Signaling a derm program nearly tripled interview odds last cycle (15% -> 45%). Help rebuild the 2026 data. 5 min, anonymous.
I'm an MS4 at Texas A&M, going through this match cycle myself (applying ophtho). I'm not a company and I'm not selling anything - I built a free tool because the real numbers on signaling were either paywalled or did not exist anywhere, and I needed them for my own list.
Short version: if you matched derm this cycle, 5 minutes on a free anonymous form rebuilds the signal data the 2026 class plans with - rezumab.app/share-data. No email, no account. The why is below, but that's the ask.
Think back to building your program list - refreshing spreadsheets at 1am, trying to work out which signals were actually worth spending. Whatever data you leaned on came from the people who matched the year before you. This cycle, that's you.
Here is the part that matters: your signal outcomes can't come from anyone else. NRMP won't publish them. No spreadsheet has them. The only record of which of your signals converted and which didn't is in your head. If you don't enter it, that data point does not exist for the 2026 class. It's not that someone else will cover it - no one can.
Why it's worth 5 minutes: derm splits 28 signals into 3 gold + 25 silver - and the gold/silver split is exactly what shifts year to year. Last cycle unsignaled programs invited at 15%, signaled at 45% (a 2.9x swing). Next year's class is deciding how to spend gold vs silver on year-old numbers unless this cycle refreshes them.
| Specialty | No signal | Signaled | Multiplier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthopaedic Surgery | 6.7% | 37.4% | 5.6x |
| Otolaryngology | 10.6% | 51.4% | 4.8x |
| Plastic Surgery (integ.) | 11.5% | 54.6% | 4.7x |
| Ophthalmology | 13.2% | 62.1% | 4.7x |
| Urology | 14.2% | 54.2% | 3.8x |
| Dermatology | 15.3% | 44.6% | 2.9x |
| Anesthesiology | 27.8% | 71.3% | 2.6x |
| Internal Medicine | 38.9% | 66.5% | 1.7x |
| Emergency Medicine | 52.8% | 77.1% | 1.5x |
It asks what you signaled (Gold/Silver, per program), which converted to interviews, where you matched, plus the basics - Step 2, # pubs, # programs applied/ranked. Your entry posts to a live wall the moment you submit.
It stays free. No paywall, no account, no email, ever - I think this data should belong to applicants. Five minutes, and the next person building their list at 1am gets a real number instead of a guess.
