I was told by a resident that if you were invited to the BBQ in January at UTSA FM, you were generally getting ranked high -- also had UTTyler have a resident call me and ask if I had anything I wanted the ranking committee to know --- but that was over 4 years ago so things may have changed....
Realistically -- don't worry about it -- as someone else said -- the programs are very selfish and don't want any slots to go unfilled no matter the quality of the candidate --- and the ones who work the hardest to fill, usually have to for a reason ---