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As the saying goes, "long time lurker, first time poster." First off, I just wanted to thank you for all the posts about pathology!! They have been very insightful and entertaining. As I now consider myself a seasoned MIII, I especially enjoyed the anti-clinical medicine thread. In fact, I was wondering if anyone was interested in starting a movement to take the physical exam findings out of the "Objective" and place them in the "Subjective" portion of the SOAP note where they belong! I will reserve actual recruiting for this movement for a later date...
At any rate, my question to the forum veterans is, "How important are clinical grades to matching at a competitive pathology program?" Here's my situation: I thoroughly enjoyed pathology as an M2 (could not put down Robbins), did one year of path research in med school (which confirmed my desire to pursue it as a career), did well on Step One (>240), attend a non-top 20 med school, and am HATING clinical medicine and will most likely only receive a "pass" for all my third year clerkships (my school does not have "high pass"). My written evals are good, just not stellar and not enough for "honors." I desperately want to pursue an academic career in pathology and understand that to do so, it would probably be in my best interest to train at a big name institution (MGH, Brigham, Johns Hopkins, UCSF, Stanford etc). So what do you think? Is it imperative that I honor at least one rotation to be a competitive applicant? Please tell me "no" because the thought of sustaining more fake enthusiasm for the rest of the year could put me over the edge 🙂
PS
I apologize if this has been answered already and thank you all for your input!!!
At any rate, my question to the forum veterans is, "How important are clinical grades to matching at a competitive pathology program?" Here's my situation: I thoroughly enjoyed pathology as an M2 (could not put down Robbins), did one year of path research in med school (which confirmed my desire to pursue it as a career), did well on Step One (>240), attend a non-top 20 med school, and am HATING clinical medicine and will most likely only receive a "pass" for all my third year clerkships (my school does not have "high pass"). My written evals are good, just not stellar and not enough for "honors." I desperately want to pursue an academic career in pathology and understand that to do so, it would probably be in my best interest to train at a big name institution (MGH, Brigham, Johns Hopkins, UCSF, Stanford etc). So what do you think? Is it imperative that I honor at least one rotation to be a competitive applicant? Please tell me "no" because the thought of sustaining more fake enthusiasm for the rest of the year could put me over the edge 🙂
PS
I apologize if this has been answered already and thank you all for your input!!!