I've heard that some med schools use pass/fail instead of letter grades. What about DO schools? Also, what system does LECOM use? Does it make a difference when applying for residencies?
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OUCOM is graded pass/fail, but I don't know about LECOM. As far as residencies I really don't know that as I have no first-hand experience, but I have been told that it really doesn't make that much of a difference.
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LECOM uses letter grades. An A is 90-100%, a B is 80-89%, a C is 70-79%, and failing is below 70%. We get letter grades for both our pre-clinical and our clinical years (the letter grades on our rotations are interpreted somehow from our evaluation form).
And I agree with DORoe, I don't think it matters one way or the other for residencies. Your LORs will be from physicians you rotate with, and those will give programs a good indicator of how well you performed on rotations. Your Dean's letter will also have the comments that were made by your preceptors contained in it.
And I agree with DORoe, I don't think it matters one way or the other for residencies. Your LORs will be from physicians you rotate with, and those will give programs a good indicator of how well you performed on rotations. Your Dean's letter will also have the comments that were made by your preceptors contained in it.
