Data-backed guides for the ERAS season, built on the AAMC's published statistics. A new guide goes up every day.
These guides turn published ERAS numbers into plain answers: how many program signals you get, how interview rates differ with and without a signal, and how many people apply. The figures come from the AAMC's ERAS statistics and signal reports; where a guide points to a specific program or specialty, it links to the matching page of our program directory.
Interview rates with and without a program signal, for MD, DO and IMG applicants. Start here if signals are new to you.
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How many signals you get in every specialty for 2027, how many programs take part and how many signals applicants actually send.
Interview rates for gold, silver and no signal in the six two-tier specialties, for MD, DO and IMG applicants.
What the 2026 data says about signals for international medical graduates, and how far the numbers can be trusted.
Interview rates when your signal lands inside the regions you listed, outside them, or with no preference.
How much of each specialty’s signals goes to the most-signaled 10% of programs.
Applicant counts for four completed seasons and the October 2026 snapshot, with what can and cannot be compared.
Figures come from the AAMC's ERAS statistics and signal reports.
These guides are built from every program in our directory and refresh daily, so the numbers always match the program pages.
Free download (PDF or spreadsheet): every IM program whose deadline has not passed, with visas and ACGME codes.
How many programs sponsor the J-1 and the H-1B in every specialty, by program type and by state.
Where IMGs hold the most first-year positions, the highest IMG shares, and the big states that train few IMGs.
IMG share, visa sponsorship and competition at university, affiliated and community programs.
The score ranges of IMGs invited to interview in every specialty, next to US MDs, with the programs at each end.
How many programs are within reach at each score band, by specialty, with ten named programs per band.
Which programs state a minimum, how high it is by specialty, and visa-sponsoring programs with none.
How many programs stay open to each graduation year, which specialties set limits, and programs with none.
A step-by-step filter for graduates five or more years out who need a visa, with the programs that remain.
These guides use the 2027 cycle data in our program directory: visa sponsorship, IMG share, requirements and named programs.
Free list of Family Medicine programs whose deadline has not passed, with visas, ACGME codes and the share of IMG residents.
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