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Hi everyone,
Third year at the end of clerkship year at a top-3 medical school. Did fine my preclinical years (our school is Pass/ No Pass). Have several publications, 1 in Nature (not in derm).
Unfortunately, right with the start of clerkship year I had a family medical emergency that detracted a lot from being able to invest 100% attention to clerkship year. While I generally have strong evals, my clinical grades thus far are pretty poor:
- 2 Passes, 2 High Passes (1 of which is IM)
- surgery and family medicine grades have yet to come out
- still have to take Peds & OBGYN
1) I'm devastated because I worked my butt off and am terrified that the 2 passes and High Pass (instead of Honors) in IM will doom my shot at Derm at a top program. How can I compensate for this?
2) Any tips on how to pull off an Honors in an IM sub-i? Would that help compensate? Is it ok to tell the attendings you really want to go into IM or is that unfairly biasing them?
3) Would a high step 1 score (assuming it's possible) help snag interviews at top programs?
Thanks so much in advance.
Third year at the end of clerkship year at a top-3 medical school. Did fine my preclinical years (our school is Pass/ No Pass). Have several publications, 1 in Nature (not in derm).
Unfortunately, right with the start of clerkship year I had a family medical emergency that detracted a lot from being able to invest 100% attention to clerkship year. While I generally have strong evals, my clinical grades thus far are pretty poor:
- 2 Passes, 2 High Passes (1 of which is IM)
- surgery and family medicine grades have yet to come out
- still have to take Peds & OBGYN
1) I'm devastated because I worked my butt off and am terrified that the 2 passes and High Pass (instead of Honors) in IM will doom my shot at Derm at a top program. How can I compensate for this?
2) Any tips on how to pull off an Honors in an IM sub-i? Would that help compensate? Is it ok to tell the attendings you really want to go into IM or is that unfairly biasing them?
3) Would a high step 1 score (assuming it's possible) help snag interviews at top programs?
Thanks so much in advance.