internal ranking and AOA

[theonlytycrane]

---

Members don't see this ad.

does no internal ranking mean no AOA?

 

[efle]

No, you can still have AOA. Feinberg for example is going to make their P/F true unranked P/F and start awarding AOA based only on clinical year grades.

 

[aalamruad]

does no internal ranking mean no AOA?

Some schools (Stanford, I believe) has no internal rank and no AOA. Not like it matters, though, since PDs know that

 

[theonlytycrane]

I guess in the grand scheme of things AOA doesn't really matter. More like board scores, letters, and being a good person.

 

[aalamruad]

I guess in the grand scheme of things AOA doesn't really matter. More like board scores, letters, and being a good person.

AOA is very important for some programs in certain specialties (I've heard some ortho programs only invite AOA applicants to interview, for example. Obviously they make exceptions for schools without AOA though.)

 

[Monophasic]

does no internal ranking mean no AOA?

There's "no internal ranking" where they tell you there's no rank yet they actually rank you and keep your "shadow grade" that's used solely for AOA.
Then there's schools who actually do not keep a rank and do not apply pre-clinical years to AOA.

 

[aldol16]

AOA is very important for some programs in certain specialties (I've heard some ortho programs only invite AOA applicants to interview, for example. Obviously they make exceptions for schools without AOA though.)

Yeah, they'd have to make exceptions - otherwise they'd be getting no HMS or Stanford med students.