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[MDPhDWife]

Congrats! Uro is a very competitive field, although I'm sorry it didn't turn out like you hoped. At least now you know and can start planning ahead. Like others have said, sometimes this can be a blessing in disguise. How are the job prospects for you in the new location?

[poky]

Congrats!! We had sticker shock on match day as well, but like you we were grateful to match in the specialty he wanted.

This, exactly. Congratuations!

[Thirteen]

Well, the good news is that he matched, and he's going to be a urologist. We're also moving back to where I grew up, so close to my parents. He matched at his 11th ranked spot out of 14, so we're pretty surprised, but I guess that's the fun of the match, especially when 434 people applied for 297 spots.

I am so glad for you! Congrats!!
How is he taking the surprise? Are you alright?

I think it was DiggityDot who originally said: "Match is a fickle bitch." It is.



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[alotofyarn]

Congrats! !! If you are close with your parents, being near them can be a huge blessing.

I am close to them, so that's the most exciting part of this residency so far.

[alotofyarn]

How are the job prospects for you in the new location?

Honestly, not great. I could probably still keep my job here and work remotely, or I can try to make something work at his hospital. I actually used to work there when I was in college, and my dad still knows all the people, so it could work out, but it's not going to be ideal. There's another guy I talked to last year who was interested in having me work for him, so I could contact him again and see whether that could be a good option. I won't even bring up the housing, and how I'm pretty sure we're not going to be able to buy a house.

[alotofyarn]

How is he taking the surprise? Are you alright?

We're just really, really surprised. The funny thing is that a student from the program we matched (larger, party town) in matched at the program that we ranked #1 (small town in Texas), and it's strange that they ranked him higher than my husband, but who knows what all happened. I've got all kinds of crazy hormones going on thanks to fertility treatments, so I'm not really doing super well today, but that's a whole other story.

[SoonerTexan]

The funny thing is that a student from the program we matched (larger, party town) in matched at the program that we ranked #1 (small town in Texas)

Congrats on matching, but sorry it isn't where you hoped--what are you going to? Sad we missed out on another Texan, but in my very humble opinion, small town Texas sucks...(I just doomed us to matching in small town Texas next year) so maybe you dodged a bullet...

My DH is a urologist, and he went through the match 8 years ago! It was the first year they did the computerized match, and the schmuck who wrote the algorithm got it backwards. So, they released the results, and big name programs (think Mayo) went unfilled. My DH matched at #19 out of 20 on his list. He was pretty devastated. They realized what happened and retracted the match later that day. It took them 3 or 4 days to re-do the results. And then, DH matched at #5, I think. Anyway, it was a clusterf*ck. I am so glad to be done with the training phase.

Holy crap. That must have been crazy.

[diggitydot]

Congratulations on landing a slot!

Don't sweat it if your dude isn't sure how he'll "fit in". He has no idea until he's in the trenches how people's personalities will shake out. The peeps that we initially thought we'd hang with through out training ended up NOT being people we wanted to spend any extra time socializing with in the off hours. As a matter of fact, one of the other residents that DH was just sure would be a BFF ended up being a completely heartless fucking asswipe. My dude's program was full of pretty kick ass peeps, but there were a couple that needed their asses kicked.

[niener]

Congratulations!! Urology is very competitive so it's a big accomplishment that he matched. As others have said, I hope the location/program turns out to be a blessing in disguise. Match is certainly a fickle bitch. Our two best friends from med school matched the same year as DH -- one went to her #1 spot and the other went to his #9 out of 10. The girl who matched at her #1 is miserable, the guy at his #9 absolutely loves it there.

[alotofyarn]

Congrats on matching, but sorry it isn't where you hoped--what are you going to? Sad we missed out on another Texan, but in my very humble opinion, small town Texas sucks...(I just doomed us to matching in small town Texas next year) so maybe you dodged a bullet...

We're not going too far away. I don't normally like small town Texas, but my husband went to high school in this town, and it's really not THAT small town, and it's close to several larger ones.

[niener]

Hey I think you're going to be close to me! Well, like 2.5 hours close, which is closer than any other active members of this forum anyway -- there aren't a lot of us in the southeast

[ladymoreta]

Diggitydot is right about the personalities. And they can change from year to year, so the group next year may have a completely different dynamic than when he did his rotation. DH's program went through an identity crisis two years after his class. It's a program full of married-with-kids residents, and suddenly all the new interns were single frat-boy types. It was odd! I think they went back to the family-types the next year.

(Side note - My theory is that it was because competition for jobs in that city was getting a little steep, and they're not the types who would stay after residency. Lots of attendings there use the university as a stepping stone into the local private hospitals.)

[Curegirl]

Congratulations!

[GrayMatterWife]

Congratulations!! Urology is very competitive so it's a big accomplishment that he matched. As others have said, I hope the location/program turns out to be a blessing in disguise. Match is certainly a fickle bitch.

This.

[GrayMatterWife]

Don't sweat it if your dude isn't sure how he'll "fit in". He has no idea until he's in the trenches how people's personalities will shake out.

And this.