2005 Post-match Poll

[lusiks]

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I found a similar post on the Ophthalmology forum and I think it is helpful for future applicants.
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If you would like to participate in the anonymous detailed listing of matched and unmatched applications (hopefully all matched on this board), then please submit a personal message to me (starting Thursday, the 27th). I'll post your stats without identification. Please use the template below:

--Med School: U.S. or Foreign
--Board Scores:
--AOA and class rank:
--Reputation of medical school: (top 10, top 25, etc)
--Research:
--Honors in clerkships:
--# and where you did away rotations:
--# of programs you applied to:
--Where invited for interviews:
--# of ranked program matched:
--Name of the program mactched:
--Anything that helped your app: (ie: a phone call from your advisor to another program, big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD, other degree, etc)
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Thanks,
L.

 

[gbv]

I think this is a great idea and would be EXTREMELY helpful to a lot of us.

 

[lusiks]

Thanks, I hope that people will participate and send me their info sometime tomorrow.

Good luck to everyone once again!

 

[lusiks]

Let's start with some statistics

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--Med School: Foreign
--AOA and class rank: No AOA at my school, top 10% of the class
--Reputation of medical school: (top 10, top 25, etc) N/A
--Research: Extensive, 5 years of research experience at a top U.S. insitution, 30+ publications
--Honors in clerkships: Several
--# and where you did away rotations: NO rotations done in the U.S.
--# of programs you applied to: 40-50
--# of ranked program matched: choice #1
--Anything that helped your app: (ie: a phone call from your advisor to another program, big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD, other degree, etc) Strong background in Neurology, strong letters of recs, permanent resident status, ECFMG certification. No personal calls, and no help from an "advisor" (I did't have one 🙂 HAPPY TO MATCH MY #1!!!

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[gbv]

could others please contribute to this? as someone interested in neuro it would be a really nice thread to see grow (and I can't be the only one on these forums who is a potential future applicant..) the ophtho board has one and it's a good compilation of profiles.

..just a request 🙂

 

[lusiks]

New info below

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Med School:IMG, med school in sub-continent
--Board Scores:step 1=244, step 2=240
--AOA and class rank: aoa not offered, rank 1/160
--Reputation of medical school: (top 10, top 25, etc)unknown in US
--Research: NONE
--Honors in clerkships: int med (includes neuro, psych, derm), opth,ob/gyn, peds
--# and where you did away rotations:3--one in int med at a top tier place, one neuro at place i eventually matched at, one neuro at lesser known but solid program.
--# of programs you applied to: 37
--Where invited for interviews:21 programs
--# of ranked program matched:top 3 👍
--Name of the program matched:--prefer to keep unknown to preserve anonymity of my stats--it's a top tier program--not in the 'top 5' stated on this board, but in the next group of top tier places.
--Anything that helped your app: (ie: a phone call from your advisor to another program, big-wig letter of recs, MD/PhD, other degree, etc) no phone calls, one outstanding letter from a neuro bigwig, away rotation at program i matched at, being a US citizen.

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[dinosaur]

this is a really good thread that should be of great help to future applicants. I just hope more people would post their stats. I think they may still be out celebrating. Come on guys, help us out!!!

 

[bustbones26]

I really don't think that my info willhelp you, but I will try---

--Med School: American
--Board Scores (COMLEX): Step 1 -457 Step 2- 472 Step 3- not taken yet!!
--AOA and class rank: I don't have a clue what my class rank is!!! But yes, is AOA of course

--Reputation of medical school: Don't know this info, never really cared to look it up in of of those magazines.

--Research: Worked on a paper with a resident in a trauma surgeon based on motorcycle accidents, paper has yet to be published, but we are working on it

--Honors in clerkships: My school does not have "honors" for grades, we just get, A,B,C, and F!!! I am assuming that an A is honors, so I will list them: IM, FP, Gen Surg, OB/GYN, Neuro (of course), and some of my grades are stil being determined as we speak!!

--# and where you did away rotations: Military, won't list the sites, not much use to you unless you are military

--# of programs you applied to: 5, on ly two of them neuro, hard to explain, but as part of military system, 2 neuro progs is all they offer

--Where invited for interviews: See previous question for explanation, but for neuro, really only two sites!!

--Name of the program matched: Madigan Army Medical Center

--Anything that helped your app: I honestly believe that I had a really strong LOR from military docs and former military docs, this definitely helped me out!!

So really, in summary, I don't think my info helped any of you out at all, but take it for what it is worth!!