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hey all, i'm currently a third year who wants to apply to rad onc next yr, but am a bit worried/skeptical about my chances....cos i'm a mudphud, maybe other md/phd's (any other rad onc ppl!!) out there can shed some light on what it takes to get matched...
here's the lowdown: my grades third yr are not "honors" level, but have been a cut below, like A-/B+/high pass whatever your school equivalent is. my step 1 board scores from way back when (seriously, they were like from the stone age, disappointed something from way back can still count today!) is like national avg. btw, what IS the national average? is it like 200? or 220? anyway, my score was nothing to celebrate about...but again, i took some time off to do that phd, although nothing really related to cancer and oncology per se, but maybe i can stretch it out a bit and it can be cancer/oncology-related, and then of course, the several papers and presentations at national conferences along with it.
so just wondering what those of you who got in or were on the interview circuit, etc....should i even consider rad onc?
thanks a lot for the advice.
here's the lowdown: my grades third yr are not "honors" level, but have been a cut below, like A-/B+/high pass whatever your school equivalent is. my step 1 board scores from way back when (seriously, they were like from the stone age, disappointed something from way back can still count today!) is like national avg. btw, what IS the national average? is it like 200? or 220? anyway, my score was nothing to celebrate about...but again, i took some time off to do that phd, although nothing really related to cancer and oncology per se, but maybe i can stretch it out a bit and it can be cancer/oncology-related, and then of course, the several papers and presentations at national conferences along with it.
so just wondering what those of you who got in or were on the interview circuit, etc....should i even consider rad onc?
thanks a lot for the advice.