Med school vs residency

[melnyc]

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Question: Does a rejection from a certain med school ruin your chances of obtaining a residency there?

 

[stoic]

Question: Does a rejection from a certain med school ruin your chances of obtaining a residency there?

though i don't know for sure, i can't really see how it would.

i don't think anyone is going to go "oh, we can't rank her highly b/c some entirely different committee rejected them 4 years ago"

 

[roja]

no. how would they even know, unless you told them

 

[doc05]

not at all.

 

[Dr.Evil1]

No not at all. Completely different requirements for med school and residency admission. After you are in med school no one cares about your undergrad grades, MCAT or premed stuff. Go to whatever school and be happy your there, do well and you'll get into the residency you want.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Records of applicants aren't generally kept that long and they aren't provided to residency programs, IMHO. Even if they were, as noted above, the requirements are different for medical school and residency, so I wouldn't worry about it.