Assign lukewarm/negative SLOE or not?

[alexibluezz]

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I'm applying EM and just got back my eval (through school) from my first audition. It says that I did well, am strictly average in all respects, and interested at times but could use more interest and enthusiasm. I'm assuming the SLOE I received says something similar.

Should I send this (my only SLOE at this point) out to programs, or apply with only one letter from non-EM faculty (and wait for more SLOEs, ready in October and late November)? I don't know which is worse...

 

[RPedigo]

You should assign the SLOE. Having a lukewarm SLOE is much better than the red flag of having an early subinternship where you did not receive a SLOE at all; it leaves us thinking, "what horrible thing happened that this applicant wouldn't show us their SLOE?" We will know you did a rotation there because it will be on your transcript. Definitely upload your 2nd SLOE once you get it.

 

[OneTwoThreeFour]

Average is fine. Middle thirds will likely match. It is the bottom third SLOEs you have to worry about

 

[southerndoc]

As core faculty, we get concerned when we see an ED rotation without a SLOE. Average is good, no SLOE will look bad as we think you're hiding something.

Reviewing tons of SLOE's, most are average because you can't have 90% of rotators in the top 1/3. The top 1/3 is the top 1/3, and people in the bottom 1/3 still match at their top 3 choices many times.