anatolyk wrote:I wanted to share my two personal observations.
1. I see on a few commercial sites a claim of 70+% SCRAMBLE SUCCESS RATE. There is no way in the world this number can be true (unless sample size is just 3-5 IMGs). I am not giving the names, just sharing my honest belief, this CANNOT be true.
2. I also see "Residency Director Login" button on some of the web sites. See my comment above - no way a residency director will be logging in to a service web site looking for candidates. They are getting more applications they can handle right in front of them, so doing an extra effort of logging to a web site does not sound credible.
Just my thoughts...
Well your thoughts are wrong my friend. The company you have in mind measures its sucess by how many of its members are actually be looked at through the porfolio logs. The main reason an applicants uses such service is to get looked at and if that is accomplished then the job is done. Getting the residency position is now the applicant's job to do (interview etc.).
As far as program director login that is there for them to access the largest database for Scramble residency. Why don't you believe that program director won't login?? Unless the service you own does not seem big enough to be noticed that does not mean that other services are not noticed.
Also you are affiliated with a service that advertises 70% sucess!! look at this
http://www.usmleforum.com/images/imgresidency.gif
You are claiming 70% sucess and you say its not true?
Thanks,