Medical School: borderline top 50, well known regionally
Red Flags on my app: mediocre clerkship grades due to shelf exams
Step 1: 234
Step 2: not taken yet
pros: 3 posters, student research award, one paper was podium at national conference, 2 pubs not first author, Away rotation at a prestigious top 10 program, strong letters, Honors in Medicine Clerkship with very strong evaluation
1. Am I screwed and do I have to apply to community IM programs?
2. Can I hope for a strong/decent program with a strong letter at my Away, good Personal Statement, and my Honors in medicine and publications?
3. How many programs should I apply to? I'm thinking 50 with hopefully 20 interviews
4. any advice for away rotations?
5. When should I take Step 2? Planning on Late August
If anyone wants to let me know if I can apply to any of the following (Bold are reach programs):
Harbor UCLA
Bayview Hopkins
Henry Ford
San Antonio
UTMB
Scott&White
UTSW Austin
UTSW
Baylor
Methodist Houston
UT Houston
St johns Providence Detroit
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Mayo Jax
Mayo Scottsdale
Emory
UAB
UF
U Miami
Cook County
Northshore LIJ
Montefiore
MSSM
Rush
Loyola
USC
Scripps Green
Baylor Dallas
Mayo Clinic Rochester
UIC
UConn
Temple
Ochsner
Tulane
SLU
Georgetown
Maimonides
Cleveland Clinic
Case Western
Drexel
Thomas Jefferson
Pittsburgh
NYU
UMDNJ
Rutgers
U Arizona
UC Irvine
UCSD
Cedars-Sinai
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Mt Sinai Florida
Mt Sinai Chicago
U Chicago
Northwestern
Baystate Tufts
MCW
U Wisconsin
UAB
Duke
Vanderbilt