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How many interviews did you go on in 2005-06?

Poll: How many interviews did you go on? (was ended 0000-00-00 00:00:00)

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5 - 10
13 22.8%
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30 52.6%
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13 22.8%
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1 1.8%
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20 years 6 months ago - 20 years 6 months ago #8124 by
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FMG Stats (Ross) from the states
Applied to 63 programs
Received a total of 12 interviews (was hoping on 13 but a program I rotated at closed..what are the odds)
Went on only 8 due to conflicts
I received 4 from calling, but only went on two of them due to conflict.
(funny thing is the ones I got from calling, they always asked why I wanted to be there since my address was from California. And a good reason I guess (like the program, area...) can help with that. They said they have this pile of good applicants but cannot make way on them, so a call and a push seems to help). Overall, I only called about 8 programs (and got 4).

Overall, Step 1: 245, Step 2: 249, CS Passed (Step 2 scores were on app), Honors on all but Psych with total of 3 ortho sub-I's (U of Wisc, Wayne, LSU-S) with honors and great letters of rec (as I was told, with 3 ortho and 1 medicine). Obviously no AOA, no publications, but med school involvement. Do have 90% completion of an MBA with healthcare management emphasis (and was brought up constantly and was treated as a good thing...lots of pats on the back for doing it).

Was typically the only FMG at the interview (except for 2), but really did not have any bad experiences from anyone (at least to my face). I would say the number of FMGs and the number of females were about equal in number, if that helps

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