do i have a chance
Started by mrnight
study hard, spank it the second time around.
the advice that's been spread on this board is that PM&R is not a field caught up with numbers. good luck
Completely agree. It's likely not favorable for the more competitive programs, but given that you do well in your rotations (esp your PM&R ones), get some good LORs, and improve your COMLEX Step 2 score you should be able to match somewhere. Best of luck to you!
Yes you have a chance. You need to PROVE that you can: work hard, be a team player, have genuine interest in whatever field you want to do, and dedicate yourself to the books.
I've seen plenty of people with good test scores be lousy residents with terrible work ethic and don't take constructive criticism. I've also seen residents who obviously struggle with tests but are fine physicians who I would vouch for in a heartbeat.
I agree with the above, but would add one more item: Improve the scores. There are individuals who would have made good physiatrists, orthopedists, radiologists, ophthalmologists, (fill-in-the-blank specialists), who are practicing in another field of medicine (or not practicing medicine at all) due to being on the wrong side of a test score cut-off. Candidates who are marginal on their grades and test scores tend to compete for slots in less-competitive programs. Those programs, in turn, want to make sure that their graduates pass the board certification examinations.
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