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School: mid-low tier MD school
USMLE step I: 245
Step 2 planned for mid July
clinical rotations: Honors in medicine, surgery, high pass in the rest
research: 5 total publications - 2 ENT pubs, 2 medical informatics pubs, and an oncology case study (none are first author except the case study)
I’ve been trying to find ophtho research opportunities but my school doesn’t have a home program so my luck hasn’t been too good. Also trying to find ophthalmologists to shadow and impress (hopefully) to get good LORs from and network with.
My main concern is of course not having any ophtho related research, but I discovered I wanted to do ophtho in the middle of third year. Id prefer to not have to take a research year. I would appreciate any tips for applying and advice on how to strengthen my application before applying.
USMLE step I: 245
Step 2 planned for mid July
clinical rotations: Honors in medicine, surgery, high pass in the rest
research: 5 total publications - 2 ENT pubs, 2 medical informatics pubs, and an oncology case study (none are first author except the case study)
I’ve been trying to find ophtho research opportunities but my school doesn’t have a home program so my luck hasn’t been too good. Also trying to find ophthalmologists to shadow and impress (hopefully) to get good LORs from and network with.
My main concern is of course not having any ophtho related research, but I discovered I wanted to do ophtho in the middle of third year. Id prefer to not have to take a research year. I would appreciate any tips for applying and advice on how to strengthen my application before applying.