1800?!!

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I heard a rumor about there being 1800 U.S. applicants for this years match! Anyone know if there be truth in this here scuttlebutt?


Willamette
 
I seriously doubt it. I mean there are only 16000 total US Med school grads. Of course the FMGs are there but I doubt over 10% of people want ER.
 
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donc said:
What was last year's numbers?


2004 #'s
Categorical Positions: 1286
% US Seniors Matched: 93%
Unfilled Categorical/Advanced Positions: 23
Unmatched US Seniors: 70


2002 US Seniors Applying for EM: 992 (don't know 2004 #'s...but 70 unmatched seniors works out to ~1000 US Applicants)


Willamette
 
I heard from a program director at one of my interviews that there were about 1400 applicants this year. Don't know if that's true or not...

I also heard that most programs were still interviewing the same number of people, so if people got a good number of interviews they should be in decent shape.