Application Information

Application Deadline September 25, 2024
Number of Positions 6
Interview Dates November 14, 2024; November 21, 2024; December 5, 2024; December 12, 2024
Program Start Date July 1, 2025
National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Yes

Specialty-Wide Standards for Ob/Gyn Residency Application and Interview

The Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) and the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) recommend these specialty-wide standards for the 2024–25 obstetrics and gynecology residency application cycle. These recommendations are based on data collected over the past several interview cycles, discussions at the CREOG retreats, CREOG and APGO meetings, survey feedback from applicants and program directors, and the Right Resident, Right Program, Ready Day One (RRR) project workgroups.

Our residency program has embraced these recommendations and will adhere to the following standards:

  1. Our final application deadline will be September 25, 2024
  2. We will follow a common release of interview invitations on October 29, 2024
  3. We have always limited interview invitations to the number of interview slots available within our program
  4. Applicants will have a minimum of 48 hours to accept interview offers
  5. Applicants will be informed of their final status by November 27, 2024 (invited for interview; wait-listed; or rejected)

Application

We will be accepting applications via ResidencyCas through September 25, 2024.

All applications MUST be complete for an applicant to be considered for our program. This includes all of the following:

  • A completed AAMC-NRMP application for residency
  • An official copy of your USMLE scores
  • An official medical school transcript
  • AT LEAST three letters of recommendation from faculty members familiar with your performance. With one of them being Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE). This will be integrated in ResidencyCas
  • Dean’s Letter                                             

Please note that we do not accept hard copies of applications.

Interview

A carefully selected pool of applicants will be offered interviews virtually.

Sample Interview Day

The following general schedule will apply for both the morning and afternoon interview sessions:

  • Meet the program directors
  • Morbidity and Mortality and Grand Rounds
  • Program introduction
  • Faculty interview 1
  • Faculty interview 2
  • Resident interview
  • Program director interview
  • Virtual Tour

Timeline

August
  • ResidencyCas website opens to residency applicants to begin working on their applications.
  • Residency applicants may begin selecting and applying to programs.
September
  • Medical schools, ECFMG, NBME and NBOME begin transmitting residency-supporting documents.
  • Application deadline September 25, 2024
March
  • NRMP match results are made available.
June
  • Residents report for orientation

Contact

Sabrina Xhaferaj
Administrative Director, Medical Education
sd2817@columbia.edu
212-305-2376