Can you please post what your USMLE step 1 and 2 scores and how many interviews you received. I am applying next year and would like to get an idea of score cut offs and how many interviews are possible based on scores.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Originally posted by tgt
could more people with lower end scores let me kow how many interviews are possible...thanks
Originally posted by GiJoe
what rotations are the most important for getting letters?
Originally posted by joaquin13
I have a dilemma I am looking for advice on. I am a DO student and took both the USMLE and COMLEX. I scored well on COMLEX (597/87th percentile) and below average on USMLE (211/86). Am applying to allopathic residencies. Should I submit both board scores even though USMLE lower?
Any advice would be helpful! Thank you.
Originally posted by Hornet871
A story more unbelievable than mine.
Class Rank: 161 out of 162
Originally posted by Hornet871
Yep, Quinnie, I applied to 120 programs. I was paranoid beyond belief. My advisor said that with my lousy numbers and EM getting more competitive, I'd best not even apply. I spurned his advice, went crazy with applying (it's so easy: you just click click click and pretty soon you've got 120 programs selected), went overboard on the interviews (23 is a sh*tload), and took no prisoners.
Basically, I had one strong letter from the residency director of a mediocre EM program that carried me a long way, and a PS that one interviewer described as "the best I've ever read, and I've been doing this for 15 years".
It doesn't hurt that I look really good in a navy suit with Kenneth Cole shoes.
But I'm bragging now. Last year I was scared out of my wits.
No matter what medical students tell me now about not being able to match in EM, I say, "Keep hope alive."
HORNET
p.s. kungfufighting, you are right: my friend's story is borderline tragic. it's all the more painful because he seemed so close to realizing his dream. i kinda wish now that he'd never even got those 4 interviews. they gave him false hope. i was the one who told him to go for it based on my experience last year. oops.
(I know: it's really kungfufishing.)
Originally posted by Hornet871
Well, jashanley, someone has to finish last in his class, right? That doesn't necessarily mean he'll be a bad doc.
Sure, he musta done badly, but no one can FAIL a rotation, in my book, unless they never show up or just kill patients right and left. He did neither.
Originally posted by realruby2000
I dont have to have a few grand in the bank just from my app right?