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The ERAS wait is so draining...
At least 3 letters to every program? Any reason a letter writer would tank you? Worrisome. Maybe start thinking about adding very undesirable family medicine places.
You need to get on them immediately to finish those letters. All programs require three letters, but your essentially incomplete. I know people say it's fine but there's thousands of applicants that have all theirs in already. Pair that with your poor board performance and severe drop on level two, it'll make them select other candidates than you.
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If you have the money add some FM programs just in case.
Yeah that explains it. Get it done son, beg your advisor if you can't get anyone else. Got to check those boxes!
A hypothetical reference letter question... If you apply to an IM program, and only have one IM reference letter, should you couple that with two EM SLOE’s in order to meet the three reference letter requirement? So essentially, is it acceptable to use reference letters from any speciality to apply for a position or do your three reference letters need to be speciality specific?
EM SLOEs (and they are pretty unique in this) have a very specific format (here's an example of what older ones looked like). To be honest, I really wouldn't use those for anything except for applying EM. Now that said, you could certainly get LORs from other providers, including EM providers, to fulfill the 3 LOR requirement. Just make sure you read the program specific requirements, because some may require x number from the same field.
Really man, come on.
Got to be PC when you're in primary care.
What's funny is I thought about it for a second after I posted it, and was like, why did I say providers and not doctor, but then I said, "whatever who's going to care".
Except its not just primary care. When you're in the hospital and the surgical services, IR, anesthesia, etc. all expect you to only talk to their ARNP, CRNA, or PA for questions about the people they're consulted on, you'll get used to it pretty fast. Anyone who thinks midlevel creep is only an issue in primary care hasn't looked around the hospital much. Its pretty pervasive in Psych too.
Don’t panic, but a few non-desperate-sounding letters of interest to programs you’re legitimately interested in wouldn’t be out of place (especially if they’re conveniently also dual/former AOA).
