applicant/acceptance ratio

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There is also a postdoctoral guide that you can purchase from ASDA. Go to www. asdanet.org then click on online store at the top of the page, then click postdoctoral guides, then click on volume 3 oral surgery. The guide is $17.50 for members and $22.50 for non-members. I have seen this book and it is great for anyone interested in OMS. It lists all the schools, the number of people that they accept, how much stipend they give, tuition if it applies, and contact information. Too bad they don't list applicant to acceptance ratio so I could find out which programs I have a shot of getting into.
 
I forgot to mention that there are postdoc guides on the same site for all of the other dental specialties. So its not just for people interested in oms.
 
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Don't trust the asda guide. It's way out of date and nothing is accurate. There is an updated list on the aaoms website.
 
UNLV OMS WANABE said:
Don't trust the asda guide. It's way out of date and nothing is accurate. There is an updated list on the aaoms website.
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Agreed. The OMS one had more wrong information than correct, really a waste of money.
 
KY2007 said:
I have found applicant/acceptance ratios for pedo and perio, does anyone have them for OMS.
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You will find the answer you want after Phase II Match Day on January 31, 2005. After the match results are posted, the match website will post the statistics on how many applied and how many matched.

There are approximately 176 1st-year seats (+/-5) available from OMFS residencies in the US and there are usually roughly 300 applicants a year to OMFS. Matching rate is usually said 1:2 (50% will match, 50% will not match).
 
Yah-E said:
You will find the answer you want after Phase II Match Day on January 31, 2005. After the match results are posted, the match website will post the statistics on how many applied and how many matched.

There are approximately 176 1st-year seats (+/-5) available from OMFS residencies in the US and there are usually roughly 300 applicants a year to OMFS. Matching rate is usually said 1:2 (50% will match, 50% will not match).
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Did anyone see an issue of Mouth last year with applicant:accepted ratios? I seem to remember applicant numbers MUCH higher than this from that article -- maybe 10:1?
 
Do you know if the match website will have it broken down by school. I want to get into a good program but probably won't have the stats to get into the most competitive. I hate to say this but I am actually looking for the least competitive programs that I can find that are still good programs.
 
Applying to OMFS residencies is an interesting game. You aren't really "accepted" into a program, but you are "matched" into a program. If and when your numbers are good enough to be granted an interview, then hopefully the residency will rank you high enough within their available seats for that particular residency. Lets say if you're ranked high enough within the number of seat available for that residency, then I would considered that being "accepted" (this is unofficial), but yet "matched"!

You see, there is no "acceptances" in the matching game. I figure that if the residency ranks you high enough, that would be an unofficial "acceptance", sort of like, they believe that you would be a good fit for their program. Even with that said, you're still not guaranteed to go to that program due to the matching process. Getting into an OMFS residency is not like getting into a dental school where an acceptance is offered and then you as the applicant decide if you want to attend. In OMFS residency applications process involving in match, there are no acceptances offered. How many non-match OMFS residency out there or which are non-match OMFS residencies, I have no clue! 😕

Now onto the "applied/acceptance" ratio statistics, that's tough to say. Only program directors will know that type of numbers. What do you consider as being "accepted"? Is it an acceptance when you get an interview? Is it an acceptance when you get ranked? Is it an acceptance only when you get ranked high within the number of seats available within that residency? You see, in the matching game, it is very difficult to define exactly what is an acceptance? When you're matched, now that is self-explanatory. You're matched, then you're matched. So I guess when we say, "getting accepted to an OMFS residency" is a bit ambiguous.

Currently there are no published statistical analysis on individual OMFS residency match results and/or the number of applicants applied. Again, only program directors know that kind of info. Since we're at it, we might as well clarfy that there are also no 1st-year statistics on the average class rank, GPA, and NBDE Part 1 scores of individuals who matched into individual OMFS residency.

I wish there were statistical publications like what they have for the dental schools, but unfortunately and traditionally, any info about an OMFS residency follows the "hush-hush" philosophy. The best way to find out about each and every individual OMFS program is to do an externship there and unfortunately, each dental student applicant can only do so much externships due to the lack of free time to participate.

Match results posted after each year's match is probably the best number stats we have at our disposal I'm afraid and that does not include the individual program's stats. There is individual program stats available in the match's website, but only program directors have access to that info (link requires a password).
 
Yah-E said:
Applying to OMFS residencies is an interesting game. You aren't really "accepted" into a program, but you are "matched" into a program. If and when your numbers are good enough to be granted an interview, then hopefully the residency will rank you high enough within their available seats for that particular residency. Lets say if you're ranked high enough within the number of seat available for that residency, then I would considered that being "accepted" (this is unofficial), but yet "matched"!

You see, there is no "acceptances" in the matching game. I figure that if the residency ranks you high enough, that would be an unofficial "acceptance", sort of like, they believe that you would be a good fit for their program. Even with that said, you're still not guaranteed to go to that program due to the matching process. Getting into an OMFS residency is not like getting into a dental school where an acceptance is offered and then you as the applicant decide if you want to attend. In OMFS residency applications process involving in match, there are no acceptances offered. How many non-match OMFS residency out there or which are non-match OMFS residencies, I have no clue! 😕

Now onto the "applied/acceptance" ratio statistics, that's tough to say. Only program directors will know that type of numbers. What do you consider as being "accepted"? Is it an acceptance when you get an interview? Is it an acceptance when you get ranked? Is it an acceptance only when you get ranked high within the number of seats available within that residency? You see, in the matching game, it is very difficult to define exactly what is an acceptance? When you're matched, now that is self-explanatory. You're matched, then you're matched. So I guess when we say, "getting accepted to an OMFS residency" is a bit ambiguous.

Currently there are no published statistical analysis on individual OMFS residency match results and/or the number of applicants applied. Again, only program directors know that kind of info. Since we're at it, we might as well clarfy that there are also no 1st-year statistics on the average class rank, GPA, and NBDE Part 1 scores of individuals who matched into individual OMFS residency.

I wish there were statistical publications like what they have for the dental schools, but unfortunately and traditionally, any info about an OMFS residency follows the "hush-hush" philosophy. The best way to find out about each and every individual OMFS program is to do an externship there and unfortunately, each dental student applicant can only do so much externships due to the lack of free time to participate.

Match results posted after each year's match is probably the best number stats we have at our disposal I'm afraid and that does not include the individual program's stats. There is individual program stats available in the match's website, but only program directors have access to that info (link requires a password).
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Two points:

1) Very simply: when someone uses the word "accepted" they mean "matched"

2) Also, the match rate that you mention of 165/305 is only includes the 305 who got interviews and ranked programs in the match. It does not include those students who did not receive any interviews, and since I have never seen stats on the number of people who dont get interviews, the ratoin might be different.
 
jiggy said:
Two points:

1) Very simply: when someone uses the word "accepted" they mean "matched"

2) Also, the match rate that you mention of 165/305 is only includes the 305 who got interviews and ranked programs in the match. It does not include those students who did not receive any interviews, and since I have never seen stats on the number of people who dont get interviews, the ratoin might be different.
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Two points:

1) you never know what people mean to say, some don't even know that OMFS is involved in match, further, some people don't really know how match works

2) you're absolutely right, some don't even get interviews which will increase the number of people applied. I'm simply offering the only stats available to us dental students about OMFS application process. If you have anything better or helpful, love to see it
 
Yah-E said:
Here's the link to some numbers for OMFS match results:

305 applied
176 seats available within all match OMFS residencies
165 matched
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So 176 seats were up for grabs, but only 165 were filled. What happens to the other 11 seats? Do people just call up and try to get the spots post-match? Or do the director's of programs have to scramble to fill the seats?
 
is the number of applicants listed the number of applications total, or just the number of aplicants that participated in match.

what I am getting at is that don't you have to get an interview to be allowed to participate in match? sometimes numbers can be deceiving.
 
kato999 said:
is the number of applicants listed the number of applications total, or just the number of aplicants that participated in match.

what I am getting at is that don't you have to get an interview to be allowed to participate in match? sometimes numbers can be deceiving.
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That is true. I think anyone off the street can just pay the fee and apply to match, and rank whatever programs they want. Of course, if they didn't have any interviews, their chances of matching are zero since the programs won't be matching them.
 
I do know about the match and I also know that oms is involved in it. Just curious as to why the other specialties post their applicant to acceptance ratios but oms does not. Also, this number is the total number of applicants that applied to their program, not just the ones that were interviewed.
 
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