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What are my chances for Ortho?

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novicelearner
  novicelearner
  Monday, 28 March 2011
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Here's my stats....

Step 1: 231/99

Grades: not too great...some High Pass or Honors in yr 1 and 2 but none in yr3 (including Surgery)
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Research: 1 basic science (with mid author publication, 1 med school poster which won at school fair) + 1 surgery (nonOrtho) case report (with 1st author publication, 1 conference poster) + 4 surgery (nonOrtho) clinical projects (hopefully 1-2 papers to be submitted at least before application time rolls)

Extracurricular activity: have some eboard positions at school organizations

I'm ready to apply to a lot programs in any place....dont care about going to top residency as long as i get in somewhere.

Questions:
1) Do I have a shot?
2) Should I apply for a back up...ie. General Surgery?
3) I can do 3 electives...should I do all 3 in Ortho or 2 Ortho/1 Gen Surg?
4) Should I try to find research in Ortho or all my other surgery research should be enough?
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Are you an IMG? Usually US students don't mention the two digit number of their usmle. If you are, yes it will be very difficult. You might want to take a year or two off for research at some known place. This will help you quite a bit. Also kill step II.
If you are a US student, them I would say you have 50/50 chance. There are of course areas you can still work on. Good LOR, step II again, away rotations. That should put you a little higher on the list.
Good luck.
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what programs should i apply to for electives/residencies that are within my reach?
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Give us more info about yourself.
What school do you go to? What region? Are you US MD, IMG, or a DO? How involved are you in the department at your school. They should be the first source of information.
Every program is competitive, but some are less.
Find a region where you would like to go and start emailing them. They will give you the most accurate info on your competitiveness at a particular program. Otherwise, you are asking an almost impossible question. "my name is Jack. How old am I?"
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from an MD school in NY. US med student. not too involved in Ortho dept. but am trying to visit OR during downtime. just started doing so. will do more of it as time goes. also trying to find ortho research
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You do have a very reasonable chance, but it will require work. Your biggest obstacle's are probably your clinical grades. Be prepared to answer/justify these. Don't rule out academic programs, but look heavily at community programs as these are you best shots.
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