What are my chances for EM?

[Ambrosia2015]

I've been lurking for a while now and seeing the other WAMC post, I thought this might be a good time to get some advise. I'm currently a 3rd year US allopathic med student. I should say, I'm only interested in doing EM and would be devastated if I had to scramble into IM or something else.

My stats:
Step 1 210
Step 2: not taken yet but I've been doing questions/practice exams and the results have been consistent with my step 1 score.
CS: already passed
Grades: Passed surgery and Medicine. High pass for psych, peds, and OB. Doing family now. Years 1 and 2: passed but no high pass or honors. I haven't failed anything.
Volunteer: not a ton. Mostly at the student run clinic.
Research: none
Work: was a EMT before medschool

I have my home SubI scheduled for July and an away in September at a well known east coast program.

I'd like to stay on the east coast for residency.

What do you guys think?

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[willen101383]

I am a DO 4th year (so already in a lesser position than you)
Step 1 :218
Step 2: 245
3rd years EM elective: honors, more or less 75% mix of high passes and honors, few random passes.
No clue what class rank i was...prob rght around 50th percentile id guess.

Applied to 42 acgme programs, 9 interviews, ranked everything. And matched. I am not staying on the east coast like i too had hoped, but I am 100 % excited about my program.

Make sure you rock that step 2, as a lot of anecdotal reports claim EM favors step 2 vs step 1. Rock those aways/subIs and you should be fine. You are a US allo grad....already a massive leg up on me!!

 

[littlejuan]

I think it is possible. You need to do very well on your EM rotations, get good letters. A friend of mine had a Step 1 similar to yours, might have been lower, and actually did worse on Step 2 and still matched. Apply very broadly, and to a lot of programs.

 

[RagingMoose]

I think it is possible. You need to do very well on your EM rotations, get good letters. A friend of mine had a Step 1 similar to yours, might have been lower, and actually did worse on Step 2 and still matched. Apply very broadly, and to a lot of programs.

Most important advice on here.

The advice I got pre-application this year when I asked how broadly I should apply was basically "two years ago I would have told you 20 places, but things have changed so I would do at least 40". I did 40, and I am glad I did. The cost of some extra applications is nothing compared to the cost of med school or the cost of not matching.

 

[RustedFox]

If I had to do it again, I'd apply to every damn program out there, and swallow the extra several hundred bucks.

 

[Ambrosia2015]

I was thinking like 60 programs.

 

[msbbc833]

If I had to do it again, I'd apply to every damn program out there, and swallow the extra several hundred bucks.

There are ~165 EM programs out there. You would really apply to that many? I guess it is the safer route because you can always decline interviews if you get too many?

 

[GTP]

There are ~165 EM programs out there. You would really apply to that many? I guess it is the safer route because you can always decline interviews if you get too many?

how many interviews is too many

 

[honkhonk]

Could someone give me an idea on my chances?
I am an MS4 who did not match into an extremely competitive field. Plan to apply EM next cycle
Step 1: 252
Step 2: 251
CS passed first attempt
Preclinical grades 75% honors
MS3 grades HPs and Passes
not AOA
I did extremely well first 2 years. Could not honor a clerkship because I got average shelf scores (at my school its extremely hard to get honors)
No red flags except that I am applying a year out from graduation. never failed anything or any bad eval/comments on a rotation
Have research in non EM field, but will get EM research during this yr

 

[Venko]

Could someone give me an idea on my chances?
I am an MS4 who did not match into an extremely competitive field. Plan to apply EM next cycle
Step 1: 252
Step 2: 251
CS passed first attempt
Preclinical grades 75% honors
MS3 grades HPs and Passes
not AOA
I did extremely well first 2 years. Could not honor a clerkship because I got average shelf scores (at my school its extremely hard to get honors)
No red flags except that I am applying a year out from graduation. never failed anything or any bad eval/comments on a rotation
Have research in non EM field, but will get EM research during this yr

You have a chance

 

[Venko]

I've been lurking for a while now and seeing the other WAMC post, I thought this might be a good time to get some advise. I'm currently a 3rd year US allopathic med student. I should say, I'm only interested in doing EM and would be devastated if I had to scramble into IM or something else.

My stats:
Step 1 210
Step 2: not taken yet but I've been doing questions/practice exams and the results have been consistent with my step 1 score.
CS: already passed
Grades: Passed surgery and Medicine. High pass for psych, peds, and OB. Doing family now. Years 1 and 2: passed but no high pass or honors. I haven't failed anything.
Volunteer: not a ton. Mostly at the student run clinic.
Research: none
Work: was a EMT before medschool

I have my home SubI scheduled for July and an away in September at a well known east coast program.

I'd like to stay on the east coast for residency.

What do you guys think?

You have a chance

 

[RustedFox]

Yes.

It would certainly beat not matching.

There are ~165 EM programs out there. You would really apply to that many? I guess it is the safer route because you can always decline interviews if you get too many?

 

[Modafinil]

Could someone give me an idea on my chances?
I am an MS4 who did not match into an extremely competitive field. Plan to apply EM next cycle
Step 1: 252
Step 2: 251
CS passed first attempt
Preclinical grades 75% honors
MS3 grades HPs and Passes
not AOA
I did extremely well first 2 years. Could not honor a clerkship because I got average shelf scores (at my school its extremely hard to get honors)
No red flags except that I am applying a year out from graduation. never failed anything or any bad eval/comments on a rotation
Have research in non EM field, but will get EM research during this yr

No chance whatsoever

 

[BoardingDoc]

how many interviews is too many

There is no such thing. You can always decline interviews.

If you get a ton of interviews and are sitting on them while waiting to hear back from other places, you will get the distinct impression from SDN that you are a horrible person and are stealing their interview spot by not dropping places. This is a load of crap. Drop the ones you don't want once you actually have the interview offers you do want. I know I'm getting ahead of myself, but trust me, this theme will come around again next interview season.