Canadian Applying Ortho this year - Need Help/Advice

[tolietpaper123]

Hi! Any advice please share!!! This is on behalf of my friend, we're trying to figure out what's going on. They are an M4 at a mid-tier MD school applying to match orthopedic surgery, did both undergrad and med school in the US, but they're Canadian.
Offer Day was Tuesday (ortho has 30 signals), since then they received around nine rejections from signals, three waitlists, and only one interview from a school they didn't even signal.
In total only has four interviews (1 from home school, 2 from aways, 1 non-signal school). Still waiting to hear back from around 15 of the schools they signaled and 20 from those they didn't. Applied to around 50 programs overall.

Is this mostly because of them needing a Visa? We did not expect this at all, they couldn't have really done anything more... Should we assume schools that participate in offer day that we haven't heard from are going to rejections? Is there a second wave? Do waitlists ever actually move?

Stats

• Step 1: Pass
• Step 2: Over 265
• AOA: Yes
• Clinical Rotation grades: Honors on every rotation, including aways
• Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: Over 20 (9 pubs, 14 abstracts/presentations)
• Good letters
• Community Service: good amount, volunteer tennis coach for children w/ autism, uninsured clinic, etc.
• D1 athlete in undergrad
• Overall very normal and likeable not socially awkward, reserved, incredibly hard-working

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