TEA FOR THE NAME AND SHAME: UTHSA San Antonio -> There's an intern that matched this past cycle who never interviewed at this program yet matched here, why you may ASK??!! well, her FIANCÉ matched at the Brooks Army military center for Internal Medicine and the AIR FORCE said they will pay for her spot in order to keep her with her fiancé even THOUGH SHE IS NOT QUALIFIED i.e she never got an interview during the regular season but still matched here..??! seems a bit unfair.
I thought you didn't need to interview to match. So what-focus on your journey.
People have worked and spend time/money/kissing ass during aways/interviews, seems unfair to get in just because the army willing to pay to swing your way in
this seems really mean spirited? if the air force paid for her spot outside the normal residency funding, she didnt take a spot away from anyone else...
matching derm because some guy you know (legally, that's what a fiance is) matched into IM is insane
that's actually fair
how do people find about this kind of stuff
so its an extra spot? or just one of the default that just has different funding
good for her tbh
looks like an extra spot, usually 3 and there's 4 this year
Unfortunately, nepotism and stuff like this happens all the time in all specialties, especially some of the ultra competitive ones. Every year, unqualified people will match purely based off connections. That's just how the real world works. Not saying it's correct, but it isn't going away anytime soon.