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Hello all,
New to SDN 3rd year DO student who's committed to orthopedic surgery. Comlex 630, USMLE 240, SSP, class rank top 15%. I am planning on scheduling 4 audition rotations during my first semester of 4th year at the programs I'm most interested in, but will apply to all osteopathic programs. I have read that audition rotations are extremely important, and you're almost guaranteed not to get an interview from programs you didn't rotate at. Does this mean that out of my 4 aways, I'm only realistically going to receive around 2 interview invites (assuming half the programs I rotate at invite me for an interview)?
My second question is regarding back up specialties. I don't want to apply for a back up specialty because I want to focus on orthopedic surgery 100%, but due to the competitiveness of ortho and since I may only receive a few interview invites should I consider a back up specialty? I can see myself in PM&R if I don't do ortho, but I don't want to apply for general surgery. Is PM&R a reasonable specialty when applying ortho as well, or will program directors look down on that?
lastly, I would like to be helpful and teachable on my away rotations. What should I focus on during my away rotations and how can I make myself available, affable, and able?
New to SDN 3rd year DO student who's committed to orthopedic surgery. Comlex 630, USMLE 240, SSP, class rank top 15%. I am planning on scheduling 4 audition rotations during my first semester of 4th year at the programs I'm most interested in, but will apply to all osteopathic programs. I have read that audition rotations are extremely important, and you're almost guaranteed not to get an interview from programs you didn't rotate at. Does this mean that out of my 4 aways, I'm only realistically going to receive around 2 interview invites (assuming half the programs I rotate at invite me for an interview)?
My second question is regarding back up specialties. I don't want to apply for a back up specialty because I want to focus on orthopedic surgery 100%, but due to the competitiveness of ortho and since I may only receive a few interview invites should I consider a back up specialty? I can see myself in PM&R if I don't do ortho, but I don't want to apply for general surgery. Is PM&R a reasonable specialty when applying ortho as well, or will program directors look down on that?
lastly, I would like to be helpful and teachable on my away rotations. What should I focus on during my away rotations and how can I make myself available, affable, and able?
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