NRMP Stats

[DocLan]

Does the NRMP stats include people who applied to backup specialties and may not have matched into derm but into something else? For instance, for people scoring between 221 and 230, there were 36 matched and 25 unmatched.

Unfortunately, I hit the national average at 222 despite hitting in the 230s for my practice scores and just wondering what to do now.

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[sensitive skin]

Does the NRMP stats include people who applied to backup specialties and may not have matched into derm but into something else? For instance, for people scoring between 221 and 230, there were 36 matched and 25 unmatched.

Unfortunately, I hit the national average at 222 despite hitting in the 230s for my practice scores and just wondering what to do now.

1. Pray

2. Publish in derm journals (JAAD, JID, Archives are probably the most important) and do bench research that actually pans out and isn't a CV stuffer. You'll need that year off between 3rd and 4th year to do this realistically.

3. Get all Honors on your 3rd year rotations, then AOA. You'll need those letters.

4. Rotate at a "reach" program then a "realistic" program and get letters from attendings, ideally PD's, at both. Of course rotate at your home program.

5. Pray

Infinity. Pray

Derm candidates are average superstars. Little fish, big pond. The 222 is not good, and that's the brutal truth.

Now, you can count on sore eye asses to give you a laugh...

 

[sensitive skin]

Oops, regarding NRMP stats, it's only for those matched into derm.

 

[NUc12]

Hmmm so those unmatched people are people who just didn't match in anything at all? Not including people who did not match but may have matched into backup internal medicine?