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For as long as you've been on here....... this post kills meocean11 said:DISCUSS.... seriously guys.... is a 240 not good enough?!? should I aim REALLY high on Step II?
thanks alot!
ocean11 said:DISCUSS.... seriously guys.... is a 240 not good enough?!? should I aim REALLY high on Step II?
thanks alot!
Daichi Katase said:what is the average for derm? 250?
Serious question, I am curious.
ocean11 said:DISCUSS.... seriously guys.... is a 240 not good enough?!? should I aim REALLY high on Step II?
thanks alot!
thackl said:The avg matching out of my school over the past 5yrs is 248 for derm. Just for comparison, ortho was 227 and ophtho was 228. It's probably pretty close to the national avg.
ocean11 said:Thanks for the replies people! it is truly appreciated.... I think what porokeratosis said was right.... the whole package is important too! I think I better start doing some research as I have NO publications out yet.... ALTHOUGH.... I have done alot of cardiovascular research b/fo med school....
OH one more thing.... I was talking to some guy at the hospital I'm rotating at about Derm and board scores etc etc.... and he blurted out "Why would you want to go into Derm to practice Dermatology.... you could easily practice derm after an internal medicine residency + be able to do other things too...." I don't know if this is true or not, but he's the second person that told me this.... one thing is for sure... the residency during IM IS NOT going to be easy....
thanks again
Those ophth and ortho #'s are definitely higher than national avg.Hard24Get said:my school comes in around 242 for derm, 232 for derm/med, 242 for optho, and 244 for ortho (match rate 100% for all 4 fields)....
thackl said:Those ophth and ortho #'s are definitely higher than national avg.
ocean11 said:DISCUSS.... seriously guys.... is a 240 not good enough?!? should I aim REALLY high on Step II?
thanks alot!
porokeratosis said:Here's proof that you're USMLE Step 1 score is good enough for Derm.
http://www.uicomp.uic.edu/Students/NRMP - Charting Outcomes in the Match.pdf
This study was done on the 2005 NRMP Match (just last year). For 2005, the average USMLE step 1 score for Derm was 233. Which makes your score of 240 ABOVE average . But the question now is: how's the rest of your application? If you notice, many of the successful Derm applicants graduated with honors (AOA), did research, and published something.
On a side note, this is the first study I've seen documenting the matching statistics for most medical specialties, including Derm (pg 22-24), Plastic Surgery, Rad Onc, etc. There is some great information in there.