Let's be honest here. Do programs actually read your PS before sending you an interview invite...

[monkeyMD]

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Nuff said.

I'd assume the answer depends on specialty.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

We do. So results of n=1 study are that 100% of programs read the PS before offering an interview.

 

[Doctor Bob]

We do. So results of n=1 study are that 100% of programs read the PS before offering an interview.

In a follow up meta-analysis with an n=2, only 50% were found to have read the PS's before offering an interview.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

Well that proves it. It's a coin flip.