I guess thats a relative statement...who are you comparing to? this is a brand new DO school...
But, what you say isn't false, but Im not sure it was terrible.
I thought this was a pretty fair breakdown from the thread:
"Let me get the negative out of the way first. The ACGME match list (with the nice exception of drexel and CC, which are always great to see) was really sparse there and wasnt that everyone's concern all along? Why was ACGME IM nearly a no show? There are a shockingly low number of surgery spots among all the residency types.The military match, which everyone made a big deal about, was not as special as hyped when you see what the military matches actually were. And as someone else said, there is a match vs enrollment size discrepancy which, while not necessarily bad, is a pretty bad looking thing until we figure out why. The critical analyst side of me is very underwhelmed, partially because I got my hopes after the strong military match results (which really, was the strong military match quantity, we never had a quality measure til now). I have yet to shake the idea that there is some serious ACGME resistance to the school.
Now onto the good stuff. HOLY CRAPAMOLE 2 orthos and an ENT out of the bat. HOLY CRAPAMOLE Doctor's for ortho! And bravo on spreading residencies across the country so well (it matter much more than you'd think, and looks really good on you). Now after crapping on the military match above, there is nothing wrong with your military match, and the quantity should speak volumes, it just was way too hyped for a regular (but in no way poor) accumulation of spots and fields. Hell, you did damn good for a first year school. Be proud of that.
NOTE: You can call me a hater. I'm just trying to be a tough analyst. I think I've always defended as much as I've attacked RVU. A tough analysis (and honest compliments) are deserved here more than anywhere else because so many places and people do still consider the school an experiment to be played out and observed."