4th year subi importance for competitive program?

[anbuitachi]

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Hi,

How important is taking an anesthesiology subI in 4th year before applying? Anesthesiology is huge at my school and seats ran out in like 14 seconds after registration started. But anyway how much would taking Anesthesiology in November hurt my chances in getting into a competitive (such as NYU), or moderatively competitive program?? Our department chair (anesthesiology) writes a department letter for everyone, and I have a letter from primary care doctor. If I can get another anesthesiology letter from like pain medicine or random shadowing , I'm wondering if taking an anesthesiology elective even matters (or in November) ?

My adviser told me grades after August don't even show up on transcript that residency programs see, so she is saying a subI isn't that important b/c not everyone can take it in july or august.. so November isn't that different from September..

Any thoughts?

 

[secants]

Well I did mine in July and it showed on my transcript on eras. I think it solidifies that you're really applying for anesthesia and not as a backup. The main goal of the subi is a letter, which even if you do late like in September, can sometimes come through in time. My personal opinion is if you can't do an early subi at one of your top choices, try setting up a critical care anesthesia rotation and dowell there (sicu). Not many people do early icu rotations and doing well in one early esp in an anesthesia run icu will really help you out IMO.

 

[anbuitachi]

Well I did mine in July and it showed on my transcript on eras. I think it solidifies that you're really applying for anesthesia and not as a backup. The main goal of the subi is a letter, which even if you do late like in September, can sometimes come through in time. My personal opinion is if you can't do an early subi at one of your top choices, try setting up a critical care anesthesia rotation and dowell there (sicu). Not many people do early icu rotations and doing well in one early esp in an anesthesia run icu will really help you out IMO.

How does one do well in a ICU rotation? I dont kno wthe first thing about ICUs... how did you do well?

 

[POW16]

Show up early, pre-round, know your patient well, present during rounds, follow up on labs/imaging, read every day...Same as in every rotation really.

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[anbuitachi]

Show up early, pre-round, know your patient well, present during rounds, follow up on labs/imaging, read every day...Same as in every rotation really.

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really? ive been doing this for most of my rotations and i haven't done well in any of them lol....

 

[POW16]

What do your evaluators say ?

 

[secants]

It's also about getting noticed doing these things to get your fair credit and also just leaving a lasting impression so they remember you come time for evals/LORs.

 

[anbuitachi]

What do your evaluators say ?

well it varies. bad evals say doesn't show motivation, not aggressive enough, OK student.

most say the general stuff like.. team player, good attendance.

either way i get bad evaluations grades regardless of what they actually write.. which is weird

 

[sakata8242]

well it varies. bad evals say doesn't show motivation, not aggressive enough, OK student.

most say the general stuff like.. team player, good attendance.

either way i get bad evaluations grades regardless of what they actually write.. which is weird

Welcome to 3rd year.

Hi,

How important is taking an anesthesiology subI in 4th year before applying? Anesthesiology is huge at my school and seats ran out in like 14 seconds after registration started. But anyway how much would taking Anesthesiology in November hurt my chances in getting into a competitive (such as NYU), or moderatively competitive program?? Our department chair (anesthesiology) writes a department letter for everyone, and I have a letter from primary care doctor. If I can get another anesthesiology letter from like pain medicine or random shadowing , I'm wondering if taking an anesthesiology elective even matters (or in November) ?

My adviser told me grades after August don't even show up on transcript that residency programs see, so she is saying a subI isn't that important b/c not everyone can take it in july or august.. so November isn't that different from September..

Any thoughts?

If you can get a second Anesthesia letter you should. Most programs expect a chair's letter; so unless you really worked closely with him/her I would try to at least get a letter from someone you worked with. The ICU month is popular here but I got mine during a general anesthesia rotation. Research is another option.