The 3 months between interviews and the Match is very anxiety inducing. Second only to the 3 weeks between submitting your rank list and the Match List, when you have no control on your future. We’ve spent years on coursework–high school, college, med school–to become doctors, only to now wait for a computer algorithm to […]
5 Tips for Being a Nomad During 4th Year
For many students, the 4th year of medical school involves a lot of travel: audition rotations/ sub-Is, interviews, and electives. Some people even choose to give up their apartment and just live month to month because for more than half the year they will be in a different city each month. Even if you don’t […]
Fear of Getting Rusty
As you can imagine, going on residency interviews requires a decent amount of time off. During the interview season, I scheduled research blocks so that I could travel for my interviews. Since I’ve been traveling and doing research, I’m starting to get worried that my clinical side is getting rusty. I always found that my […]
