How Low Did You Go?

[The White Coat Investor]

All the third years on here have been begging for it, so I'm just setting it up now so hopefully everyone will remember to come back and answer the poll. Of course, current EM interns, residents, and attendings are invited to post your answer as well.

What # on your rank list did you match at? (And if you matched at higher than your number five, it would probably be helpful to post an addendum about what you would do differently if you did it again.)

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[mountebank]

i like this thread, lets keep it up there......

 

[sweetfynesse]

BUMP...


Best of luck with the match!!!

 

[blackcat]

just wanted to bring this to the top to ensure people see if on thursday.
good luck ya'll

 

[jpgreer13]

Bump, one more time, less than nine hours now...

 

[Melb]

I got my 1st choice--St. Lukes Roosevelt

 

[DrQuinn]

Got my #1 choice,

Univ S. Florida, Tampa General Hospital.

(Charter Class of EM)
Q

 

[blackcat]

Got #2 - UConn

 

[m and m]

I am going to my number 2, St. Vincents in Toledo.

For third years who may be worried about their prospects. You can match in EM. Here are my not so stellar stats.
Second quartile for the classroom years,
Second quartile for the clinical year,
A grade of B for my ER rotation,
218 on Step I, no step 2
50 applications, 26 invites, 13 interviews,
Matched at my # 2 in Toledo OH.

 

[genthes]

Hello to everyone from a long-time voyeur, first time poster...

My stats for the third years out there:

preclincal - about 1/2 honors, no fails
3rd year - about 1/2 honors, AOA
Step 1 - 241
Step 2 - taking it next week!

Matched at Grand Rapids, #1 choice

(wish I'd known about this site sooner, thanks everyone)

 

[DrDigital]

I got my 1st choice at UTSW Dallas

 

[emdoc21]

Got my 1st Choice: University of North Carolina

For the 3rd years:
preclinicals: decent grades
clinicals: all honors but one
EM: honors
Step I: 234
StepII: 264
AOA, small research project, very strong extracurriculars
14 applications, 14 interviews

 

[DrQuinn]

Oops forgot...

Got my #1, USF-Tampa General Hospital

I am a:

DO applicant (Nova Southeastern University)
Rank: 31/186
GPA: 91.10
Pass w/ Honors in most of my 3rd year stuff
COMLEX Step I: 93%
COMLEX Step II: 99% (not in time for application)
Three EM rotations
(Albert Einstein Medical Center, PA, University of Maryland)

Only other thing worth mentioning on my ERAS is that for the past four years I work part-time as a Medical Defense Malpractice Paralegal.

Q

 

[4thyr]

1st choice- Maine Medical Center

 

[mikecwru]

#1 choice: MetroHealth in Cleveland, OH

 

[FabFrank]

1st choice UW/Madigan.

 

[blackcat]

fabfrank - good luck at madigan.
that was also my first choice. i was reportedly ranked in the top 5 but didn't get it, you must have been in those top 4!!
congrats.
say hello to peter stull (civilian attending at madigan) when you get there.
oliver sostre

 

[pinbor1]

U of I Chicago 1st choice!

For the 3rd years
Preclinical- all passes, except 1 honor
Clinicals- All honors, except 1 advance
Step 1- 219
Step 2- 219 (after interviews were done)
Rotated at Hennepin and Mercy Hosp @ UIC
No EM research, + heavy extracurriculars

Congratulations All

 

[jpgreer13]

#3 choice, East Carolina University.

As for my stats...
(Kentucky is on a letter grading system, and doesn't do the whole Honors / High Pass / Pass thing, so I'm not quite sure how to compare those)

Class Rank: 23/89 (at the end of 3rd year)
Preclinical - 3.34 GPA (started badly the first semester, but came back to get almost all A's after that, including the Pathology Honor Society award)
Clinical - 4.00 GPA (including Honors in EM).
Did EM rotations at Kentucky and East Carolina.
Step 1 - 242
Step 2 - 249
Research as an undergraduate, one publication in zoology.
Some extracurriculars.
35 applications, 26 interview offers, went to and ranked 10.

 

[futrEDdoc]

First choice - University of Cincinnati

Pre-clinical years - 1 honors, few high passes
Clinical years (3rd year) - all honors but Psych

Step 1 - 232
Step 2 - 255
AOA and research with presentation at SAEM.

 

[shaft]

Preclinical - 3rd percentile group in our class - "middle"
Clinical - ? Got honors in psych...honors in 4th year em rotation
step 1 - 222
step 2 - 262
match result
1: Cincinnati - NO
2: Michigan - NO
3: Charity - NO
4: Case Western YES
Feeling: a little sad...but happy to match pretty high....
If you want more info email me @ [email protected]
at this point -- tis all good...

 

[sweetfynesse]

Melb,

I'll see you at St. Luke's-Roosevelt--my #1

thanks to all for making the application process a little more enjoyable

 

[mikecwru]

Originally posted by shaft
Preclinical - 3rd percentile group in our class - "middle"
Clinical - ? Got honors in psych...honors in 4th year em rotation
step 1 - 222
step 2 - 262
match result
1: Cincinnati - NO
2: Michigan - NO
3: Charity - NO
4: Case Western YES
Feeling: a little sad...but happy to match pretty high....
If you want more info email me @ [email protected]
at this point -- tis all good...

Don't be sad. You get to work with me.

mike

 

[mikecwru]

For the third years:

Med School: CWRU
Step 1: 245
Step 2: 245
EMT in college
Couple of publications, one in EM
Pre-clinical: not graded
Clinical: all high pass except honors peds, fam med, psych
1 EM AI at home school...honors
1 peds EM month, grade not submitted (it was a pass!! hahaha... bitch)
Penis size: excellent girth, satisfactory length

matched at #1 (home program)

 

[flEM]

#1: Harbor-UCLA

Vitals:
Preclinical: Almost all honors
Clinical: Mostly honors (esp surgery, medicine, EM)
1 publication, others in the works
AOA, step 1: 252, step 2:????
Strong letters, strong extracurriculars (music, travel)

 

[kickbackdude]

#1 Choice: Maricopa in Phoenix, AZ

Medical School: Wake Forest
Pre-Clinical Grades: Almost all honors
Clinical: Honors in Family Practice, Women's Health, Outpatient Medicine and both of my ED months at Wake.
Step I: 228
Step II: 242
Research: Some research in college.
Did 3 ED months (two at Wake (one Peds ED and one Adult ED) and one at Madigan)).

 

[jaydoc3]

#1 Univ. of Arizona

Here's my stats:

rank: top10/170 (I'm not sure exactly)
Preclinicals--all superiors
Clinicals--all "sups" except family med
ED rotations--Hennipin County and Wichita(KS)

Step1 249
Step2 248

Not AOA. No publications. No research of note. Some extercurriculars.

22apps, 16-17 offers, 11 interviews, 10 ranked

 

[Scrubbs]

First time poster... but wanted to share in the fun!

Matched #1 - MCP/Hahnemann (refuse to call it Drexel)

For the third years... there is hope!

Pre-clinicals: mostly passes with 2 honors
Clinicals: All high pass & honors
EM rotations: Temple - High Pass, Beth Israel, NY - Honors
Step 1 - less than stellar
Step 2 - 222
Great LOR's, research in college and several small EM projects in med school (publications & presentations weren't done for ERAS)

Applied to 33, offered 23, went to 14, ranked 12...

Congrats to all!

 

[jomama]

I'm going to USC. Went all the way to #7 on my list. I was somewhat surprised that so many programs passed, though I have some thoughts as to why. I'm not dissappointed with USC, only the rejections from other programs.

Good Stuff:
Rank 6/100
3rd year all honors
AOA senior selection
Step 1- 265
Step 2-262

Bad Stuff:
Unknown school (USF) far from where I was looking (Cal)
PC in one ER rotation
LOR from unknowns in world of EM
Most importantly, I wasn't involved in anything: EMIG, student gov, volunteerism, research, etc. The only things I did was intramural sports and party.

Applied 18, interviewed 12, ranked 9

 

[fauci]

Enjoyed this site; thanks everyone. Wish I would have discovered it earlier

School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Pre-clinical: About the middle of my class
Clinical: All honors but one
Away rotations: 2 in EM, 1 in Peds ED, 1 in Trauma, 1 in medicine, 1 in MICU
Step 1: 215
Level 1 (COMLEX): 89%
Step 2: 241 (before ERAS)
Level 2: 93% (after ERAS)
Research: 2 abstract presentations, no publications (yet?)
Extra curricular: EMT, tropical medicine
Applications: 36
Interviews offered: 17
Interviews taken/Ranked: 13
Match: #3 Medical College of Wisconsin (very happy; #1: UNM, #2: OHSU)

 

[edinOH]

LSU-Baton Rouge #2 choice

My grades were average with honors in my two EM rotations.
My boards sucked and my letters were "excellent".

44 apps, 13 interviews. Ranked 13.
Many extracurriculars and previous EM experience.

Now I need to learn how to speak Cajun!

 

[natedog]

MKL-Drew in LA (#3 choice)

Preclinical= all pass
Clinical= Honors in medicine and EM rotation at Hennepin, High Pass in EM rotation at UCLA-Harbor, FM, Surgery, Peds. Pass in OB/GYN, Psych/Neuro.
Boards--> Step 1= 245, Step 2= 256

No AOA, some extracurriculars, no EM research

Interviewed at 18, ranked 14
Wanted to be in LA for personal reasons, coming from midwest.

 

[vulcanrider]

University of Florida - Jacksonville (3rd Choice)

For the third years,
The twist is that I was couples matching -- my wife also wanting to do EM. Our stats:

Me Her
StepI 244 260
StepII -------Still Waiting----------
GPA 3.91 4.0
Rank -------- top 10%-------------
--------AOA------------------
Applied to 25 programs --- 24 invitations -- Interviewed 15 -- Ranked 14 (Didn't rank Duke)

We come from a school with no EM program, so we did away rotations at the University of Arizona and UT southwestern. We applied to a variety of programs, but eventually decided that for us large 3 year programs with high acuity patients would be the best fit. Couples matching is no fun and a couple of programs invited us for interviews only to state that they would not rank us highly. I guess they didn't figure out we were couples matching until we showed up. (we did make it difficult by having the same address, same last name, and registering for the couples match which is listed on the first page of the application.

 

[DrDigital]

vulcanrider:

Just curious as to where you put UTSW and what your thoughts are on the program after you spent a month out there. Thanks

 

[Nof55]

Got my #1, Hennepin County.

Was in the top 25% for years 1-3, honored in about 1/2 of courses. Choked on Step 1 but came back big on Step 2. Did EM rotations at HCMC and Kzoo (loved them both), got honors and great letters.

Applied to 40 programs and got 32 invites, accepted 15 from all over the country.

Feel bad for those who had a negative interviewing experience at HCMC. During my rotation felt very well treated, actually thought there was a lot of respect shown by everyone in the ED. Had a tough choice with my rank list, a lot of great programs out there!

Nof55

 

[pinbor1]

Nof55

I also had a great time during my month there. Just about everyone was great, there were maybe 1-2 people that I could see as potentially difficult to work with. I ended up putting them number 2. I had a hard time deciding btw my top 3. Well I wish you the best of luck come july, tell me how it is.

 

[Nof55]

Pinbor
Can relate about the trouble with your top three. I was really struggling between HCMC, Indy and Maricopa. All great county programs but all pretty different. HCMC's trauma is the best I've seen (and with 15 interview's I saw a lot). Loved the flight experience and "extra's" at Indy. Maricopa's got excellent trauma and Phoenix has the most flight's of anywhere in the country (thought it's not in the cirriculum is an opportunity for someone who is motivated) - and it's in Phoenix!

Guess I better not throw away my snowboots! But as a very astute attending once told me "what do you care where you go, it's always 70 degrees and dry in any hospital, and that's all you're gonna see for the next three years!"
Nof55

 

[nuke laloosh]

Got #1 choice -- Wake Forest

Med School: U Texas -- Southwestern
2nd quartile: pre-clinical unfortunately stronger than clinical
Step 1: 225
Step 2: pending
No away rotations
Not AOA

approx 40 applications
approx 25 interviews
accepted and ranked 15

This just goes to show that you can be a pretty average MS4 and not only rank in EM but even get your top choice. So don't get scared off by not being spectacular.

 

[The White Coat Investor]

I got my numero uno, U of Arizona. I see I'll be working with JayDoc soon. Unfortunately, my friend from my school didn't match with us. By the way, how is your garden on County Line Road. Amazing what you can find on the web isn't it? (Or did I guess wrong who you are?)

As for JeffKickedBackTheDude..(sp?)..what the hell were we doing in Upstate New York? Congratulations. See you in the desert.

Fauci: Tell Greg R. hi for me and wish him luck next year in the military match.

As for MikeCWRU, too much info. Also curious of what your definition of satisfactory is. At my school, its about the equivalent of low pass.

And as for Jomama. Weird. Maybe if your board scores had been better. Lol.

And for everyone else, what's up with these nutso board scores. The average scores on this site seem to be about 245. Does that seem a little high to anyone else? Is it that people only post their scores if they're above average, or that only above average people go into EM, or that only above average people know how to use the web, or that we're all big fat liars! (See my stats below)

For the third years:
Step 1 288
Step 2 295
Grades:
First two years- Perfect
Clinicals- All honors with 99% on all shelf exams
Letters- Excellent letters from Rosen, Tintinalli, and Rosen's mother
Research- 17 Multi-center randomized double blind placebo controlled trials where I was not only the first author, but the only author.
Extracurricular activities: Referee-Saturday Night Mud Wrestling
President SAEM, President ACEP, President-Elect ACOG (Yea, I told an obstetrician once that I thought C-sections were cool.)

Interviews- Applied to all programs, invited to interview at all, interviewed at all, and ranked all. (Yea, it was pretty expensive.)

 

[mikecwru]

Originally posted by Desperado
As for MikeCWRU, too much info. Also curious of what your definition of satisfactory is. At my school, its about the equivalent of low pass.

Are you talking about the pee pee or the peds EM?

mike

 

[Chris_Topher]

Matched to my #3 MCG in Augusta. It was secretly #1 after I submitted my list.

So, Osteopathic applicant; KCOM
Pre-clinical average 84%
Clinicals all honors but 2 or 3 (dang OB/peds)
COMLEX Step 1 70%ile Step II 84%ile.
Couple of publications, a few strong extracurriculars.

Well, apparently I have sobered up enough to type.