Interview Stats 2011, How many apps? How many invites? etc

Being a current resident with a very successful match, I think this forum is no benefit to any applicants at all. If you want to be helpful, post where you got your interviews, the strategies of how you approached the process, and how you would do it differently. Statistics like this are for sports, and I bet most of you posting here never had the opportunity to see their name in the homerun, or touchdown categories and feel the need to have some way to justify those years of not getting laid and being thrown into lockers.. so stop trying to be the tom brady of the ortho blogging world, it doesnt matter, and its not helpful for others who are in the process.

Anonymous internet scolding is as sad as anonymous internet bragging (which you also couldn't help doing). Everyone needs to lighten up.

hillisequalsnorris I agree with your post and with what your name implies. This site paints an innaccurate picture of the applicant pool, ie you see people on here with 30-35 interview invites which probably makes up less than 1% of applicants. And lets not forget it's not uncommon to look great on paper and get 30 interviews but in real life be a socially awkward d bag. We've all met these people.

Those of you with less than the "target" number 10 or whatever Charting Outcomes says, don't sweat it. Just kill it on the interviews you have. I am an ortho PGY1 now and have friends from last year with sub average numbers and less than ten interviews that matched at their #1 because they were great guys who worked hard and just fit. At the end of the day IMO that matters more than numbers, i mean were not doing brain surgery haha

Just for a final update as things are winding down

Total Apps: 34 - Favoring MW and East Coast
Programs applied who have offered interviews: 33
Rejections: 14
Interviews Offered: 14
Interviews Declined: 3
Waitlisted/Not yet determined: 5
USMLE: Step I 250's, Step II - will take Dec. 30
Grades: Preclinical - mix of H, HP, P with mostly HP; Clinical - 80% Honors, 20% HP
AOA: Not determined
Publications: 1 poster, 1 international podium presentation
Letters: 4 ortho, 3 big names

Just for a final update as things are winding down

Total Apps]

Just out of curiosity, did you decline those interviews because of date conflicts or because you felt like you had enough for a good chance of matching and weren't particularly interested in those programs?

Just out of curiosity, did you decline those interviews because of date conflicts or because you felt like you had enough for a good chance of matching and weren't particularly interested in those programs?

All three were canceled due to date conflicts.

Total Apps: 41 - Midwest mostly, some east coast
Rejections: 19
Interviews Offered: 12
Interviews Declined: 3
Waitlisted/Not yet determined: 1
USMLE: Step I 264, Step II - 266
Grades: Preclinical - honored everything; Clinical - 4 honors, 1 letter, 3 satisfactory
AOA: Yes
Publications: 0
Letters: 4 ortho, 0 big names
Extracurriculars: 2 marathons, 4 half marathons
Awkard in interview: no