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Polyp , Did you get Interview or Rejection from Georgetown ?
To all of you out there. GI is very competitive, and asking others if they have a chance is a ridiculous question. It is like when your patients ask you what is their chance of living or dying...do you give them an actual percent or date of death? If you are asking if you have a chance, most likely you are insecure about your application and already know you have a small chance! For some reason you want to make yourself more nervous by asking the forum for replies, but none of us have crystal balls to tell the future.
Of course all of you have a chance, otherwise, why did you even bother applying? I know some that matched with 1 interview and others that don't match with 7, so doesn't matter what other people have, just matters what the programs you interview at feel if you are a "good fit" for them. Everything matters when applying to GI. If you want honesty, then lets go strictly by statistics: you need board scores >230 on step 1 and 2, AMG, multiple publications and top 25 IM residency program to get many interviews. Most of you don't have this, and especially if you are an IMG or FMG, you are competing with AMG's from better residencies, so you have a smaller chance of receiving interviews. Sorry for being blunt, but many of you are asking what your chances are. But again, there are many exceptions to the rule.
Also, nobody on this post are fellowship PD's to know what your chances are, but know 2 things, posting your stats and stressing out about your competition getting interviews/rejections is not going to increase your chace of getting interviews, it will just make you more nervous and not able to sleep at night. Forget about asking people if they heard from X or Y program. All programs send out invites/rejections in batches, so doesn't matter what your competition has received.
I wish you all luck!! Just relax and cross your fingers, it is a long ride!! Most will not match, so to keep your sanity, don't go by what is on this post and have a backup plan or try the following year!!