Number of Interviews to Attend?

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(11-04-2018, 07:02 PM)Guest Wrote: yeh it happens. people slip through the cracks. be sure to have mentors reach out to your top 3 programs post rank list.  make sure to do your second look visits and communicate with your top 5 about your interest in their program.  dont sit back and be passive. PD are insecure and constantly need reminders that you love their program!

And even if you do all the above, you can slip down. The game is the game.

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(11-03-2018, 12:32 PM)Guest Wrote: A ton of people last year did 25+. Know plenty of applicants who had the magic #17 (the number for our year) and did not match. Do as many as you can possibly afford - financially and mentally. From looking at the apps, this year looks tough.

Charting outcomes from last year says your full of shit. There were only 5 people total who didn't match with that many interviews. Also the ratio of matched:unmatched doesn't change once you pass 11 interviews. Those last 5 were probably terrible at interviews

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(11-08-2018, 04:06 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-03-2018, 12:32 PM)Guest Wrote: A ton of people last year did 25+. Know plenty of applicants who had the magic #17 (the number for our year) and did not match. Do as many as you can possibly afford - financially and mentally. From looking at the apps, this year looks tough.

Charting outcomes from last year says your full of shit. There were only 5 people total who didn't match with that many interviews. Also the ratio of matched:unmatched doesn't change once you pass 11 interviews. Those last 5 were probably terrible at interviews

you are the hero we all need

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(11-08-2018, 06:18 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-08-2018, 04:06 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-03-2018, 12:32 PM)Guest Wrote: A ton of people last year did 25+. Know plenty of applicants who had the magic #17 (the number for our year) and did not match. Do as many as you can possibly afford - financially and mentally. From looking at the apps, this year looks tough.

Charting outcomes from last year says your full of shit. There were only 5 people total who didn't match with that many interviews. Also the ratio of matched:unmatched doesn't change once you pass 11 interviews. Those last 5 were probably terrible at interviews

you are the hero we all need

Just not the hero many of us neurotic freaks probably deserve

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(11-08-2018, 04:06 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-03-2018, 12:32 PM)Guest Wrote: A ton of people last year did 25+. Know plenty of applicants who had the magic #17 (the number for our year) and did not match. Do as many as you can possibly afford - financially and mentally. From looking at the apps, this year looks tough.

Charting outcomes from last year says your full of shit. There were only 5 people total who didn't match with that many interviews. Also the ratio of matched:unmatched doesn't change once you pass 11 interviews. Those last 5 were probably terrible at interviews

If you really feel comfortable doing 11 interviews go for it.  When you attend programs that are interviewing 40-50 for 1 spot (there are several) I would strongly reconsider.

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(11-09-2018, 04:48 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-08-2018, 04:06 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-03-2018, 12:32 PM)Guest Wrote: A ton of people last year did 25+. Know plenty of applicants who had the magic #17 (the number for our year) and did not match. Do as many as you can possibly afford - financially and mentally. From looking at the apps, this year looks tough.

Charting outcomes from last year says your full of shit. There were only 5 people total who didn't match with that many interviews. Also the ratio of matched:unmatched doesn't change once you pass 11 interviews. Those last 5 were probably terrible at interviews

If you really feel comfortable doing 11 interviews go for it.  When you attend programs that are interviewing 40-50 for 1 spot (there are several) I would strongly reconsider.

+1.  Realize what 1 per year interviews mean compared to 2-3 per year.  
NYMC, Tufts, GWU, West Virginia, Loyola, U Chicago, LSU New orleans, Michigan state, Cedars, Med College Georgia, SLU.

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(11-09-2018, 05:03 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-09-2018, 04:48 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-08-2018, 04:06 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-03-2018, 12:32 PM)Guest Wrote: A ton of people last year did 25+. Know plenty of applicants who had the magic #17 (the number for our year) and did not match. Do as many as you can possibly afford - financially and mentally. From looking at the apps, this year looks tough.

Charting outcomes from last year says your full of shit. There were only 5 people total who didn't match with that many interviews. Also the ratio of matched:unmatched doesn't change once you pass 11 interviews. Those last 5 were probably terrible at interviews

If you really feel comfortable doing 11 interviews go for it.  When you attend programs that are interviewing 40-50 for 1 spot (there are several) I would strongly reconsider.

+1.  Realize what 1 per year interviews mean compared to 2-3 per year.  
NYMC, Tufts, GWU, West Virginia, Loyola, U Chicago, LSU New orleans, Michigan state, Cedars, Med College Georgia, SLU.

A very brief aside: GWU is taking 2 this year I believe

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(11-09-2018, 01:50 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-09-2018, 05:03 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-09-2018, 04:48 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-08-2018, 04:06 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-03-2018, 12:32 PM)Guest Wrote: A ton of people last year did 25+. Know plenty of applicants who had the magic #17 (the number for our year) and did not match. Do as many as you can possibly afford - financially and mentally. From looking at the apps, this year looks tough.

Charting outcomes from last year says your full of shit. There were only 5 people total who didn't match with that many interviews. Also the ratio of matched:unmatched doesn't change once you pass 11 interviews. Those last 5 were probably terrible at interviews

If you really feel comfortable doing 11 interviews go for it.  When you attend programs that are interviewing 40-50 for 1 spot (there are several) I would strongly reconsider.

+1.  Realize what 1 per year interviews mean compared to 2-3 per year.  
NYMC, Tufts, GWU, West Virginia, Loyola, U Chicago, LSU New orleans, Michigan state, Cedars, Med College Georgia, SLU.

A very brief aside: GWU is taking 2 this year I believe

So is Loyola

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(11-09-2018, 04:48 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-08-2018, 04:06 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-03-2018, 12:32 PM)Guest Wrote: A ton of people last year did 25+. Know plenty of applicants who had the magic #17 (the number for our year) and did not match. Do as many as you can possibly afford - financially and mentally. From looking at the apps, this year looks tough.

Charting outcomes from last year says your full of shit. There were only 5 people total who didn't match with that many interviews. Also the ratio of matched:unmatched doesn't change once you pass 11 interviews. Those last 5 were probably terrible at interviews

If you really feel comfortable doing 11 interviews go for it.  When you attend programs that are interviewing 40-50 for 1 spot (there are several) I would strongly reconsider.

Right, but at the end of the day each applicant only gets to rank one program as their #1 , there is a fairly high match rate overall (~80+%), with many matching at their 1st choice or at least within their top 5, so many of those 40-50 will match elsewhere. Statistically, doing more than 11 interviews didn't appear to increase the odds of matching at all. Not arguing for a hard cap on interviews at 11, but 30+ is excessive and unnecessary. At that point you're just wasting your (and the programs) time and money

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(11-13-2018, 08:24 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-09-2018, 04:48 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-08-2018, 04:06 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-03-2018, 12:32 PM)Guest Wrote: A ton of people last year did 25+. Know plenty of applicants who had the magic #17 (the number for our year) and did not match. Do as many as you can possibly afford - financially and mentally. From looking at the apps, this year looks tough.

Charting outcomes from last year says your full of shit. There were only 5 people total who didn't match with that many interviews. Also the ratio of matched:unmatched doesn't change once you pass 11 interviews. Those last 5 were probably terrible at interviews

If you really feel comfortable doing 11 interviews go for it.  When you attend programs that are interviewing 40-50 for 1 spot (there are several) I would strongly reconsider.

Right, but at the end of the day each applicant only gets to rank one program as their #1 , there is a fairly high match rate overall (~80+%), with many matching at their 1st choice or at least within their top 5, so many of those 40-50 will match elsewhere. Statistically, doing more than 11 interviews didn't appear to increase the odds of matching at all. Not arguing for a hard cap on interviews at 11, but 30+ is excessive and unnecessary. At that point you're just wasting your (and the programs) time and money

If you look at last year's charting outcomes ranking 11 vs 20 increases your chance of matching from 75% to 95%. So i'd definitely argue for doing more than 11. But if you do 17 vs 20 it's an increase from ~91% to 95%, so at that point it doesn't matter.