OMFS Extracurriculars

[carabelliscusp]

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Current D3 with a poor (50th percentile) rank who is currently studying for the CBSE to take it in July 2023. My only ECs are E-board from a few unrelated clubs, a poster presentation on microbiology research I did last summer. Besides getting a few externships, are there any other good ECs I can look to to enhance my application? I spend basically all my time studying for the CBSE so I'm unsure what the best use of my time is.

Thank you

 

[DMD12345]

Cbse

 

[Tootyfruity]

No fluff. Cbse.

 

[carabelliscusp]

Yeah I'm not surprised to hear this but how can I get half decent LORs without showing face in some sort of EC? That's another worry of mine. I do rotations in the school OS clinic and try to impress in some sort of way but I can only leave so much of a mark considering I rotate there like 2 days a month and can't do any extra

 

[piratewow]

You could try to do some research with an OMFS attending, externing at my home program/ spending breaks coming in and shadowing was how I got to know the residents and faculty.

 

[DocMon16]

OMFS resident here - not going to be redundant but I agree with whats been said above. In regards to your rank, honestly, some PD's care a lot about rank and others don't as much as long as your CBSE is competitive. Just my .02.
Good luck and study hard.

 

[carabelliscusp]

OMFS resident here - not going to be redundant but I agree with whats been said above. In regards to your rank, honestly, some PD's care a lot about rank and others don't as much as long as your CBSE is competitive. Just my .02.
Good luck and study hard.

Is there a way to find out which PDs value CBSE over rank? like some unofficial list. assuming the CBSE goes well for me lol.

 

[DocMon16]

I don't know if there's an unofficial list, its more of asking around during externships while youre at programs to see what they are looking for.

 

[bergus95]

OMFS resident here - not going to be redundant but I agree with whats been said above. In regards to your rank, honestly, some PD's care a lot about rank and others don't as much as long as your CBSE is competitive. Just my .02.
Good luck and study hard.

Vice versa to some extent as well