# interview invites = probable acceptance?

[treadmillrunner]

Is there a consensus on the number of interview invites/number of interviews attended that is a safe number to land a EM residency? Also, do most people who have multiple interviews normally match at a top choice? Just becoming a little neurotic during this whole process......

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[alphaholic06]

I think the consensus is that 10 interviews gives you a 99% chance of matching.

 

[tanzaniancane]

If you look at page 63/281 and page 64/281 of this NRMP document, you get an idea of what percentage of people matched after ranking x number of programs:

http://www.nrmp.org/data/chartingoutcomes2009v3.pdf

Good luck!

 

[treadmillrunner]

thanks for the reference!

 

[bravotwozero]

The data seems to be the most consistent/applicable for US seniors. For independent applicants, it's all over the place. They show more applicants matching at lower board scores than higher board scores, for example.