Competitiveness of Chicago Programs?

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Hi, I'm a med student who's been exploring certain fields that I'm interested in, but I want to return to Chicago (I'm currently at a out of state med school) for personal reasons. I was just wondering, how competitive are Chicago programs? According to 2011 NRMP data, the average Step 1 score for Anes is 226, but I know this is no longer accurate. There are 7 programs in Chicago, but are they a good mix of hard relatively less difficult programs to enter, or are they all really tough to get into? Would an average applicant (according to NRMP data) have a good shot at one of the Chicago programs? Thanks for any help.
 
SoulinNeed said:
Hi, I'm a med student who's been exploring certain fields that I'm interested in, but I want to return to Chicago (I'm currently at a out of state med school) for personal reasons. I was just wondering, how competitive are Chicago programs? According to 2011 NRMP data, the average Step 1 score for Anes is 226, but I know this is no longer accurate. There are 7 programs in Chicago, but are they a good mix of hard relatively less difficult programs to enter, or are they all really tough to get into? Would an average applicant (according to NRMP data) have a good shot at one of the Chicago programs? Thanks for any help.
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Number wise its DOable but its kind of like med school over again. The entire process is very unpredictable. You can do everything right and not even get an interview.
 
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it's kind of a crap shoot.. i had step 1 >250 and step 2 > 260 and NW showed me no love. Your loss NW, ya hear that?!

Anyways, you should be fine. Good luck!
 
LMA24 said:
it's kind of a crap shoot.. i had step 1 >250 and step 2 > 260 and NW showed me no love. Your loss NW, ya hear that?!

Anyways, you should be fine. Good luck!
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They probably expected you not to rank them high, hence they did not waste time on you.
 
SoulinNeed said:
Thanks for that doc.

Anyone have any info on the competitiveness of UIC and Advocate's programs?
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BTW, and this is just a curiosity point, but it seems like Cook County's program is made up of all foreign and carib grad residents. Is there a reason for this?
 
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Steege305 said:
Do you really need someone else to answer this for you?
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I have a hunch, obviously, but I don't want to make any assumptions. Is there something wrong with the program that makes US MD's avoid it, or is it just some preference in the program?
 
SoulinNeed said:
I have a hunch, obviously, but I don't want to make any assumptions. Is there something wrong with the program that makes US MD's avoid it, or is it just some preference in the program?
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I think you can toss the "program preference" right off the bat. I wouldn't imagine that there are any PDs out there chomping at the bit to fill their programs with FMGs and Caribbean grads. The NMRP algorithm is a proposal driven algorithm, so it stands to reason that MDs didn't want to go there.

As for what makes those particular programs less desirable, I'm not sure. I didn't interview at either of those programs.
 
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SoulinNeed said:
Hi, I'm a med student who's been exploring certain fields that I'm interested in, but I want to return to Chicago (I'm currently at a out of state med school) for personal reasons. I was just wondering, how competitive are Chicago programs? According to 2011 NRMP data, the average Step 1 score for Anes is 226, but I know this is no longer accurate. There are 7 programs in Chicago, but are they a good mix of hard relatively less difficult programs to enter, or are they all really tough to get into? Would an average applicant (according to NRMP data) have a good shot at one of the Chicago programs? Thanks for any help.
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Rush
 
Steege305 said:
I think you can toss the "program preference" right off the bat. I wouldn't imagine that there are any PDs out there chomping at the bit to fill their programs with FMGs and Caribbean grads. The NMRP algorithm is a proposal driven algorithm, so it stands to reason that MDs didn't want to go there.

As for what makes those particular programs less desirable, I'm not sure. I didn't interview at either of those programs.
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It's really incredible to see, though. The vast majority of the program is FMG and Carib grads, but like you said, I guess we don't know what or if anything is wrong with the program.
 
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