Interview Stats 2010, how many apps, how many offers, etc.

oh also all my research is new. I had none of that last year.

Total Apps: 80
Programs that have sent out interviews that I applied to: 6
Interview offers: 1 (1.25%)
Rejections: 6
S1: 245, S2 257, Not AOA, Research: 2 poster presentations, 1 oral presentation, 2 published abstracts (all in cardiology)

I don't think AOA is as much of a deal breaker as people make it out to be. As a matter of fact, no one from my school going into surgery got it bc most of the hardcore applicants spend their down time doing research and not as much volunteering, which is more heavily favored in the selection process.

Yep, hard to tell if AOA makes a difference or if it's the fact people with AOA tend to have better grades that makes the difference.

Then again, at my med school graduation none of the AOA people made final academic honors, so who knows?

In either case, more people who match have AOA compared to those that don't match, for whatever it's worth.

Like I said before, I think it would be more rewarding trying to figure out the meaning of life than why some people match and others don't.

I don't think AOA is as much of a deal breaker as people make it out to be. As a matter of fact, no one from my school going into surgery got it bc most of the hardcore applicants spend their down time doing research and not as much volunteering, which is more heavily favored in the selection process.

Hmm... AOA here is more about academic accomplishment. Oh well.

...and one of the first things people have asked me at away rotations, when getting LORs, etc was 1) whats your step 1 score 2)whats your class rank and 3) are you AOA.