I matched lower on my rank list than I was expecting – and I couldn’t be happier.

I fretted for weeks over the details of my rank list. Should I rank this program #1 or #2? #2 or #3? And do you know what happened then? I, like most of my friends, matched to a program that was not in my top 3, but where I am much happier than I would have been at any of my

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Rank list season again

Well, it’s that time of year again: NRMP civilian residency match season. It’s the time when thousands of medical students agonize over their rank lists. (For those not familiar with the residency match, a rank list is an applicant’s “wish list” of the programs they would like to go). Every year, students ask for advice on their rank lists. To

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