im hoping to go into psych and was wondering about how many students match into psych residencies each year? also , is there a psych group/club on campus ?

there are roughly 50% of psych slots open each year. if you decide to go into psych you will have programs beating down your door. during my psych rotation i was hinted prematch offers at me multiple times. i think the lifestyle is nice and the treatment not what i expected i would consider it as a third choice maybe but if its your numero uno the door is wide open to you

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OBGYN PGY II
I see light at the end of the tunnel!!!...wait a minute its just another freakin tunnel!

it helps if the "British" students on the rotation can't do a mental status exam

yes, you will look like a superstar.....do your psych rotation at LSU....hehe

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OBGYN PGY II
I see light at the end of the tunnel!!!...wait a minute its just another freakin tunnel!

Psych is getting more competitive as more US students are going for "lifestyle" residencies. Read the following:

http://www.nrmp.org/2005pressrelease.pdf

The numbers from this year's match you can view at:

http://www.nrmp.org/2005advdata.pdf

As you can see, 95% of spots were filled last year. 1/3 was filled by FMG's so it's till doable. It's definitely more competitive now than the primary care specialties like IM and FP. It's decent money and with Child fellows getting 200k/year out of the box with a 40 hour "work" (playing games with kids all day) week, you can probably see why it's going that way. General Psych isn't bad either averaging about 160k with a good work schedule. It will be interesting to see how it plays out, but I think the word is out on Psych. It's still doable as an FMG, but some of the more competitive programs may be pretty tough now. You can also see the same trend in Path. Hope this helps.