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<blockquote data-quote="Lexdiamondz" data-source="post: 22126996" data-attributes="member: 439894"><p>EM PGY4 here who is actively involved in resident recruitment for the upcoming match cycle.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a question better asked in the Emergency medicine subforum rather than here, and I would take the advice of the other posters in this thread with a huge grain of salt. Not to offend anyone here, but assuming you can overcome a failed academic year with a 233 Step 1 score as a DO is pretty out of touch with reality.</p><p></p><p>EM isn't the most competitive field by any means, but it's still reasonably competitive (think on par with gen surg and OBGYN) and having to remediate an entire year is a massive red flag. You have an average Step 1 score, a mediocre COMLEX 1 and as a specialty we aren't generally that impressed with spectacular board scores (especially for someone who had an entire extra year to study for Step 1 relative to their peers) and they aren't the biggest part of your application. There are other ways to beef up your application - SLOEs, Step 2, research - however your academic failure and remediation is a big hurdle to overcome and will definitely cost you in the match.</p><p></p><p>Honestly speaking - even with a strong Step 2 score and good SLOEs, you will likely have to apply very broadly to match EM, and are still at a pretty high risk of not matching. I would strongly consider dual-applying in IM or FM if I were you, even if you perform well the remainder of the year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lexdiamondz, post: 22126996, member: 439894"] EM PGY4 here who is actively involved in resident recruitment for the upcoming match cycle. This is a question better asked in the Emergency medicine subforum rather than here, and I would take the advice of the other posters in this thread with a huge grain of salt. Not to offend anyone here, but assuming you can overcome a failed academic year with a 233 Step 1 score as a DO is pretty out of touch with reality. EM isn't the most competitive field by any means, but it's still reasonably competitive (think on par with gen surg and OBGYN) and having to remediate an entire year is a massive red flag. You have an average Step 1 score, a mediocre COMLEX 1 and as a specialty we aren't generally that impressed with spectacular board scores (especially for someone who had an entire extra year to study for Step 1 relative to their peers) and they aren't the biggest part of your application. There are other ways to beef up your application - SLOEs, Step 2, research - however your academic failure and remediation is a big hurdle to overcome and will definitely cost you in the match. Honestly speaking - even with a strong Step 2 score and good SLOEs, you will likely have to apply very broadly to match EM, and are still at a pretty high risk of not matching. I would strongly consider dual-applying in IM or FM if I were you, even if you perform well the remainder of the year. [/QUOTE]
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