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I am a DO student who applied to both DO and MD programs. I believe that my application is pretty strong (3rd year all H, H on EM aways, EM research) except for my Level 1 score (420s). I went up to 520s on Level 2. Obviously, I probably did not meet the cutoff for many programs Level 1 score, so my application was never even looked at to see my strengths, like my SLOEs. As a result, I got 0 DO interviews, and 4 MD interviews (3 of which I rotated at, and 1 family connection). I think my interviews were definitely very strong, and I'm hoping this will be my saving grace. I am obviously preparing for the possibility that I don't match. I've been doing some research and it appears that scrambling into a transitional year or prelim medicine is the way to go if there are no or few EM spots available. My question is this- for people who have successfully matched into EM after a transitional or prelim year, how did you improve your application to get more interviews?
My main fear is that I clearly can't improve my Level 1 score, so I will run into the same issue when I reapply that I will not meet the score cutoff, and my application will not even get looked at. Thanks for any help/advice.
My main fear is that I clearly can't improve my Level 1 score, so I will run into the same issue when I reapply that I will not meet the score cutoff, and my application will not even get looked at. Thanks for any help/advice.