Sebastian. said:
I don't know the exact numbers, but every year a whole lot of US grads and FMG's sign up for Non-designated prelim surgery positions. I guess they intend to slip into a catagorical position when a space opens up. That happens quite often but at a much lower rate than the yearly inflow of prelim applicants. What happens to the rest of them? Are the majority of them destined to be unceremoniously discarded or do most of them really get a catagorical spot in the next year's match with experience earned as a prelim. Does anyone have numbers for the chances of a non designated prelim actually becomming a surgeon? I'm just curious about this. It seems to be an unnecessarily wastfull and cruel process.