Got a P in IM... still competitive for Radiology in a big city?

[warriorinthemaking]

Hey all,

Happy holidays and New Year. I hate to post another neurotic "am I still competitive/i'm freaking out" thread on this site but I just wanted peoples' takes on my situation. I'm an M3 who's finished 3 rotations - Surgery (High P), Elective, and IM (P). My school does a F/P/HP/H system so I haven't honored anything yet. Elective was P/F and I did a few weeks in Rads. I got a 260 on Step 1 and I was rocking my IM rotation but I got so burned out at the end that I ate crap on the shelf and for my school, if you only pass the exam, you can only pass the clerkship even though I honored everything else.

Normally I wouldn't be too concerned but I'm just trying to gauge how much this really affects me, especially since my goal is to do Radiology residency in NYC, where I was born and raised. My school is not in NY. I also wanted to know how this would impact my ability to get into a competitive TY, since I imagine the "kush" ones are competitive to get into and people from a lot of competitive specialties are applying to those.

I'm open to going to other big cities like DC, Philly, Chicago, Seattle, SoCal (that would be a particular dream of mine) but would ultimately need to go back to NYC. NYC > all of them for Radiology; any big city for TY.

I heard intern year in NYC can be very gruelling and have a lot of ancillary work so I'm open to not doing that in NY per se.

Appreciate any perspectives on anything I've said. Please and thank you

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[CyrilFiggis]

You’ll be fine. Don’t hang on every grade, it just makes you more stressed and burnt out at the end of each rotation. A P isn’t a red flag and your Rads rotation(s) and LORs will mean more. Try to get an away in NYC if that’s your end game.

 

[CherryRedDracul]

You'll be fine. Just do well on the rest of your clerkships, make a good impression at your home radiology department, get good LORs, get some research in, etc. That Step 1 score can get your foot in the door anywhere.

I had a P on my OB/GYN rotation. I still matched into a radiology program in a big city and got a top-notch abdominal imaging fellowship at another big city.