Ranking importance

[DrMasochist]

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So how exactly important is class rank compared to USMLE score?

I mean, for my school at least, there is not necessarily a strong correlation between doing well in classes and doing well on the USMLE, and it makes me wonder about the "glorified" AOA status. I could understand if two candidates for a residency spot had the same USMLE score and different grades of course the spot would go to the higher GPA/rank, but other than that, I would think LORs and Board scores trump class rank.

Forgive me if there has already been a similar topic addressing this.

 

[Freakfarm0]

The Steps are five million times more important than pre-clinical grades.

Truf.

 

[Isoprop]

http://www.nrmp.org/data/programresultsbyspecialty2010v3.pdf

 

[Jack is Back]

http://www.nrmp.org/data/programresultsbyspecialty2010v3.pdf

👍

 

[MilkmanAl]

Better yet, see the tables here: http://journals.lww.com/academicmed..._Criteria_for_Residency__Results_of_a.24.aspx

 

[Jack is Back]

Better yet, see the tables here: http://journals.lww.com/academicmed..._Criteria_for_Residency__Results_of_a.24.aspx

good find. At the same time, these surveys were conducted in 2006. I think it's fair to say we're in a more competitive environment now. At the same time, the criteria, in terms of order of importance, are likely the same.

 

[astrocreep96]

It depends on the specialty and program - look at Charting the outcomes of the match for a rough idea.

I will say that for one ortho program I rotated at, almost all of the residents were AOA (not exclusively, but close).

 

[MilkmanAl]

The link I posted also has data for each individual specialty.

 

[JimmyChitwood]

At my school, 1/3 of your class rank is your step score. So yeah...that beast is ultra-important.