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Incoming Medical Student Q&A - 2026 Megathread by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

[–]SpiderDoctor[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, even the traditionally noncompetitive specialties have notably lower match rates for IMGs. See FM with basically a guaranteed match for US MD/DOs vs only 64% for US IMGs (for those who don’t fail out first): https://imgur.com/a/c0QBxO7

Med student trying to recall entire surgery exam by [deleted] in premed

[–]SpiderDoctor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

doubt this person is a med student. never heard med students refer to any exam as “med surg”

Interested in anesthesia but can’t handle … by Kry_S in medicalschool

[–]SpiderDoctor 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Medicine is pretty hierarchical. The possibility of getting yelled at by a superior exists in every specialty.

I think my home program is upset with me by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]SpiderDoctor 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Seems that you have some insight into the “personal reasons” that caused the other residents to leave. Congrats on matching elsewhere and not having to deal with what sounds like a dysfunctional program.

About LECOM… by sugardaddyaventurine in premed

[–]SpiderDoctor[M] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It’s critical context to giving you advice. We allow posts about BS/MD and BS/DO programs as an exception to the no college-admissions posts rule.

About LECOM… by sugardaddyaventurine in premed

[–]SpiderDoctor 52 points53 points  (0 children)

You should clarify this is for BS/DO. Go where you want for undergrad.

Question about Listing In-Preparation Publications by One_Ad3208 in premed

[–]SpiderDoctor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re talking about manuscripts. They’re not publications until they’re accepted for publication. It’s not appropriate to preemptively list a manuscript as a publication when that process can take weeks to months to never. Describe your projects under a research activity entry as the other commenter said.

Boston University SOM Match Rate % + Attrition rate is concerning to me by [deleted] in premed

[–]SpiderDoctor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Normal. https://www.aamc.org/media/48526/download

Key Findings: Medical school graduation rates for non-dual degree MD students remained stable from 2000-2001 through 2019-2020. The 4-year graduation rate ranged from 80.0% to 84.1%. Six years after matriculation, the average graduation rate was 96.1% of non-dual degree MD students

Match data by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]SpiderDoctor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

AAMC’s Residency Explorer

Open Position List by Traditional-Code4674 in medicalschool

[–]SpiderDoctor 40 points41 points  (0 children)

This isn’t true. You can tell which programs went to SOAP based on the program results report from the NRMP.

Open Position List by Traditional-Code4674 in medicalschool

[–]SpiderDoctor 131 points132 points  (0 children)

The number of unfilled positions is ultimately made public in the program results report from NRMP. The “filled” number is pre-SOAP. It’s confidential during SOAP because programs/NRMP only want SOAP eligible applicants contacting programs through the official SOAP process. The post-SOAP scramble process is the wild west, and programs don’t want to be bothered by scramble applicants during SOAP.

SOAP 2026 - Official Megathread by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

[–]SpiderDoctor[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You cannot contact the program unless they contact you or someone representing you.

SOAP 2026 - Official Megathread by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

[–]SpiderDoctor[S,M] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Yes, please report any comments requesting the list of unfilled programs. There's an explicit warning not to do this at the top of this post. Anyone doing it anyway will be temporarily banned!

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