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[kaw]

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I just got my scores back from step 1 and got a 236/95. My first two years were a mix of As and Bs. I love pathology and I know I will be competitive, but are these competitive enough for the top programs like Mass General?

thanks

 

[yaah]

236/95 is a good score. I imagine in conjunction with good grades you would have no trouble getting an interview at MGH. Other top programs that are a bit more research heavy you never know. (Brigham, Wash U, Hopkins). I would still anticipate you would get interviews almost anywhere you applied though. Not being on a residency committee though, I can't say for sure.

The top programs are impressed by a stellar academic record as well as other factors, like heavy research history. Good LORs are very helpful. The interview plays a key role, it's not just a meet and greet.

Short answer: You won't know unless you apply.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

236/95 is a good score. I imagine in conjunction with good grades you would have no trouble getting an interview at MGH. Other top programs that are a bit more research heavy you never know. (Brigham, Wash U, Hopkins). I would still anticipate you would get interviews almost anywhere you applied though. Not being on a residency committee though, I can't say for sure.

The top programs are impressed by a stellar academic record as well as other factors, like heavy research history. Good LORs are very helpful. The interview plays a key role, it's not just a meet and greet.

Short answer: You won't know unless you apply.

and if you pay yaah fitty bucks, you'll definitely get an interview at michigan too 🙂

 

[yaah]

and if you pay yaah fitty bucks, you'll definitely get an interview at michigan too 🙂

Hmmm....change the word "definitely" to the phrase, "possibly, if your qualifications are good enough" and hot damn, you're right!

Cash only please. Small bills.

Like I said on another thread, I interviewed at one place where there was another candidate who had an 85 two digit score and they were told that was a very competitive score. And this wasn't podunk U either. I didn't interview at no Podunk U.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Well I went to the pathology department mailboxes with fitty one-dollar bills in my hand. But I couldn't find a mailbox belonging to yaah. Can you put a piece of tape by your name that says, "aka yaah".

Thanks.

 

[yaah]

Just leave them in the chem lab behind the fluorescent scope. I will find them there!

Starting Monday I will be stationed in the morgue, so show up there and stash them behind the hacked off limbs or something.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Ok .. next time I'll be at U of M hospitals will be next week. I'll try to keep the money away from the steaming piles of poo.