(02-18-2021, 07:03 AM)Guest Wrote: (02-17-2021, 10:37 PM)Guest Wrote: (02-17-2021, 10:07 PM)Guest Wrote: Wow 10 people for Barrow
Barrow vs. Mayo, arms race.
Agree that Barrow and Mayo appear to be the hot programs based upon the spreadsheet, and full disclosure they are 1/2 on my rank list, but I think we collectively are missing the fact that the spreadsheet only has ~100 responses from an applicant class of ~380. So even if we assume that the 100 that've voted are all unique entries, there is still nearly 75% of the applicant class that is not represented in the spreadsheet. So while I think it's an interesting thing to see that the two premier privademic places appear to be doing the best, I don't think we have sufficient data to say it's a Mayo vs. Barrow arms race. My two cents though.
1/4 of all applicants is a pretty large cluster for analysis. It's possible that BWH with 6 #1 ranks could be competing with them, but with such a large proportion and assuming a representative sample, it's unlikely anywhere else is part of the "arms race" (whatever tf that means. You have no idea who those applicants are). Mayo and BNI also interviewed more ppl than most similar programs and tend to be less pedigree-obsessive, so they're going to get more ranks.
The bigger question is who isn't represented and why. From the interview # page, it looks like ~227 ppl may be using the spreadsheet. For most "prestigious" programs, it looks like 40-50% of all interviews are logged on the spreadsheet (30/60 for Emory, 19/40-50 for JHU, 23/32 for MGH, 17/~40 for NW, 26/~60 for BNI). I think we can safely assume about half of top applicants are represented.
I guess my point is that it's probably accurate but who cares, it's impossible to know, and maybe we should focus on programs we liked and not on places that internet ppl told us were good. One of my favorite programs gets no attention here and I can honestly say I'm ranking it over BNI and Mayo. I know other people who feel similarly
