Class Rank vs step 1 IMG

[Doc mu]

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my university teaches way too much minutia and straight out MISSES the big picture most of the time , this i think is bad for step and the tests are loaded with minutia , should i focus on step prep these years or minutia to get a better clss rank?

 

[Mad Jack]

Step 1>>>>>>>>Class rank

Minutiae are often the things that separate a good from a mediocre Step score though...

 

[dushash]

my university teaches way too much minutia and straight out MISSES the big picture most of the time , this i think is bad for step and the tests are loaded with minutia , should i focus on step prep these years or minutia to get a better clss rank?

Class rank means nothing most of time - just because you can't directly compare different classes, different schools. There's a list of items from most important to least important for residency - about 30 items if I remember correctly. Class rank is somewhere in the lower part of that list. Step 1 is in top 5 items.

P.S. if I'm not mistaken LORs mean even more than step 1, but that been said your step 1 needs to be above certain threshold of course.

 

[Lnsean]

honestly..why would anyone even care what your class rank is at a non-US school

 

[Doc mu]

There's a list of items from most important to least important for residency

can you please send me the list so that i know what to focus on exactly?

and thank you all for your replies , i will focus on step prep then 🙂

 

[SpoiledMilk]

Done

 

[Doc mu]

Done

according to this survey 60% of all specialties take class rank into consideration and give it a 4/5 importance rating , is this true for both US graduates and IMGs or only US graduates as people previously stated in this thread?

 

[SpoiledMilk]

It's likely true only for US graduates as US medical schools have certain standards/rules that are known to PDs. Foreign medical schools are less known generally by them.

 

[Doc mu]

It's likely true only for US graduates as US medical schools have certain standards/rules that are known to PDs. Foreign medical schools are less known generally by them.

alright , thanks mate ! 🙂