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I am a 3rd year student interested in ophthalmology. I saw on a website somewhere that always ranks residencies, that for 2009 ophthalmology went from high (for the past few years) --> intermediate for the first time.
I can't find any statistics on average scores to get into D.O. ophthalmology. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about scores or anything to get in, maybe someone who is about to apply? I'm also wondering if it even matters that it went down b/c that's probably just regarding allopathic since there are so few osteopathic programs.
I know 2 LECOM students that matched into MD ophthalmology this year....I thought that was unheard of!
Any info would be greatly appreciated
OP might be referring to this page:
http://residency.wustl.edu/medadmin...51675e1c167df70186256f8f0073a46c?OpenDocument
This page somewhat confuses me, too. 92% of US senior applicants matched into ophthalmology in 2009? Only 36 US Seniors went unmatched out of 459 spots? Even taking self-selection into account, that percentage seems really high for a specialty that I've heard is difficult to get into...
Especially considering that the SFmatch page shows that the average USMLE step 1 score is around 215 for unmatched applicants, and we all certainly hear of applicants with high (>230) scores not matching, which means that there must be even more applicants with extremely low scores (<200) to balance them out, how does this work out to make ophthalmology such a competitive field?
hey I just found this thread recently...I was wondering the same thing.. has ophtho been decreasing in competitiveness over the years? if so why?
Also, in regards to those with below 200 on boards matching, from what I have seen ophtho cares about your personality more so than the above listed competitive fields- if the department likes you or if particular faculty members like you and you demonstrate yourself to be a hardworking dedicated student, that weighs in a LOT more in this field than board scores.
Thoughts?