MATCH STATISTICS ABOUT
NON “U.S CITIZEN STUDENTS/GRADUATES OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL
Total active applicants 7, 335 (Matched PGY1-3108 which is 42.3%;
Unmatched PGY1-4227 which is 57.6%)
Withdrew 2135 (which is 19.2%)
No rank list 1,671 (which is 15%)
Grand total number of applicants 11,141
If NRMP is supposed to calculate match rate based on number of applicants (denominator-11,141) then match rate is just 27.8 per hundred applicants not the 42%
Reference:
http://www.nrmp.org/data/resultsanddata2008.pdf
Page number 17
Q)Who are the Graduates of International Medical School
Ans;
Three types US Citizen IMGs consititute 21% of total IMG pool
Permanenet resident (greencard) IMGs constitute 38% of total IMG pool
Visa requiring IMGs constitute remaining people (who are on F1, B1, etc kind of visas)
These percentages of IMGs are according to 2002 statistics
Q) Accounting for the this big fraction of US CITIZEN IMGS, US PERMANENT RESIDENT IMGS, what is the chance of matching for a visa seeking IMG
Ans- some where around around 25%
Q) What is the average number of attempts each IMG is matching now a days
Answer-a round two attempts
Q)Hence forth what are the chances of matching for a Visa seeker IMG per each applicant year is around 15% (not Even 25% given the fact that now a days IMGs are matching mostly in second attempt)
Before coming to this country, I was assuming that 85 % of people who come to USA will match to residencies each year.
Based on the above statistics the truth is that the chances of visa seeker matching are very less than a quarter. Odss of matching to not matching each applicant year 1: 4
These are very interesting facts about the match rates. I wish that NRMP should release the data based on number of total applicants each year(11, 141) and total number of people matching (3,108)
