btdubs Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Hey everyone: I know this post is incredibly Type A, but I'm a huge CaRMS data nerd and love digging through specialty competitiveness stats. I am a soon-to-be Med4 and just finished booking all of my electives. I am applying for a specialty that is historically mildly to moderately competitive, but I lucked out this year in getting all of my first-choice away electives (even at historically difficult schools) despite being a rather average applicant. This is absolutely not meant to be a humble brag, rather it made me wonder whether the ease of getting electives in a specialty in any way predicts whether that specialty is in low demand that year. I realize that there is no clear answer to this, but wondering if anyone had anecdotal evidence for or against this for the sake of discussion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robclem21 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Probably just lucky. Being an "average" applicant has less than nothing to do with getting electives since its typically first-come-first-serve and they have no information about you other than your credit card information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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