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Orthogate

  Tuesday, 03 April 2007
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Carribean grad

Decided to go for ortho June 2006
ERAS'ed Sept 9th, 2007
Applied 39 places, interviewed at 2, ranked both
ROL: 2 (rotated at both)
Step I 238
Step II 252/pass
no AOA at my school
GPA 3.99 basic/clin
1 pub in radiology done before med school, a couple of posters
No ortho LOR's in ERAS
Undergrad: Comp Sci

Now sitting in front of a PC, sending emails, making phone calls, looking for a research spot.

Congrats to those that matched : )
19 years ago
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Knew this was a possibility, but still shocked to get the bad news.

I'm not going to bother to list my stats. I think it just freaked me out when I looked at applicants' numbers from previous years who didn't match. My interviews are in the official thread and if anyone cares enough they can look there.

My only advice is to do your aways at places that are realistic/slightly more competitive, work your butt off while on them and just be yourself. Even if you're a hard worker a lot of it is about "program fit" and personality can play a huge part in your final ranking. I was pretty quiet on my roations and this found its way into my LOR's. On interviews, I was questioned on this multiple times. I think this can be percieved as being standoff-ish and disinterested. Just my opinion.

Now doing a prelim at a program with a highly regarded ortho department. Going to kick ass next year as an intern and we'll see what happens.

And congrats to everyone who matched
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