A big applicant pool year...?

[ZoidbergMD]

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I was wondering if other schools around the country are having the same thing happen as it is here...
My school has 20+ people applying for anesthesia, but only a handful the year before.
I just talked to somebody from a medschool that's about 75-100 miles from here and she said they have 40+ 😱 applicants for anesthesia in their class.
I know anesthesia's popular (cause it rocks!😎), but I didn't think it was that popular. Is this a consistent thing everybody is noticing or are my sample size limitations the issue.

(BTW if you're a USC football fan...that was sad...and funny)

 

[pseudoknot]

People think this every year. There isn't any reason to think there will be any sudden shift in applications. There wasn't much of a change between 2005 and 2007.

 

[G0S2]

About 25-30 at my school. We always seem to generate a lot of applicants.

 

[treasurefull2]

People think this every year. There isn't any reason to think there will be any sudden shift in applications. There wasn't much of a change between 2005 and 2007.

So how does this imply that this year is the same?

 

[NUGasStud]

My school typically produces 12+ applicants a year and most recent years that number was even higher. However, this year we only have 5. Just because your school's numbers increase doesn't mean you can assume that this is occurring across the nation.

But who knows, maybe there will be an increase. I sure hope not.

 

[ZoidbergMD]

My school typically produces 12+ applicants a year and most recent years that number was even higher. However, this year we only have 5. Just because your school's numbers increase doesn't mean you can assume that this is occurring across the nation.

But who knows, maybe there will be an increase. I sure hope not.

Was just curious, likely there will be increases at some schools and decreases at others evening everything out.

 

[pseudoknot]

So how does this imply that this year is the same?

Inertia, I suppose.

 

[Gimlet]

Looks like we're close to our usual numbers...matched 20 into anesthesiology last year (out of 21 applying), and it looks to be about 25 applying this year.

 

[Southpaw]

same this year as last year.

 

[fakin' the funk]

same this year as last year.

Guys, telling us 20+ out of "your class" doesn't tell the rest of us squat. Is your class 60 or 240 students? Percentages.

In any case, at my school it's been something like 5, 3, 8, 11 over the last 4 years, and this year it looks like 7 or 8. This is out of 160 or so, so that's ~5-7%.

 

[Gimlet]

Guys, telling us 20+ out of "your class" doesn't tell the rest of us squat. Is your class 60 or 240 students? Percentages.

In any case, at my school it's been something like 5, 3, 8, 11 over the last 4 years, and this year it looks like 7 or 8. This is out of 160 or so, so that's ~5-7%.

25 out of ~200. We usually hover around 10% or so.

 

[SaintFrances]

Our school has the same number this year as in previous years as well.

 

[Southpaw]

Guys, telling us 20+ out of "your class" doesn't tell the rest of us squat. Is your class 60 or 240 students? Percentages.

In any case, at my school it's been something like 5, 3, 8, 11 over the last 4 years, and this year it looks like 7 or 8. This is out of 160 or so, so that's ~5-7%.

Same %. About 5% going into Anesthesiology last year and this year.

 

[lfesiam]

Same %. About 5% going into Anesthesiology last year and this year.

25-30% at ours

 

[seamonkey]

Last year, going into the season, we were led to believe that my school had 40 people applying. Gas has always been big at my school. Class of a little over 200.

In reality, it was more in the neighborhood of 25 that actually went for it at the end of the day. Still, it was the #2 matched field after IM.

I freaked out last year too about app numbers being way up. I don't know anyone who wanted gas who didn't get it at the end of the season, though.

 

[Colba55o]

At my school the last two years had about 10% of the class go into anesthesia. This year it will be 3%. (class size is usually 125ish)
I think, for better or worse, the quality of the rotations have a large influence on what people choose. This year, the surgery and OB/GYN residents were really med student friendly and the number of people going into them from my class is a huge shift from previous years.