We have created the chart below for you from data from Results of the 2011

NRMP Applicant Survey: by Preferred Specialty and Applicant Type.

Use the numbers in the chart to guide you to as to whether you have submitted enough applications to your specialty and transition year. If you are a top student in your class and are applying to a less competitive specialty, then you may not need to submit as many applications as indicated on this chart. However, if you are a less competitive student applying to a more competitive specialty or even medium level specialty, you should consider applying to more programs than the medium number listed in the chart. Any student that has experienced some academic difficulty should consider applying to more programs that indicated by the medians on the chart. It is not too late to do so before the end of September or early October. Overall, the median number of applications and interviews across the specialties has increased since 2009. We will post a comparison chart in the next few days.

Median Number Applications/Interviews U.S. Seniors 2011 - NRMP Data
Specialty	Median Number of Applications Submitted	Median Number of Interviews Offered	Median Number of Interviews Attended	Median Number of Interviews Ranked
Anesthesiology	25	15	10	10
Dermatology	63	11	9	9
Emerg Med	26	17	11	11
Family Med	15	13	9	7
Internal Med	18	12	9	9
Med/Peds	NA	NA	NA	NA
Neuro	17	14	10	9
Neuro Surgery	40	27	16	16
OB/Gyn	27	16	11	11
Ortho	50	16	11	11
Otolaryngology	48	14	12	12
Pathology	20	13	10	9
Pediatrics	17	14	10	9
PMR	16	12	9	8
Plastic Surgery	50	15	12	12
Psychiatry	17	12	9	8
Radiology	42	16	13	13
Rad Oncology	40	15	11	11
Surgery	34	17	12	12
Transitional Yr	26	12	9	9
Total Surveys =	8880