D2’s BFF Matched today at her #1, Emory.
My FDIL is going to to the opposite coast-- she is an amazing program, much stronger academically and in terms of opportunities than her west coast choices, and extraordinarily competitive… but it is definitely going to create challenges for the relationship. My son would love to relocate with her, but that is not to be because he shares custody of my grandson with his ex-wife. So even if son had a job waiting for him on the east coast, a move would transfer the burden of the long-distance relationship from the adults to a little kid – so probably not in the cards in the short run.
So basically – worst outcome possible in terms of the geography/relationship, but an exceptional opportunity for FDIL. It’s a 5-year, dual-specialty program with strong research opportunities – so a long haul, but in the end she is a board-certified in two specialties. This program only admits 2 students each year. Obviously we all have very mixed feelings – happy that she has this opportunity, sad to see her go.
@calmom betting they will work it out! She will be pretty busy anyway…so she will welcome visits when she has that time off…which I understand isn’t all that plentiful.
It does sound like a wonderful opportunity. Between FaceTime, and skype, and other forms of communication…and some visits tossed in…it will all work out. It will.
I’m certainly hoping it will work out-- and I know she will be busy -but obviously it changes things. Obviously we’ve known all along that this would be a possibility-- it’s just that there was one possible placement that would have made life a lot easier for them, both financially and in terms of their relationship, and she didn’t get that.
@calmon, things happen for a reason. The five years will fly by and it really is easier these days with all the electronic ways of keeping in touch plus some great deals on air travel.
@calmom, hugs.
No one here matching for a while, but I can relate somewhat to the agony of waiting - it was nerve-wracking when big kiddo’s husband was applying for research professorship positions while she was going through med school application process. They were super lucky. Extremely lucky.
My D got Lurie Children’s at Northwestern. I think she is not going to take the car, so that is one less thing to think about! An apartment and the cat is enough.
Hugs cal mom
They can figure it out and good for you S that he is so responsible.
Congrats to your FDIL.
@MaterS <<< @mom2collegekids What order did they announce the matches at your son’s school?>>
Match Day starts at 12 noon EST. Since we’re in CST, it started at 11. Are you asking if each student announces his/her match alphabetically? No. It was random. There was a basket on the stage and someone would pull out 5 envelopes, read the names, have each student come up on stage …and one by one, they went to the podium and announced where they had matched.
The student can either open his envelope right before approaching the podium, or open it at the podium.
However, some schools just have all the envelopes on tables, then at 12 noon EST, they open the doors, the students run in and grab their envelopes. That’s too crazy for me! Lol
@Calmom sorry to hear that she matched across the country. I know that this will be difficult for all involved. Hopefully, they can work something out.
Y’all see this? It’s a couple of years old but was just reposted.
At D’s school the school had a jazz band, balloons that were released from overhead, later champagne with strawberries. Also buffet of finger foods ( we did not eat there).
Just before 12:00 EST the students lined up in about 6 rows and walked up and were handed their
envelope. The presenter each knew the students in that row.
Students could open their envelope when they wanted. D came to the corner where
friends and their families were waiting. She opened her envelope with all of us.
There was an impressive number of parents and sibling there. The expectation of this also
varies from school to school.
It is very different for students who are with their class. D and a few of her original class had done a year of research. When they graduate in May they will be a hand few as the majority of their classmates graduated and matched last year.
Each school has their own way of handling match day.
I did see one crying. Evidently she matched lower on her list than she expected. She
had an engagement ring so it may be a stressful situation.
Yippee! My relative got 2 of the 3 things he wanted. He got his preferred specialty, dermatology, gets his 1st choice of coming to HI for a year for internal medicine and a lower choice of going to D.C. for his 3-year derm residency. Overall, he’s pretty happy! I’m happy because S lives in DC and it will be nice for them to be in the same city.
SIL matched to his #3. #1 & 2 were slightly more prestigious programs, but IMO, this location is probably best for them and will give D great opportunities within her company. They are very excited.
Congrats to all!
Saw news segment this morning of University of Penn matching ceremony. Saw all happy faces and interviews with people so joyful. Congrats to all
It was exciting. My son’s class includes 2 of his high school friends. One friend match at UPitt, and the other matched in North Carolina. Their HS class was only 65 students, so having 3 in the same med school class was amazing. Another former HS classmate was there, a soon-to-be Nurse Practioner, to watch her fiancé get matched. It was a family affair and we all sat together. Their HS principal is going to try to come to their graduation in May.
Someone asked this in PM, but thought the answer might interest others.
In 2020, MD and DO med schools will have a unified Match. Transition is already in progress, but will complete in 2020.
The match algorithm
From the link above, I copied the below which has a cute analogy explaining how the algorithm works…favoring the student (the analogy uses a woman representing the student).
Of course the only students (women) who can offer a “proposal” are ones who’ve first been invited to interview by the residency programs.
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The algorithm is based on the work of Lloyd Shapley and David Gale, American mathematicians and economists known for their contributions to game theory. Although it has many applications (it’s currently used to find recipients for organ donations, and to assign high school students to schools in Boston and New York), it’s easiest to explain using an example from the paper Shapley and Gale published in 1962: how to happily marry off everyone in a community (albeit one that’s made up of equal numbers of women and men who all want to be in heteronormative relationships).
It works like this: Each of the women proposes to her first-choice man, and he rejects or accepts. Women still without a partner approach their second-choice man (the women can propose to men who have already accepted an offer, and the men can choose to reject an initial proposal if a better offer comes along). This continues until there are no women left who want to propose to a man.
Shapley and Gale showed that while this process leads to a stable system, it slightly favors the women; since they are doing the proposing, they have a slight edge over the men. Some women will wind up with their first-choice men — the best possible outcome for them — because they did the asking, while no woman will end up with a worse choice than she would have if the men had done the asking.2
When the algorithm is applied to medicine, students and residency programs replace women and men. Instead of marriage proposals, we have students applying to residencies.
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Are there ever students who don’t get matched anywhere, @mom2collegekids? If so, what happens to them? Are they told ahead of time?
@austinmshauri Earlier in the thread this was discussed. Apparently not everyone matches and there can be last minute scrambles: