Bone Jock
OSRR Senior
Posts: 62
(3/21/02 2:16:43 pm)
129.22.7.44
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Some one offered to post their credentials after the match. I'll get things started. Hopefully this can help those who come after us.
Med School: Hi-powered, big name, academic in Midwest
Step I: 228
Step II: 245 (took at end of Jan, so not a factor)
Research/publications: Yes, research. Nothing published in
Ortho. G-surg case report still brewing from 3rd year.
Junior AOA: Not at my school.
3rd year grades: Honors: G-surg, Peds. Commendable (hi
-pass) in everything else.
4th year ortho A.I.s: CWRU-honors, Mayo-honors, CCF-
honors.
AOA: No
Applied to: 60 programs, all ortho. All over the country
(mostly midwest).
Interview offers: 16
Interviews taken: 12 (CWRU, CCF, Harvard, Mayo, Cincinnatti,
Kentucky, MSU-kalamazoo, Henry Ford, Howard,
Toledo, Indiana, and Loyola)
Declined (4): UT Southwestern, USC, Louisville, Albany (all
declined because of scheduling conflicts).
Matched: CWRU - No. 1 choice.
bonedoc2be
OSRR Fellow
Posts: 139
(3/21/02 2:39:17 pm)
216.162.109.237
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1/2 honors preclinical
mostly honors clinical
2 aways (including where i matched)
step 1 235
step 2 233
no real research
pretty good letters, including my best one which was from a pediatrician (got to read the letters on several interviews)
interviewed at wash u, mayo, UK-kansas city, UK wichita, kentucky, kalamazoo, wright state, indiana, slu, missouri, umkc (mistake!), west virginia, SLU, cincinnati.
had to turn down southern illinois b/c of scheduling
Did aways at kalamazoo and west virginia
matched at kalamazoo
one happy dude!
Good luck all you 3rd years, i SERIOUSLY do not envy you at all having to go through all that applying/interviewing madness!!
capeman
OSRR Newbie
Posts: 3
(3/21/02 3:43:40 pm)
63.57.47.58
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bonedoc2be
Congratulations on matching! I was wondering what was your experience like at WVU? Thanks for the info.
tibfib
OSRR Intern
Posts: 15
(3/21/02 7:31:03 pm)
68.41.182.206
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Step I: 245
Honored Year III
Senior AOA
1st author in a published paper
Interviewed at: UCLA, UCSD, USC, UCIrvine, UC Davis, Loyola, UIC, Mayo, Beaumont, Henry Ford, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, MCO, and HSS
Matched at No. 1 choice
and last, but not least,
bench press:step I ratio of 1.08
Perry Osteum
OSRR Intern
Posts: 20
(3/24/02 10:39:09 am)
152.163.207.68
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Med School: high-powered academic institution in the midwest (hangin' out with Bone Jock).
STEP I: 229
STEP II: 219
No AOA
Research: couple projects, no publications
Third year: honors in only two clerkships
Ortho rotations: CWRU, Vandy, UT Southwestern
Interview offers (only : UT southwestern, CWRU, Indiana, U Kentucky, U Louisville, GW, Cincy, Albany Medical College
DECLINED: Albany (conflict w/ Kentucky)
MATCHED: U Kentucky
Bench: Step I = 1.43
So there is hope for all you short stocky guys out there.
Go Wildcats!
Ortho2002
OSRR Fellow
Posts: 214
(3/24/02 1:57:53 pm)
172.167.110.254
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med school: mid-west low powered state school
step I: 238
step II: 241
non-aoa
top 20% of the class honored surg, med, psych third year
research: 1 emergency med case report accepted, 1 hand surgery case report in preparation, independent research project with paper in preparation (unrelated to ortho)
aways: mt. sinai, hss, wash u
applied to: a crapload (if you can't tell)!!!
interviews (23): wash u, mayo, hss, hjd, mt. sinai, brown, uva, u of rochester, cwru, tufts, indiana u, u missouri, henry ford, wayne state, u of cincinnati, siu, st. lukes, stony brook, san fran program, maricopa, lij, uic, mcow
declined due to conflicts (12): u kentucky, u kansas-wichita, u kansas-kc, bu, grand rapids, u maryland, slu, u mississippi, albany, penn state, george washington, usc
matched: mt. sinai
bench to step I: 1.3, but plan on trying to boost this in my spare time before residency!
good luck to all next year. as you can see, i really got to see the country and get a sense of what a bunch of different programs were like. i also got to flex my credit cards while having fun with all of the awesome people i met along the way (perry osteum, afortho, etc..)! when it was all said and done, i matched at a program that is awesome and that i know well. can't wait to start!!
ps. nookie, if you get a chance, drop me an e-mail at [url=mailto]
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bonedoc2be
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And to you others, lets get that credentials thread rolling again. I found it quite interesting.
