Signal Strategy: Emergency Medicine
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What a signal adds at a typical Emergency Medicine program
P(interview), no signal to signal, from real applicant data
How this is measured
raw cross-tab, 2024-2026, n=45,749 classifiable Emergency Medicine applicants. P(invite) = invited / applied in each cell of signaled × personal tie × away rotation. Cells under 500 reports in the smaller arm carry wider uncertainty than shown; read them as direction, not precision.
Where you’re most likely to land an interview
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Your P(match) with a signal, weighted to your stratum (P(interview) until you add stats).
Each percent is your chance of an interview there, not a ranking of the program. Less competitive programs score higher because they are easier to land.
- Signal requiredSelectivity 250No signal34%With signal89%477 applicants5.7% matched with a signal0.69% without8x match-rate liftn = 70/289 · 3 cycles
- 8.1% matched with a signal0.51% without16x match-rate liftn = 37/197 · 3 cycles
- Selectivity 249No signal60%With signal89%199 applicants
- Signal requiredSelectivity 251No signal54%With signal89%333 applicants10.0% matched with a signal0.00% without∞ match-rate liftn = 30/233 · 3 cyclesHolds for Step 2 250+
- Selectivity 248No signal53%With signal89%260 applicants
- Selectivity 247No signal53%With signal88%165 applicants
- Selectivity 252No signal47%With signal88%291 applicants
- Selectivity 246No signal68%With signal88%169 applicants
- Selectivity 246No signal58%With signal87%207 applicants
- Selectivity 244No signal67%With signal87%189 applicants
- Selectivity 246No signal43%With signal87%185 applicants
- Selectivity 250No signal48%With signal87%240 applicants
- Selectivity 244No signal58%With signal87%228 applicants
- No signal40%With signal87%196 applicants
- Selectivity 248No signal61%With signal86%142 applicants
- Selectivity 252No signal59%With signal86%206 applicants
- No signal62%With signal86%233 applicants
- Selectivity 245No signal64%With signal86%136 applicants
- Signal requiredSelectivity 249No signal42%With signal85%333 applicants16.1% matched with a signal0.44% without37x match-rate liftn = 31/226 · 3 cyclesHolds for Step 2 250+
- Selectivity 244No signal63%With signal84%137 applicants
- Signal usually requiredNo signal33%With signal84%351 applicants10.0% matched with a signal0.85% without12x match-rate liftn = 30/234 · 3 cycles
- Selectivity 246No signal70%With signal84%175 applicants
- No signal55%With signal84%110 applicants
- No signal62%With signal84%281 applicants
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How these numbers are computed
Lift = P(invite | signaled in your stratum) minus P(invite | unsignaled in your stratum). When the signaled rate comes out lower than the unsignaled one (small-sample noise), lift is floored at 0: signaling cannot credibly hurt your odds.
Stratum = applicant type (US MD / DO / IMG) × Step 2 CK band (<240 / 240-249 / 250-259 / 260-269 / 270+). When your exact stratum has fewer than 10 reports, the program’s overall rollup is used, so you still get a number, just less personalized.
Tier: Reach (invited applicants’ Step 2 midpoint is 8+ above yours, or a signal can’t rescue it), Target (closer fit), Safety (baseline P(invite) over 50%, so you’ll likely interview without a signal). Safety rows and rows a signal can’t rescue get a Skip signal tag; the signal buttons stay, so the call is still yours.
Refine your estimate: each credential you set shifts P(invite) by its modeled effect for this specialty, from a ridge logistic regression on real applicant data. Credentials with no measurable effect leave the number unchanged.
Caveats: lift is observational (signaled applicants may differ in ways we can’t see, like ties, mentorship or prior aways), and programs with fewer than about 30 reports have wide uncertainty.
For the full picture
Match Plan takes your saved programs and computes P(invite), P(match) and tier for each one at your stats, with a backup specialty and your signal budget.
Signal budget
Your Emergency Medicine limit this cycle