3rd year med student here - I plan on doing residency in the tri state area (20+ programs here) or worst case somewhere in the northeast. No red flags or issues with my app.
I have a few experiences shadowing, working and volunteering in different rehab/sports places and will be solely applying to PM&R. Passed step 1/level 1. Getting a few PM&R LOR from dept chairs, but not from crazy institutions. I have 3 research projects in process related to msk.
I've seen PM&R have pretty bad match stats the past few years and it's definitely a mildly competitive specialty now. My school historically does pretty well with PMR but I meet all kinds of people who don't match from DO schools for the past few years and ended up doing family med or something, which is a huge no no for me.
My question was - what kind of step 2 score should I aim for to be set for PM&R? There's no other specialty I'd do - I'm honestly set on this, I'd rather take gap years and reapply, vs. do FM/IM. Any advice for networking? I was cold emailing people nearby to shadow, but a lot of PM&R people are just private practice and not really involved in academia or residency programs. It's not like neurosurg let's say where most neurosurgeons could probably connect you well to programs due to the inpatient nature of it.
I have a few experiences shadowing, working and volunteering in different rehab/sports places and will be solely applying to PM&R. Passed step 1/level 1. Getting a few PM&R LOR from dept chairs, but not from crazy institutions. I have 3 research projects in process related to msk.
I've seen PM&R have pretty bad match stats the past few years and it's definitely a mildly competitive specialty now. My school historically does pretty well with PMR but I meet all kinds of people who don't match from DO schools for the past few years and ended up doing family med or something, which is a huge no no for me.
My question was - what kind of step 2 score should I aim for to be set for PM&R? There's no other specialty I'd do - I'm honestly set on this, I'd rather take gap years and reapply, vs. do FM/IM. Any advice for networking? I was cold emailing people nearby to shadow, but a lot of PM&R people are just private practice and not really involved in academia or residency programs. It's not like neurosurg let's say where most neurosurgeons could probably connect you well to programs due to the inpatient nature of it.
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