I'm in / how far I am from my loved ones. I just want it to be over aray623, ThatMedGyal and Butterfly_ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellejolie Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, Haruba said: Anyone else have crippling anxiety about match day?? Doing anything I can to occupy my day (hard b/c of COVID restrictions) but my mind keeps drifting back to it. I'm so anxious that in ~1.5weeks its going to be decided what specialty I'm in / how far I am from my loved ones. I just want it to be over Yup! It’s def kicking in. Trying not to think about how I could end up separated from my partner but focusing on the LMCC for now. I have faith things work out the way they’re meant to and lots of people end up in programs not their first choice and are really happy. And in the mean time just watching tv shows and trying to enjoy some of this nice weather! Haruba, Butterfly_ and bread 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfly_ Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Haruba said: Anyone else have crippling anxiety about match day?? Doing anything I can to occupy my day (hard b/c of COVID restrictions) but my mind keeps drifting back to it. I'm so anxious that in ~1.5weeks its going to be decided what specialty I'm in / how far I am from my loved ones. I just want it to be over Yes, the uncertainty really really sucks. I’m trying to mentally prepare myself for the worst but hoping for the best. Sending hugs your way!!! 10 days more!! Haruba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedHopeful93 Posted April 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Is anyone else surprisingly chill about this? I am 100% type A, and definitely the anxiety comes in gut-punching waves, but overall I feel so much more at ease than I was waiting for interviews. I think knowing the date helps. I also feel conflicted about wanting time to speed up, because at least now I have hope lol aray623 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Persephone Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 hours ago, MedHopeful93 said: Is anyone else surprisingly chill about this? I am 100% type A, and definitely the anxiety comes in gut-punching waves, but overall I feel so much more at ease than I was waiting for interviews. I think knowing the date helps. I also feel conflicted about wanting time to speed up, because at least now I have hope lol I think the fact that everything is out of our hands now until Match Day has a sort of pacifying effect, at least some of the time. Every so often the impulse to want to control the outcome kicks in futilely and the anxiety kicks up a notch but yeah, for me now it's mostly a medium level sense of anticipation rather than full body stress like with interviews. Butterfly_ and bellejolie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Persephone said: I think the fact that everything is out of our hands now until Match Day has a sort of pacifying effect, at least some of the time. Every so often the impulse to want to control the outcome kicks in futilely and the anxiety kicks up a notch but yeah, for me now it's mostly a medium level sense of anticipation rather than full body stress like with interviews. I feel similarly! The stress has dissipated quite a bit over the last couple days since the rank lists were due, more than I expected. Persephone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aray623 Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, frenchpress said: I feel similarly! The stress has dissipated quite a bit over the last couple days since the rank lists were due, more than I expected. Same. It comes in waves for me but for the most part I'm fairly chill. Definitely was WAY more anxious waiting for interviews, and the days leading up to April 8th bellejolie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfly_ Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, aray623 said: Same. It comes in waves for me but for the most part I'm fairly chill. Definitely was WAY more anxious waiting for interviews, and the days leading up to April 8th Same here. Waiting for interviews was agonizing. bellejolie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribo7173 Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Just wanna sleep and wake up to April 20 ihsh, bellejolie and Haruba 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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