At the risk of sounding like a tool...
I am not one of those students who have known they wanted to do ortho forever. In fact, I just recently
decided to pursue Ortho at the end of my third year. Anyway, I am worried about my Step I board score holding me back. I did less than
stellar-217. I am hoping to nail Step II this summer. What I do having going for me is Junior AOA, but from a
middle tier med school. I am co-author on two non-ortho published research articles in highly reputable peer-
reviewed journals. I hope I can get strong letters but who knows how strong they are until you are interviewing?
I appreciate any advice---is ortho just a pipe dream for someone like me? Thanks.
I am not one of those students who have known they wanted to do ortho forever. In fact, I just recently
decided to pursue Ortho at the end of my third year. Anyway, I am worried about my Step I board score holding me back. I did less than
stellar-217. I am hoping to nail Step II this summer. What I do having going for me is Junior AOA, but from a
middle tier med school. I am co-author on two non-ortho published research articles in highly reputable peer-
reviewed journals. I hope I can get strong letters but who knows how strong they are until you are interviewing?
I appreciate any advice---is ortho just a pipe dream for someone like me? Thanks.