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  Thursday, 15 November 2012
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Not trying to stress anyone out here, just curious to see where the majority stand.
13 years ago
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#69000
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Applied: upper 50s
Invites: lower 30s

Step I: upper 250s
Step II: lower 250s (not released)
All Honors year 2-4
AOA
Research: one pub, 2 pres
Top 50 state school
13 years ago
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I'm not sure how many more applicants there are this year but my home institution received around 800 applications which is up from last year by %15 or so. Looking at past data the Step 1 average continues to increase as well. So "yes" it is getting more competitive and it is more difficult to separate yourself from the average. I posit that rotations will become more important in the future and institutions will be inviting fewer non-rotators and rotations applications will be getting screened more extensively. Just my .02.
13 years ago
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#68998
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Any sense for how competitive ortho is going to be this year? For people with interviews, have you heard if there are more applicants than last year? I would be interested in the trajectory ortho is on from the perspective of current applicants.

Thanks.
13 years ago
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#68997
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Applied: ~50
Invites: 19

Step I: ~250
Mostly Honors
Research: a few pubs, one ortho
Top 10 school
13 years ago
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Updating for completeness.

Applied: 50
Invites: 18
Rejections: ~25
Wait List: 1
Waiting on ~5-6

Step I/II: 240s/260s
AOA
All Honors MS3 and 4
Research: Good number of pubs/abstracts/presentation, none ortho. Handful of ongoing ortho projects.
Top 50 school
13 years ago
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#68995
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Applied to 40
Invited to 10 (cancelled one due to conflict)
Rejected from 15
No word yet from the rest


Steps I,II: 240s,250s
not AOA
Mostly honors in MS3, honors on Ortho home and aways
Some research experience, no pubs
Top 50 school
13 years ago
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Bumping this back up to see where everyone stands.


here are my stats for reference sake:

step 1: 240
not aoa
decent research
top 50 school, east coast
half honors 3rd year

applied to: 50+
accepted to: 10, attending 8 (two date conflicts)
denied: <30, still waiting to hear from the silent 10+
13 years ago
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#68993
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Can people post their stats along with # of pubs so we can get a realistic view for people who will be applying in the future
13 years ago
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#68992
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Applied: 45+
Invites:20+
Rejections: <10
Wait List: 1
Waiting to hear from: 10-15 (including half who have apparantly sent out invites and the other half who haven't)
13 years ago
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#68991
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Applied: 60
Interview Invites: 16(including home school and 1 away). Will not be able to go on 1 due to schedule conflicts.
Rejected: 6
Waitlist: 1
13 years ago
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#68990
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Applied: 37
Interview Offers: 15 (can only attend 11 due to date conflicts)
Waitlist: 1
Rejections: 5
13 years ago
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#68989
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That's excellent. Could you let us know how frequently the pubs and graduate degree come up, and in what context, after some of your interviews? Good job, and good luck. Thanks for sharing your info.
13 years ago
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#68988
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Applied: 54
Interview Offers: 17 (can't go to 3 due to sched conflicts)
Waitlist: 4
Rejections: maybe 5-6
Still waiting on quite a few, probably mroe than 10
13 years ago
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#68987
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Applied: 54
Interviews: 5 (+ home institute)
Waitlist: 1
Rejections: 10

Seems that a lot of schools in the NE have yet to send out invites, esp. NY/NJ. Maybe Hurricane Sandy set them back a bit.
13 years ago
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#68986
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Applied: 67
Invites: 8 + 2 aways that counted as interviews
Waitlist: 0
Rejected: 10
13 years ago
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#68985
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My stats are not above average for ortho (Step 1 <240). My application strengths are having a graduate degree, several 1st author pubs in a related field, and I improved ~30 pts on step2. I imagine my other grades, letters, etc. are very similar to most applicants.
13 years ago
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skolHarvin, it seems like you have the most interviews... if you don't mind, could you share your stats... feel free to say no
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13 years ago
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#68983
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Applied 65
Interviews: 9 - 8 offers and 1 interview while at away rotation

Seems very regional. I know people with 20 interviews and people with 0. I think its super variable right now.

Chin up! We will get through this awful process!
13 years ago
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#68982
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Applied: 84
Invites: 17
Accepted: 17
Wait list: 2
Rejections: 5
Waiting to hear from: 30


Glad I applied broadly because the offers have been so random. Rejected from lots of local places and invited to places where I never thought I would be considered. Lots of great programs are yet to invite. Good luck to all!
13 years ago
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#68981
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Applied: 50
Invites: 11
Waitlist: 1
Rejections: 7

Agreed that it seems to have slowed down a bit in the last 1.5 weeks, hoping for it to pick up again in the near future! In looking at last years threads it seems that late November/early December was a hot time.
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