By Guest on Saturday, 23 October 2004
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I was looking for some insight. Does it make a big difference if you are in the top 20-25% of your class (stated in your Dean's letter) whether or not you are classified as AOA or not? Some attending I have asked said it should not matter, while a few said that having that term next to your name makes a big difference. thoughts?

Jointandballs
There is no single formula used by every ortho program. Some probably heavily consider AOA status and class rank while others look more at Step I score others look heavily at other things. You just need to apply to enough programs to make sure that you can get enough interviews to match. I've never seen any specific info from any program about exactly how they weight the pieces of our apps though there is that generalized JBJS paper out there talking about what parts of the app are important.
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The JBJS article is - Orthopaedic Resident Selection Criteria
Volume 84-A Number 11 Nov 2002, Bernstein et al.

Hope that helps
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