'sup ya'll--
i've been away from the board for a while--i've been super busy during my prelim intership. radonc--how's life treating you? i remember meeting you at vandy and speaking with you re: match around this time last year.
anyway, the program where i ended up matching--loyola univ med ctr--required applicants to send in college transcripts. i don't know how they integrated them into their ranking decisions, but i know it never came up during any of my interviews there. assuming that all of us did well enough during college to get into medschool, i don't really see how it would really reflect negatively on your app. granted, i did better in college than i did in medschool numbers-wise.
OT--i really hate internal medicine. to all of you wondering whether or not to do a rigorous prelim med, i'd say think twice. i was worried that i'd mismatch, so i ranked my current prelim program highly thinking that i'd be better off if i had to reapply. in retrospect, i would've ranked my "name brand" program at the bottom of my primary list, so i'd be assured of a "name brand" affiliation had i not matched, and rank other, "easier" programs with priority on my secondary list. *i apologize for my wordiness and run-ons--i'm post call*
ps, if any of ya'll know who matched at loyola last year, give me a p.m.
i'll be more than happy to respond to any inquiries...
peace.
ps, buckaroo and the rest of the oldskool crew, if you're reading, how the hell are you?
later.
