Happy Sunday friends!💘
This edition of Sunday Morning Rounds features:
✅ Tips and thoughts on Match Day 2025
✅ A brand new Med School Moose partner to help med students and residents
✅Insights into my own Match Day experience
...and more!
But first, an important reminder📣: The rank order list certification deadline for Match Day 2025 is coming up on Wednesday, March 5th at 9:00 PM EST🕘. Make sure your list is completed and you give yourself plenty of time to review it before the deadline!
If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and watch this video for some critical tips when creating your residency rank list🗝️.
The days leading up to Match Day can be a confusing time for medical students😖. On one hand, the stress from the interview process is gone, med school graduation is a few months away🎓, and starting a career as a physician is finally within reach🧑⚕️.
On the other hand though, this time of year is surrounded by so much uncertainty😕. Did I make the right choices? Will I even match? What if I don't get my #1 choice?😫
First things first, understand that these feelings are normal and valid🍃...medical students care about these things because we work hard and want the best for ourselves🙂.
The other important thing to remember is that no one is alone in this process🤗. We all have classmates who are going through the same thing that we can talk to🫂, as well as other friends and family who have supported us and been there for us during the past 4 years of medical school AND the last several months of interviews💚.
Realizing these two facts alone can alleviate a ton of the weight and stress that comes with Match Day🪨. We should be proud of our hard work👻, confident in our decisions👍🏽, and grateful for these opportunities and support🌇. Sometimes I find it helpful to remind myself that someone out there, whether it's a little kid or a first-year medical student🥼, would do anything to be in our position.
By doing these simple things, we can reframe our view on the match process and approach Match Day with more optimistically🖼️.
A few more important dates: Applicants will find out whether or not they matched on Monday, March 17th at 10:00 AM EDT🍀and Match Day 2025 will take place on Friday, March 21st at 12:00 PM EDT🎉. Set your calendar accordingly📅, and click here for the entire 2025 Match Week & SOAP Schedule🧼.
Best of luck to everyone participating in Match 2025...you got this!😃
💔 What if I Don't Match?: Read this article for tips and advice if you are unsuccessful during the initial match process.
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💫 I Learned an Important Lesson on Match Day: My Match Day didn't turn out how I expected. Click here to read my previous post about it.
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