Interview Invites 2020-21

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When programs say to "stay in touch" with residents or faculty throughout the process to demonstrate interest, how are we supposed to do that? Are we supposed to just hit them with random questions? Try to connect w/ ppl we haven't met? Is all of this meaningless?

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(12-22-2020, 03:38 PM)Guest Wrote: When programs say to "stay in touch" with residents or faculty throughout the process to demonstrate interest, how are we supposed to do that? Are we supposed to just hit them with random questions? Try to connect w/ ppl we haven't met? Is all of this meaningless?

I've wondered too. So far just seems to me like you need to think of questions and hit some of them up 1-2 times before ranks

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(12-22-2020, 03:34 PM)Guest Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 03:29 PM)Guest Wrote: Look up Step 2 CK due dates for each program. Nearly all of them just say it must be graded before July 1st.

do you have a link where all this is listed or do you have to go to each individual program's website? (didn't see this info doing in the last way)

bump, also can't find this info

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Just want to put out raw feelings friends, I am starting to feel really down. feeling like chances to Match this cycle as dim as ever. programs aren't accepting 2nd looks too. Wish i get the chance to work with some of you wonderful people! But darn this cycle is brutal

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(12-22-2020, 11:23 PM)Guest Wrote: Just want to put out raw feelings friends, I am starting to feel really down. feeling like chances to Match this cycle as dim as ever. programs aren't accepting 2nd looks too. Wish i get the chance to work with some of you wonderful people! But darn this cycle is brutal

Same... combo of coming from not a very supportive home program, programs rely more on applications and take home students, phone calls post-interview...feel like everything are against me

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(12-22-2020, 11:50 PM)Guest Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 11:23 PM)Guest Wrote: Just want to put out raw feelings friends, I am starting to feel really down. feeling like chances to Match this cycle as dim as ever. programs aren't accepting 2nd looks too. Wish i get the chance to work with some of you wonderful people! But darn this cycle is brutal

Same... combo of coming from not a very supportive home program, programs rely more on applications and take home students, phone calls post-interview...feel like everything are against me

I still only have 3 invites.. on several interview waitlists but doesn’t look like anyone is canceling..

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Someone on Reddit mentioned in the medical school sub that nsg had 20-25% of applicants holding 75% of interviews. Any source for this?

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(12-23-2020, 09:24 AM)Guest Wrote: Someone on Reddit mentioned in the medical school sub that nsg had 20-25% of applicants holding 75% of interviews. Any source for this?

While I'm sure interviews are concentrated to fewer applicants, that can't be true by the #s. Imagine ~45 interviews for 100 programs. 75% of that is 3375. 25% of 350 applicants is ~88 applicants. 3375 / 88 = 38 interviews per applicant. It would be impossible to schedule that many without overlap.

However, if everyone went on the 25 interviews that people seem to be recommending this year, there are only enough interviews that 135 applicants would hit that number. The system still seems set up for a healthy scramble.

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Speaking as someone with >40 interview offers, it is definitely possible to schedule this many interviews without overlap. I don't intend to go on over 20, but anyone in the 30-40 range can get it done pretty easily. There is definitely going to be scrambling this year

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I've heard 2 things:

1) 25 interviews is the "safe" number this year (I guess this number is spouted off of all of the uncertainty, but no real math that I've seen behind it).

2) Applicants will match with less interviews than usual this year, because a smaller % of applicants are receiving the bulk of interviews compared to other years, i.e. if you have 15+ interviews you are part of that group and you are safe

FWIW...quite a few PDs and chairmen I have spoken with on the trail have implicated that 15 is a completely safe and healthy # of interviews/ranks this year, and more than that is overkill.

Thoughts?