Match stats 2019

[Jack Marcos]

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Hi All,

I was looking through the NRMP match stats from last year and I was wondering how to really interpret the results, for example I believe orthopedic surgery had something like 750 programs available and 830 US seniors applying (over 1000 applicants total). and 91% of us seniors filled the spots which seems like quite a high match rate for something so competitive. is that normal? I’m assuming it’s probably because if a student doesn’t have incredible scores and research they wouldn’t apply for something so competitive so the match rate seems higher than it should be. or I am interpreting the stats wrong. thanks!

 

[FMDoge2020]

According to the NRMP, there were 839 USMD seniors applying to ortho and 691 matched. That is 82%. Which is quite low compare to FM 95%.

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[deleted87051]

Yes there is tons of self selection among medical students too. Many switch specialties when they realize they are not competitive. It’s not just applicants per position.

 

[longhaul3]

Hi All,

I was looking through the NRMP match stats from last year and I was wondering how to really interpret the results, for example I believe orthopedic surgery had something like 750 programs available and 830 US seniors applying (over 1000 applicants total). and 91% of us seniors filled the spots which seems like quite a high match rate for something so competitive. is that normal? I’m assuming it’s probably because if a student doesn’t have incredible scores and research they wouldn’t apply for something so competitive so the match rate seems higher than it should be. or I am interpreting the stats wrong. thanks!

I'm not quite understanding your question but I think you are a little mixed up. I assume that the "91% US seniors" means that out of the ~750 spots, 91% of them were filled by US seniors (i.e. 4th year students graduating from American med schools), and 9% were filled by others, like reapplicants, foreign medical graduates, etc. This is one indicator of competitiveness—if you look at FM or pathology, it will be much lower—but isn't that important for the most part.

If you're asking about what percentage of people applying in ortho end up matching in ortho, that's usually called the "match rate" and is surely not 91%. The poster above calculated it. This is the stat that most people look to to estimate the competitiveness of programs, and the NRMP provides a lot of data that stratify match rate by Step 1 score, research, etc.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

Also if you applied ortho and got no interviews, hence ranked no programs, you won't show up in those stats at all.

 

[Jack Marcos]

Also if you applied ortho and got no interviews, hence ranked no programs, you won't show up in those stats at all.

okay, that makes a lot of sense, there probably isn’t a lot of stats on that is there like how many apply for interviews? Because an 80% match rate is considered low but I thought it would be much lower for something like ortho

 

[Jack Marcos]

According to the NRMP, there were 839 USMD seniors applying to ortho and 691 matched. That is 82%. Which is quite low compare to FM 95%.

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Ok thanks for the info, Like another replier below said that If people who don’t get interviews to ortho will not rank programs and therefore the match rate seems much higher than it would be if everyone applied. Does anyone know if there are stats on that? I’m assuming there isn’t would be definitely be interesting to see.

 

[longhaul3]

okay, that makes a lot of sense, there probably isn’t a lot of stats on that is there like how many apply for interviews? Because an 80% match rate is considered low but I thought it would be much lower for something like ortho

ERAS® Statistics

This page contains current and historical data related to ERAS applicants and applications.

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[FMDoge2020]

Wow according to the ERAS spreadsheet, in 2018, 1103 applicants applied for ortho. And charting outcome in 2018 only showed 839 applicants... Does that mean it 250+ people didn't get a single interview?

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[longhaul3]

Wow according to the ERAS spreadsheet, in 2018, 1103 applicants applied for ortho. And charting outcome in 2018 only showed 839 applicants... Does that mean it 250+ people didn't get a single interview?

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I believe the ERAS data includes all of the submitted applications pre-match, and the charting outcomes removes people who SOAPed or withdrew. Something like that. Not 100% sure though.

 

[Jack Marcos]

Wow according to the ERAS spreadsheet, in 2018, 1103 applicants applied for ortho. And charting outcome in 2018 only showed 839 applicants... Does that mean it 250+ people didn't get a single interview?

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where do you find the data on ERAS? is it on the cross speciality data?

 

[longhaul3]

where do you find the data on ERAS? is it on the cross speciality data?

I believe you can use that data, but there's also an Excel file linked on that page.