recall bias: how to succeed at getting residency interviews

#1) Apply to as many programs as you want (finances are the limit)

#2) Accept all residency interviews in the beginning

#3) Take off the first month of the residency interview season. ie Internal Medicine interview season is late November, December, January. So take off at least December from School.

#4) Schedule 2-3 safety interviews first

#5) Schedule your top schools next (trust me, you only need to go through a couple interviews to be a pro). Also 2-3 schools will give you a better idea of what you really want from a residency program.

#6) Schedule the rest of your interviews

#7) Halfway through the season, contact all the programs who haven't responded yet - 1st email, 2nd call

#8) Now if you get interviews at places your app was still pending, you have room to still schedule/cancel your less competitive interviews and also to do some Second Looks.

damn hindsight.