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  How to prepare for Residency Applications at every rotation DO YOUR BEST PERFORMANCE. When preceptors see your hard work and your efforts, they will want to recommend you After each rotation, write thank you cards to your preceptors  Network with other attendings and give them than you cards before you leave the rotation Network with program directors (meet with them privately before leaving, too) and give them thank you cards, as well. At the beginning of 4th year, start reaching out to the preceptors of 3rd year requesting an LOR (insert sample here). For me I asked all my preceptors 3rd and 4th year, since I had a gap year. At the beginning of your 4th year, start preparing with the materials that are needed to be added to your application - MSPE application, personal statement, chair letter, etc. You will need to create multiple drafts of your personal statement. ENSURE to show it to at least 5 people - those in medicine and those not in medicine. Have the person...

Residency Statistics: Residency is very difficult and stressful time for all applicants and candidates. The book that was VERY helpful to me was the: The Successful Match 2017 by Anjana Katta, MD and Samir P Desai, MD.  To give you my  background  story: I  applied  to Internal Medicine PGY-1 (stands for Post-Graduate Year 1) which is intern year. I applied to categorical programs, since I want to specialize in Internal Medicine. Internal Medicine residency is 3 years. As the years pass, each of the number behind PGY change. Starting second year, I will be called a "resident"... junior resident in PGY-2 year and senior in PGY-3 year.  Just to give you a run-down of the number of programs I applied and the response: Applied: 147  Withdrew: 1  Rejected: 23  Invited: 20 (Scheduled: 20, Waitlisted: 1 - but ended up scheduling eventually, Declined: 0)  This is a usual run-down for an average applicant (average scores and average CV)...