Did bad on Shelf in specialty I want to pursue :(

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Sweet12

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My Q is about the Shelf scores and getting into a particular specialty. I want to go into IM, but I got my shelf score back 71 (32% nbme). I needed a 50% to get even HP in the rotation. I'm pretty sure that I did well on the evals because the residents I worked with told me they would write good ones for me, and I was hardworking, and constantly read new research articles on pts. And overall did well being pimped.

Otherwise I've gotten HP in surgery, H in Psych, HP in Optho.

Q: How much should I be crying right now? How much will a Pass in my desired specialty hurt me?
 
my worst shelf is going to be the field I end up going in to, haha.
 
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