For most medical students and their families, Match Day is the culmination of...well, everything! More critical than graduation, Match Day is when all students throughout the nation find out if/where they have been "matched" for their residencies.
Galen spend the year interviewing all around (LA, NYC, Seattle,& Boston) in places where we could potentially be living for the next 3-4 years. All students rank the programs where they've interviewed, and all programs rank the students they've interviewed. Both the programs' and the students' lists are entered into a computer program...and out spits their optimum match! Everyone gets one, and only one, match that you are contractually obligated to go to.
At the UA, they do a huge production for Match Day; everyone dresses up in costumes, puts on a play, and then one-by-one their names are chosen out of a hat (Harry Potter/sorting hat style) to come to the stage, open their envelopes, and read aloud to the audience where they will be going. Most don't know their fate until they get on stage. Those who don't match are informed earlier in the week though. It saves them from not matching in front of everyone.
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| The theme was "A Night on Broadway" |
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| George and Janet |
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| Mom and Dad before the ceremony started |
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| Opening his envelope |
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and the winner is...
Tufts Medical in BOSTON! |
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| What was in the envelope |
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| Happy family after the results |
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| Our good friends AJ and Stephanie (who has since given birth to beautiful Mina) came too! |
Galen will be doing his internship year here in Tucson at Tucson Medical Center and then finishing his last three advanced years in anesthesiology at Tufts Medical Center!
Galen and I are both ecstatic with his match. We're so excited to be moving to New England and closer to the family that we have there (shout out to Kev). We've got 1 year and counting to plan this cross-country move!
