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Hi all. I've been reading these posts, and I find them useful....
I finally thought of sending a question or 2 out there to see what y'all think.
I've been out of med school for about a year now...graduated from a good Austarlian med school but then could not match into rads. I was initially thinking of doing some more research in the field to reapply but recently I've gone back to my original idea of doing psychiatry. I just loved this rotation more than any other field but truthfully it was the overall impression of other people about the field that affected my opinion about psych as well.
Recently, I've been doing some soul searching and i feel like an idiot for not having gone for psych from the start.
The problem that I have now is that I don't have any LOR from US faculty. On the plus side of things, I am a Us citizen and have a step 1 score of 234.
Should I try to get to know some faculty by doing research or shadowing before applying for the match next year? or is this not that important. I've been doing some travelling in my time off.
I want to know what my chances are objectively for matching into a competitive program or one in a good location, ie CA?
Thnks.
I finally thought of sending a question or 2 out there to see what y'all think.
I've been out of med school for about a year now...graduated from a good Austarlian med school but then could not match into rads. I was initially thinking of doing some more research in the field to reapply but recently I've gone back to my original idea of doing psychiatry. I just loved this rotation more than any other field but truthfully it was the overall impression of other people about the field that affected my opinion about psych as well.
Recently, I've been doing some soul searching and i feel like an idiot for not having gone for psych from the start.
The problem that I have now is that I don't have any LOR from US faculty. On the plus side of things, I am a Us citizen and have a step 1 score of 234.
Should I try to get to know some faculty by doing research or shadowing before applying for the match next year? or is this not that important. I've been doing some travelling in my time off.
I want to know what my chances are objectively for matching into a competitive program or one in a good location, ie CA?
Thnks.