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It's not that bad. Your performance afterwards does not indicate that failing was a trend. You might be asked about it - have a constructive, succinct answer ready that shows you learned from the experience. You'll match just fine, likely at a solid university program. I don't think this will hurt your fellowship chances much if any at all either.
You are more than ok for a mid tier academic IM program assuming you can score 240+ in CK...
@Oso Just to follow up I failed the course. Yea I failed OSCE but ended up failing the course because of that and also because small group faculty felt I wasn't studious enough (which I guess they were right about). MSPE will simply read as "dsg92 succesfully remediated clinical skills II". Plan on saying I realized i need to devote more time to all aspects of studies and have had no problems there on out. Sorry for neuroticism. Any final thoughts? Will stop after this lol
I am thinking of just stating on ERAS “I did not devote proper time and effort to making sure I was adequately prepared for this course since then have applied myself and have had no additional difficulties”.was going to leave it at that and not mention in PS[/QUO
Dude calm down. Don't. IMO bring it up only if they ask you about it, which they might not even do that.
There's no right answer about what to do. There are several options, on a spectrum:
1. Deny that it ever happened, blame someone else.
2. Ignore it but be ready to talk about it.
3. Mention it briefly in your application, although the only place to do this is your PS, or in the "was your education interrupted / extended" box (which probably doesn't apply to this issue)
4. Make it the focus of your PS, turn a weakness into a strength
#1 is a bad idea all around (but you'd be surprised)
#4 is overkill for something like this, might be a good option for a more serious stumble.
Choosing between #2 and #3 is a personal choice. I doubt that any program is going to "miss" it if you choose #2. And there's a reasonable chance it will come up in an interview, so even if they did miss it in an initial screen it will be found. ["What has been a challenge in medical school?" or "Tell me about a time where you didn't live up to your expectations and what you learned from it?" -- these questions might be asked to see specifically if you bring it up or not]
So, here's the way I would look at it: How much would you worry on the way to an interview either way?
My gut from reading your posts is that you tend to worry. In that case, I'd recommend option #3, that way you can worry less when you're going to your interview -- they know about it, and they want to interview you anyway. But I could have it all wrong, and #2 is reasonable also.
By the way, one other really important step -- DON'T FAIL CS! That would be bad.
Think in my case would be particularly bad since it would raise eyebrows. @aProgDirector thamk you for your adviceI could swear I read one of your posts from some time ago that AMGs failing CS is not considered a big deal??
I could swear I read one of your posts from some time ago that AMGs failing CS is not considered a big deal??