3rd year grades

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So how important are 3rd year grades for rads?

I have 250+ on Step 1 but I'm half way done with M3 and am not sure if I am going to get any honors. I have "pleasure to work with" as comments and no red flags but I haven't been able to crack into honors.

Furthermore, I'm trying to go to a good location...some kind of city like Chicago or NYC

Does this hurt?

 

[Gute]

I'd say that 3rd year grades are about on par with your Step 1 score on the ladder of importance, maybe slightly so since it is harder to compare.

You do not need straight A's in clinicals to match at a competitive radiology program, but I bet everyone who matches to such programs have outstanding letters from clinical professors. Although your grades are set in stone, you still have alot of time to develop relationships that will earn you these types of letters.

 

[fun8stuff]

So how important are 3rd year grades for rads?

I have 250+ on Step 1 but I'm half way done with M3 and am not sure if I am going to get any honors. I have "pleasure to work with" as comments and no red flags but I haven't been able to crack into honors.

Furthermore, I'm trying to go to a good location...some kind of city like Chicago or NYC

Does this hurt?

third year grades are one of the most overrated criteria... basically a marker of how well you can kiss ass and luck. I only had a couple H's, but they were due to either because the intern/senior resident filled out my eval (rather than the attending) or because I heard ahead of time of places that always give you H providing you do the bare minimum. Unfortunately, PDs weigh them pretty high.

 

[DrVanNostran]

Ugh so annoyed, I got a HP in my radiology rotation. I kicked ass on identifying, explaining, and on my evals, but I got rocked on the written exam. I don't know how met vs deoxyhemoglobin shows up on MRI yet!

 

[Gute]

Ugh so annoyed, I got a HP in my radiology rotation. I kicked ass on identifying, explaining, and on my evals, but I got rocked on the written exam. I don't know how met vs deoxyhemoglobin shows up on MRI yet!

I had a couple friends who made B's on their radiology rotations that matched to extremely good programs...your letters (of recommendation) are more important than your (grade) letters. Though I definitely understand why you aren't happy about this, sucks to bust your butt and get an HP.

 

[a winner is you]

Depends where you go to school, radiology is pretty regional unless you're a superstar. I had high 250s on step 1 and 2, with only 1 honors 3rd year (rest HP) and got no interviews at even high-mid tier places outside my region.

 

[Tritleb]

I generally found certain 3rd year grades to be important and a topic of conversation during interviews. In my experience interviewers, particularly PDs, cared about Peds, Surgery, and Medicine. The others took a back seat to the "big 3." So, depending on where you are in your year, there's still time to crack down and suck it up for those biggies.

 

[DrVanNostran]

I had a couple friends who made B's on their radiology rotations that matched to extremely good programs...your letters (of recommendation) are more important than your (grade) letters. Though I definitely understand why you aren't happy about this, sucks to bust your butt and get an HP.

Thanks. That definitely made me feel better. After I go my grade I was really discouraged. I think more so since I am so uncertain of what speciality to pursue.

What is Peds considered a major rotation for rads? I can understand Med/surgery...

 

[badasshairday]

Depends where you go to school, radiology is pretty regional unless you're a superstar. I had high 250s on step 1 and 2, with only 1 honors 3rd year (rest HP) and got no interviews at even high-mid tier places outside my region.

My advisor told me the regional bias is also about where you are from or family located. Ie. if you are a strong applicant and went to a midwest med school, but you are from CA, you have a good shot at interviews in CA.

 

[2012mdc]

My advisor told me the regional bias is also about where you are from or family located. Ie. if you are a strong applicant and went to a midwest med school, but you are from CA, you have a good shot at interviews in CA.

Cool, there's a reason I've kept my permanent address in Cali and when I apply my mailing address will be there too

 

[myhandsarecold]

our school does not use the H/HP/P/F system. Do programs consider >90 as Honor?