state school
no honors preclinical
honors in peds/family, advanced in medicine, surgery, psych
2nd quartile
EM: advanced in home, outstanding at away
step I: 213, step II: pending
no research or extracurriculars
international experience
interviews: 13/33 rejections: northwestern, boston, unc, vandy, highland
Preclinical rank: Top 1/3
Clinical rank: Top 1/3 (all pass, honors in psych & neuro)
USMLE I: 238
USMLE II: 239
EM Research (publication pending)
EM rotation: honors
Interviews I attended or will attend:
Northwestern
U Chicago
Cook County
U Penn
Stanford
UCLA
Johns Hopkins
Mass Gen/Brigham
Boston Med Ctr
Yale
Wake
NYHQ-Cornell
North Shore
Got many other interviews including... Mayo, UMich, Cinici, GW, Wash U, UCSD, UCSF, UMD, Pitt
Got rejected from... Colorado, BIDMC, NY Presbyterian, UCLA-Harbor, Jacobi
Interviews: 18/34, 15 accepted, 3 turned down, 4 still in holding pattern
Sexiest Interview Offers: Cincinnati, Jacobi, GW, Drexel, Henry Ford, Hopkins, UMD
As a side note, I've interviewed way too much. I got a small, late, second bolus of interviews that kind of threw things off. I'm very, very happy with my interviews, but with a bit more clarvoiance, could have hacked it down to 12 without sacrificing anything.
Like everyone else I really don't like posting this, but I know I wanted to see everyone's info last year, so I guess I'll disrobe:
Med school: Top 25
Preclinical rank: Middle 1/2
Clinical rank: Top 1/4 (all A's)
USMLE I: 246
USMLE II: not taken yet
Research: Nothing significant (minor project in between 1st and 2nd year)
EM rotation: honors at away, P/F at home
LOR: strong letters (from what I hear in interviews) from well-known faculty
Extracurriculars: pretty extensive
Interview offers from all applied to:
UAB
George Washington
Jacksonville
Orlando
USF
Emory
MCG
LSU-Charity
WashU
Mississippi
UNC
Carolinas
Duke
Wake Forest
Palmetto
Vandy
UVa
I think getting a letter or two from some well-known people in the field goes a long way. I think that's what got me an interview at some of these programs.
School: MSUCOM, Top Ten in Primary Care (Few Years) If you buy into US News and World Report
Rank: Top quartile, I believe. Our school frowns on ranking/grades. P/F
Grades: All passes, baby!
EM Rotations: 2 Allopathic Honors
Comlex I: 95%
Comlex II: 98%
Research: Read a lot of interesting stuff. Big question for others- how much is washing glassware or tabulating data that constitutes (your) research?
LORs: 4 EM letters (one as an intern). Believe they're all good.
Other stuff: Already an osteopathic intern (experience, but not fully funded in the last year- plus/minus) Speak Spanish. Lots of community involvment/leadership.
Interviews: 10/30, so far. Heard from the ones I really wanted too, plus a few that I never thought I'd hear from.
Rejections: 4- UNC, UCSD, BIDMC, Vandy
Hmmm, let's see....
My parents assure me that i'm "special", although hopefully not in the sense that I require a telethon. I brush after meals. I hold doors open for other people. I'm a firm believer in med-student solidarity; i.e. I don't make my team-mates look bad. Actually, now that I think of it, most of my team-mates probably look good in comparison to me...
As for stats: better than some, worse than others; 239,244; top quarter, clinical grades = honors. Combined degree. Lots of unique extra-curricular adventures. I've received invites from most of the programs I was really interested in, with the exception of Harbor who I have not yet heard from. At this point, I'm guessing it's likely a rejection, but time will tell... Otherwise, rejected from Highland and UT-Houston officially.
Oh yes, one more thing. I concur with the above - J'kins was most definitely 'robbed' by UNC! What were they thinking???
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Osteopathic Student
Class Rank-top 25%
GPA around 3.50
COMLEX I 87% COMLEX II 93%
Clinical Grades-All A's except one B (we don't have honors, high pass, etc.)
One publication, several other research projects pending publication
Interviews 10/33, Rejections from 2 programs
go to an average allopathic medical college.
I honored a few classes during both 1st & 2nd years.
I honored a few rotations as an M3.
Did 2 EM rotations, got B's in both, but strong comments.
Step 1 = 230's Step 2 = TBA
3 EM LOR's & one glowing LOR from an FP who has known me for years.
Wrote what one PD called a "ballsy" personal statement & have a full & interesting life outside of medicine
Applied to 35, invites from 17 so far (some from "top" programs) rejected by Maine, UNC & Northwestern.
Here's the point: If you're a less than spectacular student this thread will do little but needlessly scare you. If you're AOA it could offer you false hope. It's been said ad nauseum, & is now approaching ad infinitum, that EM looks at the whole applicant, so there is no magic formula. I know how bad you want one though, I was there just a couple months ago. The most consistent advice I've gotten was to rotate where you really want to go & work your butt off while you're there. Beyond that, diffferent programs look at different things
my application sucks. I'll probably scramble for anesthesia.
rank: after 2nd year middle third, after 3rd year bottom third
step 1: 233
step 2: tba
2 EM grades: 1 excellent and 1 honors
no research experience
applied to 30
interviews: 5 (3 charity interviews)
rejections: 3 in CA, Harvard, Northwestern
any non-competative programs in major cities that I should be sure to apply
I can't believe I'm posting this, but here goes:
State medical school
decent grades (few honors and a few passes but mostly high passes)
218/214
H in home EM rotation, grades in two away rotations pending
16 years as a paramedic (yeah, I'm old), two publications
13/30 with two rejections
Oh, and my best feature...I can say that old McDonald's thing really fast (two all beef patties...).
I agree with Jonah...I need a
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now this is the complete list. i think this class has been more then open to future classes.