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What if you apply for a residency but don't get accepted anywhere? Can you reapply? Can you apply to multiple specialties? What happens? Are you screwed for life?
This happens to about 5% of MD students. Data tables for last year are here: http://www.nrmp.org/data/datatables2012.pdfWhat if you apply for a residency but don't get accepted anywhere? Can you reapply? Can you apply to multiple specialties? What happens? Are you screwed for life?
This happens to about 5% of MD students. Data tables for last year are here: http://www.nrmp.org/data/datatables2012.pdf
If this happens to you, then you scramble in the SOAP for an unfilled position.
If that doesn't get you a residency, then you can try again the next year.
Lots of info here: http://www.nrmp.org/
Fewer than in years past. The idea that FM is where all of the people who couldn't get into something else is changing swiftly.Aren't there a lot of unfilled FM spots every year? It seems like someone could at least get into one of those rather than not doing anything, right?
What is a preliminary year? Just an internship without a specialty?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are three types of internship: 1) Surgery; 2) Internal Medicine; 3) Pediatrics.
Is that right?
Fewer than in years past. The idea that FM is where all of the people who couldn't get into something else is changing swiftly.
Furthermore, you should only do it if it's what you actually want to do. If you just do a prelim year, then you can re-apply for the match the following year for the specialty you were actually aiming for (or your second choice, or third, or whatever you choose to set your sights on at that point). If you accept a spot in FM, you've got to actually complete the multiple-year program, and at that point it may be difficult to re-enter the match being so many years removed from school.
Even top schools can have people who don't match. One can have very high step scores, excellent grades and still not match into the desired field if one has a bad personality/poor interviewing skills. In such a case the home school might find a prelim position for the student. I have known it to happen.Do lower-tier medical schools have a higher percentage of medical students who don't match than top 20 schools?
Even top schools can have people who don't match. One can have very high step scores, excellent grades and still not match into the desired field if one has a bad personality/poor interviewing skills. In such a case the home school might find a prelim position for the student. I have known it to happen.
Are Step scores equivalent to the MCAT when applying for residency?
In terms of being the equalizing factor with regard to inter-school differences in education and evaluation methods, Step 1 scores act as an objective measure of proficiency similar to the MCAT.Are Step scores equivalent to the MCAT when applying for residency?
I don't really know, but I think in general people who go to more "competitive" med schools will generally be more likely to be interested in more competitive specialties. So even if on paper the step scores at the more competitive/prestigious school are higher, their match percentage might be similar to a lower-tier simply because the students there are more likely to have their sights set high (this is all conjecture and guessing, of course).Do lower-tier medical schools have a higher percentage of medical students who don't match than top 20 schools?
I wouldn't under-sell the importance of third year clerkship grades. The pre-clinical grades, and thus possibly the overall GPA, may indeed be meaningless, but your grades in the core clerkships like Internal Medicine, Surgery, etc are definitely important. The amount of weight given to the Step score and various other factors also varies by specialty.From what I hear, no, because Step 1 scores are weighted so heavily, where as MCAT is equally weighted to GPA (most of the time)
If you take off a year after MS for research and don't apply that year, when you do apply are you marked as being a first time applicant?
What is a preliminary year? Just an internship without a specialty?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are three types of internship: 1) Surgery; 2) Internal Medicine; 3) Pediatrics.
Is that right?
What is a preliminary year? Just an internship without a specialty?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are three types of internship: 1) Surgery; 2) Internal Medicine; 3) Pediatrics.
Is that right?
Meh, people are not explaining things well.
Residency can be categorized into 3 distinct categories. Categorical, Prelim and transitional.
Categorical - Multi-year programs, intention is to be trained in that specialty. They run from 3 to 7 years in length. This is the goal of every graduating MD.
Prelim - Single year, single discipline contract. No guarantee of entry into a longer track. This category is filled with two groups. First, people that did not match into a categorical position and scrambled in. Second, people who have a guaranteed PGY-2 position in a categorical program, but need a year of intern experience before starting. These are predominately either surgery or medicine based.
Transitional - Similar to prelim, but slightly different. Instead of being single disciplined, it is a little more like your 3rd year of medical school. You rotate through surgery, IM, peds, ob/gyn etc. It is like a prelim year a single year contract and is populated largely by people who have a guaranteed PGY-2 position and need a filler PGY-1 year.