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Originally Posted by turundu
Difficult not impossible. I personally know two Mexican MDs who ended up matching in academic ENT programs last year (Hopkins and OHSU). Both of them:
- Were top 1-2% of MS class.
- Rotated in the US (clerkships) during 4-6 months.
- Scored >238 in Step 1 & 2.
- Had > 4 peer-reviewed pubs (original articles and a couple of letters)
- Researched for 2 years at prestigious institutions.
- Presented at a National meeting
- Had some research/academic awards
- Had AWESOME letters from mentors/PIs commenting on their clinical and research abilities.
- Were involved with leadership/voluntary activities.
There's always time to start working on it, if your aim is high you should pursue it.
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Thanks for your reply. It's clear that for worthwhile and conclusive research it's better to take a year or so off and really get into it. During school, breaks are never long enough to do something out of this world. I did co-author an article and it's abstract with my PI during the 2 month break i had but it was COPD research (that's all i was able to get). I hope to try and get into clinical surgery research once MS-3 starts. As of now, breaks are very short.
In your opinion, before cores start, is it useful to do month long observerships? What impactful can be done in a 6 week break in MS-2 ?