Farthest down on rank list you’ve ever heard of anyone dropping?

[Guest]

Wondering if any residents here heard of anyone matching farther than like 15-20 on their rank list? Wondering how much to stress about like #25 vs #26 on my list. Seems like you either are a good interviewer and will wind up in your top 10 or a poor one and can rank 30 programs and still won’t match.

[Guest]

im not sure but its going to be real, real bad. lots of international applicants, as well as DO applicants. last year ive seen some solid guys who had to scramble im and even fm because of how messed up it is. can't imagine how bad things are going to be this year.

[Guest]

where did you get that information from? The last data that came out showed less than 5% growth in applications, and a lower number of IMGs this year

[Guest]

(02-05-2022, 02:41 PM)Guest Wrote: where did you get that information from? The last data that came out showed less than 5% growth in applications, and a lower number of IMGs this year

so a 4% growth in applications for the same # of residency spots? Keep in mind that only competitive applicants apply in the first place. I mean you can see where this is going right?

[Guest]

Neurological Surgery:
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
DO 21 26 30 25 23 29
IMG 129 112 102 125 148 121
MD 260 279 306 336 330 334
Overall 410 417 438 486 501 484

https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/intera...stics-data

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stop fearmongering, provide data. We're back to a pre-pandemic level (2019-2020)
Also, not the same # of residency spots. Climbing slowly and not as quickly as pre-pandemic rise of applicants, but there's a continuous increase in residency spots. Even this year. You want to go into neurosurgery, be accurate in your statements.

[Guest]

and what happens to the folks who don't match? in the old days they just went into gen surgery or something. now what happens to them?

[Guest]

... they SOAP or try next year? Why do you think anything changed?