A Match Poll

Started by Poety
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How far down your list did you go?

  • I got my number one!!!

    Votes: 108 53.7%

  • #2

    Votes: 29 14.4%

  • #3

    Votes: 26 12.9%

  • #4

    Votes: 7 3.5%

  • #5

    Votes: 10 5.0%

  • #6

    Votes: 7 3.5%

  • #7-15

    Votes: 7 3.5%

  • I scrambled into my specialty

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • I scrambled into a different specialty

    Votes: 2 1.0%

  • I didn't match

    Votes: 3 1.5%
  • Total voters
    201
  • Poll closed .
Poety

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Hey everyone,

I realize every specialty is different, but I thought it would be interesting to see how many people matched into their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc...

I hope you all got your top picks!
 
US seniors
1st Choice: 60.1 %
2nd choice: 15.5 %
3rd choice 9.0 %
4th choice 5.2 %
Higher than 4th: 10.2 %

Non US seniors
1st choice 50.4 %
2nd choice: 19.1 %
3rd choice 11.2 %
4th choice 6.8 %
Higher than 4th: 12.6 %
 
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hdu said:
US seniors
1st Choice: 60.1 %
2nd choice: 15.5 %
3rd choice 9.0 %
4th choice 5.2 %
Higher than 4th: 10.2 %

Non US seniors
1st choice 50.4 %
2nd choice: 19.1 %
3rd choice 11.2 %
4th choice 6.8 %
Higher than 4th: 12.6 %
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thanks! that solves it 🙂
 
Idiopathic said:
BTW, thats much different than the number usually quoted, I think be Iserson of "96% of American MD grads get one of their top three choices"
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Really? I've always heard that percentage was around 80-85%, which is just about where it was...

whatever.

jd
 
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