Step 1 scores

[NAVYLABTECH08]

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What score is need to get a interview for a anesthesiology residency?

 

[lord_jeebus]

Where?

If you google "Charting Outcomes in the Match" you will find that many people are matching into this field with below-average Step 1 scores. Although it is supposedly "getting more competitive" (and from what I hear, so is every other specialty 😕), there are 1000+ spots out there and the competition is not that fierce.

As for the most competitive programs, you will want an above-average score. At Stanford this year they said the average interviewee had a 237.

 

[NAVYLABTECH08]

Thanks lord jebus

 

[nowai]

Where?

If you google "Charting Outcomes in the Match" you will find that many people are matching into this field with below-average Step 1 scores. Although it is supposedly "getting more competitive" (and from what I hear, so is every other specialty 😕), there are 1000+ spots out there and the competition is not that fierce.

As for the most competitive programs, you will want an above-average score. At Stanford this year they said the average interviewee had a 237.

Holy sheeee!

I wonder what the average interviewee at Stanford for plastics had, hahah.

In all seriousness, where did you find that info? Is there a website listing Stanford specific USMLE averages?

 

[viostorm]

Holy sheeee!

I wonder what the average interviewee at Stanford for plastics had, hahah.

In all seriousness, where did you find that info? Is there a website listing Stanford specific USMLE averages?

From watching the experiences with the 2008 Internal Medicine match it is pretty clear that at the top places people have amazing step 1 scores regardless of the field and many if not all are AOA.

The people who match IM at places like MGH or Hopkins could have just as easily matched ENT or Ortho at the same place, but chose IM.

I think one of the biggest things I learned this year is don't think an average step 1 score will be a ticket to a competitive residency program in a non-competitive specialty.

 

[lord_jeebus]

In all seriousness, where did you find that info? Is there a website listing Stanford specific USMLE averages?

The PD gave us the stats on interview day

 

[nowai]

The PD gave us the stats on interview day

Ahh... I wonder if they would give it out if we emailed. This sort of information seems very useful for gauging whether it's worthwhile applying to certain programs or not.

 

[lord_jeebus]

Ahh... I wonder if they would give it out if we emailed. This sort of information seems very useful for gauging whether it's worthwhile applying to certain programs or not.

I doubt it...and the cost of applying is low. I would recommend applying to any program you would want to go to.

Even if your numbers are quite low, and the program quite competitive, there have been times when very competitive programs have failed to fill (in Anesthesia, MGH and Cornell did last year, I think) and entered the scramble. If you've applied through ERAS that could give you an edge in the scramble because they already have your materials.

 

[maganda]

hi, i'm actually a new SDN user...i recently moved to the US and i'm an international medical graduate....i just got my step 1 score and i barely passed.(freaks me out)...is it true that i can still get into residency with such low score? i heard from some of my classmates who have already taken their steps that as long as i get good scores in step 2 it doesnt really matter if i got low scores in step1...how true is that?
thanks

Where?

If you google "Charting Outcomes in the Match" you will find that many people are matching into this field with below-average Step 1 scores. Although it is supposedly "getting more competitive" (and from what I hear, so is every other specialty 😕), there are 1000+ spots out there and the competition is not that fierce.

As for the most competitive programs, you will want an above-average score. At Stanford this year they said the average interviewee had a 237.