Yep, I agree with the middle two. As for the first vs. the fourth, I would choose the fourth in case you get some late interviews due to updates to your application, LoIs or calls/emails from your advisers. Plus, it is typically easier to schedule interviews later than earlier, as earlier dates fill up faster.
Also, of the programs I applied to almost all *started* interviewing mid-October, so the first block of time wouldn't work for me at all.
A couple of other considerations:
1) Check out websites of the programs you're applying to. Some number of them will give you the time period during which they interview, plus days of the week they interview (which is somewhat useful when planning interviews in the same city/region).
2) It appears to me that programs tend to start with inviting people with highest stats before they go down the list to more average stats. In which case, if your stats are not that high I would rather choose the fourth option over the first one, as you don't know if you're going to get early invites, and even if you do you can always schedule interviews later.
Case in point: I believe myself to be a fairly strong applicant (strong overall clinical performance on core rotations and sub-Is that I did in advance of ERAS submission, strong letters from psychiatry and medicine, proven long term interest in psychiatry, unique/interesting psychiatry related ECs that required significant time commitment, research up the wazoo, interesting/unique personal story, relatively highly ranked in my class, coming from a top school etc) BUT I didn't get honors in psychiatry and my Steps scores were fine but not terribly impressive. So I ended up getting a good number of interviews from very strong/top programs and I'm happy with my inerview cycle overall, BUT I did get quite nervous in the beginning of the interview cycle, as I got many of my invites later than people who reported getting invites from the same programs here on SDN. I believe that's because it's simply easier for programs to start inviting people with higher stats first before they go down the list where they actually have to read the applications to see who stands out.
Bottom line is: I believe it's "safer" to choose a later time period for interviews because you don't know if you're going to get early invites, and even if you do you can always schedule later interviews.
