Comments on: residency, dungeons and dragons http://www.mudphudder.com/2009/02/residency-dungeons-and-dragons/ an academic medicine weblog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:39:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: mudphudder http://www.mudphudder.com/2009/02/residency-dungeons-and-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-991 mudphudder Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:17:43 +0000 http://www.mudphudder.com/?p=2593#comment-991 Well, all wussiness aside, I think there is something to be said for going to a program and working with people that want you to work there enough that they would go out of their way to spread the warm and fuzzies. It's tough to figure out how much to weigh that though. I nonetheless suspect that your husband will be very happy at his program. Well, all wussiness aside, I think there is something to be said for going to a program and working with people that want you to work there enough that they would go out of their way to spread the warm and fuzzies. It’s tough to figure out how much to weigh that though. I nonetheless suspect that your husband will be very happy at his program.

]]> By: Julie http://www.mudphudder.com/2009/02/residency-dungeons-and-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Julie Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:00:37 +0000 http://www.mudphudder.com/?p=2593#comment-984 Hope it all goes well -- but at least it is all out of your hands now and you can no longer over-analyze the decision. I always find it interesting how medical schools boast how XX percent of their students match into their top choice program, when in reality so many students are actually not ranking their TRUE top choice at the top of their rank list because they do not think they will get in (case in point -- my husband -- who did not get the feeling that he would match where I am located, but did get the warm and fuzzies from the residency coordinator at another program he liked, and thus ranked them at the top of the list, since he didn't want to 'waste' his top choice). So he, of course, falls into the percentage of those matching at the top choice, while in reality, it was not his true top choice at all since he wussed out in the end. Hope it all goes well — but at least it is all out of your hands now and you can no longer over-analyze the decision.

I always find it interesting how medical schools boast how XX percent of their students match into their top choice program, when in reality so many students are actually not ranking their TRUE top choice at the top of their rank list because they do not think they will get in (case in point — my husband — who did not get the feeling that he would match where I am located, but did get the warm and fuzzies from the residency coordinator at another program he liked, and thus ranked them at the top of the list, since he didn’t want to ‘waste’ his top choice). So he, of course, falls into the percentage of those matching at the top choice, while in reality, it was not his true top choice at all since he wussed out in the end.

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