Don’t Bother Applying to Top Med/Peds Residencies if You Had to Repeat a Year?

[halcyon_]

I have seen posts that competitive specialties are kind of out of the question if you repeated a year due to not passing exams. I was wondering if people think this holds true for “top” residencies for med-peds, which is not as competitive and perhaps gentler to this kind of thing (the vibe I get from med-peds physicians is that they are not as concerned with prestige and are very down-to-earth)?

Also if there is a chance, what would really make the difference to convince PDs to accept someone who repeated a year due to academic reasons?

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[NotAProgDirector]

In general, top programs get to be very picky. Is it possible? Sure - if you're performance after this is outstanding. Is it likely? No.

Don't worry about going to a "top" program. You can get a great education at lots of programs. At the moment, focus on solidly passing and learning the material.

 

[Rapsidy]

I have seen posts that competitive specialties are kind of out of the question if you repeated a year due to not passing exams. I was wondering if people think this holds true for “top” residencies for med-peds, which is not as competitive and perhaps gentler to this kind of thing (the vibe I get from med-peds physicians is that they are not as concerned with prestige and are very down-to-earth)?

Also if there is a chance, what would really make the difference to convince PDs to accept someone who repeated a year due to academic reasons?

Is there any downside to applying to them? The worst they can do is not give you an interview/not rank you. Just don’t put all your eggs in that basket and have a wide array of programs you apply to.