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2006 APPIC Match Statistics for Couples
February 27, 2006
This year, a total of 42 applicants participated as 21 "couples."
Nineteen of these couples had both partners successfully matched
to an internship program, while two couples had at least one
partner who was not matched.
For six couples, both partners matched to programs at the same site.
Following is a specific breakdown of the Match results for the
21 couples based on distance apart:
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NUMBER OF COUPLES |
DISTANCE APART |
| 9 |
Same City |
| 4 |
Less than 50 miles
apart |
| 0 |
50-100 miles apart |
| 1 |
100-150 miles apart |
| 0 |
150-500 miles apart |
| 3 |
500-1000 miles apart |
| 2 |
Over 1000 miles apart |
| 2 |
At least one partner unmatched |
INTERPRETATION NOTE: Most couples used the couples match in an
attempt to be together during their internship year, and most
tended to rank highly those program pairings that are located
in the same geographic area. However, it should be noted that
some couples had very highly-ranked program pairings that were
hundreds or even thousands of miles apart. Thus, if a couple was
matched to programs in distant cities, we should NOT assume that
this combination was a lower-ranked pairing on their list.
Following are the Match results based on where a program pairing
was ranked on couples' Rank Order Lists:
|
RANK |
NUMBER OF COUPLES |
| 1 |
5 |
| 2 |
2 |
| 3 |
1 |
| 4 |
1 |
| 5 |
1 |
| 6 |
1 |
| 7 |
1 |
| 8 |
1 |
| 9 |
1 |
| 10 |
1 |
| 11 to 15 |
0 |
| 16 to 20 |
2 |
| 21 and over |
3 |
INTERPRETATION NOTE: A paired Rank Order List submitted by a
couple could have been very lengthy, particularly when a couple
chose to submit most or all possible combinations of programs.
Some couples had Rank Order Lists that exceeded 200 pairs of programs.
One should not directly compare the results above with the results
achieved by individual applicants (e.g., because 45% of individual
applicants received their first choice, and 24% of couples received
their first choice pairing, one should NOT conclude from this
data that individual applicants "do better" than couples).
27 February 2006
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