Do Residency Directors care where you went to Med School?

[kingwisk]

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Do Residency Directors care where you went to Med School? For example, would it matter if you went to a top ten school like Yale or Michigan or if you went to a lower tier school like Drexel? 🙂

 

[paean]

Yes.

However, it isn't the only thing that they consider. Also, class ranking, 3rd year grades, Letter from your dean and from you attendings in some of your rotations, and USMLE Step 1 scores, to name a few.

What is most valued depends on the specialty, and to some extent the location. If you can go to a top 25 school, you theoretically might have more doors open, but you have to do well once you get there as well. If you go to a bottom 25 school, you can still get competitive spots in competitive fields, you just have to make sure you do well in school.

Look at this thread:

http://www.studentdoctor.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64077&highlight=residency

 

[KyGrlDr2B]

I'm kinda confused as to why there are two of these threads in a row in here....I'm guessing someone moved this over here?? Anyway, I'll close this because it's redundant to have these two sitting here on the same page. The other one has many more posts too.