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  Monday, 17 February 2014
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I have interviewed at a program which is on probation and wondering if I should include it in my ROL. If I were to rank it last and ended up matching here what are the cons of matching into such a program? Am I better off leaving the program off my ROL? I have less than ten interviews and wondering if matching here would be better/worse than not matching into ortho at all. I do have a few prelim programs as back ups and I also wonder if I am better off matching at a prelim than this program.
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rank it for sure. My interview went very well and was not that bad.
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was it bad enough that you would not match rather than match there? if so, don't rank it at all. if your main concern is the probation, i agree that there is a high likelihood they will come off probation or, if in the rare case they are terminated, you will be shown "mercy" by other programs and have a good chance of getting into another ortho program
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I've heard of programs "inheriting" residents from disbanded programs in the past. One that comes to mind is Stanford (a few yrs back)
12 years ago
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Less than impressive as in I was not impressed. My interview however went quite well.
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I guess my hesitation is due to a not so impressive interview day, very rough location and commuting woes. Added to this if the program were to shut down I might wish I hadn't matched at all. Speaking of closure, what happens if that were to happen say sometime midway during the next 5 yrs?
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agree, i feel like any allopathic residency stands a good chance of coming off probation with a few going on from time to time.
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I also agree with the above. If I was in your situation, I'd rank it last, but still rank it above the pre-lims. Matching to any ortho program >>> not matching. Good luck!
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Definitely rank it..ahead of all the prelims as well. Going to a program on probation is better than not matching in my mind.
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