Applied to Orthopedic Surgery and 0 interviews

Thanks for sharing guys. Just wanted to throw my hat into there.
Step 1: 240s
Step 2: 250s
No AOA
Honors in all 3rd year clerkships
Couple research projects - none are published

Applied to over 80. Only offered 5 interviews with 3 from aways. Looking pretty bleak as everyone else I know has ~10.

I hear ya. I'm in the same boat.
250s step I
260s step II
no AOA
all A's 3rd year
one non-ortho pub

I'm only getting interviews from smaller programs most of whom I'd never heard of prior to application. Even programs in my region seem uninterested. Not how I envisioned this going. The denials are flying in this week.

Good luck my friends...

Hey fellas. I appreciate your posts. I hope that we can get a positive vibe this week

It's quite a rude awakening. Take it from a guy who matched on the second time around.
Look who's posting on this thread, folks with the same high scores. Of course everyone has those scores, otherwise theyd be wasting their time applying to Orthopaedics. And since there are a limited number of Ortho spots, this is inevitable.

This is certainly a field with a lot of people coming out of the wood works and wanting to do Ortho with promises of being "cool" and wealth. And so you have Georgetown and Jefferson with 20+ applicants per year which totally ruins it for those who Orthopaedics was a dream for as long as they remember.

Not trying to be a Debbie downer, I just know this feeling having lived it. You have to prepare yourself for what your next move is going to be and how you're gonna make it happen and become an Orthopod.

Feel free to PM if you have any specific questions
Good luck this season

On the struggle bus as well

238 step I
250s step II
no AOA, top quartile
2/3 Honors, 1/3 HP 3rd year
7 ortho publications (3 1st author)

Applied: 75
Interviews: 4
Rejections: more than I care to count

Step I: 242
Step II: Pending
No AOA (Top Quartile)
Top 20 School
2 Uro papers; 1 Ortho paper

Applied: 70
Interviews: 2 (1 from away)
Rejections 20

Definitely not how I saw this going...