But don’t take my word for it - let’s get it straight from @TheNRMP.
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In the aggregate, applying to more programs does NOT help students. Match rates do not improve when students overapply.
(Overapplication occurs because students are caught in a prisoner’s dilemma, in which overapplying is a dominant strategy.)
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Overapplication does not help program directors. PDs need more applications like they need a hole in the head.
Instead, overapplication guarantees the use of whatever convenience metric will help thin the pile (USMLE scores, school prestige, citizenship, etc.).
the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), corporate sponsor of ERAS.
Note how ERAS revenue has increased almost three-fold since 2008.
And I’m on record as saying that nothing short of application caps will fix this.
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