What are your chances of matching to a U.S. Medical Residency?




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Summary: Episode 35: Learn the your chance of matching based on your background: allopathic, osteopathic, Caribbean, International Medical Graduates. No opinions here – only data released by the NRMP, AOA, and ACGME about the match rates of residency applicants.<br> Watch the entire video podcast here…<br> Here’s an overview the match rates for medical school graduates from all backgrounds:<br> <br> <br> <br> * Overall 71.4%<a href="http://medical-mastermind-community.com/uploads/medical-residency-match-statistics.jpg"></a><br> * US Allopaths 93.1%<br> * US Osteopaths 76% overall (69.9% in allopathic residencies; 62.2% in osteopathic)<br> * US IMG’s 47.8%<br> * Non-US IMG’s  41.6%<br> <br> <br> Here are the data from the National Residency Matching Program. Download the full report here: <a href="http://www.nrmp.org/data/resultsanddata2009.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nrmp.org/data/resultsanddata2009.pdf</a><br> Overall Applicant Pool:<br> <a href="http://medical-mastermind-community.com/uploads/nrmp-applicant-pool.jpg"></a><br> Allopathic Residency Applicants:<br> <a href="http://medical-mastermind-community.com/uploads/allopathic-applicants-to-nrmp-match.jpg"></a><br> Osteopathic Residency Applicants to ALLOPATHIC Programs (Osteopathic programs covered in subsequent podcast):<br> <a href="http://medical-mastermind-community.com/uploads/osteopathic-applicants-to-nrmp.jpg"></a>US Nationals From Foreign Medical Schools (Caribbean)  Stats for NRMP Residencies:<br> <a href="http://medical-mastermind-community.com/uploads/img-applicants-to-nrmp-match-statistics.jpg"></a><br> International Medical Graduates’ Application Stats to NRMP Residency Programs:<br> <a href="http://medical-mastermind-community.com/uploads/non-us-img-nrmp-applicants.jpg"></a><br> So, who’s at risk to not match based on this data?<br> <br> <br> 1.Non-US IMG’s<br> 2.US IMG’s<br> 3.US grads in bottom 7%<br> <br> * No or few interviews<br> * Small rank list<br> <br> 4.Anyone that doesn’t understand NRMP<br> 5.Those with a gut feeling<br> <br> <br> <br>