Hi all. I am from Texas but went to school at a UC school and spent my gap year doing research there. I have never liked Texas growing up and my plan for med school was to stay in California or go to the east coast. However, my cycle didn't work out and I ended up having to come back to Texas for med school. I have begun my first year and I'm already worried my Texas residency is going to affect me for when I apply to residency, which I would like to do in the east coast or California, not in Texas. What tips can you guys give me to increase my chances of landing an OOS residency? I was planning on doing away rotations for sure, but besides killing my Step 1 and getting great LORs and great clinical grades, what else can I do? Really worried I'll be stuck in Texas forever. I am attending UTSW so I'm hoping the prestige of the institution will also assist in any form. Thanks!
Getting out of Texas for residency?
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What do you want to go into?
I think you'll be fine either way. Residency applications are a lot different than medical school ones. You could look into the post-M1 summer research programs on the East Coast, which could help, but I don't think you even need that.
I think you'll be fine either way. Residency applications are a lot different than medical school ones. You could look into the post-M1 summer research programs on the East Coast, which could help, but I don't think you even need that.
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Your more adult self will thank you for not paying tens of thousands more for the same education.
some residencies will have regional bias, particularly the northeast. All you can do is have a strong app
some residencies will have regional bias, particularly the northeast. All you can do is have a strong app
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I read the title as "Getting out of Taxes for residency?" I was quite intrigued, to say the least.
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It is easier to match a residency in California than to get into medical school here. And much easier to get a job here after residency.
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Just curious, what don't you like about Texas/UTSW?
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The East Coast is in no way hard to get into. New York City alone has an incredible number of noncompetitive programs. You'll be fine.
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Easier but still very hard to get academic interviews, trust me as some one who is going thru applying to residency right now! Community programs less so
Oh wait nvm read you are at UTSW youll be fine
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If there are specific areas of the country that you are hoping to go into, you would very likely be helped by doing away rotations in addition to simply "doing well." For many fields, this will be all but a requirement.
If you want to leave Texas, you will have no problem doing so, with some caveats - namely, how "strong" your overall application is and what field you end up going into. Being from Texas and going to UTSW will not be the things that prevent you from matching out of state.
If you want to leave Texas, you will have no problem doing so, with some caveats - namely, how "strong" your overall application is and what field you end up going into. Being from Texas and going to UTSW will not be the things that prevent you from matching out of state.
