APYYT Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Hey all, What exactly is the deal for couples match? Say matching to a particular city isn't too important but the 2 people in the match are 1) gunning for a very competitive specialty (optho/derm), and 2) likes internal. Is this a difficult match? Are there opportunities to match in separate cities that are close by (ie say one gets optho in Toronto and the other gets internal in London)? Finally, does it hurt the chances of the partner trying for the very competitive specialty in a city if the other partner states they will go unmatched (in the worst case scenario)? Just a few questions I had since the Carms website isn't very clear about couples statistics for specific instances - probably due to the small sample size. Any tips would be great! Thanks y'all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 You rank all the possible combos. For example: Joe interviewed for: UofT Gen Sx UofT family Queens Gen Sx His partner Sue interviewed for: UofT family UofT derm Queens family Ottawa IM Together they would submit a rank order list. It could look like: 1) joe: UofT GenSx and sue: UofT derm 2) joe: UofT family and sue: UofT derm 3) joe: UofT family and sue: UofT family 4) joe: Queens GenSx and sue ottawa IM 5) joe: queens GenSx and sue: queens family 6) joe: unmatched and sue: Ottawa IM Regarding how CaRMS handles the couple's rank order, the same rules apply for this list as it would if it was a single person's rank order. Considering your fates are very much intertwined it is somewhat more risky. Say sue was UofT derm's first choice and she really wanted derm but joe bombed his interviews at UofT. In this example sue is outta luck and together they would automatically lose their top 3 choices as Joe did not match to UofT. Regarding cities, you can rank any combo you want. The same CaRMS rules apply regarding management of the rank order list. I have a limited sample size which includes myself, however everyone I know who couples matched had a successful outcome. So the system can certainly work out if you choose to take the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APYYT Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Thanks for the response. So it seems as if one person can choose to go unmatched if worst comes to worst... interesting. If someone does go unmatched, they will obviously try to match in the 2nd round, but if this fails too can they try to match again in the first round the following year? Thanks again for the info, it's a lot to think about so early on but it's better to have an idea than to wait I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Thanks for the response. So it seems as if one person can choose to go unmatched if worst comes to worst... interesting. If someone does go unmatched, they will obviously try to match in the 2nd round, but if this fails too can they try to match again in the first round the following year? Thanks again for the info, it's a lot to think about so early on but it's better to have an idea than to wait I think. Yup... Being an unmatched member of a couple is no different than just being plain old unmatched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APYYT Posted April 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Ok. Thanks for clarifying. So one last potential Q - is this a possible ROL? Jonny - internal Toronto SuzieQ - optho Toronto Jonny - family Toronto SuzieQ - optho Toronto Jonny - internal Ottawa SuzieQ - optho Ottawa Jonny - family Ottawa SuzieQ - optho Ottawa Jonny - unmatched SuzieQ - optho Ottawa You see the trend here x2 more cities.... This^ is assuming both partners interviewed at those schools, does this look okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlare500 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Ok. Thanks for clarifying. So one last potential Q - is this a possible ROL? Jonny - internal Toronto SuzieQ - optho Toronto Jonny - family Toronto SuzieQ - optho Toronto Jonny - internal Ottawa SuzieQ - optho Ottawa Jonny - family Ottawa SuzieQ - optho Ottawa Jonny - unmatched SuzieQ - optho Ottawa You see the trend here x2 more cities.... This^ is assuming both partners interviewed at those schools, does this look okay? The list should include possibilities with SuzieQ going unmatched, especially since there is a significant chance that this will happen and will screw over two people instead of one. In my opinion anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_015 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Phoenix! You didn't couples match! Watcha doin' giving advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlare500 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Phoenix! You didn't couples match! Watcha doin' giving advice! I've also never had to quit smoking but I plan on giving as much advice as I can about that in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APYYT Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I've also never had to quit smoking but I plan on giving as much advice as I can about that in the future. hahah^ Ok, so besides that it looks legitimate. Excellent. Thanks for the help everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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