I know people hate these type of posts, but I'm a third year and pretty concerned about matching into ortho next year. This is mainly due to reading posts on this website and hearing stories form others of students with 260's, AOA, etc. who end up not matching. I realize these types of people probably come off bad in interviews and aways, but I still can't help thinking that if these people don't match then I have little chance.
Basically, my application is pretty good except for my third year grades. 246 Step I, won't be AOA, 2 ortho research projects with papers (1 finished, 1 in progress), 1 ortho poster presentation at my school. Also, I was a Division I college athlete if that means anything. My main concern is that I basically am high passing every rotation 3rd year and have one pass (in psych) that I think was unfairly given and am trying to change. I am currently on IM and have surgery next. I'm planning on doing aways at Emory, Colorado, and possibly Harbor-UCLA along with my home program. I wanted to get feedback from unbiased sources as to whether this is a good plan and whether I will be fairly competitive. Thanks you all.
