Hello all!
I'm a 3rd year, just finishing up my core clerkships, and for the past ~9 months I really thought I was going to go into internal med (with my sights set on a heme/onc fellowship). But now radiation oncology has become my front-runner, and I'm feeling seriously late to the party. I got a 237 on step 1, which I think doesn't count me out for rad onc, but isn't going to get me into any of the top programs, right?. My extra-curriculars have really just been community service. I don't have any research. I've done pretty well in my rotations, mostly honors with a couple high passes.
My school doesn't have a residency program, so I am planning to do a couple aways this Aug-Oct. I'm on my surgery core through April, and then I'm going to do a rotation at my school in May (no residency program, but we do have a department) and ask about research opportunities. Is this enough? Is there more I should be doing?
I think my real question here is: am I kidding myself?
If any of you have any words of wisdom for me, I would really appreciate it.
The very best of luck to all of you who are matching this week!
I'm a 3rd year, just finishing up my core clerkships, and for the past ~9 months I really thought I was going to go into internal med (with my sights set on a heme/onc fellowship). But now radiation oncology has become my front-runner, and I'm feeling seriously late to the party. I got a 237 on step 1, which I think doesn't count me out for rad onc, but isn't going to get me into any of the top programs, right?. My extra-curriculars have really just been community service. I don't have any research. I've done pretty well in my rotations, mostly honors with a couple high passes.
My school doesn't have a residency program, so I am planning to do a couple aways this Aug-Oct. I'm on my surgery core through April, and then I'm going to do a rotation at my school in May (no residency program, but we do have a department) and ask about research opportunities. Is this enough? Is there more I should be doing?
I think my real question here is: am I kidding myself?
If any of you have any words of wisdom for me, I would really appreciate it.
The very best of luck to all of you who are matching this week!