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    Repeating a Year Army HPSP

    Hi, everyone. I am a second year medical student at a very expensive, private DO school. I joined the Army HPSP shortly after starting my first year, accepting the 4 year scholarship. I found out yesterday that I failed the last in-house exam of second year by a few points, and unfortunately, my...
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    Should you bother applying to top med-peds programs if you repeated a year?

    Hi! Posting here because I realized this would probably be the best place to hear from folks. I have seen posts that competitive specialties (derm, ortho, etc) are kind of out of the question if you repeated a year due to not passing exams. I was wondering if people think this holds true for...
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    Don’t Bother Applying to Top Med/Peds Residencies if You Had to Repeat a Year?

    I have seen posts that competitive specialties are kind of out of the question if you repeated a year due to not passing exams. I was wondering if people think this holds true for “top” residencies for med-peds, which is not as competitive and perhaps gentler to this kind of thing (the vibe I...