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Okay, I'm sick of all the "poor me, I started a 240 on NBME and I only improved 20 points to 260! Woe is me!" kind of threads. I started below passing and clawed my last NBME to a 226. However, I just took the real thing today and I think I ran out of fuel and completely bombed the last block. Maybe I underestimate myself. Maybe not. There is a wide range of scores that I would not be surprised at.
So my question is, if playing Devil's Advocate I end up barely passing, scoring a feeble 195 or 206 or something, what are my realistic options, career-wise? Obviously I would still get to be a doctor, but really is it just a straight march towards Family Medicine in the Midwest? (I just picked the Midwest as a location with a reputation of being not particularly competitive in terms of geographic desirability...no intended offence to either Family Medicine or the Midwest, but it's definitely not CA or NY in terms of competitiveness)
So my question is, if playing Devil's Advocate I end up barely passing, scoring a feeble 195 or 206 or something, what are my realistic options, career-wise? Obviously I would still get to be a doctor, but really is it just a straight march towards Family Medicine in the Midwest? (I just picked the Midwest as a location with a reputation of being not particularly competitive in terms of geographic desirability...no intended offence to either Family Medicine or the Midwest, but it's definitely not CA or NY in terms of competitiveness)