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Third Year

July:聽Start clinical rotations.*

惭补谤肠丑鈥揂辫谤颈濒:聽Decide on career path, choose a specialty-specific advisor, consider attendings whom you could ask for letters. You will need three letters, so if you have only worked with one or two surgery attendings, you need a fourth-year elective or a research project to expose you to additional surgeons who can write letters for you.

惭补测鈥揓耻苍别:聽Adjust fourth year accordingly (see section on聽electives), do any surgery sub-internships in July or August so the attendings you rotate with can write you letters

Fourth Year

闯耻濒测鈥揂耻驳耻蝉迟:聽Surgery sub-I's, ask everyone for advice on which programs are worthwhile considering.

厂别辫迟别尘产别谤鈥揙肠迟辞产别谤:聽Application process. You will get information from your school or visit the FREIDA website, do other electives.

狈辞惫别尘产别谤鈥揇别肠别尘产别谤:聽Start to arrange interviews. Some programs interview in December. All surgical specialties have separate matches except Orthopedics (they go through the regular match).

闯补苍耻补谤测鈥揊别产谤耻补谤测:聽Consider scheduling free time for one of these months as the majority of your interviews will take place in the first six weeks of the calendar year (both you and the programs have to submit match lists by mid-February).

惭补谤肠丑鈥揂辫谤颈濒:聽Electives (see section on聽electives)

May:听骋谤补诲耻补迟颈辞苍!

*If you think you want to be a surgeon, the standard recommendation for planning your third year of medical school is to do your rotation in the middle of the year. If you do it first, you won't have much experience on clinical rotations and this inexperience in and of itself can prove detrimental. If you do it last, you often have missed opportunities (getting involved in research projects that you might be able to conclude prior to the application process).