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drfrompr said:
Man...you kids gotta lighten up some. 😎
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I concur with Kas. An interesting but nearly unknown fact about Surgery residencies is that they secretly don't care about your grade in your Surgery clerkship. Think about it! All students who are trying to match into surgery will OBVIOUSLY have honored their clerkship. What residency directors are REALLY looking for is the grade in Peds. They want surgeons who are skilled in a number of areas.
Unfortunately, like Kas says you had better start sending out those McDonald's job applications.
Unfortunately, like Kas says you had better start sending out those McDonald's job applications.
Geez, and people have been harping on the EM Forum for being unhelpful. You guys should really give a real answer before you give the funny ones. The OP must be wound pretty tight to worry about a B in peds.
Real answer: This is unlikely to affect your competitiveness for surg at all. Don't sweat it.
Funny answer: You should drop out of med school and reapply so you can retake you third year and get As in everything.
Real answer: This is unlikely to affect your competitiveness for surg at all. Don't sweat it.
Funny answer: You should drop out of med school and reapply so you can retake you third year and get As in everything.
The obvious answer is "you can't change the grade now, so go ahead and apply for a surgery residency. You will never know unless you try."
PS. Don't sweat it.
PS. Don't sweat it.
Your doomed. Truly. 🙂
You'll do much better if you realize that when all the residents and attendings tell you that its not JUST your grades, that it is indeed not some great conspiracy to keep people out of residency.
Learn as much as you can and move on. Youll be fine. 🙂
You'll do much better if you realize that when all the residents and attendings tell you that its not JUST your grades, that it is indeed not some great conspiracy to keep people out of residency.
Learn as much as you can and move on. Youll be fine. 🙂
kas23 said:
It's true. No one enjoys being a sarcastic smart ass more than I but I usually try to make sure that no one takes me seriously when I'm in that mode.
I got a B in Surgery. Do you think it will keep me from matching in Peds???? 🙂
fourthyearmed said:
Yes, that was obviously a good grade and evidence that you might be one of the "evil ones" and would not be fit to take care of little kiddies! 😀
