am I going to match?

Combination of both. I think that something like three of them were from programs that had already sent out at least some offers at this point. Good luck.

how come that never happens to me? I am losing faith

Honestly, it is never over until it is over. JPS had stone cold rejected me weeks ago, and then today out of the blue I got an invite.

As people cancel, crazy stuff can happen.

Spiff21,

At roughly this time last year you had a few interivews. Were the interview offers that came later from programs who had not yet offered interviews? Or, were they from programs offering for a second or maybe third time; possibly as people canceled due to conflicts?

Thanks man, and best of luck to all!

Hey guys,

I didn’t match last year, so maybe I’m not the best example. However, I applied to 32 programs last year and at this point I had only received 3 interview offers (one of which was at my home program) and something like 8 or 9 rejections. I ended up with a total of 12 interview offers, of which I went on 10. All were at strong programs. My point is that it’s still too early in the process to start freaking out…there’s still plenty of time to start racking up some more interviews. And in the end it doesn’t matter how many interviews you get…you just need that one that you really kick ass on.

My advice is to take a break from Orthogate for a while. People posting on here are more likely to be the people out there who feel pretty good because they’ve gotten a lot of offers (no offense to those people of course). There are plenty of people out there in your positions…they’re just not as vocal on these forums.

I know what you mean- I am 248, AOA, research, etc.. and applied to 58 programs. While applying, I think I was too selective in choosing programs and feel I should have gone for more. At this point, I only have 2 interviews.

There was a post where someone pointed out something like out of 169 AOA applicants last year, 160+ matched and ~90% of persons with >240 matched. This gives me hope and I am trying my hardest not to lose sleep.

Good luck, I feel for you!

Second this quote!!!
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yea I guess that's about the only thing I could do besides checking my email 10000000 times a day. I knew the match was stressful but I didn't realize it is this stressful.

Hang in there. I'm in a similar situation. It's frustrating and there's not a whole lot to do but wait and see how things play out. Don't second guess yourself at this point, the whole process can be random and invites/rejections can be seemingly arbitrary.