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Interview Stats 2010, how many apps, how many offers, etc.

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billiam
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  Friday, 30 October 2009
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A lot of people are now starting to get rejections (sucky as it may be) - and it's making more than a few (including myself) a little nervous/edgy.

Being a numbers guy, I thought I'd post some stats, just to give an example of another applicant. Maybe others will follow suit.

Total Apps: 60
Programs that have sent out interviews that I applied to: 12
Interview offers: 3 (25%)
Rotations that count as interviews: 2
Total Interviews: 5
Rejections: 2 (Wake, Med Coll of GA)
-I'm a pretty average applicant

Randomly posting this kind of stuff might help keep us all on pace with where we're at - so people don't have to continually ask, "How am I doing?"
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Total Apps: 50
Programs that have sent out interviews: 11
Interview Offers: 3
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Rejections : 2
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Wait List: 0

1st-timer; Step 1: 250s, Step 2: Not taken yet; Top 40 med school; not AOA, top quarter of class; Research: 0 papers, posters, or presentations.
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16 years ago
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to the reapplicants: seeing some pretty good #'s. Any clue as to why last year didn't work out?
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Total Apps: 128
Programs that have sent out interviews: 40ish
Interview Offers: 5
Rejections : 8


Re applicant doing research this year; Step 1: 243, Step 2: 249; middle tier med school; not AOA, I think about top quarter of class; Research: 2 podium presentations, 2 JBJS articles, many more submitted but not accepted yet.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed this year. Last year at this time I had 0 interview offers and only 1 by the end of Nov (7 total). I have good mentors willing to go to bat for me too so thats nice. I wish everyone good luck this year especially the reapplicants.
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16 years ago
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boo. I'm jealous. I didn't get a PAID research year.
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16 years ago
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Or since I'm doing a PAID research year, about a month's salary.
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16 years ago
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About 1-2% of the average cost of private medical school (ie. just another drop in the bucket).
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16 years ago
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Holy sheep sh*t batman! 140 programs! How much did that cost?
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16 years ago
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Almost all. I figured the whole interview invite thing is so random, especially the second time around, might as well cough up the extra money to cover everything. When February rolls around I'd rather be in the position of feeling like I wasted $1000 than wish I had a couple more places to rank (ie. the opposite of how I felt last year)
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16 years ago
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wow.. 140.. I thought I was intense with 83!

Is 140, all of the programs? Geez that must have cost over 3 grand!!

Good luck to you man, I also fell victim of the non-match last year...Hopefully things will be better.

So far 3 interviews, 1 rejection, 1 waitlist.. the others that have offered, eh.. 6 or so.. I'm not taking any stock in those, since other people were given rejections for them.. maybe I'll be lucky
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16 years ago
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dude, congrats - that great to see that you've gotten so many interviews thus far, this time around, glad to see that the hard work you've obviously put in is paying off - I bet that goes a long way. good luck
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Total Apps: 140+
Programs that have sent out interviews: 30+
Interview Offers: 6
Rejections : 6
Wait List: 1 (Wake)

Re applicant; Step 1: 230s, Step 2: 240s; Top 20 med school; not AOA, I think about top quarter of class; Research: 20+ papers, posters, and presentations, most ortho related.

I'm feeling pretty good so far. Honestly never sure how it will go the second time around, just happy I'm getting interviews anywhere.
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16 years ago
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Total Apps: 45
Programs that have sent out interviews: 7
Interview Offers: 1 (away)
Rejections : 4 (Wake, MCG, UNC, UMKC)

Non-trad, 230+, not AOA, bottom half of class, 1 non-ortho research experience, enthusiasm is waning.
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16 years ago
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Apps: 47
Programs that have sent out interviews: 12
Interview Offers: 4, (3 from away rotations)
Rejections:6

"DO Applicant", Step I - 240+, Step II, 255+, some research (no publications), previous experience.
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16 years ago
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Total Apps: 54
Programs that have sent out interviews: 19
Interview Offers: 3 (1 from away rotation)
Rejections : 1 (Wake Forest)

"Top ten school", 240+, not AOA, ortho research (no publications yet), 2 non-ortho pubs. started off strong, but now i'm discouraged by the silence this week.
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16 years ago
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Programs that have sent out interviews that I applied to]


Well, I feel better now that I see someone with an application like yours that hasn't heard much either. The other applicants from my school are going through the same crap. One interview each...only where we rotated. It is nerve-racking.
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16 years ago
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Programs that have sent out interviews that I applied to: 25
Interview offers: 2 (8%)
Rejections: 6
257, not AOA, top 20 med school, top half of my class, tons of research (10+ ortho papers, 11+ ortho presentations)


Feeling very discouraged
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16 years ago
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Total Apps: 43
Programs that have sent out interviews: 9
Interview Offers: 3 (33%)
Rejections : 3 (Georgetown, JPS, MCG)
240+, not AOA, research with several non-ortho pubs
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16 years ago
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Total Apps: 52
Programs that have sent out interviews that I applied to: 10
Interview offers: 0 (0%)
Rejections: 3 (Wake, JPS, MCG)
240+, AOA, research with several pub's
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16 years ago
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Total Apps: 54
Programs that have sent out interviews that I applied to: 12
Interview offers: 0 (0%)
Rejections: 1 (G-town)
248, AOA+, research, couple of poster presentations[/quote]
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Total Apps: 60
Programs that have sent out interviews that I applied to: 24
Interview offers: 6 (25%)
Rejections: 4 (Wake, MCG, Texas Tech, UMKC)
Mid 230's, no AOA, research, and 1 national conference
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