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I am a current second year medical student, and I am confident that ophthalmology is the field that I want to get into. But I have concerns regarding my chances at matching into ophth residency because of my pre-clinical grades. We are graded based on H/HP/P/F scale, and I have H/HP/P in 1:2:1 ratio. I failed one class during the first semester of my first year but have remediated for it. At this point, I am not optimistic that I will earn the AOA status, but I will probably be able to get into the top 50% of my class. I go to a top 5 private school, and I will be taking a year off between my second and third year to do master's in which I will be mostly doing ophth research, and I think I can publish a first author paper and may be few more abstracts or posters.
I have read some crazy stats people have who match into ophth, so it got me worried. If I do well enough on STEP I (250+), honor good number of the clerkships during the third year (say 4 out of 7), and of course get honor on ophth clerkship, do I have a chance at getting into 1) any ophth program at all 2) at top 30 programs?
Another thing that got me worried is that I don't have much EC. I am doing a medical translation volunteer work, a few other medical volunteer works and non-medical related volunteer work through my church, and I don't hold a leadership position in any of the organizations.. I know that for derm, having leadership activities is a must, but for ophth, how crucial is it for me to have acquired leadership experiences in medical school? I have some from before I got into medical school, but I have been so caught up with medical school that I could barely find time for them. Thank you guys very much in advance.
I have read some crazy stats people have who match into ophth, so it got me worried. If I do well enough on STEP I (250+), honor good number of the clerkships during the third year (say 4 out of 7), and of course get honor on ophth clerkship, do I have a chance at getting into 1) any ophth program at all 2) at top 30 programs?
Another thing that got me worried is that I don't have much EC. I am doing a medical translation volunteer work, a few other medical volunteer works and non-medical related volunteer work through my church, and I don't hold a leadership position in any of the organizations.. I know that for derm, having leadership activities is a must, but for ophth, how crucial is it for me to have acquired leadership experiences in medical school? I have some from before I got into medical school, but I have been so caught up with medical school that I could barely find time for them. Thank you guys very much in advance.