Ranking - caribqueen100

[ArchivalUser]

IF a PD says that he or she is ranking me competitively, what does that mean?

[ArchivalUser]

Nothing. For all you know the PD could be saying that to majority of the applicants. They say whatever is needed for you to rank them high so that they have a shot at having no unfilled positions. Its the game that we all play.

[ArchivalUser]

means you are in the rank (so congrats for that), but means nothing otherwise. no prediction can be made on where in the rank; "competitively" can be high or can be low. do don't read much into it. they intentionally word it in a way that it doesn't convey any information. if they're dying for an applicant they might call directly to tell. unless the applicant is a super-duper-hot-shot or an ivy league grad or from other awesome us college, it's a rarity

[ArchivalUser]

Yea I was told that by one PD this year and I just took it with a grain of salt. As a match veteran, I don't look much into what a PD says until I see an email confirming a match. But keep a positive mind towards it. Good luck.