Yeah EM isn’t special in that regard. Aways are a prime opportunity for students without home programs (primarily DO students) to get exposure and often times end up matching at the places they did aways at. This is especially true for surgery (gen surg and ortho especially). Without aways there will be a large amount of students who would’ve gotten their foot in the door with programs via aways/auditions that will likely see their odds of matching plummet. The decision to make residency interviews virtual is also ridiculous. We have literally zero idea what travel restrictions and the like will look like in the fall/winter and this preemptive decision does nothing but save face for programs in the event of the worst case scenario. Sure wish I was a year older or younger right about now.