Do you think we might be back to 99% placement rate again this year?
I'd be optimistic cause I'd rather be alive than dead. Can't be optimistic when you'e dead.
Way too many Ortho compared to previous years due to more being carried over from AOA programs?
Probably. But also, look at Family Medicine for DO, then compare that to MD.
I'm sure there are more MD ortho matches that usually just because all the competitive ortho applicants applied in agcme and didn't skip if for AOA this year. But there were a decent amount of AOA orthopedic spots (not sure exactly how many). But KCU would routinely match 5 or more orthos each year.
We will have to wait until more DO school lists come out. But KCUs university based matches have definitely gotten better over the years including this year.
"Worse" programs aren't the end all be all. Majority of people aren't prestige ****** like you see on here. There are many more factors at play and trying to decipher match lists by 'tiers' of matches is useless. Personal preference, geographic location, family preferences, etc are all much greater factors in matching
Please keep things respectful.
oh come on its a common saying on here (or at least it used to be) don't be so sensitive
I suspect the increase in IMG match rate is bc they had access for the first time to the tons of AOA FM/IM programs that went massively unfilled each year. Don’t remember the exact number but in the AOA match there hundreds of unfilled spots each year and there were some programs that hadn’t matched a resident in year but were still accredited.
That's still nearly 1/4 graduates, which is significant, and that's only one primary care specialty. It also appears to be the largest increase and fastest increase of all trends. But if you look close and compare you'll see MD's are trending more in more in some specialties, while DO's are decreasing in the analogous (for example psychiatry). Also, DO's generally apply to many more programs than MD's to land less interviews.
Unfortunately, I think these other factors are easily overlooked by people unless they are going through the process or know people who have gone through it. This cycle I had plenty of classmates whose #1 was undoubtedly less well-known and prestigious than other places they interviewed, but they all had their specific reasons, many which you mentioned, for why it was their #1.
Just ran some super rough numbers. But, pre-SOAP it looks like 54.7% of DOs matched into a PC speciality if you only count FM/IM/Peds as PC, but if you want to include psych and OB that number is 64%. 23% of DOs matched into Rad, EM, Anesthesia, Gen Surg combined. And 10% matched into a surgical specialty of some kind (I did not include any of the Surgical prelim matches in that calculations)
I don't think Epilepsy's going to be answering your question...
Don't worry, his clone will show up.
