Applying for Urology as an Intern

[Kannen1979]

I am a female DO student who has matched with an osteopathic internship in Chicago for a 1 year contract. I applied to Urology (DO programs only) and was ranked well with a couple but not well enough. I would like to reapply to urology for the following year, my step 1 COMLEX was above average but not quite as high as they usually look for, I take step 2 in a few days. Did some (gyne) research with a published abstract and won an award for my poster presentation of the same abstract at the AOA convention. Other leadership stuff om my CV blah, blah . . .what I want to know is, what can I do, if anything, to improve my chances of getting a uro spot next time (obviously I'll have the one year of residency under my belt), and if there is any hope of getting a chicago based allopathic uro spot if I get really good recommendation letters, etc. (I also plan to mention in my PS that I am willing to repeat a year or take a year off to do doctors without borders or research if needed).

I love urology, I can't imaging doing anything else. Which is why I'm getting back on the horse.

Thanks!

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[NDESTRUKT]

How did you get away with not taking Step II before graduation?

Shouldn't you have that score before graduating? At least that's how it should be.

 

[Kannen1979]

I am currently a 4th year medical student, I take step 2 on Tuesday (2 months before graduation) I'll be an intern starting in July when I will be reapplying for Urology.