Actually, you posting your stats opened a whole floodgate of people sharing their stats... which I think many people found useful. Thanks for having the cojones to do that.
Not everybody might agree but I found it helpful.
With Misterchimpanze's support:
Holy wall of text Batman!!!!!!!!
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I copied the format of "Always Tired's" post from the EM 2013 thread, who I think did it very well, because it was set up very clearly. Surprisingly, we had extremely similar stats and applied to almost all of the same programs (Very scary but s/he had an overall better app and applied to more places). S/he applied to almost all of the same programs as well, but they are all programs that I think many of the other applicants also applied to because they are very strong and well known.
A quick summary, I applied to 22, and got acceptances from 18. I haven't heard back from the other four as listed below. I also declined 5 interviews as you can see below as well. I withdrew my app and sent out the decline responses immediately to those programs. The ones I declined were strong programs, and I was honored to receive them, but I didn't see a need to hog to many offers from other applicants when I knew I would not be able to interview at all of them. I haven't received any wait list offers or rejections as of yet so I don't know what that means in regards to the four programs I have not heard from.
I know my application is not average, but it is not the strongest in regards to SDN standards. I hope some one can find the information useful and I promise that I am not posting it to gloat or show off. It is just there for information purposes only. Most of you know me on here and I hope also know that I am the type of poster that loves to only encourage others and not troll/show off.
USMLE:
- Step I: ~250
- Step II CS: Finished, grade pending
- Step II CK: Pending
First/Second year grades: 7 H + 1HP
Third year grades:
- 6 Honors: Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Neurology, Psychiatry, Family Medicine
- 1 High Pass: OB/GYN
Emergency Medicine grades:
- EM/Peds: Honor [May] (Regular LOR - from the only attending I worked with for the month)
- Away: High Pass [June] (Composite clerkship director SLOR)
- Home: Honors [July] (Composite clerkship director SLOR)
Letters: All letters in by September 15
- EM/Peds: LOR
- Away: SLOR
- Home: SLOR
AOA: Junior
School: Middle Tier State School - With Strong EM Residency
Research: 2 weak projects, no publications
Volunteer/Work Experience: Heavy social service background and part time employment (20-30 hours/week) all years of medical school.
Programs:
Arizona
Maricopa Medical Center -
Interview - Accepted
University of Arizona -
Interview - Accepted
California -
Alameda County/Highland -
Interview - Accepted
* deleted the declined program name out of respect in the edit.
LAC/Harbor/UCLA -
Interview - Accepted
* deleted the declined program name out of respect in the edit.
USC/LAC -
(Interviews are out and I haven't heard a word).
Colorado
Denver -
(Interviews are out and I haven't heard a word).
Delaware
Christiana -
Interview - Accepted
Florida
* deleted the declined program name out of respect in the edit. x 2
Illinois
Cook County -
Interview - Accepted
Indiana
Indiana Univ -
Interview - Accepted
Minnesota
Hennepin -
Interview - Accepted
New Mexico
New Mexico -
Interview - Accepted
New York
SUNY Downstate -
(Interviews are out and I haven't heard a word).
North Carolina
Carolinas -
Interview - Accepted
Ohio
UH/Cinci -
(Interviews are out and I haven't heard a word).
Pennsylvania
U Pitt (UPMC) -
Interview - Accepted
Tennessee
Vanderbilt -
Interview - Accepted
Texas
Texas Tech -
Interview - Accepted (Amazing program/people, super high on my rank list)
* deleted the declined program name out of respect in the edit.