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Hello all,
Longtime lurker here. I am an MS4 at a Midwestern medical school looking to match in neurology. I am at a branch of the main campus and we do not have a neurology residency here. 247 and 248 on steps 1 and 2 respectively, with a 3.45 GPA, upper half of the class, half honors/superior my Ms3 year and the other half high pass. I did honor neurology. I have 2 letters from neurologists, 1 family doc who knows me very well, and another letter from an internal medicine doctor. No away rotations, I did not have any particular place I wanted to go to, felt I had enough neurology to make my decision, and honestly feel that 4th year is a time I should be learning lots of internal medicine and broadening my education. I'll have 3 years of neurology. But I was perhaps unwise and never did any research. Grades and clinical education along with having a life were my priorities.
I'm going to apply broadly, since I would like to get out of Dodge, and just to see where I can get interviews. So my question is, should I think it very unlikely to get good chances at prestigious, big academic programs with no research track record? What will they think when they see my application? I realize it always helps to have something on your CV, it never hurts. Some of these institutions it seems place more emphasis on research, all the big name ones and such. I have a patient I could possibly submit a case study on who was an interesting neurological case, but that is it. Is this even worth going after? Thanks for any input.
Longtime lurker here. I am an MS4 at a Midwestern medical school looking to match in neurology. I am at a branch of the main campus and we do not have a neurology residency here. 247 and 248 on steps 1 and 2 respectively, with a 3.45 GPA, upper half of the class, half honors/superior my Ms3 year and the other half high pass. I did honor neurology. I have 2 letters from neurologists, 1 family doc who knows me very well, and another letter from an internal medicine doctor. No away rotations, I did not have any particular place I wanted to go to, felt I had enough neurology to make my decision, and honestly feel that 4th year is a time I should be learning lots of internal medicine and broadening my education. I'll have 3 years of neurology. But I was perhaps unwise and never did any research. Grades and clinical education along with having a life were my priorities.
I'm going to apply broadly, since I would like to get out of Dodge, and just to see where I can get interviews. So my question is, should I think it very unlikely to get good chances at prestigious, big academic programs with no research track record? What will they think when they see my application? I realize it always helps to have something on your CV, it never hurts. Some of these institutions it seems place more emphasis on research, all the big name ones and such. I have a patient I could possibly submit a case study on who was an interesting neurological case, but that is it. Is this even worth going after? Thanks for any input.