Hi everyone,
I would really appreciate some advice. I went to a top 30 Med school and graduated in 2021. I was a mediocre Med student. My step1 220 and step2 230... Mediocre I know.. I got really depressed during third year and my psychiatrist refused to prescribe antidepressants, which I desperately needed. I had to take a LOA. I came back and finished strong my fourth year (8/11 honors in rotations).
I applied for psychiatry in the 2020-2021 cycle and I didn’t match. After graduation, I had a HORRIBLE back injury and was in severe pain all year until June 2022, when I FINALLY got my PCP to give me a referral for surgery. For the past year I did a lot of volunteer work and also worked for my father’s finance company, but because of severe pain I was only able to work part-time. I was in so much pain last year I couldn't even apply to residency, let alone interview.
I am now 100% pain-free and my depression is in complete remission. I'm ready to apply to residency! I'm now working as a medical interpreter (Spanish). It is very fulfilling to give patients a voice and connect them to care as well as keep up my medical knowledge.
This time I am going to apply to internal medicine. I love medicine. It is challenging for me, but I plan to review a lot this year before residency would start.
I am not sure if any categorical medicine programs would take me at this point after these LOAs and red flags on my application. So I think I will apply to medicine preliminary programs as well as categorical ones.
Does anyone know which medicine preliminary programs are are the LEAST selective? Same for categorical internal medicine? I live outside Boston but I am willing to travel pretty much anywhere, I guess, if I need to! I know that with the time I’ve taken off it will be hard for me to find a residency spot. I’m trying to stay positive. I worked really hard in med school and I have overcome a lot of obstacles.
TLDR: what are the residency programs that are the least selective / most forgiving to applicants with LOAs due to medical problems in prelim medicine and categorical internal medicine? Please list as many programs as you know because I need to apply broadly.
Thank you so much for the help! I really appreciate it!
I would really appreciate some advice. I went to a top 30 Med school and graduated in 2021. I was a mediocre Med student. My step1 220 and step2 230... Mediocre I know.. I got really depressed during third year and my psychiatrist refused to prescribe antidepressants, which I desperately needed. I had to take a LOA. I came back and finished strong my fourth year (8/11 honors in rotations).
I applied for psychiatry in the 2020-2021 cycle and I didn’t match. After graduation, I had a HORRIBLE back injury and was in severe pain all year until June 2022, when I FINALLY got my PCP to give me a referral for surgery. For the past year I did a lot of volunteer work and also worked for my father’s finance company, but because of severe pain I was only able to work part-time. I was in so much pain last year I couldn't even apply to residency, let alone interview.
I am now 100% pain-free and my depression is in complete remission. I'm ready to apply to residency! I'm now working as a medical interpreter (Spanish). It is very fulfilling to give patients a voice and connect them to care as well as keep up my medical knowledge.
This time I am going to apply to internal medicine. I love medicine. It is challenging for me, but I plan to review a lot this year before residency would start.
I am not sure if any categorical medicine programs would take me at this point after these LOAs and red flags on my application. So I think I will apply to medicine preliminary programs as well as categorical ones.
Does anyone know which medicine preliminary programs are are the LEAST selective? Same for categorical internal medicine? I live outside Boston but I am willing to travel pretty much anywhere, I guess, if I need to! I know that with the time I’ve taken off it will be hard for me to find a residency spot. I’m trying to stay positive. I worked really hard in med school and I have overcome a lot of obstacles.
TLDR: what are the residency programs that are the least selective / most forgiving to applicants with LOAs due to medical problems in prelim medicine and categorical internal medicine? Please list as many programs as you know because I need to apply broadly.
Thank you so much for the help! I really appreciate it!