Medical students who apply to almost every medical and surgical specialty apart from Urology and Ophthalmology have long had an arsenal of statistics to peruse and to help inform their residency applications. The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) publishes annual data for each medical specialty that includes number of positions offered and filled by U.S. seniors and other applicants, number of unfilled positions, number of programs, average USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK scores, number of research experiences, abstracts, presentations, publications, work experiences, volunteer experiences, percentage of AOA members, percentage graduating from a top 40 U.S. medical school with…