Thoughts on general surgery program list

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Would like to stay in Pennsylvania (home state), Colorado (family), or Delaware (sub-I). If programs are in the wrong category (reach/target/baseline) let me know, thanks in advance!

Board scores
  • Step 1: Pass (1st attempt)
  • Level 1: Pass (1st attempt)
  • Step 2 CK: 260 (74th-percentile)
  • Level 2: 647 (90th-percentile)
Clinical performance
  • Honors: General Surgery, OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Sub-I #1, EM, Sub-I #2
  • High Pass: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
  • Pass: OMM
Academics
  • GPA: 3.53
  • Class rank: 50–75th percentile
  • Sigma Sigma Phi
Research/Letters/Sub-Is
  • 11 research items
  • 4 so far (both home program PD and surgical chair, M3 surgery attending, Sub-I #1 surgery attending)
  • Home program and two aways
Please also share your thoughts on my signals 🙂
 
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Two RVU grads in 2021 and two in 2022 matched CU prelim surgery program. I don't see any DO resident on the CU gen surgery program website. Hope you did a Sub-i there and left a good impression. GL.
 
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Would like to stay in Pennsylvania (home state), Colorado (family), or Delaware (sub-I). If programs are in the wrong category (reach/target/baseline) let me know, thanks in advance!

Board scores
  • Step 1: Pass (1st attempt)
  • Level 1: Pass (1st attempt)
  • Step 2 CK: 260 (74th-percentile)
  • Level 2: 647 (90th-percentile)
Clinical performance
  • Honors: General Surgery, OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Sub-I #1, EM, Sub-I #2
  • High Pass: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
  • Pass: OMM
Academics
  • GPA: 3.53
  • Class rank: 50–75th percentile
  • Sigma Sigma Phi
Research/Letters/Sub-Is
  • 11 research items
  • 4 so far (both home program PD and surgical chair, M3 surgery attending, Sub-I #1 surgery attending)
  • Home program and two aways
Please also share your thoughts on my signals 🙂
I know the PA area well and think this is a solid list.

I’d add some NJ programs. Would consider adding Cooper, Morristown , etc