Guest endingsoon Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 I know this thread is being talked about in the mods corner, but I think it would be nice to let all the other non-mods also know how things went for us since we are all apart of this community. Although others have already shared, I will get the ball rolling over here: I am pleased that I got my first choice and will be an R1 in IM at the UofT next year! Whooa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jmh2005 Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Got my first choice too!! Heading to London, UWO Family Medicine! Leaving McMaster after 12 years! Finally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 First choice as well - Calgary Family Medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UTStudent03 Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macMDstudent Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 I also got my first choice, McMaster Family Medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k8termd Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Got my first choice too! Mac Rural Family Medicine. Congratulations everyone. Thank goodness this is over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 007 Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Well done everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest therealcrackers Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 First choice... UWO internal medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jixe Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Yeah, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JSS02 Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Congrats everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest not rex morgan Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Calgary Ob/Gyn for me. Looking forward to it. It's a fabulous program, and where I was hoping to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Congrats everyone!!!! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDSMelissa Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Congrats to everyone, I can't imagine what a relief it must be to finally know for sure where you're going! K8termd, I have a question for you about Mac Rural Family Med, I've sent you a message in your Ezboard inbox, if you have a chance... Thanks, Melissa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lara F Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Congrats everyone!!! I guess I'll be entering the race next year for peds as a US med graduate - 1st iteration eligible thankfully. I'll probably only want the bigger programs though (at least depending on what the US offers) so who knows if I really have a chance...eeek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k8termd Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Hey Melissa, I tried to send a message back to your ez-inbox. Let me know if you didn't get it... K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MedAnxiety Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 How does matching actually work? Is it just totally random? Because since most schools have adopted a pass/fail/honors system, they can't really use the objectivity of GPA/percentages. Is it really by connections ( as someone as recently told me?) Thank you for your input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 How does matching actually work? The people at CaRMS take everyone's name, place it in a hat and. . . But seriously, the CaRMS match uses a computer algorithm. All candidates list their preferred program in order, ie: Nick Riviera's rank list 1) Proctology in Wawa 2) Psychogeriatrics in Trois Rivieres 3) Proctological surgery in Killarney 4) Robotic surgery in Tignish 5) neurovascular surgery in Baton Rouge unranked: Neurosurgery at U of T The programs in turn will rank the applicants in the order of their preference, ie: Proctology in Wawa's rank list: 1) Nick Riviera 2) John Deathe 3) Bob Slaughter 4) James Seuss 5) Jason Jonathan Raider In the above example, obviously Nick Riviera would match to proctology in Wawa - both him and the program are getting their #1 choice in this scenario. It gets more complicated than that obviously as people and programs slide down rank lists. . . if you want to know more check http://www.carms.ca. So, to do well in the match all you have to do is get programs to rank you high on their list. If you're shooting for a program with only 1-2 spots, obviously you need to be pretty much at THE TOP of the list, or hope the people above you go elsewhere. For large programs (ie family medicine, internal medicine, etc) being at the absolute top isn't as important but you still need to 'make the cut' on the programs rank list to get in. How do you get ranked highly on a rank list? Oh boy. . . that's a tricky question and you could write a book on it. There already are a gazillion posts on this topic posted all over this forum. But the thing to keep in mind is that programs are essentially allowed to rank candidates with whatever criteria they so choose.* This means every program in Canada (and with 20 specialties and 13 schools, there's A LOT of programs) is free to come up with it's own basis for ranking - some programs care more about the interview, others do care about marks, others care more about awards, others care more if a candidate got along well with the residents on electives. So you can't overgeneralize with CaRMS. If somebody tells you it's "all about luck" or "all about connections" or "all about marks". . . treat that opinion skeptically. *Within certain limits. . . for example if a program made decisions based on the likelihood a candidate might get pregnant during the residency program, they would end up in BIG, BIG trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MedAnxiety Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Thanks UWOMED for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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