Competitiveness of fellowships

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[jdh71]

I was looking through nrmp 2012 fellowship data and had a question about the competitiveness of fellowships like GI or cards beyond the raw numbers (since I don't think that tells the whole story).

Basically I am wondering if the more competitive ones have lower match rates because you essentially have a lot of un/under-qualified applicants applying for them. I or course understand that research would be a big help but how does where you go to residency affect the process? Do residents at bigger name institutions have an easier time matching?

This is a good question. We've never discussed this before . . .

Ok, I'll stop being a dick, but seriously try the search on some of this first . . .

There probably are a many more unqualified people trying to get into cards or GI. Where you go matters, but maybe not as much as one might think. Residents at bigger named places do match easier.

 

[anbuitachi]

How exactly would you define competitiveness for specialities like cards and GI? For non subspecialties, there are stuff like grades, board scores, AOA, to determine how competitive it is to get into somewhere, rather than just pure acceptance % which doesn't mean that much. I heard for specialties like GI/Cards, scores are barely looked at... I would imagine recommendations/interviews to hold the most weight? If that's true, it's difficult to determine how competent the applicants are.

 

[Jape]

I would also like to hear the answers to these questions. I have been thinking about this lately.

 

[Phyozo]

How exactly would you define competitiveness for specialities like cards and GI? For non subspecialties, there are stuff like grades, board scores, AOA, to determine how competitive it is to get into somewhere, rather than just pure acceptance % which doesn't mean that much. I heard for specialties like GI/Cards, scores are barely looked at... I would imagine recommendations/interviews to hold the most weight? If that's true, it's difficult to determine how competent the applicants are.

Who you know > your scores. GI is a tiny field and a call from your fellowship director to your desired fellowship director can make a huge difference especially if you've got published research to back up your stated interests.

And like everything else competitive, there's some degree of crapshoot-ness