CutieYellow Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Another record has been set (this seems to be the year for records ugh) 44 applicants to orthopedics this yr at Laval University for 4 spots. Last year they only had 21 applicants. What is going on? CY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GABA Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Is there a possibility that people are backing up to the nth degree this year? Or are people just all applying to the same program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noncestvrai Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Ok now this is insane. More than 10 per spot... I hope there will be a correction next year of this abomination or I will be taking orders at the local Gerard Patate... noncestvrai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyMax Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Hey, It could be that there are more CMGs this year than ever before and I'm sure now that CaRMS is open to IMGs as well, that will also inflate the numbers. Add in a few extra backup plans in response to the increased demand for spots and you probably have your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsteen Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Hey, It could be that there are more CMGs this year than ever before and I'm sure now that CaRMS is open to IMGs as well, that will also inflate the numbers. Add in a few extra backup plans in response to the increased demand for spots and you probably have your answer. Hey, Possible re: the larger number of Canadian grads, but the IMGs and CMGs are not in direct competition for one another for the same spots. (If they were that would be completely mad since some programs have received over 100 IMG applications for one or two spots.) Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GABA Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Word is that there were 36 interviews granted for 4 spots at Mac; this is compared to 20 for the same number of spots last year. Weird, weird year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedstrike Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Mac has 6 ortho spots this year. Plus an IMG spot. And god knows how many foreign funded IMG spots. That said, this year does look bad for ortho relatively speaking. I was told by someone reliable that there were 75 ortho applicants this year for a total of 66 spots. Hopefully, some of them are using ortho as a backup. Good luck with the interivews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CutieYellow Posted January 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 if there's 75 applicants for 66 spots, then it doesn't seem so bad doesn't it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon01 Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 In 2006 there was 57 people who listed it as their first choice discipline with 60 available spots. 95% of people matched to the discipline with 2 unmatched seats after the entire match. Perhaps you all should wait until the official stats come out for this year before the friend of a friend rumors get started! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Mac has 6 ortho spots this year. Plus an IMG spot. And god knows how many foreign funded IMG spots. That said, this year does look bad for ortho relatively speaking. I was told by someone reliable that there were 75 ortho applicants this year for a total of 66 spots. Hopefully, some of them are using ortho as a backup. Good luck with the interivews. Oh, definitely. From my very little sample size (out of 5 friends in 4th year applying to surgery), 4 of them got ortho as a back-up plan. It's anecdotal, but just felt like sharing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CutieYellow Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Funny - here we have tons of people that want ortho - and as first choice. Backed up with gen surg. Ahhh CaRMS - how evil art thou! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBCGuy Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Who would have thought such a crazy system could determine ones future career! That being said it seems like all in all unless you are the bottom of the barrel applicant you can be reasonably happy in some program in your chosen field... That is what I choose to tell myself as I am 5 years away from there (hopefully 5 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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