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Currently a 3rd year DO student really needing any kind of advice.
Ended up failing USMLE (189) and got a 450 on COMLEX level 1. I don't really know what happened because I had been averaging high 220s on my NBME practice exams but that's all in the past. I'm looking to do better and improve on things that I can control from this point on such as rotation grades, COMLEX level 2, auditions, etc. (worked hard and received Honors on my first rotation).
I'm very interested in pursuing EM or IM but I really have no idea what to do. If I were to do IM, I would prefer to have some specialty options in case I wanted to pursue one. Some questions I had were...
1) Should I re-take the USMLE step 1, study very hard, and shoot for a 225+ so that I can apply for ACGME EM or IM programs? Or would I already be pre-screened from being able to match into any ACGME programs due to the failed 1st attempt?
2) Should I only focus on AOA match from this point onwards go for EM or IM in AOA programs (with ACGME pre-accredited status)? I did not know if my score was competitive enough to match into a decent program in the EM or IM AOA (with ACGME pre-accredited status).
3) Is it possible to apply to ACGME programs with only using your COMLEX score? Of course if they ask for my USMLE, I would send them that.
I just want to say thank you to everyone in advance. Just a lot of anxiety and sleepless nights ever since all my scores came out.
Ended up failing USMLE (189) and got a 450 on COMLEX level 1. I don't really know what happened because I had been averaging high 220s on my NBME practice exams but that's all in the past. I'm looking to do better and improve on things that I can control from this point on such as rotation grades, COMLEX level 2, auditions, etc. (worked hard and received Honors on my first rotation).
I'm very interested in pursuing EM or IM but I really have no idea what to do. If I were to do IM, I would prefer to have some specialty options in case I wanted to pursue one. Some questions I had were...
1) Should I re-take the USMLE step 1, study very hard, and shoot for a 225+ so that I can apply for ACGME EM or IM programs? Or would I already be pre-screened from being able to match into any ACGME programs due to the failed 1st attempt?
2) Should I only focus on AOA match from this point onwards go for EM or IM in AOA programs (with ACGME pre-accredited status)? I did not know if my score was competitive enough to match into a decent program in the EM or IM AOA (with ACGME pre-accredited status).
3) Is it possible to apply to ACGME programs with only using your COMLEX score? Of course if they ask for my USMLE, I would send them that.
I just want to say thank you to everyone in advance. Just a lot of anxiety and sleepless nights ever since all my scores came out.