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<blockquote data-quote="arydolphin" data-source="post: 2304951" data-attributes="member: 53151"><p>I'm also a 4th year going into peds, and did 2 away rotations in the fall. Scholes, you'll obviously be an extremely competitive candidate, esp. with your Step 1 scores and all of the other attributes that you listed. With pediatrics not being the most competitive speciality, you should have a good chance at getting into many of the "top programs" that you talk about. So here's a novel concept: why don't you look at away rotations not as an "audition", but rather as a way for you to learn more about a program and see whether it fits well with what you are looking for in a program? The advice I got from my advisor when I was looking at what programs to do away rotations was only to go to programs that I was extremely interested in, because a month at a place would give me a much better view of the program than spending one day there on an interview.</p><p></p><p>In response to a couple of your concerns....if you're successful on the wards at your medical school, this will transfer over to a rotation at one of the top programs in the country. Characteristics like working hard and going the extra mile for your patients will be valued, no matter the level of the program. Also, you mentioned possibly having personality conflicts with residents or attendings. While this wouldn't be the best thing to happen on an away rotation, the silver lining would be that you'd be able to identify that you may not be a good fit for the program. As those of us that have just been through interviews will tell you, one of the keys when looking at a program is figuring out how you will fit in with the residents and attendings, no matter how prestigious the program may be. For example, I went to 2 different places on my away rotations, and will rank one place #1 because I had a blast during my entire month there, but I probably won't even rank the other program that I went to because I got a weird vibe from the residents. So when you're deciding on away rotations, focus on 1 or 2 places that you really want to go to, and you shouldn't have trouble being successful at the away rotations with your previous success in medical school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arydolphin, post: 2304951, member: 53151"] I'm also a 4th year going into peds, and did 2 away rotations in the fall. Scholes, you'll obviously be an extremely competitive candidate, esp. with your Step 1 scores and all of the other attributes that you listed. With pediatrics not being the most competitive speciality, you should have a good chance at getting into many of the "top programs" that you talk about. So here's a novel concept: why don't you look at away rotations not as an "audition", but rather as a way for you to learn more about a program and see whether it fits well with what you are looking for in a program? The advice I got from my advisor when I was looking at what programs to do away rotations was only to go to programs that I was extremely interested in, because a month at a place would give me a much better view of the program than spending one day there on an interview. In response to a couple of your concerns....if you're successful on the wards at your medical school, this will transfer over to a rotation at one of the top programs in the country. Characteristics like working hard and going the extra mile for your patients will be valued, no matter the level of the program. Also, you mentioned possibly having personality conflicts with residents or attendings. While this wouldn't be the best thing to happen on an away rotation, the silver lining would be that you'd be able to identify that you may not be a good fit for the program. As those of us that have just been through interviews will tell you, one of the keys when looking at a program is figuring out how you will fit in with the residents and attendings, no matter how prestigious the program may be. For example, I went to 2 different places on my away rotations, and will rank one place #1 because I had a blast during my entire month there, but I probably won't even rank the other program that I went to because I got a weird vibe from the residents. So when you're deciding on away rotations, focus on 1 or 2 places that you really want to go to, and you shouldn't have trouble being successful at the away rotations with your previous success in medical school. [/QUOTE]
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