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Hey guys,
Was wondering if anyone could help me with some questions I had regarding my future residency application. I like the idea of doing general surgery so that I can do any subspecialty fellowship after residency, and I ideally would want to pursue an academic program (excluding the west coast, that's probably too far from home for me). I feel like my academic profile so far is solid but not extraordinary on its own: 243 on step 1, top 20% of my class at a mid-tier midwest MD program, in the middle of 3rd year rotations right now, with 3 abstracts and 1 publication in a relatively minor journal with 1 pending.
So my question: what do I need to be doing between now and when I apply to help my competitiveness to match?
Was wondering if anyone could help me with some questions I had regarding my future residency application. I like the idea of doing general surgery so that I can do any subspecialty fellowship after residency, and I ideally would want to pursue an academic program (excluding the west coast, that's probably too far from home for me). I feel like my academic profile so far is solid but not extraordinary on its own: 243 on step 1, top 20% of my class at a mid-tier midwest MD program, in the middle of 3rd year rotations right now, with 3 abstracts and 1 publication in a relatively minor journal with 1 pending.
So my question: what do I need to be doing between now and when I apply to help my competitiveness to match?