You gotta do what you think is best for you. No one else will advocate for you in this process. That said, if I'm a mid tier MD applicant with no red flags I'm not going on 20+ interviews. That would br wild IMO.
Secondaries is both teams losing and only marginally narrowing down a list. It's completely pointless. Of course you don't have some big link to most of these places. It's the nature of applying to a competitive field. We are not looking for 4 accounting firm interviews after undergrad... It's just so unrealistic and due to PDs not making clear parameters for who should apply to their program.
I kinda fit that bill.. do you really think its that wild
It would be wild in a normal year. But a normal year 10-12 is considered the safe target so this year 20+ is probably completely rational to put oneself through, unfortunately.
As I said before, it's your perogative. You earned them! You have to sleep at night with no regrets.
I'd blame the boards before the LoRs. Lots of people sort the stack by USMLE
I have no idea how so many specialties saw this coming, but then all they did about it was put out requests to please not over apply. ENT are the only ones that took action. I bet they're going to have a much better distribution of interviews because of the tokens compared to nsurg, plastic, etc
Or can you? Cue classic sitcom trope of entertaining two dates at the same time.
Is it a bad thing that I haven't gotten one invite yet for the number of prog
It is going to be a rough year with primary care due to shear increase in number of applications to these programs?
its early, and who knows all bets are off considering covid.
some programs will advertise this, some will not. so there is a possibility you dont have a prelim spot come match time at which point you would soap into one.
TFW 8/35 programs you applied to have already sent out IIs and you werent on the list.
25/108 for me. Just checked the spreadsheet again. Most of the 25 are my top, reasonable, in state choices. None of them want me.
My friends (n=2, small sample size i know, DO) from the Northeast still have no IM interviews. Hang in there!
I am applying IM!
That’s not how it works. Invites come in waves. Relax. It’s gonna be ok. You’ll end up with more than you know what to do with
You should seriously consider an LOI for the programs that you have ties to and you want to move back.
You're a hero and your family should be proud of you for working so hard away from home. I hope you're able to secure a place close to home.
Yesterday.
It's a good idea to have 1-2 in-person, so probably 2-3 virtual, interviews at places that aren't at the top of your list just to become familiar with how the process goes. Common practice after that is to schedule lower places for later in the cycle to save your energy for your more desired programs and also in case you don't get the yield you want. The exception was if you were going to be in the area, but that doesn't apply this year. As soon as you hit the number you feel satisfied with you can start canceling the less desired places that are scheduled for later on. Ideally, since they were scheduled for later in the season it should give programs and applicants plenty of time to fill the openings.
I have a feeling that this year is going to be very very regional. Our deans were already talking about this previously.
IDK, id probably say something like, due to the unprecedented nature of this application cycle, I would like to take the initiative early to display my interest in your program. The program appeals to me for x , y , and z reasons. And I would like to move to the region around the program for "w" reasons.
