[acc-trig title=”Which residency program did you match into? And where?”]
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Emergency medicine, U of M
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[acc-trig title=”Do you feel that your choice of electives had any impact on your CaRMS match? If yes, please give a brief description?”]
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Absolutely. EM extremely competitive, expected that you do at least 4 weeks of electives. Some schools would not interview students who had done less than 4 weeks of EM electives (as noted by some program directors)
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[acc-trig title=”What did you do with your Med 1 and Med 2 summers? (i.e. exposures, research, etc…)”]
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Early exposure in EM in both years. Traveled
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[acc-trig title=”What was the best piece of advice you received while going through the match process?”]
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Be yourself. Get to know the residents where you are doing electives/interviews. Remember to smile and be excited about CaRMS interviews, it is the most fun few weeks of medical school
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[acc-trig title=”What was the most valuable lesson or experience you had while going through the match process? Can you describe this?”]
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Get started on your applications and personal letters as early as possible. They take a huge amount of time to do.
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[acc-trig title=”If you could go back and change anything during pre-clerkship or clerkship, what would you change?”]
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Start CaRMS applications earlier
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[acc-trig title=”What did you do in your four years of medical school that you found to be the most helpful during the CaRMS process?”]
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Travel, research, getting to know residents in home program that I was interested in
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[acc-trig title=”Optional: Do you have any final words of wisdom or advice? If yes, do tell.”]
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It is worth reiterating this: start your applications/personal letters/ CV revision early.
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