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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Match* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Match* (*But Were Afraid to Ask). Or, the World According to JoMo, the Program Director Jon B. Morris, M.D. Associate Dean for Student Affairs Professor of Surgery. Letters of Recommendation . MSPE Crafted by OSA.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Match* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

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  1. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Match*(*But Were Afraid to Ask) Or, the World According to JoMo, the Program Director Jon B. Morris, M.D. Associate Dean for Student Affairs Professor of Surgery

  2. Letters of Recommendation MSPE Crafted by OSA JoMo Meetings – Reality Therapy Class Meeting #1 Class Meeting #2 Interview WorkshopClass Meeting MSPE Released Oct. 1 The Process (April-Nov. 2013)

  3. Interviews Advocacy Call Rank List Deadline(Applicants & Programs) Match Day The Process (Nov. – March 2014)

  4. Rank Order List Strategy: Getting to the Top Ranked to Match DNR Take Group (3 cycles) Bubble • Assume a program takes 10 categorical residents. • Assume the program interviews 100 applicants. • The advocacy call has its greatest impact on the bubble group.

  5. Identifying Information • Unique Characteristics (Two 125 word paragraphs) • Academic History (matriculation, graduation, combined degree, repeat/remediate, adverse actions, gaps, leaves of absence) • Academic Progress (the “cut and paste”) • Preclinical Basic Science • Core Clinical • Electives • Combined Degree Summary • MD/PhD Summary • Masters Degree Summary • Summary Paragraph • Bottom Line • Appendices (Module 2 and Module 4 bar graph) Anatomy of the MSPE

  6. Appendix B: Clerkship Performance – 2011 Appendix A: Basic Science Performance – 2010 Appendices

  7. MSPE Bottom Line Distribution

  8. Penn Med Residency Match Data

  9. Matching at Penn, 2013

  10. Matches at Other Premier Institutions: Class of 2013

  11. Matches at Other Premier Institutions for the Class of 2013

  12. Specialty Trends

  13. Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program • 3 participated in SOAP in 2013: • 2 students matched • 1 student deferred SOAP 2013

  14. Applied to inadequate number of programs • Disconnect between academic record and career choice • Interview Performance • Bad luck Why Some Don’t Match

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