12-11-2007, 06:24 PM
which branch...if you dont mind...
please give advice as couple match - drrgangwani
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12-11-2007, 06:24 PM
which branch...if you dont mind...
12-11-2007, 06:26 PM
Internal Medicine.
I forgot to mention. We are so confident about the couples match that we are doing it again this year (but for the fellowship application). Good luck.
12-11-2007, 06:28 PM
i thinkt that was the scene a few years ago...the competetion has increased many fold...but i agree with you...its tough and not worth to live separate...so i guess what you did is justified...it is an individual choice i guess.thanx and good luck...
12-11-2007, 06:42 PM
One final comment before I get back to write my personal statement. If you go back on this same forum and see the posts for the last 2-3 years you will find the statement "this is the most competitive year ever" in every single one of them. It gets just a little more competitive every year because an increase in the number of applicants (relatively not so many) and the increase in the average scores, but the gap between years in terms of competitiveness is not as big as you think. I feel that statement is just an excuse that people try to give themselves to explain why they didn't got the number of interviews they were expecting after applying to >100 programs. But the true is that people focus so much on the scores that they forget that the rest of the application is as important, including the PS, so when they apply, their application is seen as weak. Believe me, I've been reading this forum for the last 3 years (the first year to get information, and the other 2 trying to help people around here) so I know what I'm saying.
Good luck with your application.
12-11-2007, 07:03 PM
witha ll due respect to you...everyone knows scores are important but not as much...people are doing observerships,clerkships and community work and research and all that is in their CV......
also i think it is better to be on a H1 visa separated for three years...i hear even if together you hardly het quality time with anyone in residency....also many programs i interviewd said that if a resident wanted to be with their spouse they helped swapping i even met a resident who has strong lettters from the PD .....so there are many ways and it would be a disaster if after all this you mach in different places i think going for the same area is always better also...esp in new york there are so many hospitals close by... also i personally think it would be real boring to have your spouse with you all the time ...its fun if she is a a different hospital ...you both get to meet different people and make different contacts...just my opinion dont take anything personally.... its always apersonal choice in the end...
12-11-2007, 07:38 PM
You are right, it is a very personal choice. There's no way to argue that. From what you said I guess you are not married or if you are, you have very different priorities than mine, and probably if you make a poll around here you will get several different opinions, all valid ones. In my case, I wouldn't be able to be separated from my wife for 3 days, even less 3 years. We chose J1 visa because we both wanted fellowship and fewer fellowship programs accept H1. I do get a lot of quality time with my wife despite our busy schedule and the chief residents made our schedules as similar as possible. We couldn't end in different programs because we didn't put that option when making our ranking. Switching programs, even i your spouse is in the other program is possible, but not as easy as you think (you need a fair amount of luck). We don't like NYC, at least not for living purposes. I am not bored of my wife, but even working at the same hospital we don't see each other "all the time". Our program has >50 residents per class and we work in different hospitals, so we meet different people every day and make enough, solid contacts.
As you see, very different opinions. But, again, that's the purpose of this forum, compare and share experiences and not insult and compare credentials. I wish you the best of luck in this match.
12-11-2007, 07:59 PM
I would like to apply as couple match but the problem is that our credentials are quite different. Even though it will be tough for us to get matched at least at the same city I still thinking in applyig as a couple bz we get one call in the same hospital but different program...and some others in NYC but not too much
Necker do you think we have time to apply as a couple even though we didn't specify at our ERAS applications? given we've had some calls from programs in the same city? Thanks in advance
12-11-2007, 08:08 PM
You can call or send an e-mail to some of the programs your spouse got interviews and viceversa and tell them that you are planning to go for couples match. You may get some extra interviews that way. Also, if you have a few interviews in the same city, you can rank several combinations that allow you to match in the same city at least. If you hadn't done so, read the couples match algorith in the NRMP website. It is very well written. Remember that you can always make combinations in which one of you goes unmatched, that way your chances as individuals won't be affected (it can get more expensive to rank more combinations, but by matching in the same city/program, you will share apartment, food and other utilities during residency, so it becomes a lot cheaper in the long run).
Good luck
12-11-2007, 08:15 PM
Shrek09,
My wife and I applied as a couple and we accepted a prematch in a decent community hospital in Internal Med with H1 visa. We did have more than 20 IVs all in H1 including 5 univ programs. Before we got into this many people discouraged this option and were misleading too. Fact is majority of them don't know how it works and give their own theories. With my experience I would strongly advise couple to apply together as they have good chances of getting IVs and positions. Programs absolutely love couples together. I absolutely agree with Necker in regards to couple match.
12-11-2007, 08:28 PM
All I can say is.. the situation in USA is quite differenet for Latin American IMG when compared to South Asian IMG .. Latin American IMG are easily accepted in many top university programs and they r ready for J1 .. South Asian IMG are not accepted everywhere, and most of them prefer a H1 .... |
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