question from an upcoming interviewee (2007-2008):

i hear a lot of talk about what "interview batch" one is in. what is the significance?

your batch is determined by how early you get your application in. sf match sends out a certain number of applications in each batch to programs. so batch 1 is seen first, etc etc. the significance is that you want to try to be in the first or second batch if you can control that especially if u're an average applicant