HateTheSystem Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 I applied to OBGYN and Family Medicine programs. Some FM programs emailed me after the interview thanking me for applying and expressing interest in welcoming me to their program. For current residents; do these emails mean anything? Does this mean that the program has ranked you? For current applicants; have others received such emails from FM or OBGYN Programs? If so, from what programs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 23 minutes ago, HateTheSystem said: I applied to OBGYN and Family Medicine programs. Some FM programs emailed me after the interview thanking me for applying and expressing interest in welcoming me to their program. For current residents; do these emails mean anything? Does this mean that the program has ranked you? For current applicants; have others received such emails from FM or OBGYN Programs? If so, from what programs? I received emails from basically every FM program I interviewed at (all western Canada). I think nearly all of mine came within 24 hours of the interview as well, which means there’s no way they’d even likely been done analyzing scores before contacting me. A generic “thank you for interviewing with us” email I really don’t think means anything with respect to your ranking, it’s just a common courtesy. And remember, even if you could know a program ‘ranked you’, that’s not a guarantee you can match to it - being ranked can still mean being at the bottom of the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Those emails mean nothing, some programs will send to all, most don't send anything. Ji Ah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bread Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 I’ve gotten one that was not personalized/mailing list, and one that was (it still felt pretty generic and like they had probably sent the same to everyone - still nice, though!). I don’t think it means anything in particular; just a guess, but I would imagine they either send them to everyone or to no one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openminded10 Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 I just received one too. I don't get why they would send these kinds of e-mail expressing their interest in us just to send it to many people. Should that raise a red flag for programs that do send these e-mails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chateau22 Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 37 minutes ago, openminded10 said: I just received one too. I don't get why they would send these kinds of e-mail expressing their interest in us just to send it to many people. Should that raise a red flag for programs that do send these e-mails? It's easy/low effort for them to do and it's a small thing that could theoretically make a positive difference in how someone ranks their program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 48 minutes ago, openminded10 said: I just received one too. I don't get why they would send these kinds of e-mail expressing their interest in us just to send it to many people. Should that raise a red flag for programs that do send these e-mails? It’s just courteous. Opposite of a red flag - i find it nice to see a program has enough staff/time to bother sending a simple thank you and reiterate that they actually want people to apply / consider ranking them, especially when other programs might not be bothered. t2n1n4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfly_ Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 On the flip side, should we have sent thank you letters to the FM programs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 17 hours ago, Butterfly_ said: On the flip side, should we have sent thank you letters to the FM programs? Lots of people send thank you emails to the program coordinator, no clue if it helps or hurts, but I doubt it makes a huge difference in Canada. t2n1n4, Butterfly_ and ThatMedGyal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When the Moon Forgot Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Even in the US these thank you emails don't make a difference. Half of my classmates didn't send these "thank you" correspondences (didn't even know they exist) and still got accepted. I sent thank you notes when applying for medical school in the States but have not done so going through CaRMS. Persephone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 17 hours ago, Divine Comedy said: Even in the US these thank you emails don't make a difference. I agree for the vast majority, and yet on SDN every once in a while you hear about a resident who said their program records who says thank yous, and can come into play for ranking. Who knows how legit this is, but why take the risk? I feel like in Canada things are generally more structured and professional but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaRMS_anxiety Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 On 3/26/2021 at 12:50 PM, HateTheSystem said: I applied to OBGYN and Family Medicine programs. Some FM programs emailed me after the interview thanking me for applying and expressing interest in welcoming me to their program. For current residents; do these emails mean anything? Does this mean that the program has ranked you? For current applicants; have others received such emails from FM or OBGYN Programs? If so, from what programs? I received an email from an OBGYN program saying that they hope to see me join them in July, and I have no idea whether or not that is true / personalized or just something that they sent to many people as a general sentiment after the interviews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfly_ Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 30 minutes ago, CaRMS_anxiety said: I received an email from an OBGYN program saying that they hope to see me join them in July, and I have no idea whether or not that is true / personalized or just something that they sent to many people as a general sentiment after the interviews? I think it depends on how personalized that email was? Does it sound like an email that can be sent to another student if they simply replaced your name? If so, then they probably send it to all applicants. However, no matter what, you should not let this affect your own rank list and rank according to your true preference. aray623 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD1361 Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 Hi everyone, Received an email from my top choice program yesterday, the language was very disappointing to me. Although it was a generic email and asked for the survey but I couldn’t digest its language. Has anyone had the similar experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bread Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, MD1361 said: Hi everyone, Received an email from my top choice program yesterday, the language was very disappointing to me. Although it was a generic email and asked for the survey but I couldn’t digest its language. Has anyone had the similar experience? It sounds like they maybe sent the same email to everyone? I would try not to worry! MD1361 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 All these communications are almost certainly generic. Programs have nothing to gain by sending different message to those they liked and didn't like. Perhaps in some fields with small programs they will somewhat try to recruit very competitive applicants but this would be an obviously personalized communication, noting specific details. I have heard some of the path specialties where 3 people apply to 10 spots the game is flipped and interviews and communications are more about programs trying to win applicants ha. MD1361 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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