42% of graduating Carrib med students get residency?

[yudel2000]

Does anybody know how many of the graduating AUC students actually get U.S. residency right out of the college?

[trent]

No hard #'s on this but probably 99%. The point is that even if it takes 3 tries to pass your boards, and you are last in your class, you will still be able to find an FP spot somewhere as long as you look hard. This is because the vast majority of AUC and Carib grads are US citizen, so no visa issues, and speak good english. The MD's that can't find any residency are the ones that need a visa and/or don't speak good english. Now if you don't have big board scores and all that, but insist on doing rads or path, you will not get a spot until you come to your senses and apply for something non-competative.

[Niko2]

I was under the impression that Pathology is a non competative residency. Am I wrong about this?

[trent]

Not any more. Path is quite competative, now. It recently went from 5 to 4 years, and with the high pay and good hours it has gained popularity. More US MD-Phd'ers than any other field this year. Still possible for a carib grad with good scores or lots of research. I'd say it's a little less competative than rads, but a little more than gas. I know of 2 AUCers that matched this year, both had 99's on step 1&2.

[tRmedic21]

I know of one who scrambled into path, don't know Step scores tho....

[wolfvgang22]

Not any more. Path is quite competative, now. It recently went from 5 to 4 years, and with the high pay and good hours it has gained popularity. More US MD-Phd'ers than any other field this year. Still possible for a carib grad with good scores or lots of research. I'd say it's a little less competative than rads, but a little more than gas. I know of 2 AUCers that matched this year, both had 99's on step 1&2.
And shows like CSI make it "cool" :lol:

[grace]

No hard #'s on this but probably 99%. The point is that even if it takes 3 tries to pass your boards, and you are last in your class, you will still be able to find an FP spot somewhere as long as you look hard. This is because the vast majority of AUC and Carib grads are US citizen, so no visa issues, and speak good english. The MD's that can't find any residency are the ones that need a visa and/or don't speak good english. Now if you don't have big board scores and all that, but insist on doing rads or path, you will not get a spot until you come to your senses and apply for something non-competative.

99% seems awfully high, maybe if you want FP, but a lot of students don't

Check this out...an excerpt from the following article...
http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2005/050317.htm

"The 2005 Match broke records this year for the number of residency positions offered and filled-a total of 24,012 positions were available and 22,221 of them were filled. The number of successful matches made continued to be high, with 78 percent of all applicants matched to a first-year residency program. Nearly 83 percent of all matched applicants were paired with one of their top three residency program choices. As in previous years, U.S. medical school seniors enjoyed a higher success rate than other applicants, with 93.7 percent matching and more than 86 percent of those students assigned to one of their top three choices."


Granted, I doubt this takes the Scramble into account, but it looks like quite a few people don't match and who knows how many of these were on the first try.

[trent]

Having been at KMC during the match period I had the opportunity to see a large group of students from Ross, SGU, and AUC go through the match. I think most of these students had decent boards as KMC usually wants a 200 or 210 minimum. Well, I was shocked to see how many did not match. I'd estimate 30-40%. Why they went unmatched varied from competative residency, or they chose not to go to many interviews, or only went to the high profile interviews. Maybe it was because a lot applied mainly to CA. Within a few days of the match almost all of the students had secured a spot. By July, every single student had a spot for PGY-1 in something, maybe not their specialty of choice.

[MushieCookie]

can't wait to experience 'the match'...hopefully no scramble...

[trent]

Now that it is all said and done, the match was one of the most exciting and positive experiences that I have had. First, there's the excitement of checking your email and eras account for interview invites. High fives all around, as you bag a big interview and plan out your trip 8) . I got about 20 interviews at various universities from coast to coast. You get to see new places, you get to visit med schools that would have laughed at your application 4 years before, and you get to meet with some of the top people in your field. I think I learned more about my field on the interviews than I did during the rotation. Then the post-interview corespondences come. Some PD's will say "we would really like to see you here", etc. And you email your favorite places telling them how you would like to come there and hope you get positive feedback. Then you struggle to make up your rank list. Then 3 weeks of anticipation waiting for the results. And then, if you are lucky like I was, you match at your #1 rank :D and realize that all the hard work was worth it! Good luck!

[wcb22]

congrats to you, and thank you for the positive experience, i think i'll look forward to it more now. 8)