For those of you that matched if you don't mind sharing your stats? Would be great for those considering applying next year to kind of gauge where we stand.
-GPA: 3.76
-Type of PharmD program (3 or 4 year): 4 year
-Geographic location (region or city if desired): Midwest
-Activities: APhA, Rho Chi, ACCP
-Leadership positions: Rho Chi Historian for 1 year
-Community service: health fairs and organization events
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy: 4 years as a retail intern, 0 hospital experience before rotations
-Work experience outside of pharmacy: N/A
-Research experience: I didn't include any on my CV yet and didn't have a poster for midyear, but I did talk about it during interviews and presented a poster in April
-Number and type of residencies applied to: 12, mostly large academic medical centers
-Number of interview invites: 3
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc): #1 choice, small academic medical center in KCMO.
My advice for P3s: Apply broadly - none of the large academic medical centers or VAs invited me to interview. I am so very grateful that I applied to a mix of hospitals - don't overestimate yourself. Also, some of the less competitive places I interviewed at had residents that were so completely in love with their program and were moving on to great career options. I had a wide variety of rotations that were in hospitals that I did very well at, but matching is very competitive. If you want to do a certain area of pharmacy, set up rotations with those locations and preceptors if you can afford it. Also, do practice interviews at your school as much as possible. I started very unconfident but surprised myself and found out that I actually was very good at interviewing and I could use that confidence in the real world.