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

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15 years 8 months ago - 15 years 8 months ago #20612 by
Replied by on topic Total Apps: 29 (East Coast
Total Apps: 29 (East Coast + MW primarily)
Programs applied who have offered interviews: 28
Rejections: 5
Interviews Offered: 21
Interviews Declined: 6
Waitlisted/Not yet determined: 3
USMLE: Step I 240's, Step II - will take end of Jan/early Feb
Grades: Preclinical - 5/8 Honors; Clinical - 80% Honors, 20% HP
Med School: Top 5 USNWR
AOA: No
Away Rotations: 3
Publications: 8 articles, 2 posters, 3 abstracts, 3 online manuscripts
Letters: 5 ortho (3 big names, 1 from away)

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15 years 8 months ago - 15 years 8 months ago #20633 by
Replied by on topic Since all my programs are
Since all my programs are now out, I might as well contribute to this for next year's peeps. I think my advice would be that if you're not one of those crazy amazing applicants, just apply to a lot of programs and don't be picky :)

Total Apps: 56
Programs applied who have offered interviews: 56
Rejections: if I had to go back and count all of these I'll cry
Interviews Offered: 20 + interviewed at one away
Interviews Declined: 3 so far
USMLE: Step I 247, Step II - not taking until March
Grades: Preclinical - mostly P; Clinical - I only honored ortho and fluffy stuff like geri...everything else is HP except for medicine and pedi (oops)
Med School: was a Top 10 USNWR when I started :p
AOA: Nope
Away Rotations: 2
Publications: 2 ortho manuscripts pending acceptance, one abstract rejected from AAOS; some ER research from undergrad that actually got accepted places
Letters: 4 ortho
Awkward in interview: mildly.

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15 years 7 months ago - 15 years 7 months ago #20746 by
Replied by on topic Awkward in interview: mildly.

Awkward in interview]

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15 years 7 months ago - 15 years 7 months ago #20752 by
Replied by on topic I've definitely used these forums
I've definitely used these forums over the past year or two, figured I'd make a contribution since I'm probably one of the weaker applicants posting around here.

Total Apps: 100 (century club, woo!)
Programs applied who have offered interviews: 100
Interviews Offered: 16
Interviews Declined: 3 (only due to conflicts!)
USMLE: Step I - 220s, Step II - 250s
Grades: Preclinical - All P; Clinical - Only did well in Surgery, average in all else
Med School: Top 30 USNWR
AOA: Nope, obviously not close
Away Rotations: 2
Publications: 3 ortho manuscripts pending acceptance, two Ortho abstracts accepted, 2 other projects listed; some cards research from undergrad
Letters: 5 ortho

Applied broadly and extensively due to perceived overall weak application

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15 years 6 months ago - 15 years 6 months ago #20945 by
Replied by on topic Bump. Could people please update
Bump.

Could people please update their stats or add if they have not done so.

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15 years 6 months ago - 15 years 6 months ago #20946 by
Total Apps: 63
Programs applied who have offered interviews: 63
Interviews Offered: 7
Interviews Declined: 0
USMLE: Step I - 250s, Step II - 240s
Grades: Preclinical - All H; Clinical - All A, except Surg and Obgyn Bs
Med School: Most never heard of it
AOA: Nope, obviously not close
Away Rotations: 2
Publications: nope
Letters: 4 ortho

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