Institutions where a SubI helps match

[Guest]

zdOmyWhat are the programs where doing a SubI helps your chances of matching there or is almost necessary to be considered? UCSF comes to mind but are there others? Any institutions have a reputation of preferring their own?

[Guest]

If you do really well most prefer somethin familiar to an unknown. A lot of SubIs kill their chances by being head cases.

[Guest]

(04-27-2017, 09:42 AM)Guest Wrote: zdOmyWhat are the programs where doing a SubI helps your chances of matching there or is almost necessary to be considered? UCSF comes to mind but are there others? Any institutions have a reputation of preferring their own?

(04-27-2017, 04:02 PM)Guest Wrote: If you do really well most prefer somethin familiar to an unknown. A lot of SubIs kill their chances by being head cases.

Anyone have data or a general idea of how many SubIs programs do? Are there programs where no one applies to do a SubI or do they all get at least a few? Roughly how many are we talking per program (10-20 vs 40-50)? I know it varies from program to program but any insight would be helpful.

[Focus]

I would gather 5-10 for a lot of programs and then you have a few 20+ heavy duty programs but that's based on 4 year old data.

[Guest]

(04-27-2017, 06:45 PM)Focus Wrote: prI would gather 5-10 for a lot of programs and then you have a few 20+ heavy duty programs but that's based on 4 year old data.

Thank you. So for most programs, you'll likely have <2 fellow subI-ers and possibly 0? Idk why but I always thought there were larger groups of 4-5 people doing a subI at the same time, making I think quite competitive to impress the PD.

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(04-27-2017, 07:05 PM)Guest Wrote: X

(04-27-2017, 06:45 PM)Focus Wrote: prI would gather 5-10 for a lot of programs and then you have a few 20+ heavy duty programs but that's based on 4 year old data.

Thank you. So for most programs, you'll likely have <2 fellow subI-ers and possibly 0? Idk why but I always thought there were larger groups of 4-5 people doing a subI at the same time, making I think quite competitive to impress the PD.

Making it quite competitive*

[Guest]

Usually there is 1-2 at a time for most mid tier programs. Very top tier places can have groups of 5 at a time.

[Focus]

i would suggest that being the only subi can be tough because it makes the call pool ambiguous at times and your presence or absence more noticeable.

[Guest]

(04-28-2017, 06:45 AM)Focus Wrote: i would suggest that being the only subi can be tough because it makes the call pool ambiguous at times and your presence or absence more noticeable.

Great point, thanks.

[Guest]

Mayo takes Sub-Is much more seriously than people just visiting for interviews.

[Guest]

UCSF. Almost all their residents did subIs.