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These are all the sites (probably missing a few) where they have preceptors, and you can possibly rotate at for electives and selectives. But all of them aren't core sites. The core site is where you will be located at, and you don't have to rotate at these other hospitals if you don't want to. You will be assigned your core site in your Spring semester of 2nd year in a lottery based on the ones you will be ranking as your top 5. Here are the core sites and only two of them are 4 or more hours away (the one in poplar bluff, MO and the one in Shreveport, LA):
Probably pretty accurate but not as bad as they make it seem.
No one can tell you what's gonna happen because no one knows the future. There's a lot of ways this could go, Step 2 CK score might become more important, and more focus might shift towards research/presentation/publications, class rank, connections/letters of recommendations, and location. Also, COMLEX still has a score, so for DOs that might be used as a metric system. NBOME might even play this in their favor if they want and allow MDs to take COMLEX. One thing is for sure though, I don't see any reason why DOs should be taking step 1 anymore. Going forward you'll probably only need to take step 2 CK if they don't switch that to pass/fail as well.
Every possible thing PDs might shift their attention to, we as DOs do not have, at least not as good compared to MD counterparts.
I know, but not imposible if you look for it. DOs lack research, but I was able to have some research and presentation, and currently working on another project right now. For connections, you probably will need to get out and go to conferences a lot more, and try to do your rotations at or close to a renown academic program and get at least one great letter. Also do as many audition rotations as you can. I know it's not gonna be easy, but I don't think it will be impossible. Plus by all means take step 2 if it's not pass/fail.
Time will tell. I wouldn't be so quick to jump to that conclusion. Yes, from the look of it, it might be more difficult, or everything might turn out just fine when we get there. Only real data point (which we won't get till 2024) can tell us if the sky is really falling or not.
I still think DO’s should take step 1, not taking is just another checkbox they can hold against you.
what time did you get the email that day? i interviewed 2/7 so just feeling anxious, waiting to hear back..
Yes, I did research through ARCOM. We have a dedicated lab space fully equipped on the 3rd floor. Plus you can receive a research stipend in the summer if you apply for it. I got $3200 stipend last summer.
Around 6pm I believe.
I received my waitlist email around 11am-12pm on a Monday. I agree ARCOM was an awesome place and definitely exceeded all of my expectations! Best of luck to you!
thank you for responding and the luck and good luck to you too
Mostly acceptance and waitlist and a few get rejected.
Thank you!
Yes, electives can be done anywhere you want (at your core site or elsewhere). That's what people use to do their away/audition (sub-i) rotations. There was talk about them changing our clinical curriculum this year moving all electives to 4th year, so we can have more freedom in what we do and for residency application and interviews. I'll know more info (whether it happened or not) in a few weeks when I get my schedule for rotations.
I heard it's best to have at least one elective rotation third year to have an opportunity to explore non-primary specialties before 4th year. @DrStephenStrange what does the class think?
You're right, that might help if you're still undecided about what you wanna do at that point, but you will still have your surgery selective to do anything surgery related, and your medicine selective (previously called IM selective) to do anything medicine related (from FM/IM subspecialty, psychiatry, neurology, EM, pm&r, etc.). So you'll still have some options in your 3rd year. And for 4th year I think most if not all your electives will be in the beginning of the year, so you'll be able to set away/audition rotations pretty early in 4th year (July/August). You can get at least 3 to 4 blocks of electives before residency interviews even begin. For me I like having all the electives in 4th year since I already know what I wanna do, and because it will give me more flexibility to navigate audition rotations, residency apps and interviews.
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Knowing that there are a ton of people already on the waitlist, I don't know that it will do much good.
Some people did get accepted after sending a LOI last cycle, so I'd say it can't hurt.
Even if you're waitlisted, there's still a chance if you make a good impression. I know people from my class that interviewed in March. There's usually a fair amount of waitlist movement by June-early July. If you have another acceptance that you're happy with, I can understand not wanting to spend more money though.
Well if you don't have an acceptance yet, then you must consider yourself rejected until proven otherwise. ARCOM only send secondaries to people they wanna interview, so complete the secondary and take it from there. I understand it might be getting a little late in the cycle, but it can't hurt to try to salvage it by exhausting all the opportunities you can get.
