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[switching2gas]

The advice I have for you is to do better. Do whatever you have to do to be a rockstar. If you want MGH, Brigham, Columbia, Northwestern, etc you need to be a star.

 

[IgM]

to the above poster, that's not what he asked. he said he wants to be in a big east coast city, or a big midwest city. not that he wants to go to MGH.

to the OP, sorry I don't know what to tell you, just know that there are others in your boat as well.

 

[michigangirl]

if your clinical grades end up being so-so, one of the keys will be to make sure that if you have attendings that you have awesome interactions with or have the chance to see you're great, then make sure you ask them for a letter of recommendation IMMEDIATELY after you work with them, or make sure you keep the connection with them. sometimes your shelf exam grade may pull you down, but you still have redeeming qualities about the rotation to focus on. just keep chugging, do your best, work your A$S off and you'll do fine. Good luck!

 

[rdytogo22]

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[Doctor4Life1769]

Taking Step 2 early, and scoring >250s will make up for not so great clinical grades.

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

Thanks for responding to what is may be the most depressing post ever.

If so, don't be so melodramatic. The rest of your application is fine. If your school does give out a lot of Passes, residency programs will see that (schools should send out a breakdown of their grade distribution).

Otherwise, as michigangirl stated, make sure to get good letters. Apply broadly. Work on your interviewing skills; you're going to want to come across as upbeat and positive, not self-pitying. Make sure you come across as articulate and thoughtful in your personal statement.

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

No, OP is serious. Posted similar stuff in Rad-Onc forum, too. Hence, my reply.

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

No, OP is serious. Posted similar stuff in Rad-Onc forum, too. Hence, my reply.

I was afraid of that...

 

[cchoukal]

I never fully get why people ask these sorts of questions. You don't have any idea how the program directors (or, more likely, application screeners) will view the differential between your step I score and your clinical grades, and neither do any of the people on this board. You asked for programs in certain geographical regions that might rank you but, again, no one here will know the answer. And if we claimed to, if we said, "Don't apply to Northwestern because they only rank people with really stellar grades," would you believe us?

Somewhere out there on the interwebs, there's a list of programs by city or region or state or whatever. Figure out where you want to go and apply to every program in those regions. Invariably, in so doing, you'll encompass some programs at the top, middle, and lower tiers, thereby guaranteeing some "safety schools," as it were. Relative to what you've already paid and what your future earnings are likely to be, it costs next to nothing to apply to large numbers of programs.

Beyond that, do what others have said: improve your performance. What is it that's standing between you and high-pass or honors? Your attitude? Work ethic? Medical knowledge? Surely it's something. Trying to elevate your application to meet the expectations of whichever programs you hope to match into is surely more honorable than hunting for that one program that is willing to lower its standards to accept someone who bombs OSCEs and shelfs (someone who can crank out a 250 on Step I should be able to turn it on for these other exams).

 

[Arch Guillotti]

Thanks for responding to what is may be the most depressing post ever.

That 255 is really going to hurt you🙄

 

[RussianJoo]

Darn.. I thought this thread was about the BMW M3...

 

[anesthesiadoc]

Darn.. I thought this thread was about the BMW M3...

Hahaha me too! I was just on m3post and checked up on SDN. 🙂