Table 2.

Importance of application elements.

Application element	Importance when reviewing applications	Importance when preparing rank order list
	Mean (95% CI)	Mean (95% CI)
SLOEs	4.97 (4.93–5.00)	4.90 (4.83–4.97)
Interview day interactions	N/A	4.81 (4.72–4.89)
Prior work or life experiences	3.61 (3.42–3.80)	3.52 (3.32–3.72)
Board scores	3.47 (3.27–3.66)	3.14 (2.93–3.35)
MSPE	3.44 (3.24–3.65)	3.32 (3.12–3.53)
Extracurricular involvement	3.36 (3.17–3.54)	3.25 (3.05–3.45)
Presence or absence of a program signal	2.90 (2.67–3.13)	2.10 (1.87–2.32)
Communication before interview	2.64 (2.42–2.87)	2.89 (2.65–3.13)
Research experience	2.46 (2.27–2.64)	2.43 (2.24–2.62)
Letters of recommendation	2.40 (2.22–2.58)	2.33 (2.15–2.52)

^*5 point scale where 5 = extremely important and 1 = not important at all.

CI, confidence interval; SLOE, standardized letter of evaluation; MSPE, medical student performance evaluation.