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I did 16 in person interviews last year... it was terrible lol
Their numbers might be inflated by the tiny programs that take like 2/year. I didn’t apply to those. Nothing against them. I just didn’t like the location of most of them and didn’t want to end up in a situation where I’m the only resident in a class. But I applied pretty realistically overall.
I certainly wouldn't begrudge them of trying to diversify radiology. It needs improved, sure. The regional thing I don't buy as much. I did at first but now I'm questioning it. As I said, it's been strange.This might not be the most PC thing to admit, but it's possible that PDs are filtering for other demographic data in addition to AOA/step scores/geographic ties/etc. At one of the virtual open houses earlier this summer, a PD explicitly mentioned that they were planning on recruiting more students from URM groups. For example, women traditionally make up a third or a quarter of the applicant pool, but a program may decide to give half of all of their interview slots to women to match a more diverse class.
I'm just bringing this up because I've gotten DR/IR interviews at some uber-reach programs that I didn't expect, especially this early. I feel pretty good about my stats and my app overall, but you know, imposter syndrome and all that
There is a low tier program in a state next door with zero reason to think my app wasn't sincere to their program or that I wouldn't live there/rank it... Radio silence. And then I get my goal program on first day it sent invites. It makes no sense.
Keep in mind i had a longer timeline. I believe my first interview was like 10/1 or 10/2 and last one was close to the last week of January. It was exhausting and i had at least one three interview week in there.
Or PM the user directly lol. Sometimes the user on the receiving end REALLY REALLY deserves it.
I agree w you. People name and shame those who got a lot of interview...but not matching is the worst thing that can happen. I have classmate who did not match, became depressed and miserable. Even if you re apply and dual apply to some lower speciality, the # of interviews that you will get decrease exponentially. I did not know that until now. You never know if you will match for sure even if you go to a lot of interviews, but I definitely will not want to take chance because some people will hate me...I am hoarding interviews because guess what? They may be the ones who match and I don’t...n will they be around to support and comfort me? Nope!!! Even worse, is if you cancel interviews, go unmatched and end up living the rest of your life wondering what if you went to those interview...I also saw this happened before...unfortunately
The idea that you must work harder if you have more interviews is just so...wrong.
How can you measure how hard someone worked when you have spent literally zero time in their shoes? Also, how do you know that the people with more interviews are the ones that have the highest stats aka "WoRkEd HaRdEr"? There is no one formula for getting lots of interviews. I know people super low stats with lots of interviews and people with incredible stats with very few interviews as well. It happens get over yourselves guys.
I’m making my decisions based on the worst case scenario....be careful when asserting that people with more IIs work harder on average. We’re in an echo chamber of participation trophy kids who can’t handle being told they aren’t the absolute best. They say things like “we all worked hard” even though there are huge differences in work ethic and productivity among medical students. This kind of crap is meant to equalize us as applicants, but there are always people better than you and worse than you.
I am what you call... a "lower person". I have 20+ interviews. I can say I did not work as hard as some of my classmates. I dont know how you can be so wrong. Good luck on your interviews. And like I told you before, I'm sure PDs will see your humble and open attitude.
I did not say you all did not work hard lol...I don't rank top of my class...and I don't just sit here and say hateful things to the people who do and have a lot of interviews. I respect them. They for sure work harder than me. At least for the top person in my class. She had one of the most disciplined and studied her butt off to be top...
You, again, have no idea what youre talking about.
I’m not a “participation trophy kid”, I’m in my mid 30s. And I’ve certainly never heard of SDN being an echo chamber of “lesser people”.
We all work hard. Some people just have the mental ability to get over the hump. Hard work does not equate interviews. I have 15 and I'm SUPER average, and I honestly didn't work as hard as half the people in my class
Are you telling me the people who get higher scores and research don't get more interviews especially at the top programs? Again I am not saying you all don't work hard...but you have to admit some people in your class rank top because they work harder...Those people usually match better at top specialties or programs. This is a tough year. Everyone are scared. I just don't feel like it is right to judge people because they hoard interviews. That is my 2 cents.
Yeah we’ve beat this horse long enough so I’m not going to point out the obvious points here.
You're absolutely absurd and have zero idea what you're talking about.
2 people who feel the need to troll is all. I have history with teh one in another spot haha
This is good to hear (with regard to me being in the same boat). Waiting for the "trickle" or the "second wave" is anxiety provoking and it is uncertain if it will even occur. By all accounts, I too should be doing much better in DR than I currently am.
What inclusive, equity-driven language should we be using to describe applicants with lower stats? Perhaps “numerically disadvantaged individuals”? Neither one of us have inferred that those with low stats are somehow lower as human beings. He did use that language at first but I think it was a product of a language barrier which is obvious by reading his posts. There are people that are lower and higher in terms of competitiveness. I don’t think that’s an offensive observation.
