Hello all.
I have just finished MS1 at a state school (aka not anywhere near top 20 school) and it has been an extremely challenging experience. I managed to pass every course (barely), but everything caught up to me on the very last course. I failed the last class of MS1 (a very short class - smallest number of credit hours to date) and will have to remediate this summer. The fact that I did not pass will be on my transcript.
My question is how much this will impact residency placement. I know I am only a lowly MS1 and still have clinical years to go through, but as of now, I am currently interested in general surgery with the hopes of sub-specializing (also small amount of interest in Neurosurgery). If (and I understand this is a big IF, but for the sake of this post...) I manage to get my act together and earn top grades during MS2 and get a phenomenal Step 1 score and do well during clinical years, would it still be possible to get into a competitive residency program for surgery? My (perhaps now, unrealistic) dream would be to do residency in NYC, Philadelphia, SF, or LA (aka not in the middle of nowhere and preferably not at my home medical school).
I have just finished MS1 at a state school (aka not anywhere near top 20 school) and it has been an extremely challenging experience. I managed to pass every course (barely), but everything caught up to me on the very last course. I failed the last class of MS1 (a very short class - smallest number of credit hours to date) and will have to remediate this summer. The fact that I did not pass will be on my transcript.
My question is how much this will impact residency placement. I know I am only a lowly MS1 and still have clinical years to go through, but as of now, I am currently interested in general surgery with the hopes of sub-specializing (also small amount of interest in Neurosurgery). If (and I understand this is a big IF, but for the sake of this post...) I manage to get my act together and earn top grades during MS2 and get a phenomenal Step 1 score and do well during clinical years, would it still be possible to get into a competitive residency program for surgery? My (perhaps now, unrealistic) dream would be to do residency in NYC, Philadelphia, SF, or LA (aka not in the middle of nowhere and preferably not at my home medical school).