Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this! Im an M3 at an average US MD school with no major red flags but I do have a 199 on step 1. We had to pick our initial specialty recently and I thought I was pretty sure about primary care but then I started neuro...Im currently in the middle of the rotation and have really enjoyed it and basically want to learn more about the competitiveness (due to my very low step 1 score). I did a pretty decent search on here, reddit, and even looked through the Charting Outcomes in the Match 2018 to get a better idea and still was a bit unclear to me. It seems like there are significantly fewer applicants and programs for neuro compared to FM or IM (the specialties I was initially thinking about) which is a bit daunting ... but Charting Outcomes showed 16/22 USMDs matched with a score of 191-200 in 2018, which seems solid?
My third year grades so far have been decent but nothing spectacular and I know a lot of this will depend on my step 2 score coming up this summer...but if you could humor a neurotic med student trying to find their passion, I would really appreciate that! Just want to see if I show a solid improvement on step 2, will I have a good chance for neuro? What is a good score to aim for to feel confident to make up for my low step 1? How much more competitive is it (if at all) than IM/FM? Truly any replies would be awesome and again, I'm sorry if this is in the wrong spot!
My third year grades so far have been decent but nothing spectacular and I know a lot of this will depend on my step 2 score coming up this summer...but if you could humor a neurotic med student trying to find their passion, I would really appreciate that! Just want to see if I show a solid improvement on step 2, will I have a good chance for neuro? What is a good score to aim for to feel confident to make up for my low step 1? How much more competitive is it (if at all) than IM/FM? Truly any replies would be awesome and again, I'm sorry if this is in the wrong spot!
