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With a 574 on Comlex 1, no intentions of taking USMLE Step 1 or 2, and no research, what specialties and IM fellowships are available to me? As for FM and IM, what locations am I not competitive at? Thanks
I'll leave it to our wise resident colleagues to better advise as to the wheres, but at a minimum:With a 574 on Comlex 1, no intentions of taking USMLE Step 1 or 2, and no research, what specialties and IM fellowships are available to me? As for FM and IM, what locations am I not competitive at? Thanks
Another loaded one: Am I competitive for California or Texas FM programs? Should I do audition rotations for those programs? Also, what specific fellowships are attainable from a community IM program? And fellowships are fine with just COMLEX scores?This is a loaded question without definitive answers. There's no magic list of where you can apply and where you can't. You should take a look where students have matched from your previous classes from your school as well. You're obviously more competitive for FM without Step scores, but you'd be fine with community IM and maybe a few low-tier university IM places that might take DO students without Step scores. As for fellowships, they care more about where you go to residency, aka they'd like you to go to a University IM place if possible, but that doesn't mean you're closed off if you go community, but it will make things harder, depending on what fellowship you want to match too. Also, I'm hearing more and more that fellowships are wanting to see Step scores as well.
I'll leave it to our wise resident colleagues to better advise as to the wheres, but at a minimum:
Neuro
ER
Gas
Path
PM&R
IM
FM
Rads
Should I do audition/away rotations at AOA or ACGME FM residencies?