match week

Match week is a funny thing. The med student interviews at a few places, residency program rank their student preferences, then a computer program algorithm matches the students with a residency program. Sounds simple enough. At the end of the week, there are going to be people excited about their future and people crying that they didn't end up where they wanted. It's a binding agreement.

I'm a little nervous about this whole match thing. I really don't want to leave cali. My numbers are solid, but I suck at schmoozing with the higher ups. Joe, I'll probably end up doing a rotation at kaiser, UCLA or USC. I'm leaning toward UCLA or kaiser because they're the less competitive programs, but maybe I'll get better teaching at SC. I'm worried that I won't shine, but I guess it's better to try and suck than to have never tried at all. Time to start making phone calls...here it goes.

-bender