For pre-meds: residency matching after medical school?!

[810390]

Match lists are where you can see medical students' residency matches from previous classes. They may offer you insight on what you might want to specialize in, and/or the competitiveness of a field. (less matches generally mean greater competition)

A few examples:
St. Louis University School of Medicine 2016
https://www.slu.edu/medicine/admissions/match-list-2016
Brown University Alpert Medical School 2016
https://www.brown.edu/academics/medical/about-us/facts-and-figures/md-2016-match-list
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine 2016 (where I'm likely going to go!)
http://osteopathic.nova.edu/forms/match_report2015.pdf
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
http://www.pcom.edu/student-life/student-affairs/match-lists/

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[Stagg737]

Side note*

Do NOT judge the quality of a medical school based on their match lists. They can vary greatly from year to year and are not a reliable way to determine which med schools are "better" than others.

 

[neoevolution]

I feel like there are general trends in terms of which academic affiliations the residencies have. The number going into each field each year is very unreliable, but seeing a ton of Ivies vs. community programs probably means something