For the next year applicants it might be helpful to post some stats (i.e. board scores) along with number of interviews/ranks and where you ended up along with any supplemental info. you feel appropriate.
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I think these threads are pretty useful to gauge where you stand and what you might be able to expect when you apply (I know they were for me), so I'll start:
Rush University Medical College
Preclinical - Honors in pharm and ethics, all the rest pass
Clinical - Honors in medicine, surgery, psych; high pass in peds and OB-GYN
EM rotations - 1 honors, 1 high pass
Class rank - Top 20%
Two small research projects in EM
Step 1 - 229
Step 2 - 250 (included in time for ranking but not for interviews)
Applied to 36, got offers at 33 (declined by Cincy, Vandy, and Carolinas), interviewed at 12
Matched at University of Illinois, number 1 on my ROL
Rush University Medical College
Preclinical - Honors in pharm and ethics, all the rest pass
Clinical - Honors in medicine, surgery, psych; high pass in peds and OB-GYN
EM rotations - 1 honors, 1 high pass
Class rank - Top 20%
Two small research projects in EM
Step 1 - 229
Step 2 - 250 (included in time for ranking but not for interviews)
Applied to 36, got offers at 33 (declined by Cincy, Vandy, and Carolinas), interviewed at 12
Matched at University of Illinois, number 1 on my ROL
Ross University School of Medicine, making me an FMG though I was only out of the country for 14 months.
Preclinical - 3.6
Clinical - Honors in medicine, surgery, psych; OB-GYN; EM x2 plus and EM u/s elective; B in PEDS
Class rank - Don't know, we don't do that.
No research. A publication in AAEM newsletter. On AAEM Student board
Step 1 - 215
Step 2 - 227
Applied to 52 or 53?, got offers at 11 , interviewed at 11, ranked 11
Matched at George Washington Univ., number 5 on my ROL. Matched at Harbor Hospital in Baltimore for prelim : number 1 on my ROL.
Preclinical - 3.6
Clinical - Honors in medicine, surgery, psych; OB-GYN; EM x2 plus and EM u/s elective; B in PEDS
Class rank - Don't know, we don't do that.
No research. A publication in AAEM newsletter. On AAEM Student board
Step 1 - 215
Step 2 - 227
Applied to 52 or 53?, got offers at 11 , interviewed at 11, ranked 11
Matched at George Washington Univ., number 5 on my ROL. Matched at Harbor Hospital in Baltimore for prelim : number 1 on my ROL.
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
GPA: Pass out of Pass/Fail
Clinical Honors: Everything except OB
USMLE 1 223
USMLE 2 236
Applied 30, Inteview Offers at 25, Actually interviewed 15
Matched at number 1 out 11 ranked = Morristown Memorial/Atlantic health Morristown, NJ
IMHO best program in NJ 😉
GPA: Pass out of Pass/Fail
Clinical Honors: Everything except OB
USMLE 1 223
USMLE 2 236
Applied 30, Inteview Offers at 25, Actually interviewed 15
Matched at number 1 out 11 ranked = Morristown Memorial/Atlantic health Morristown, NJ
IMHO best program in NJ 😉
OHSU
GPA: all honors and near honors clinical
step 1: 208
step 2: 231 (took early)
combined md/mph
applied 20
got 19 interviews (declined at denver) but only did 10
ranked 8, got #1!!!!!!!
i'm staying at OHSU and couldn't be happier!!! 😀
GPA: all honors and near honors clinical
step 1: 208
step 2: 231 (took early)
combined md/mph
applied 20
got 19 interviews (declined at denver) but only did 10
ranked 8, got #1!!!!!!!
i'm staying at OHSU and couldn't be happier!!! 😀
My numbers are in sharp contrast to some of those above, but...
Penn State COM
Preclinical: All pass, except our Patient, Physicians and Society classes which were high pass.
Third year: mostly pass, high pass in FM, Anesthesia and Primary Care. This may be important; comments from my attendings were very good (one pd asked why I was only getting P/HPs, until he saw...) my shelf scores were all in the 20-40th percentile, which precluded any honors.
Fourth year: HP/Hs (no shelf exams)
Step I: 202
Step II: 204
Research in progress, nothing published (but something to talk about).
ECs: Class president, FMIG president and secretary of AMWA (I am XY; this was a point of interest at plenty of interviews) as a second year, med student region coordinator for EMRA, and I have 3 kids. And a job.
Applied to thirty; invited, interviewed, and ranked 15 (loved everyone of them).
Matched at York. My top three were almost interchangable; having said that, York was third.
Penn State COM
Preclinical: All pass, except our Patient, Physicians and Society classes which were high pass.
Third year: mostly pass, high pass in FM, Anesthesia and Primary Care. This may be important; comments from my attendings were very good (one pd asked why I was only getting P/HPs, until he saw...) my shelf scores were all in the 20-40th percentile, which precluded any honors.
Fourth year: HP/Hs (no shelf exams)
Step I: 202
Step II: 204
Research in progress, nothing published (but something to talk about).
ECs: Class president, FMIG president and secretary of AMWA (I am XY; this was a point of interest at plenty of interviews) as a second year, med student region coordinator for EMRA, and I have 3 kids. And a job.
Applied to thirty; invited, interviewed, and ranked 15 (loved everyone of them).
Matched at York. My top three were almost interchangable; having said that, York was third.
I just want to wish you all the best of luck with your programs. I know you will make it work wherever you end up going, even if that wasn't your #1 choice. Just keep telling yourself that at the end of the day, we will all be certified emergency physicians. Of course I won't be in your shoes for another 4 years, but I hope I can take my own advice when the time comes. 🙂colforbinMD said:
UIC
Preclinical-outstanding in pharm, micro. advanced in the rest
clinical - Outstanding in medicine, peds, surgery and 2/3 EM months. 1 EM month was Advanced.
step 1- 233
step 2- 239
Interviews: OVERapplied-50 programs. stopped counting the number of interviews after 30. rejected by NWU and USF (Wassup with that Quinn! My inlaws weren't pleased) Interviews at top programs (hennipen, u of c, hopkins, mayo etc).
Matched at UIC my # 3... but in reality there wasn't much diff btwn # 1- #10....i'd be happy at anyone of them!!!!!
Preclinical-outstanding in pharm, micro. advanced in the rest
clinical - Outstanding in medicine, peds, surgery and 2/3 EM months. 1 EM month was Advanced.
step 1- 233
step 2- 239
Interviews: OVERapplied-50 programs. stopped counting the number of interviews after 30. rejected by NWU and USF (Wassup with that Quinn! My inlaws weren't pleased) Interviews at top programs (hennipen, u of c, hopkins, mayo etc).
Matched at UIC my # 3... but in reality there wasn't much diff btwn # 1- #10....i'd be happy at anyone of them!!!!!
You know, when I made that crack about writing a logistic regression the other day to drive next year's group crazy, I was half serious.
I could write a model that would predict probability of getting your #1, but I need some data. I notice that far fewer are posting on this list than on the other one that just identifies where. A certain hesitancy is reasonable.
But, if you think it's worth doing PM me your mle1 and mle2, where your matched program was on your rank list and whether UsMG, FMG or DO. Keep your anonymity, change your name if you wish.
Once I've got the data it would be pleasant hour's work to generate a model and some graphs, which I would then post.
If you think this stupid, just ignore me.🙂
I could write a model that would predict probability of getting your #1, but I need some data. I notice that far fewer are posting on this list than on the other one that just identifies where. A certain hesitancy is reasonable.
But, if you think it's worth doing PM me your mle1 and mle2, where your matched program was on your rank list and whether UsMG, FMG or DO. Keep your anonymity, change your name if you wish.
Once I've got the data it would be pleasant hour's work to generate a model and some graphs, which I would then post.
If you think this stupid, just ignore me.🙂
UNTHSC-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Preclinical Years: Deans List x 4
Clinical: We don't have honors. All Shelfs 96-99%
GPA: 94.95
Rank: 2/124
USMLE I 232/94
USMLE II 262/99
COMLEX I 715/90
COMLEX II 724/98
Interviewed 15 programs, ranked all 15.
Matched #3, University of Iowa Hawkeyes! I dearly loved this institution from beginning to end and ranked them 1 to 3 on any given day prior to ROL certification.
Preclinical Years: Deans List x 4
Clinical: We don't have honors. All Shelfs 96-99%
GPA: 94.95
Rank: 2/124
USMLE I 232/94
USMLE II 262/99
COMLEX I 715/90
COMLEX II 724/98
Interviewed 15 programs, ranked all 15.
Matched #3, University of Iowa Hawkeyes! I dearly loved this institution from beginning to end and ranked them 1 to 3 on any given day prior to ROL certification.
corpsmanUP said:
Congrats corpsman... return my phone call and we'll go have guiness, dammit!!
jd
btw, you need to change your sig from EMDOCHOPEFUL to EMDOC!!!
DeLaughterDO said:
I'm sorry JD, I am dead to the world on my couch....haven't slept in days for crap! Catch up with me tomorrow. My phone has not rang...I must have it off or something. I'll check it.
BKN said:
Like the idea!!!
BKN ill give you my info tomorrow!
Whle BKN's fancy schmancy math model will be fun and I am glad people are PMing him their info I think it would still be helpful for people to keep updating this thread. For some reason people seem to hesitate to post this type of info and I don't get why.
In other words BUMP
In other words BUMP
I know I took advantage of last year's M4s doing this, so for what it's worth, here ya go...
Medical College of Wisconsin
preclin--all honors except histology
clin--honors in med, surg, anes; high pass in the rest
EM--high pass first rotation (away at IU); honors at second (home)
step 1--252
step 2--247
school doesn't rank students (or so they say)
senior AOA
currently working on an EM-related academic project, leadership in EMIG and other school organizations, 4 summers in college as ED tech (don't know how much this matters, but...)
Applied to 21, got interview offers from all, interviewed at 9, ranked all of them.
Matched at #1, Indiana
Medical College of Wisconsin
preclin--all honors except histology
clin--honors in med, surg, anes; high pass in the rest
EM--high pass first rotation (away at IU); honors at second (home)
step 1--252
step 2--247
school doesn't rank students (or so they say)
senior AOA
currently working on an EM-related academic project, leadership in EMIG and other school organizations, 4 summers in college as ED tech (don't know how much this matters, but...)
Applied to 21, got interview offers from all, interviewed at 9, ranked all of them.
Matched at #1, Indiana
I stole the format from rxfudd, congrats btw!!
Rosalind Franklin aka Chicago Medical School
Preclinical - A's in Path and hematology, basically B's in the rest with a C in anatomy (what was I thinking?, i didnt work hard enough, was getting married etc.)
Clinical - A in Medicine, FP, Peds, Neuro, B's in surgery, psych, OB-GYN and 3rd yr EM
4th yr EM rotations - Orlando - B+, Cook County - A
Class rank - Top 50% (im guessing I never asked cause it doesnt matter much to me)
One small research project in EM presented at the SAEM midwest regional and was active in EMED, some other class activities, prior work experience (non medical)
Step 1 - 217 or 219
Step 2 - 217 (included in time for ranking but not for interviews)
Applied to over 100 because of my "situation", got offers at 80% or so, interviewed at 8 EM and 1 Peds/EM, ranked them ALL
Matched at University of Arizona, number 1 on my ROL Go WILDCATS!!!
Rosalind Franklin aka Chicago Medical School
Preclinical - A's in Path and hematology, basically B's in the rest with a C in anatomy (what was I thinking?, i didnt work hard enough, was getting married etc.)
Clinical - A in Medicine, FP, Peds, Neuro, B's in surgery, psych, OB-GYN and 3rd yr EM
4th yr EM rotations - Orlando - B+, Cook County - A
Class rank - Top 50% (im guessing I never asked cause it doesnt matter much to me)
One small research project in EM presented at the SAEM midwest regional and was active in EMED, some other class activities, prior work experience (non medical)
Step 1 - 217 or 219
Step 2 - 217 (included in time for ranking but not for interviews)
Applied to over 100 because of my "situation", got offers at 80% or so, interviewed at 8 EM and 1 Peds/EM, ranked them ALL
Matched at University of Arizona, number 1 on my ROL Go WILDCATS!!!
If you dont know now you know!!
