Rejection Thread 2008-2009

holy crap Boned.. already 2 rejections!?!??!??????

This must be so stressful for you. Have you thought of a back up yet???

SUNY Downstate - 11/19
"you have not been selected for an interview at this time, however, there is a possibility that we will be adding to our interview roster at a later date. In the event that an interview slot opens up, we will contact you to see if you are interested and available to come to campus."

U Chicago - 11/19

Kansas City - 11/19

UVA - 11/19

Keeps getting easier and easier...

Four for today, come on, catch-up with me Boned!

Anybody else really upset with the amount of rejections floating around. I felt like I had a really good application and I am still getting hammered. I had better scores, more research, and additional degrees, than my classmates two years ago and I am getting rejected from programs with which they all had interviews. Tough year for ortho

SUNY Downstate and UVA, too! Thought I had you beat, arthrortho, but it's a tie!

quit your blubbering I have gotten rejected by 11 places.. but I have 10 interviews.. so I'm waiting to hear from another 40 some odd places.

Yes, it is very random. Think about it. About 500-600 apps apply to each program..they have to sift through all of them.. do you think they can possibly "equally" weigh these?

There's about 650 ortho spots in the country, approximately 60 interviews per spot. (Some places are more, some are less.)

About 1000 people apply...

How many programs does each candidate apply for? 40, 50, 60?? Let's say 50..

That's 50000 applications out there. Interesting.. that doesn't cover the applicant pool, now does it If only we were smart and applied to less ortho programs. Poor program directors!

That's 39000 interviews going on.. wow, that's a lot of bull shit talk going on.. haha..

So, if everyone was equal, all you'd get is .78 interviews So.. if you think about it.. all of those folks whom take about 20 interviews or so.. take away from others.

Even if you chop off the bottom 50% of the applicant pool (because they're junky candidates) which is a highly aggressive thing to do:
39k interviews / 25k apps.. that works out to be 1.56 interviews each..

Wow.. where do you fall? Say the top 10%, okay, let's look at that:
39k in / 5k apps = 7.8 interviews / applicant.

Well that's scary.

Well written Iliizarovian good luck.