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Thought that I would crunch the numbers for this years match, and offer my conclusions.
Overall for all specialties, the match rate for US senior students this year dropped to a six year low (92.9%). Conversely, the unmatch rate was at a six year high (7.1%).
US Seniors took 208 of the 262 PGY2 matched derm spots this year (1 spot was unmatched). This means that 20.6% (54) of the derm spots went to either people going through the match again, FMGs, or other physicians. This figure is up 1.8% from last year (18.8%-45/239), down 0.6% from 2002 (21.2%-51/241), down 1.9% from 2001 (22.5%-51/227), and down 1.6% from 2000 (22.2%-48/216).
Conclusion: about 20% of all derm spots do not go to US MS4's
Next stat: 94 programs ranked candidates this year for 263 positions. That is an average of 2.8 spots per program. A total of 2,210 ranks of US Seniors were submitted. That averages each program ranking 23.51 US Senior candidates (or 8.40 US Senior candidates ranked for each spot). Overall, there were 2,728 ranks of candidates. This averages to each program ranking 29.02 candidates (or 10.37 candidates for each spot).
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We all know that the NRMP is going to court. Well, the six year high unmatch rate does not speak well for the system. Of course, I do not have the numbers from the pre-NRMP years to compare.
Unfortunately, the number of applicants for derm is not released. We could get some really interesting numbers if we had a true figure for that.
Personally, having interviewed at 11 programs, I would say that the average number of interviewees per spot where I went was about 15 (give or take some for the various programs). These numbers suggest that an interview is definitely not a guarantee that you will be ranked. I personally think that is extremely lame, especially when you consider the time and money that applicants are putting into this process.
Also, interestingly, it is pretty consistant that 20% of the spots go to people other than MS4's. I would be interested to see the breakdown of applicants to see if MS4's have developed any disadvantages over the years.
Thought that I would crunch the numbers for this years match, and offer my conclusions.
Overall for all specialties, the match rate for US senior students this year dropped to a six year low (92.9%). Conversely, the unmatch rate was at a six year high (7.1%).
US Seniors took 208 of the 262 PGY2 matched derm spots this year (1 spot was unmatched). This means that 20.6% (54) of the derm spots went to either people going through the match again, FMGs, or other physicians. This figure is up 1.8% from last year (18.8%-45/239), down 0.6% from 2002 (21.2%-51/241), down 1.9% from 2001 (22.5%-51/227), and down 1.6% from 2000 (22.2%-48/216).
Conclusion: about 20% of all derm spots do not go to US MS4's
Next stat: 94 programs ranked candidates this year for 263 positions. That is an average of 2.8 spots per program. A total of 2,210 ranks of US Seniors were submitted. That averages each program ranking 23.51 US Senior candidates (or 8.40 US Senior candidates ranked for each spot). Overall, there were 2,728 ranks of candidates. This averages to each program ranking 29.02 candidates (or 10.37 candidates for each spot).
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We all know that the NRMP is going to court. Well, the six year high unmatch rate does not speak well for the system. Of course, I do not have the numbers from the pre-NRMP years to compare.
Unfortunately, the number of applicants for derm is not released. We could get some really interesting numbers if we had a true figure for that.
Personally, having interviewed at 11 programs, I would say that the average number of interviewees per spot where I went was about 15 (give or take some for the various programs). These numbers suggest that an interview is definitely not a guarantee that you will be ranked. I personally think that is extremely lame, especially when you consider the time and money that applicants are putting into this process.
Also, interestingly, it is pretty consistant that 20% of the spots go to people other than MS4's. I would be interested to see the breakdown of applicants to see if MS4's have developed any disadvantages over the years.