What are my chances?

[Cheyf]

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School: Middle tier
Step 1: 219
Step 2: Taking Friday
Clerkship Grades: Passes in P/HP/H system.
Research: first author on a chart review, also presented said paper. Should have a total of 6 papers submitted for publication when I submit ERAS.
EC's: Lots of sports (frisbee, football, weight lifting), volunteer at lots of student run clinics, was a leader of one of the clinics 2nd year.

Looking to match Dr or integrated IR if I'm lucky.

I am really looking to match in the midwest (Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, in that order). My wife is doing ophtho (she got a 241 on step, similar clerkship grades). She is from Detroit, and I have family in Chicago. We aren't too picky about location, as long as we are together. I am looking to do an interventional fellowship afterwards though, so obviously I'll rank programs that I think are matching their fellows better.

More specifically, I really want to go to Beaumont or Henry Ford. What are my chances and how can I best optimize those chances besides doing well on Step 2 CK?

Thanks for any advice 🙂

 

[pd1112]

You forgot the most important part.

 

[Merely]

Wtf are you trying to match? Rads?

 

[Donald Juan]

Rads is getting less competitive, especially if you're willing to go anywhere. But, your wife is ophtho, with an early match. If you just want to be near her, you have to wait to see where she winds up and then make your match list and pray.

 

[Cheyf]

Rads is getting less competitive, especially if you're willing to go anywhere. But, your wife is ophtho, with an early match. If you just want to be near her, you have to wait to see where she winds up and then make your match list and pray.

Yep, that's the plan. Do you think I have a good chance of getting an interview at Henry Ford and Beaumont? They are my top programs currently.

 

[Donald Juan]

Yep, that's the plan. Do you think I have a good chance of getting an interview at Henry Ford and Beaumont? They are my top programs currently.

I really have no idea the competitiveness of specific rad programs. Maybe someone else here will have more input.

 

[pd1112]

post in rad forum

 

[masaraksh]

Lol @ 219 and all clinical passes going for IR. There's a reason you don't see kinds with 210 going for ortho.

DR has lots of spots though so odds are good there