This has emerged as possibly the most popular format on the site.
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The USNWR Mass Exodus: Winners & Losers Edition
- Over the past few weeks, the majority of the medical schools in the U.S. News & World Report Top 20 have announced they’re withdrawing from the rankings. Time to break it down, Winners & Losers style.
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A Two-Stage Match: Winners and Losers Edition
- The NRMP is considering eliminating the SOAP and changing two a two-stage matching system. So who wins – and who loses – if this proposal is implemented?
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Match Day 2022: Winners and Losers Edition
- The letters have all been opened – another Match Day is in the books. Yeah, that’s right – time to break it down Winners & Losers style.
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- The UGRC was tasked with recommending how to improve the transition from medical school to residency, and came up with 34 specific recommendations to do so. Let’s separate the winners from the losers.
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- The CPA made 42 specific recommendations to improve the transition from medical school to residency. So who wins – and who loses – if these recommendations are implemented?
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Match Day 2021: Winners and Losers Edition
- It was a residency application cycle unlike any other. Time to tally up the winners and losers.
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Virtual Interviews: Winners and Losers Edition
- The Coalition for Physician Accountability has recommended that all residency interviews for the 2020-2021 application season occur virtually. So who wins – and who loses?
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Step 2 CS, Part Three: Winners and Losers Edition
- The NBME just announced that USMLE Step 2 CS is suspended for 12-18 months – a decision that has far-reaching implications for many in medicine. So let’s break it down, winners and losers style.
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Preference Signaling: Winners & Losers Edition
- In August 2020, the Otolaryngology Program Directors Organization announced that they’d implement formal preference signaling in this year’s Match. So who wins – and who loses – when applicants can send tokens of interest to programs?
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The End of USMLE Step 2 CS: Winners and Losers Edition
- On January 26, 2021, the USMLE announced that they were permanently discontinuing efforts to bring back the Step 2 CS exam. Naturally, this shocking news demanded an emergency winners and losers edition.
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Match Day 2022: Winners & Losers Edition
- The 2022 Match is in the books. Now it’s time to break it down, winners and losers style.
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A Two-Stage Match: Winners & Losers Edition
- The NRMP has proposed eliminating the SOAP – the chaotic 3-4 days during Match Week when unfilled programs and unmatched applicants frantically try to find each other – and replace it with a more orderly period of application review, interview, and rank order list submission. It’s an interesting proposal that would generate a number of tradeoffs. So we’re gonna break it down, Winners & Losers style.
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The USNWR Medical School Rankings Mass Exodus: Winners & Losers Edition
- Recently, some of the most prestigious medical schools have announced that they’ll no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report medical school rankings, raising questions about what this means for the schools that left, the schools that stayed, the longevity of the USNWR rankings, and the ecosystem of medical school admissions at large. And you know what that means.
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Match Day 2023: Winners & Losers Edition
- Fates have been determined. Tears – of joy or disappointment – have been shed. Now it’s time to break it down, Winners & Losers style.
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The Sheriff of Sodium 