Ya I am a US MD so I guess I should just chill and study for CK lol
No one told you to do aways to begin with if you are going for IM.
wait... we won't get to take CK before ERAS either??? wtf
Well, there are thousands of MS2s right now on indefinite Step 1 dedicated because Prometric are closed. Their initial closure announcement said 1 month, but given that we're trying to target a long flat curve, we're almost certainly looking at a few months of social distancing and non-essential shutdowns. I wouldn't be that shocked if Prometric stayed closed into mid summer or late summer, and then there will be a stampede for their limited seating. Anyone who had a weak Step 1 and wanted to add a Step 2 CK score already reported to them by September could have that plan foiled.
I wonder what they will do to make up for the number of students that were delayed because of closure? Will they be canceling later dates and giving them to those who registered earlier? Will they increase capacity temporarily to get the backlog through ?
I also hope CS gets either cancelled or delayed until after the Match. Wouldn't be that bad to go do it in May or June right before starting residency.
I like the idea of saving $10k on residency travel and interviews
Very good point. For the ivory towers that are already very incestuous, this year it could be a majority.
We have a required mock CS that is apparently much harder to Pass. I wish this could just be the norm. Tell all schools they have to fail at least 3-5% or something if they must, but at least stop forcing us to fly across the country.
You can still do that at your home program.
My mock CS was absolutely brutal. Actors were terrible, and the cases were so outside the norm of anythign you would ever see in reality. Like unwilling to give you pertinent information or become non-cooperative just to withhold info.
Hey if hospitals can cancel elective surgeries then anything is possible right?
Interview season is cool for a little bit. You get to meet a bunch of other applicants, which is great especially in really small specialties, because then you basically know all of your peers. You get to meet luminaries of the field and have their (mostly) undivided attention for half an hour. You get endless steak dinners and free drinks.
Neuro as in neurology? If you have a Step 1 score >200 you have over a 90% chance of matching in neuro. Under 50% of neuro matches are US seniors.
Most of them still require at least 1 neuro LOR. There's one program specifically I want far more than others so trying to make myself as good as possible. I'm sure itll work out but still nerve wracking to not know
Believe me, it gets old very fast. I had to do more interviews than I otherwise would because of the couples match and there’s only a certain number of motels and hospital tours a person can handle before they begin to lose their mind. I’m basically an extrovert and I love the open road and seeing new places, but there comes a point where you are too exhausted of being “on” all the time and the enormous amount of money you have to spend and just want it to be over.
Oh, right, they probably also do all the LSAT, GMAT, GRE, Bar exam, etc. Graduate applications in general are gonna be messed up by COVID.
Agree. EM will not know what to do without SLOEs from some applicants as many will only have their home rotation if any.
I hear you. I think you'll be totally fine but I appreciate how crazy this is for the rising senior class. Did you do your neuro clerkship yet? Surely you could get a letter from them in a pinch. Good luck.
Nope that was gonna be at the end of this year...
Hmmm. If I were in your shoes I would ask letter writers to speak to a strong commitment to as well as interest and aptitude in neurology, even though that is not their field. I’m sure many would be happy to think of something if you told them your situation. If you’ve had any primary care or EM rotations you have had neuro patients and consults. Definitely have at least a draft of a personal statement written to send with the request to help them speak to this interest. I’m sure you can slip something into your personal statement about saving the rotation for last because you wanted it to be the culmination and peak of your clerkship year.
