I've always thought the PD survey is pretty meaningless. "Interest in an academic career." Probably matters across specialties at Hopkins and not at all at Kaiser programs. As far as "relative importance," my guess is that this is dependent upon your applicant pool. Are you a program that matches mostly low step 1 US grads? Is step one important? No. Is US grad important? Yes. Are you a program who "gets stuck with" all FMGs? Is step 1 important? Yes. Is US MD? No, it's not importance since none of them applied! Other complex factors may apply as well... for example: LORs might be the most important factor in ranking someone low, but not lead to high ranks (since they tend to be inflated). Step 2 might be extremely important but only if you're an IMG or US Sr. with a low step 1; otherwise they might not even care if you send it.
It would be more informative to know: at the quality of program that I am competitive to match, how will different factors contribute to my rank. I think charting outcomes does a slightly better job helping with this. However, the only *real* way to know would be to analyze the relative contribution of different factors to rank lists specifically.
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When it comes time for programs to rank, what is the most important factor?
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