strategizing away rotations based on PGY1 postions?
By Guest on Tuesday, 16 March 2010
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I'm trying to figure out where to do away rotations at and one thing caught my attn right away. Some programs (i.e. Mt Sinai) have only 3 PGY1 slots whereas others (i.e. NYU) have 12 PGY1 slots. I realize not every program interviews every rotator and whatnot but does it make sense to strategize where to do your aways based on how many spots there are available for 1st years? Clearly NYU interviewed more applicants - 72 vs 36 for Mt Sinai - last year but still the ratio seems to favor NYU if you don't take anything else into account. Anyone care to weigh in on this? Thank you!
Are you a solid applicant? If so, rotate where you think you want to do residency. If not, and you have some deficits in your application, then you might want to be a little more strategic. Just because a program has 12 slots and you rotate there doesn't mean they're necessarily going to interview you or that you're the caliber of applicant that they're looking for. Be realistic- it will go a long way in this process.
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Well I guess I kind of consider myself an "average" applicant for orthopaedics based on all I've read, so I definately wouldn't go so far as to say that I'm a "solid" applicant. Looking at the Charting Outcomes data I'd say I've got a good shot at matching SOMEWHERE, but I'm guessing that many average applicants included in this data have used some sort of strategizing like what I'm suggesting when they were in med school and applying. I'd like to give myself every edge I can get if ya catch my drift...
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1) Rotate at places where you think you might like to go. You might also test-drive programs of different size/location/type so that you'll know whether you prefer small vs large, south vs north/west/east/etc., and private vs university vs hybrid.
2) Apply broadly
3) Rank according to where you'd honestly like to end up.
4) Preferencing based on class size is an understandable-but-ignorant mistake.
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