For the past couple years I've heard about all the "dancing/flirting" that residency programs and applicants do with each other as a part of this whole match process. You know: thank you letters fawning over programs, telling programs they're your #1, demonstrating ties to that city/region to convince programs you'd actually move there, etc. I can see why applicants would do this stuff- who wouldn't want to be liked by programs and increase their chances of matching wherever they want? But as...
Financial motives behind programs' rank lists?
Financial motives behind programs' rank lists?