Hey everyone, originally liked Ortho the most, but I've been leaning a lot more toward GI lately. Would appreciate any feedback, I'm in the middle of third year.
Med school: UM Miller
USMLE Step 1: 246
USMLE Step 2: Will take right after third year
Class rank: Upper 2nd quartile
AOA: Most likely not
Honors: My school doesn't do Honors or High Pass, it's just P/F with a number grade. B's in FM and ambulatory med, IM grade not back yet, currently in surgery rotation
Research: 2 Ortho projects (1 submitted as abstract - 1st or 2nd author, the other not submitted yet - 4th author maybe? Both will hopefully become published by next application cycle). Looking to get into GI research very soon.
EC: Average
LOR: None yet
I don't want to go further north than Pennsylvania or further west than Missouri (except for UTSW b/c my school sends a bunch of people there every year).
Reaches: Duke, Penn, UTSW
More likely but still tough?: Vandy, Wash U, Georgetown, UNC, UPMC, Jefferson, UVA, Cleveland Clinic, Baylor
Target?: UF, Iowa, Indiana, Wake Forest, MUSC, Miami (home program), Cincy, Tulane, USF, VCU, SLU, UK, Louisville, Mizzou, Carolinas
Basically, I'm not sure of my competitiveness at all due to it being still middle of third year and me not knowing which programs in the south, southeast, midwest, and east coast I should be applying to realistically. Thanks in advance, y'all.