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<blockquote data-quote="Stone'sDad" data-source="post: 2301187" data-attributes="member: 55508"><p>I actually have a different opinion from DRSCOTT. I am a 4th year who is going into peds and I had a similar profile to you after third year, although my grades were a bit lower. I heard the same things about away rotations hurting you, but I still decided to do an away rotation at a "US News/Be All and End All" highly ranked program. </p><p></p><p>I followed a piece of advice from the PD in medicine at my school, which was to rotate with a consult service. First, these services are smaller and allow students to have a more one on one relationship with attendings. Second, because these services don't often have med students or lots of residents, I would not be being compared to "native" med students who were already comfortable with the mechanics of working in that hospital.</p><p></p><p>I spent three weeks away and learned a lot. In addition, I developed a great rapport with the attending with whom I worked (who happened to be the division chief). At the end of my time there, he was comfortable in supporting my application by getting in touch with the program director which gave me a leg up.</p><p></p><p>While peds in general is not competitive, if you are looking at the US News Programs, you are going to have to deal with competition. Most people will have great resumes at this level, so if you have the confidence in yourself that you can do well away, going into the application process with existing support from the program will serve well to make you stand out a bit more.</p><p></p><p>One thing about the general lack of competitiveness in peds in my opinion, is that if you are great on paper, and you apply to enough of the US News Programs you will likely get into one of them. The top candidates, by nature of the match, will distribute among these programs, so unless you have your heart set on only one program, a strong candidate should have no problem overall. </p><p></p><p>So, that's my story. I had the best possible outcome from my away rotation and recognize that it does not always break this way, but I think that if you can adapt to a new situation, and especially demonstrate a hard working, enthusiastic, and personable attitude you will be well served by going on an away rotation.</p><p></p><p>The end. Phew...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stone'sDad, post: 2301187, member: 55508"] I actually have a different opinion from DRSCOTT. I am a 4th year who is going into peds and I had a similar profile to you after third year, although my grades were a bit lower. I heard the same things about away rotations hurting you, but I still decided to do an away rotation at a "US News/Be All and End All" highly ranked program. I followed a piece of advice from the PD in medicine at my school, which was to rotate with a consult service. First, these services are smaller and allow students to have a more one on one relationship with attendings. Second, because these services don't often have med students or lots of residents, I would not be being compared to "native" med students who were already comfortable with the mechanics of working in that hospital. I spent three weeks away and learned a lot. In addition, I developed a great rapport with the attending with whom I worked (who happened to be the division chief). At the end of my time there, he was comfortable in supporting my application by getting in touch with the program director which gave me a leg up. While peds in general is not competitive, if you are looking at the US News Programs, you are going to have to deal with competition. Most people will have great resumes at this level, so if you have the confidence in yourself that you can do well away, going into the application process with existing support from the program will serve well to make you stand out a bit more. One thing about the general lack of competitiveness in peds in my opinion, is that if you are great on paper, and you apply to enough of the US News Programs you will likely get into one of them. The top candidates, by nature of the match, will distribute among these programs, so unless you have your heart set on only one program, a strong candidate should have no problem overall. So, that's my story. I had the best possible outcome from my away rotation and recognize that it does not always break this way, but I think that if you can adapt to a new situation, and especially demonstrate a hard working, enthusiastic, and personable attitude you will be well served by going on an away rotation. The end. Phew... [/QUOTE]
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